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Title: Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige - I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995, Hip Hop, Hip-Hop Soul, Staten Island
Matrix #: 422-851-879
Condition: VG+ (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Mary J. Blige was in clinical depression and battling drugs and alcohol around this period, which gives the duet its bruised center.
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Studio Lore The radio remix carried a long-running credit dispute: Trackmasters later said they were the real producers behind the so-called Puff Daddy mix.
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Media Narrative This single helped set the mid-90s thug-love template and won the 1996 Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
