This emotionally raw track opens with Blige thoughtfully brooding if she should put up a fight for the failing relationship.
“Thick of It,” a DJ Camper-produced juggernaut, is sourced from a furious drum pattern and quaking bass line credited from the opening of Bay City Rollers’ 1975 classic “Give a Little Love.” Camper doesn’t deviate much from the sample, intensifying it with a trap soul finesse applied through pockets of each verse, an approach then-made current on songs by the likes of Bryson Tiller and Sullivan. She introduced Sullivan to her dedicated fanbase as a special guest on her fall 2010 tour Music Saved My Life and recorded and remixed a couple of tracks together before reuniting for Blige’s 2016 single. Hailing from Philadelphia, Sullivan is an artist Blige has admired since she tied fans over in 2008 with her breakthrough debut album Fearless. She was able to tap back into the scorned-woman version of her prowess adored by many through the writing assistance from another open and honest diva who’s equally proficient at heartbreak and transparency: Jazmine Sullivan.
The crowd’s positive reaction to what many described as the return of old Mary vastly spread online and through word of mouth, eventually prompting her to officially release the song a week later and serve it as Strength of a Woman ’s lead single.
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