Destroy: the new one. It sucks.
― M. Matos, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Search: the best Blige track I know is "Happy" which is aqueous, desperate and lovely.
Destroy: that comeback single a couple of years ago which went all RealClassicSoul on us and did a very poor job of it.
― Tom, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
why destroy anything by ms. blige? (i saw her on the street once with entourage, wearing tight jeans & stiletto heels, topped by a mink coat and a don't fuck with me sneer. ideal rock star material.)
― fritz, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Andrew L, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I saw Ben Vereen today, carrying a very tiny chihuahua, the smallest I ever saw. This has nothing to do with Mary J. Blige.
I like Mary well enough, if I hear her songs I enjoy them. But not enough to overly care or buy her albums. So I guess she's neither classic nor dud.
― Ally, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Unless you're Mik e. Then you can just post whatever the hell you want.
― David Raposa, Thursday, 30 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― Ally, Friday, 31 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 29 April 2005 05:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
There was a great 70s style R&B ballad on one of her mid-90s solo records called "I'm Going Down". At least I think that's the title. One mindbending vocal performance.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 29 April 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roadkill Bingo (Roadkill Bingo), Friday, 29 April 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 29 April 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, I think this skirts a long hibernating deabte about early 90's R&B riding the coat tails of Hip-Hop. Not that I'm saying I think this was the case, but certainly there was a sentiment within Hip-Hop that this was the case, and Real Love is prime example being the beat is from Audio Two's Top Billin'.
― PappaWheelie, Friday, 29 April 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― burna, Friday, 29 April 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Okay, this is just not true; remember the "I'm-on-crack-and-can't-actually-find-the-pitch" era? (This is also the only explanation I can think of for that frightmarish piece of nonsense that sampled "Benny And The Jets".)
"Real Love", "Be Happy" and "Not Gon' Cry" are enormously awesome, so she is classic, but unimpeachably???
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 29 April 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― ()ops (()()ps), Sunday, 1 May 2005 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link
and yes, you could drop 'you bring me joy' in any funky/vocal house set and not only would it fit, it'd be BETTER than anything else in aforementioned set!!!!!!!1
― hivsdh, Saturday, 24 December 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Candicissima (candicissima), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 12 January 2006 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Who else was getting Grand Puba, Kid Capri, C.L Smooth, Biggie and Smif 'N' Wessun on tracks ?
― JE$$ICA HARVELL, Thursday, 12 January 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― i am not a nugget (stevie), Monday, 16 January 2006 11:03 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 January 2006 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Dear god, wtf is that thing?
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pamplaxico Polancobon (Andy_K), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link
I realize that. I do think it would've made more sense -- for the sake of doing her discography justice, at least -- for this disc to be a volume one, covering the albums through No More Drama. Less room for error, fewer crazy omissions (but of course that would've been messed up as well).
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
It looks like you could POSSIBLY squeeze her top 20 R&B singles through No More Drama on one disc.
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Very, very true.
Plus we're seeing more and more best-ofs released within six-nine months of the last album.
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Janus Køster-Rasmussen (Vesterbrunch), Tuesday, 21 November 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― RODNEY HAVE TOO MANY EMOTHINS!!! (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 10:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Seriously, what the fuck?
Funny that the first response to this thread was essentially "Get one Aretha" - I keep thinking that there'll be a time when Blige gets the same kind of classic status.
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 23 November 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― s w00ds (sw00ds), Friday, 24 November 2006 00:38 (seventeen years ago) link
http://music.aol.com/popeater/2007/09/27/song-premiere-mary-j-blige-just-fine/
AMAZING.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
This is like the most joyous MJB song ever.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, this is great!
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
between this and the track w/ Chaka .... :D
― deej, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Why are we just getting all the summer jams now?
― The Reverend, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Second single, in the new iTunes promos:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5030291acb48d6/
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link
classic but i never really liked any of her albums after my life. and the recent ones seem worse when shes trying to show she can do the same sort of stuff as her younger peers. that said, there was one disco-y song on the last one that had some good house remixes for it (better than the album version) but the original was pretty average. i just think she needs better songs.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 9 July 2009 09:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Her new albums are as uneven as they ever were, but The-Dream/Ne-Yo stuff on Growing Pains is a very nice fit.
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i like how every new album has her saying how this time, shes *really* happy. sometimes it works as w/'just fine', where despite trying to make a joyous (if slightly hollow, not all that amazing) song, the usual sadness in her voice takes it somewhere slightly diff, but shes better singing sad, slightly tortured ish imo. ill still take whats the 411 over anything else shes done.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 9 July 2009 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
"Til the Morning" is my jam off the last one. That "Bounce, Rock, Rollerskate" shit
― Sarges B. Mackin! (The Reverend), Friday, 10 July 2009 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:05 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha seriously. I'm going to write a Mary J. song called "I Want To Be Happy, But I Am Sad And Wish I Was Happier, But Wait, Now I Am Finally Happy (Let's See How Long It Lasts)"
― hop up out the shed, turn my scag on (some dude), Friday, 10 July 2009 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
haha. selfishly, i dont want her to ever be happy (sorry mary). i think getting back with k-ci could be the best thing for her music (not that i want her to get beaten or anything tho).
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 10 July 2009 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/maryjblige/status/5687818820
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Thursday, 8 July 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
eesh
― otmato (The Reverend), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
mr wrong
― surm, Friday, 28 October 2011 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone own the new one?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 January 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
yes, there are some great songs on it, it's much better than her last one. otoh it's not a great album qua album, not just cuz it's overlong (which you could have guessed) but because MJB doesn't commit to or appear to care about any particular aesthetic.
"no condition" and "empty prayers" are both absolutely brilliant though. "mr wrong" is an incredible single, drake aside.
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 30 January 2012 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
she really gave the songs on the new album the most generic self-affirmation titles possible for her best songwriting since 2005
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
best album since then too
kind of like she wants to really probe the essence of what these clichés mean?
A rockcrit friend said the same thing. I still prefer Growing Pains and I iked about half of The London Sessions.
I'm quite taken with the Sullivan cowrites and the title track.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
this is SO MY SHIT RN
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 9 May 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
The Jazmin Sullivan co-writes and the DJ Camper productions (he and Sullivan work together on some of these) really sound great
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 May 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link
Sullivan was the lead writer for these four songs on Mary J. Blige's album "Strength of a Woman," and sang backup vocals on the first three of them: "Thick of It," "Set Me Free," "Glow Up," and "Thank You."
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 May 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
I wonder if any of these cuts are going from the Billboard Adult RnB chart to any of the other r'n'b or pop ones?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 May 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
http://www.billboard.com/artist/309851/mary-j-blige/chart?page=1&f=379
"I am" in 2010 I think was her last song to cross over to the top 100. "Thick of It" from the new one was top of the adult R'n'b chart and hit 12th on the r'n'b songs chart.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
i heard "thick of it" on the mainstream r&b station once or twice but obviously not enough. the adult r&b station played it a ton tho. mainstream and adult airplay are combined for the r&b/hip-hop airplay chart, where it peaked at #5.
― dyl, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
Saw her live tonight. She did a powerful take on "No More Drama"-- was really testifyin.' "Thick of It" and a few others from the new one also sounded strong. On some older cuts she let the mostly female crowd sing many of the verses. Her 3 women backing singers and the band were good as well.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 May 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
1 costume change and lots of talk about self-affirmation and relationships (it came across sincere)in the hour and a half gig
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 May 2017 14:08 (six years ago) link
It ain't all roses!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 June 2017 01:28 (six years ago) link
I like the new one better than the London one, but haven't listened to the latter in a bit.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 June 2017 03:45 (six years ago) link
Just discovered her debut album What’s the 411 and can’t stop playing it. Where has this been all my life? Her voice is so beautiful!!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 19 December 2019 01:43 (four years ago) link
She's neither classic nor dud. She's okay, sometimes a bit dull, but she's had her moments. Family Affair is her best one by miles.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 19 December 2019 14:19 (four years ago) link
don't over look the second album! my life; not the remixes (even though that one's pretty good too). i think it's even better than 411.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 19 December 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
and Mary is awesome, especially if you have trouble w/her.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link