Why (Mary J. Blige song)
| "Why" | ||||
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| Single by Mary J. Blige featuring Rick Ross | ||||
| from the album My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) | ||||
| Released | April 10, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | Matriarch, Geffen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mary J. Blige, Dave Young, Eric Hudson, William Roberts II | |||
| Producer(s) | Eric Hudson | |||
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| "Why?" on YouTube | ||||
"Why" is a song performed by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, from her tenth studio album, My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011). It was written by Blige along with Dave Young, Eric Hudson, and William Roberts II, with Hudson producing the song and Rick Ross having featured vocals. A soulful R&B song that makes use of hip hop soul influences and a beat-heavy, strings–led production, the song initially impacted on US radios on April 10, 2012 as the album's third single.