With nine Grammys and six multi-platinum albums to her name, Mary J. Blige has earned the title "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul." But to her fans, she is simply Mary. It's an intimacy Blige herself welcomes, by sharing the ups and downs of her life ... communicating and connecting with her fans like a preacher in a pulpit. Her lyrics reflect her struggles, heartache and joy ... "Life has a way of making you live it. Sometimes it takes you to giving it..." (from "Press On") And Blige again bares her soul on her latest album, "My Life 2." "I just want to remind everybody how far we've come," Blige said, "because everybody can get so down on themselves. And we're not perfect. We're never going to be perfect." The title is a nod to her 1994 sophomore record, "My Life," released when Blige was just 23 and figuring out her place in the world. "I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary,'" she said. "And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea." What Blige was dealing with - in frank and sometimes raw terms - was the sexual abuse she experienced when she was five at the hands of a family acquaintance. Her music struck a chord, and propelled her to the top of the hip hop and R&B charts. Blige had arrived, but wasn't entirely comfortable with fame.