At the age of 17, Blige recorded a cover version of Anita Baker's ``Caught Up in the Rapture'' in a recording booth at a local mall. Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette to recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records, Jeff Redd.
At the age of 17, Blige recorded a cover version of Anita Baker's ``Caught Up in the Rapture'' in a recording booth at a local mall.
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record
recorded
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version
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recording
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mall
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Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette to recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records, Jeff Redd.
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boyfriend
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cassette
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to
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recording
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artist
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runner
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