The One

Mary J. Blige | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album The One

Product Details

• Original Release Date: July 21, 2009
• Release Date: July 21, 2009
• Label: Geffen*
• Copyright: (C) 2009 Geffen Records
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• Duration: 3:30 minutes
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• ASIN: B002H3B9U8
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,613 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's one. but not THE one..., November 6, 2009

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R. Goodman (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The One (MP3 Download)

The song is ok. Just ok. It pains me to say that because Mary almost never does "ok". It's painful to hear her great voice covered up with auto-tune. This would have been fine for someone who can't sing but this style is getting outdated and boring sooo fast (ehem.. Akon?) and what I want to hear is hear is a *real* soulful voice belt it out the way only Mary can. I hope the new album is faaaar better than this, because I feel kinda disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars great voice covered by effects, July 25, 2009

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Derek Marks (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The One (MP3 Download)

MJB has a great voice. It's one of the most powerful in R&B. So why cover her up with a bunch of effects like vocoder, or auto-tune, or whatever they're using here.

She has a lot better material. Get this if you're a huge and have to have everything but skip it if not.

1.0 out of 5 stars This song is pathetic for any true Mary fan., September 10, 2009

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Adrian C. "Zodiac Freak!!" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One (MP3 Download)

September 11, 2009

I am quite disappointed in this poor, poor single. It was the absolute weakest possible single that she could have put out and she thinks it's hot. It's not.

This track is completely computerized and digitized and it gets on my nerves. I admit that Mary looks very good in the video but it doesn't change the fact that this song is just trying to fit in with the rest of what's not that great on the top 40 of Billboard and such.

It might be a moderate hit, and people will be downloading this, but not because it takes talent to do this, because it takes little.

I'm completely baffled as to why she would even consider this as a single. And her first one at that!

In my opinion, she should have come hard to make up for the album that was Growing Pains which was overrated as hell.

This song demonstrates what has gone wrong with the queen of Hip-Hop soul.

If the album is like this completely, well, she will lose fans.

That's all I have to say.

1.5 stars.

end note: Auto-tune, Mary? Are you crazy?!

Anyway, I'm glad this is NOT on her album. It's actually gonna be on the soundtrack to some movie that I probably won't even watch. But yeah. This song sucks. Bad. Sorry, Mary. Still a fan, just not of this.