Mary J. Blige's new single "We Ride (I See the Future)" (Geffen) opens with the interesting disclaimer: "Everybody asking why Mary ain't mad no more/Seems like a question that I've already answered, like, too many times before." But the answers have been so good - the smashes "No More Drama" and "Be Without You" - that Mary should keep going. "We Ride," one of four new songs from her "Reflections: A Retrospective" album out Tuesday, features the same pretty piano tinkling of "Be Without You" and yet another grand vocal workout. Happiness apparently suits Blige quite well, emotionally and artistically.
Listen to "We Ride" here