LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former teen R&B queen Monica sounds excessively mature, if not downright snoozy, before her time in "New Life," a virtually all-ballad collection from the 31-year-old. It's as if the very picture of ‘90s adolescence skipped directly to middle-age while we weren't looking. The stage is set in her seventh album with a spoken-word intro that has Monica talking on the phone with Mary J. Blige (whose part sounds to have been lifted off a voicemail). ...