Mary J. Blige – My Life

Prince Charles Alexander confirmed that Mary J. Blige used the Akai MPC60 on her album "My Life." He stated, "The MPC-60 was the hub. We would have our sequencer running in it, our sounds running in it, and I would hit play. The sequencer would come up and all our sounds would be going," as reported in the Red Bull Music Academy article, "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life."

Mary J. Blige's use of the Studer A820 Master Recorder was confirmed by Prince Charles Alexander in an interview, stating: "We used Studer A820 tape machines, and we might have had A827’s also. Anyone who knows their technology knows that a Studer A-820 and A-827 were like the Mercedes Benz and Rolls Royce of analog tape machines."

Prince Charles Alexander confirmed that Mary J. Blige used the Lexicon 480L on her album, stating, "We were renting gear as well. The Lexicon 480L was the main reverb unit we were using. For delays, we were using the PCM 42." This information is supported by the article "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life" on the Red Bull Music Academy website.

Prince Charles Alexander confirmed that Mary J. Blige used the Lexicon PCM 42 on her album, saying, "We were renting gear as well. The Lexicon 480L was the main reverb unit we were using. For delays, we were using the PCM 42." This information is corroborated by the article "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life" on the Red Bull Music Academy website.

Prince Charles Alexander confirmed that Mary J. Blige used the Yamaha SPX90 Digital Multi Effects Processor on her album, stating, "We were renting gear as well. The Lexicon 480L was the main reverb unit we were using. For delays, we were using the PCM 42. I had a multi delay unit called the SPX 90. We used an LA-2A to compress the vocals. We used 1176s to compress the basses." This information is corroborated by the article "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life" on the Red Bull Music Academy website.

Mary J. Blige used the Universal Audio Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier on her album, as confirmed by Prince Charles Alexander. He stated, "We used an LA-2A to compress the vocals," and this information is corroborated by the article "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life" on the Red Bull Music Academy website.

Mary J. Blige utilized the Urei Universal Audio 1176LN Rev. H Limiting Amplifier on her album, as confirmed by producer Prince Charles Alexander. He mentioned, "We used 1176s to compress the basses," a statement validated by the article "Key Tracks: Mary J. Blige’s My Life" from the Red Bull Music Academy website.