"25/8" was released to iTunes and Amazon as a digital download on September 1, 2011. It’s a dope title but what does it mean." Release and promotion I’m hungry, I need to eat now.” I kept saying 24/7, 24/7 and I was like what about, what comes after seven, oh yea eight. She later elaborated: "I think I was leaving some hibachi spot and I think they had a long wait and I was like “ain’t enough hours in a day for this. Conceptualized by Johnson, it was created around its title when she experienced a long wait. "25/8" written by Blige, Crystal Johnson, Al Sherrod Lambert, and Eric Hudson, while production was helmed by Blige and Hudson. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Diane Martel. Commercially, "25/8" became Blige's first lead single to miss the US Billboard Hot 100, though it peaked at number 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and entered the top ten on Billboard 's Adult R&B Songs chart. Selected as the album's first official single, following the release of promotional buzz track " Someone to Love Me (Naked)," it was released digitally on September 1, 2011. "25/8" was generally well received by music critics, who noted it as one of the highlights from My Life II and complimented both Hudson's production and Blige's vocal performance. Lyrically, it features the female protagonist expressing her need to have more than 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to spend time with her love interest. Express's rendition of " Now That We Found Love", written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. An R&B and soul song, "25/8" is built on drum splashes and a fluttering flute, and samples from B. The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011), while production was handled by Blige and the latter. It was written by Blige, Crystal Johnson, Al Sherrod Lambert, and Eric Hudson for her tenth studio album, My Life II. " 25/8" is a song by American R&B recording artist Mary J.
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