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Blige started working on her upcoming ninth album while she toured with Robin Thicke in 2008. In an interview with Rap-Up magazine she stated the following about the album:

The album was initially titled Stronger after the song, “Stronger” which Blige recorded and released as the lead single from the soundtrack Music Inspired by More Than a Game from the LeBron James’ documentary More Than a Game. However Rap-Up later revealed that the album had been retitled Stronger with Each Tear. The reason for the renaming of the album is unknown but it is suspected that it is down to the lead single “Stronger” failing to make an impact on the charts. According to HMV Group’s listing for the album, the song will not be included on the album. However the album does feature productions and writing credits from the likes of Ryan Leslie, Darkchild and Johntá Austin. Also included are several features like Canadian rapper Drake who features on the first single “The One“, rapper T.I. who features on “Good Love” which was initially planned as the second single and Trey Songz himself revealed that he had recorded a duet called “Hood Love” with Blige for the album.The song was previously recorded by Austin and Blige for Austin’s debut solo album that never got released. The song has since been reworked and retitiled “We Got Hood Love”. The album was originally slated for release on November 24, 2009 but this was pushed back to December 15, 2009 which would have put Blige’s album in a chart battle with Alicia Keys‘ new album The Element of Freedom. The album was then pushed back once more to its current date of December 21, 2009.

Posted by Mujay on 15 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments