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| | For Mary J. Blige, Another Life to Live |
 | | The irony is that, through good times and bad, Blige has always had the comfort and security of her instrument, a big, blues-informed voice that seems to meld the raw, emotional power of soul and gospel with a more modern hip-hop sensibility. |
| | But her life has been decidedly less stable, the result of growing up in a tough Yonkers, N.Y., housing project, a father who disappeared early in her life and temptations that became more accessible as Blige's reign as the newly crowned Queen of Hip-Hop Soul began in the early '90s. |
| | The "One Life to Live" shot, which won't require much of a stretch on the acting front, will be Blige's first soap appearance, though not her first soap tie-in: She sampled the theme to "The Young and the Restless" on "No More Drama." |
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