Now That is a GOOD no Great COUPLING!

Zelaira said:

Not me. EVER.

Well, Prince likes Mary and Mary is Really Cool.

You would.

Zelaira said:

well..I cant see the 2 of them working together

Why Not? He worked with Gwen and Madonna why not Mary? You are Wrong he could!

Maybe he could do a guitar solo for her or something, but I just can't see her singing on one of his albums - her vocals would be too difficult for him to mix down.

No,No,No,No,No,No,No, way. I have alot of respect for what she has overcome in her life, but I don't see her as taking it to the next level musically or vocally. All though, maybe he might be enough to help her take it to the next level.

Thumbs down!

DigitalGardin said:

Neither can I and I have never heard Prince say he likes Mary J or vica versa. When Ellen mentioned that he was at an event with Mary J. He just shook his head yes, he didn't comment about how a talent she was or nothin and I have never heard Mary say she admires Prince, but she's still gonna have the gall to borrow from him. I'm talking about that song where she samples "I Hate U".

No I don't think they should pair.

TurnItUp said:

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But if you wanna know, Prince gave her props in the Black Beat interview back 2000/99 saying that "whenever Mary J Blige & Lauryn Hill grab the mic, its the truth". He showed up 2 years b4 with Chaka Khan in her concert in Canada.

And Mary paid a tribute to him by singing "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Rod Stewart and said plenty of times that he broke the boundaries in the 80's when every rock star was white.

Ya'll are some shady mofos 4 real!

You'd rather have him hooking up with bland ass Maddy and Miss Alicia Keys(who's a louzy rip-off of Mary J if you paid attention) but you don't want him to hook up with Mary just cuz she slides off-key sometimes and doesn't have quite a range DISMISSING the fact that she has color and alot of depth in her voice enough to deliever.

Who cares?
I don't give a shit 'bout Mary J Blige
i hate Prince's duets on Rave unto the joy fantastic
Prince is better alone

NO.
I think Prince should rather work with some really interesting avantgarde or rock musicians instead of R&B/Soul-Chicks like Mary J. Blige and the like.
He has overdone that in my opinion and should try out something new.

lezenith said:

you can't hear anyone he's duetting with on Rave, he mixed them way down. i'd like to hear him try that with mary. it'd be like trying to muffle a car alarm with an airplane pillow.

AWWW HELL NO!!!!!

NWF said:

LOL!! Lets just say it would be interesting. I like her but them two together... I dont know, depends on the type of song i guess.
[This message was edited Sat Jun 5 15:44:59 2004 by BeautifulOneJem]

isthisdadawn said:

Id rather hear Mary than Beyonce any day. I cant stand B.

isthisdadawn said:

Its not HATING on Mary as much as its hating on RnB music, dumb ass people 4getting that its the ROOT of Prince's core as a musician

Bull said:

to the next level mary is very well beyond the next level and on to new ones..

lezenith said:

Ditto

I would love for Prince and Mary to do something together! At one of the Hawaii shows last winter, he played "Oooh" from her latest. RAD sang, which sorta sucked, but it was cool to hear the band do the song.

It'd definitely be interesting. Mary only had a handfull of songs that impressed me over the course of her career. I think the appropiate producers give Mary's voice her justice. It would definitely be interesting...

I love Mary J. Blige, been a fan since 411, but what could they do together, other than an over-worked ballad or an embarrassing urban/R&B try-hard chart single?

I also like Mary & i would not mind seeing her & P. do something together. I think she has a great voice.

Can't say I'm the biggest MJB fan, but "My life" is a dope album. And I don't believe all Prince fans here, putting her down, heard that album. And I love how she did "sweet thing" As far as them working together....I would love to see them doing a ballad.

Harlepolis said:

[flame snipped -tom] First of all I have not read that comment you are talking about in Black Beat and just because if Prince did say that Mary speaks the truth that don't mean he loves her singing voice and that concert that you are talking about, I still have that on tape and that was just a song Mary and Rod was singing, it wasn't no tribute to Prince. If was a all-star event and that was the song that was picked and if I say that the two don't go together, then they don't and yes I like Alicia Keys, I don't care what nobday say about her and her voice and if Mary was so great how come he didn't choose her to induct him into the RRHOF. Alicia is going about her business regardless of what you naysayers say.

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Harlepolis said:

Zelaira said:

I love Mary and the spirit that she brings to R&B, but lately, she prefers to sing off key which is not working for me.

When will people realize that Mary is one of the worst singers out there?!! People constantly make excuses for her... "She sing off key, but she's had a hard life." Some of the best singers come from angst and pain! She's one of the so-called artist who always rips off and samples other people' music, like "Sweet thing and "My life"! She relies on her background singers and catchy hooks to compensate for her poor vocals! And I'll have a hard time forgiving Sting for besmirching his cd!