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Mary J. Blige - Reflections (A Retrospective)

Reflections - A Retrospective was originally scheduled for release in November 2005 with the title Reminisce... Until The Breakthrough before the decision was made by Blige and Geffen Records to delay the release in favour of the new studio album, The Breakthrough.

New songs that were due to appear on Reminisce - "Be Without You", "One", "MJB Da MVP" and "Can't Hide From Luv" - were all transferred to the new album and the the release date for the greatest hits was rescheduled until Spring 2006.

However due to the commercial success of The Breakthrough, the release of Reminisce never materialised. In October 2006, Geffen Records announced that the project would finally be released on December 4 in the UK and December 12, 2006 in the US in the United States, under the new title of Reflections: A Retrospective.

Although Reflections - A Retrospective is a retrospective collection of songs, writer Bryan Michael Cox (who wrote Blige's record breaking single "Be Without You") confirmed that the release will feature four new songs.

They will include the two singles "We Ride (I See the Future)" and "Reflections (I Remember)" together with "King & Queen", a duet with John Legend.

The new material was originally intended to be part of a repackaged version of The Breakthrough to be released towards the end of 2006, but was transferred to the greatest hits release instead.