On this day, 29 November 1994, Mary J Blige releases her breakthrough second studio album ‘My Life’ by Uptown Records and MCA Records. This was her second album to reach the top ten on Billboard 200 chart. Many of the topics on My Life deal with her clinical depression, Blige’s battling with both drugs and alcohol, as well as being in an abusive relationship. Blige contributed lyrics to fourteen of the album’s tracks, making it her most introspective and personal album at the time.