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| Single by Mary J. Blige | ||||
| from the album My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) | ||||
| Released | September 1, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
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"25/8" is a song by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Crystal Johnson, Al Sherrod Lambert, and Eric Hudson for her tenth studio album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011), while production was handled by Blige and the latter. An R&B and soul song, "25/8" is built on drum splashes and a fluttering flute, and samples from B. T. Express's rendition of "Now That We Found Love", written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. Lyrically, it features the female protagonist expressing her need to have more than 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to spend time with her love interest.
"25/8" was generally well received by music critics, who noted it as one of the highlights from My Life II and complimented both Hudson's production and Blige's vocal performance. Selected as the album's first official single,[1] following the release of promotional buzz track "Someone to Love Me (Naked),"[2] it was released digitally on September 1, 2011. Commercially, "25/8" became Blige's first lead single to miss the US Billboard Hot 100, though it peaked at number 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and entered the top ten on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs chart. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Diane Martel.
- ^ Cragg, Michael (2011-08-30). "New music: Mary J Blige – 25/8 | Music | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "New Music: Mary J. Blige – '25/8'". Rap-Up.com. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-10-11.