Mary J. Blige is BACK! Fresh off of FINALIZING her divorce, MJB is ready to take us to the DANCE FLOOR–DISCO style! Her latest, ‘Only Love’ harkens back to the 70’s!! Mary took to INSTAGRAM to let us in on the INSPIRATION for her new music:
Continue reading NEW MUSIC: #MaryJBlige ‘Only Love’
Essence Festival 2018 is GOING down July 5 through 8th in NEW ORLEANS! Of course JANET JACKSON is HEADLINING this year’s CONCERT STAGE, but there is SO MUCH MORE IN STORE!!! Just added: Jussie Smollett, SWV, Lloyd & more. See performances by Janet Jackson, Mary J Blige, and a special curation by The Roots featuring Erykah Badu & Jill Scott. Don’t wait. Get tickets now! Continue reading #EssenceFest 2016 with #JanetJackson has added even MORE STAR POWER! See how to get tickets HERE! [vid]
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Can you believe that 23 years ago TODAY, Method Man and Mary J. Blige dropped the now ICONIC , ‘”I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By’ song!? The song is a remix of Method Man’s “All I Need” (which appears on his 1994 debut album Tical), with an interpolation of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s 1968 hit, “You’re All I Need to Get By”, with Mary J. Blige singing the choruses, and backing vocals. Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: 23 years ago TODAY, #MethodMan dropped ‘All I Need’ feat. #MaryJBlige! [vid]
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This right here was the JAM, and will always be the JAM! Case, Foxy Brown and Mary J. Blige…’Touch Me, Tease Me’! This MEGA HIT was featured on ‘The Nutty Professor’ soundtrack, and I guarantee if you play this at any house party TODAY, the floor will be PACKED with NOSTALGIA! So… here we go…
Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #Case ‘Touch Me, Tease Me’ feat. #FoxyBrown & #MaryJBlige [vid]
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This was my JAM!! I didn’t know there was a REMIX video for Mary J Blige’s ‘You Don’t Have To Worry’ with Craig Mack until YESTERDAY’–but here we go!!!
Shout out to the QUEEN of HIP HOP SOUL of course and R.I.P to Craig Mack!!!
Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #MaryJ Blige ‘You Don’t Have To Worry’ feat. #CraigMack [vid]
Mary J. Blige took to the stage at the 90th Academy Awards and sang from her HEART! Introduced by her friend, Taraji P. Henson who said, Blige’s song was about “the pain of life.”–Mary turned that PAIN into a MIGHTY MESSAGE. Mary J Blige is the first person in #Oscars history to be nominated for both Best Song and Best Supporting Actress in the same year —and for the same film, “Mudbound” 👏🏾— Take a LOOK! Continue reading #Oscars: #MaryJBlige brings the house down with ‘Mighty River’! [vid]
Mary J. Blige is a VISION on the UPCOMING edition of ‘New York’ magazine!
“I learned that I’m a powerful woman because I don’t have to say much to be heard.” Continue reading MAG TAG: #MaryJBlige is a VISION for ‘New York’ mag! [pics]
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Mary J. Blige and U2 together!!! ENOUGH SAID! Let’s GO BACK with their collaboration ‘One’. TAKE THESE WORDS TO HEART…..
WE ARE ALL THE SAME….Let’s carry each other! Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #MaryJBlige + #U2 ‘One’ [vid]
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It’s always a GREAT DAY to pay HOMAGE to the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige! Remember MTV Unplugged? It was an acoustic live show on MTV that gave a DIFFERENT spin on an artist’s album. WAY BACK WHEN, Uptown Records under the helm of Andre Harrell was the 1st BLACK label to ever have their own SHOWCASE, and of course Mary J. Blige was on the roster and TORE THE HOUSE DOWN! Let’s go back to her UPBEAT version of ‘Reminisce’! Continue reading WAKE UP JAM: #MaryJBlige ‘Reminisce’ #MTV Uptown Unplugged [vid]
If you didn’t know by now, Mary J. Blige is ‘kind of a BIG DEAL’. Again in her illustrious career, Mary Jane has made HISTORY! She wrote the theme song, she sang the theme song… she made Oscars history. Blige is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Florence Jackson, an impoverished farmer’s wife in Mudbound.
The theme song, ‘Mighty River’ was written by Blige with Raphael Saadiq making her a DOUBLE NOMINEE–becoming the first person ever to be nominated for an acting performance and an original song in a single year. ‘River’ is a rallying cry against racial division. One of Blige’s contemporaries was one of the first to congratulate the ‘Real Love’ singer and actress! Continue reading #QueenLatifah CONGRATULATES #MaryJBlige on her HISTORY-MAKING #Oscars nominations! [details]
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