Mary and her record label think there slick, ever since she sold almost 800,000
copies 3 albums ago they keep releasing her new cd's around Christmas to capitalize on the Christmas shopping

paisleypark4 said:

Actually, her fans are about to lose their throats from shouting,,,,,considering that she checks her msg board constantly, alot of us voiced our concerns about the flavor-of-the-month/microwave popcorn shit phase she's dwelling on.

The problem is HERSELF and her yes-men who keepts telling how to stay "relevant" whateva the fuck that means. And her attitude is like "If they want the old miserable Mary, they can check the old albums"

Thing is, she saw the clock on the wall when "The One" flopped and folks refused to buy into the cutisy-tutsy stuff she's messing with,,,which explains the album delay right now, she's probably back in the studio to record some grits eating shit(like the Precious song ) and I'm guessing the outcome will be positive.

She's my girl and I'm forever rooting for her, but if this upcoming album is anything remotely near "Growing ASS Pains",,,,,then I'll keep my money, just like I kept my money then. And so do many others, I'm sure.

Harlepolis said:

And she's singing tonight at the Yankee's game here in NY

banks said:

Yep, the National Anthem Like I said, I'm rooting for the broad.

Harlepolis said:

Don't get me wrong.. I like MJB but i dunno about the National Anthem

paisleypark4 said:

...the reason why her fans are not telling her, is because, they are just as depressed and sad as she is...

but why would she change the formula when that's what got her (finally!) a Grammy, when she should have gotten Grammies way back for What's The 411? and My Life...so she's kinda stuck in this rut now because this is what finaly got her the recognition she earned a decade earlier. Be Without You is the shit, though. But she should've pocketed a Grammy for Not Gon' Cry way, way earlier.

Mary J. Blige performs a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Yankee Stadium during the World Series.

Harlepolis said:

I forget other artists do have message boards.

She should have just stayed working with Raphael, she can really benefit doing some real grown folk sounding music....I mean its nice to be commercial, but after a while it gets tepid and dull *cough cough MARIAH*. Havent they learned by now?

Copycat said:

She did a great job

omigod she is truly live and sounds amazing

what's this about other ladies get older and lose their voices, but her voice gets better IMHO, and I like how she got all Aretha there for a second too. My Yankees did the damn thing, too. World champs (again!) bitches.....woot woot.

Her last couple of albums definitely fell off my radar fast. Would be great to see her branch out with some different kinds of collaborators.

I'd actually love to hear her do a really well produced covers album.

Timmy84 said:

Hey, you get a lil' older, less hunger, your are more comfortable, and established it's hard to keep that edge. I have two cd's by Blige never felt the need to purchase anything else.

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TD3 said:

Thing is, that was HER comfort zone to begin with,,,,,with the microwave popcorn she be layin' on us these days though,, she sounds like she's trying TOO damn hard to compete with these young girls and reality is, she doesn't even have to

Chaka didn't have to compete with her disciples when they came up(Meli'sa Morgan, Angela Winbush, Vesta and the likes) and so did Aretha,,,,,I'm not making comparision here, what I'm trying to establish is MJB already put her stamp on the music industry, she already passed the point where she needs to prove herself,,,,,but for some reason, she pulls these snap-n-pop candy material that every girl who recently got her 1st period(excuse my French) have been doing.

Harlepolis said:

It's not that we want her to be depressed to make a great album but she sure can still throw down on the emotional soulful joints. It's where her heart shines really.

Timmy84 said:

THANK YOU, Tim!

I'm glad somebody knows what I'm trying to say these mark ass birds(at MaryLuvs) be crying whenever I say this,,,,,as if its a rule to be miserable in order to be soulfull I mean lol thats the oldest cliche in the book.

Raphael Saadiq and Ledisi are soulfull,,,,,YET they're not stuck in a prozac-mode and I picked them because they're contemporary.
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Harlepolis said:

Yep and that's a pretty ignorant comment to say you have to be miserable to have a great album, lol. When people are in that zone, great shit emerges. Mary's "Mary" album proved that and she was in high spirits THEN lol.

Harlepolis said:

Yes..Raphael's last album was the best in his set so far.

Timmy84 said:

Oh, no... I was speaking in terms of the work itself, the process of building, sustaining, and having a career in music. Hey, we all have stuff to deal with, such is life. She's made the climb I think you can get, a lil' bit mellow.

I must admit I haven't followed her career as close as of late. If Harle's right and she looking at the charts and trying to compete, I would think that's a mistake. But I do understand the pressure to do so. More and more it appears you the suits, press, and radio give you a decade or so and then throw to the side like an ice cream cone and start licking on a different flavor.

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Timmy84 said:

I love me some Mary and I wish she would follow through with the musical experimentation that's found within it. A friend of mine, who wasn't into Mary and was more into alternative rock fell in love with that album and pointed how artistically she was merging genre's similiar to what Bjork does. By the next album all of her artistic ambitions kind of went away.

Pictured is the cover of Mary's lastest single, "I Am". Click on the link to hear it.

http://www.mjblige.com/sp...fault.aspx

1 word: Generic

Mary and Alicia bore me to tears. Won't be buying it.

Wowugotit said:

Yeah its abotu to be 2010 R&B needs something fresh and new to the table...they still stuck doing 90's cut and paste albums...maybe 3 uptempo (now and days its mid tempo) songs and the rest being slow syrupy cheating or relationship ballads..I heard all I can hear and bare when it come to r&b divas; I'm done and ready for someone to change the game up a bit...I'm going to be like Sunshine Anderson...


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^^^

Aw damn thats my bitch right there,,,,I loved the song, album, the whole shebang.

But I SO feel you on recent RnB; if it ain't "I'm sorry", its "I love", if it ain't "a song for the haters", then its a "song for the lord" and if it ain't a "sex me" ballad", then its a "you done me wrong" ballad

They truly put the "one dimensional" factor into a WHOLE another level.

Harlepolis said:

And that's why I'm converting more to pop, electronic, alternative rock and indie music especially indie hip-hop and R&B.

Love this song when it first came out still do


I still buy her albums but she need to go back to that vintage mary

This is gonna sound really bad.

I'm not sure I like Mary J. Blige when she's happy.

I like the Coked-Up, Bad Attitude, Always getting into fights with K-Ci in public Mary J. Blige!!!

Paris9748430 said:

That sounds ignorant.

Just say you like the bluesy, nitty gritty version of Mary J. She can still get down even when she's sober lol

That's like saying you like Marvin Gaye because he was coked up when he made those brilliant records. I don't associate great music with drugs.
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Timmy84 said:

I'm only joking.