VIBE’S 150TH COVER WITH MARY J. BLIGE
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The March issue of VIBE Magazine (available on newsstands in mid February) features top Grammy nominee, Mary J. Blige on the cover.
In 1993, Quincy Jones created VIBE, which is now a leading urban publication. The 150th issue offers a look at some of the V-Icons - a stamp that the Vibe editorial team gave to a select few, including Luther Vandross, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Puffy, Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and more.
This cover is waay better than Mary’s last vibe one. I know yall remember that one!








86 Comments
1.
Ty
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
The wig is a no.
2.
beyonce
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
looks like they stuk her head onto som1 else’s body.
she looks good tho, she looks a little uncomfortable
and im first again, the way i like it!
3.
Tyrese punches babies
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
yea…i hate to see the purpose of a wig defeated when someone wears a wig that is soooooo obviously a wig….yuck
4.
Cali
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Wait is she back on the cover of Vibe after she blasted them on the Vibe Awards for that infamous photo where she accused them of making her forehead bigger and pulling her hairline back? Lol…I guess they approved this pic with her before they used it as the cover!
5.
SAY WHAT :0
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
that wig is ridiculous.
6.
browneyz (philly)
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Mary looks good on this cover!
7.
Mocha
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
MARY LOOKS GOOD HERE!
8.
HOLLYWOOD
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
MARY LOOKS GOOD, I GUESS THIS IS SUPPOSE TO MAKE UP FOR THAT DECEMBER 2005 COVER SHE DID, WHEN HER FOREHEAD LOOKED SO DAMN BIG.
9.
Khinje
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
MA-RY IS IN THE MUTHAFUCKIN HOUSE!!!!
Definitely a step in the right direction. I see she’s still hitting the gym, her legs look awesome!
Much luv to the Queen!
10.
Bri
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
anyone else tired of seeing her on the cover of EVERY black celebrity magazine..give someone else a chance to shine.
11.
Compton_Chick23
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
No, she deserves to be on any and every cover she damn well pleases to be on! The queen of hip-hop/soul!
12.
Natural Mystic
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Mary looks good, especially considering the way they obviously edited this pic.
13.
MoMo
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
so they making up for that crap they did to her last time. she looks nice though.
14.
RNB 4 Life
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
All right Mary! They did better this time around!!
15.
Freida
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I’m not feeling the hair. Mary just looks awkward. I wonder why she appoved this picture and she was so upset about her last cover on Vibe? She looks in shape though.
And no, I’m not tired of seeing Mary on the cover of magazines. I mean damn, she’s been in the game for 15 years, and is finally getting the shine that she deverves. I think she earned the right to be on every cover that she’s been on. Unlike some of these gimmicks that have 1 hit and no longevity, yet they are gracing the cover of magizines and we never hear from them again.
Long live the Queen !!!!
16.
GangsterPrincess
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
tHiS iS a NiCe PiCtUrE…
eFFiN hAtErS ToMbOuT hEr WiG… SHUT UR TRAPS!
17.
The Deacon
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Yes Mary Yes Whatever these fools on here are crazy keep it Poppin”
18.
SUGA
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
LOVIN HER LEGS!!
19.
mary
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I met her and she is soo stuck up and she farted in front of me and it smelled like eggs!!
20.
Durrel
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Yea I thought she would never grace the cover of Vibe again?? I mean this pic is nice but it isnt the BEST…ya know? But whatever..
21.
Who In The Hell Left The Gate Open? AKA Blame It On The Rain
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
@ MARY SAID: … Did you say it smelled like eggs? Heffa say what. Now why you wanna go dat luv huh? For real. I mean I just ate dinner, I ain’t tryin to hear bout nobody’s flagulence problem. As far as the VIBE cover goes, I actually like it. I love the B&W with a touch of gold; nice touch. For those who don’t like her wig. Look on the bright side, at least she ain’t wearin her headband… Ha… eggs… indeed.
22.
Kim
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
It is alot better, but I just think Vibe doesn’t have great photographers. There have been soo many beautiful pictures of her and the Vibe covers are my least favorites.
23.
MARY
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Yeah I dont know if it was her BodyGuard OR HER, I just know I heard the fart and then when I stood there for a couple of seconds it smelled like fresh eggs. I couldnt believe, well at least I can say I smelled Marys Fart!!
24.
MS. GOTTABODY
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
DO IT MARY!!!! VIBE CHOSE THE RIGHT PERSON ON THE COVER. MARY’S BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK AND SHE’S STILL HERE AND SHE’S BETTER THAN EVER! MARY CAN TEACH THESE YOUNG GIRLS A THING OR TWO. CASSIE & RIHANNA GET UR NOTE PADS READY!
25.
An
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I like the Vibe cover myself. She looks alot better than last time. She looked run down. And that title is perfect, “Starring the Irreplaceable Mary J. Blige”. There is only one Mary and there will never be another one.
Yeah I’m a stan and proud.
26.
seductiverose
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Y does it seem 2 me like vibe always has eff’ed up covers. Aren’t these supposed to attract readers? Mary is damn near off the page and waaaaay too stiff. The photographers suck!!1!
27.
Marcusito-Da Famous Blogger
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Nice picture, I bet Mary probably asked for final cover approval before it was printed. Shit, after that fiasco last time I really don’t blame her. What haterade was Mimi Valdez drinkin’ when she allowed that infamous picture to be the cover?
Glad they finally cleaned that mess up cuz Mary deserves the best!
28.
tyrena
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Yeh! Mary, you go girl!
29.
Sha
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I really like this cover. Mary looks great!
30.
Chris Styles
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Yeah I’m suprised she did the cover as well…but I guess since Mimi was let go, it made a difference. I like it though! better than the last one, not really feelin the wig either but Mary is always playin w/ Hair styles, and different looks, that’s what I like about her she is definitely a fashion trend setter!
Vibe is fallin off though, doubt I’ll be renewing my susscription cause that Mimi really did a number on that magazine w/ crappy articles, and cheap lookin’ covers. Love Vixen though!
31.
monie luv
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I wonder if she’ll like this cover, because the last time they had the chick on the cover, she snapped off.
I mean, yeah, she looked like a gremlin, but I think that she handled it in a very unclassy way–especially when she brought it up at the Vibe Awards.
The chick acted like they were intentionally trying to disrespect her with that cover, I mean if they didn’t give a crap about her, I don’t think that they would honor her at their own award show.
But, anywho, as far as this cover goes, it’s aiight. We all know that Vibe isn’t really known for having great covers, but at least Mary’s forehead is covered up.
LOL!!!!!!!
32.
gemini27
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
okay Mary is the girl or should i say woman!!!!!!!!! I give mad respect to her she really has been through alot and its still her time to SHINE!!!!!!!!! so all i have to say is hate it or love it.
GO MARY!!!!!!!!
33.
Nikki
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Oh yeah, this one is a lot better.
34.
Such Magnificence
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
You know the folks at Vibe made sure this cover was on point…I’m surprised Mary deceided to do another cover for them, shyt I thought she was gonna come off that stage and whoop someone’s ass at their lil award show.
35.
RNB 4 Life
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Mary is so much woman. Haters fall back on a nail!
36.
It's a Waste
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Not feeling this cover
37.
kalikap
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
not feeling the pose, but her body looks great and i love the black and white
38.
yes
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
maybe it would be better if it were in color, but something just doesnt look right
39.
kmniles
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I cannot wait til my issue glides thru my mailslot….This is gonna be a collectors issue for sure!
40.
babe4k
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Ew! LOL.. I dont like the hair nor the pose.
41.
CL
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
mary looks hot..she chanelling naomi cambell a bit
& she has good lookin long legs
42.
andrea
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
i always think she is fabulous
43.
MissTee2U
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I just wish I could be the fly on the wall for what it took for MJB to agree to another Vibe cover…unless maybe it was just that Mimi was gone! I think the cover looks great….go head then MJB!!!
44.
Brittso0real
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
i like it but that damn wig needs to go
45.
BashyBoo
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
YAWN
46.
Ms. S
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Damn, mary why you let them airbrush you like that again????????
47.
SEXY
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Mary, last year and this year is YOUR YEAR. You may have to share this year with J-Hud. But the GRAMMYS, you deserve ALL eight.
The cover is okay.
48.
QTwitdaBootie
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
I don’t like this cover. I think it could have been done better. Nothing about the photo is eyecatching. Of course, I would pick it up because I’m a MJB fanatic. But someone else just might pass it by without so much as glance.
49.
melisus
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Is it me or does that pose look like something NY Tiffany Pollard would do?The head is her but the body does not look like her to me.These damned airbrushed photos are sickening.
50.
dukesman2000
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
Looking good, girl!
51.
RULER07
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 /
DATS HOTT!!U KNOW SHE DA SHIT, IF AFTER SHE CAME AT THEM ABOUT DA LAST COVER, THEY STILL PUT HER ON DA COVER..DATS HOW U KNOW MARY IS DA SHIT!!!!!!!!!
52.
Ninagirl1
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Okay, thats hott!!!
53.
Jasmine
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Go Mary!! Its Ya Birthday!! Go Mary!! Man i cant wait till she comes back to Virginia… Continue to do your thang Mary!!!! F*ck the haters and thier kids, LOL
54.
MARY FARTED
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
YEAH NICE PICTURES!! STUCK UP THOUGH
55.
sheneice
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
THE WIG IS UGLY BUT SHE LOOKS PRETTY AND I LIKE HER OUTFIT
56.
trinib
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Pic has been photoshopped but it’s Mary so it’s ok…lol
Good issue to have though
57.
Bubbles
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
The ‘Irreplaceable’ Mary J Blige!! Gotta love it.
58.
t-boz left eye and chilli
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
them legs are crazy for my tounge got damn she sexy why she gotta me so fine
shes pretty queen of rnd and hiphop and soul
59.
decatur
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Mary is beautiful, but after she acted a fool on the Vibe awards, she does not deserve to ever grace the cover again…but then again nobody reads this lame ass mag. anyway…..
60.
stylishlibra
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I agree with #59, after she acted so unprofessionally at the Vibe awards (where they were honoring her) I don’t think she should be on their cover. It makes them look like punks, however since we all know that Vibe is no longer Vibe (different owners, white owners, 95% different staff, snatching Christina A,’s cover to give to Bobby Brown of all ppl, lol), oh well…
And not being a hater, but from a professional standpoint, this is not a good cover either. They could’ve done better for the 150th issue.
61.
Belle 07 White
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Love the dress…HATE the shoes!
62.
Taj The Photographer
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I think this cover was to make up for the last one they f@cked up of her. Besides, the people she had the issues with are no longer at the magazine; it’s a new staff now. Personally, I liked it best when Emil Wlbekin was there. That mag was on fire then. Now the damn thing is madd thin and looks like a pamphlet.
63.
stylishlibra
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
#43, It wasn’t Mimi’s fault she got that bad cover: MJB’s ppl INSISTED she wear her hair back for that shot. She claimed that that’s how her hubby liked it, I hear sooo… It’s good they can get past it if they want, but she shouldn’t have tried to blame it on anyone else either. On the other hand Mimi should’ve ignored what MJB’s ppl wanted and shot the cover HER way, the way that would best suit her magaine and sells so i guess they’re both to blame.
I love MJB and her music so I’d buy whatever mag she’s on, but not everyone’s like me so they should’ve done way better for this cover to get ppl who aren’t big MJB fans to be interested and buy it.
64.
decatur
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
#62, the people she had the issues with may no longer be there but it is apparent that their cousins have filled their shoes, this cover is just as bad as the other; Not to change the topic but #63 what the hell is going on with your pic….are u trying to make it into the F*cked up pics of 07′ hall of fame?
65.
H-Town Chic*
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I from a professional view that the picture is not good at all. The pose, wig, and just looks very uncomfortable.
I would like to see her grace the of Giant magazine. They have great photographers and do a damn good job. Just look at Beyonce, Diddy, JHud and Ciara that have already made Giant’s cover.
66.
HOTMOMMA001
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
The cover is OK. I don’t really read Vibe so it’s not that serious to me. Also, I’m like the other posters that said,” Didn’t she clown the last cover she was on with them?!” Just wondering….
Also, I found it ironic they chose “IRREPLACEABLE” as the operative word to use on the cover! Imagaine that!
Go Mary! Do you!
67.
chillin in ny
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Mary’s probably one of the few artist that was hot when vibe started and is STILL hot today. I can’t think of many people who started w/ her (rappers included), that are as relevant as Mary. Still putting out hot music in 07’ and up for 8 grammy’s. Go MJB! As far as the cover goes, she looks great, but as for the magazine??? Who still reads vibe? It always puts me to sleep. I much prefer Vibe Vixen.
68.
KI KI
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
NOT FEELING THIS COVER!
69.
foxxy380
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
LMAO @ #64 Decatur. “are u trying to make it into the F*cked up pics of 07′ hall of fame? ”
Mary looks damn good! I love the cover. And I didn’t see anything wrong with her saying what she said at the Vibe awards. If you have a problem with something or someone, you comfront them. And I think she wanted to let her fans and everyone else know that she didn’t agree to that pic.
70.
Drippin_N_Dollaz
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Cute dress
Cute shoes
Pose looks like she has cramps
Wig is smoked out
Color of cover is different, but good different
Wouldn’t buy mag no matter who was on the cover
71.
High
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Meh… Mary Looks Sick!… and by Sick I mean Ugly!……
72.
Compton_Chick23
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
@54
What do you expect Mary J. is a diva and that’s what her persona is gonna stay as. I really don’t have any plans on meeting her personally so I ain’t gotta worry about meeting her bitchy side. But she still makes good music so don’t really care what she does other than that.
73.
njsweetface
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I DONT LIKE THE HAIR, WHAT IS WITH THE BANGS, DAMN EVERYONE IS SPORTING BANGS NOW, SHYT I HAD BANGS WHEN I WAS 10…NOT FLATTERING..
BUT I LOVEEEEE MARY AND SHE IS THE BEST.
74.
NICSTARJAM1
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
no feelin da wig still i wonderat her real hair looks lyk
75.
WillPwr
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I wonder if Mary likes this cover.
76.
Sassycat
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
great cover mary j have many styles
77.
nette & eZ
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
she looks iight.
im not feeling the wig.
78.
Clearminded
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Not the greatest pic, but LOT better than that baldheaded shot they had of her last time she was on the cover, LOL.
79.
niaja101
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
hot but i dont like the hair
80.
MarcusDaBeautifulLiar
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!What The Fudge
81.
Nufsed
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I like this shot because it look so “real” you know! not too made up, not to lasered, shes bomb! Not VIBE’s best! But it is ten times better than the last. How powerful is that though, wasnt they in cahoots? Anyway, like the previous person said, she deserves every cover of every “black” magazine because the “others” dont have that much love for “real” black women! Peace, love, and soul! -Nufsed
82.
Lady Cole
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
this cover is wack. im always feeln their cover but not this one. love mary tho
83.
Sheyanne
Thursday, February 1, 2007 /
I like Mary, but her legs are not very shapely for the dress she is wearing, the wig is all wrong. Vibe just cannot get it right, and the black and white look makes her look shiny and oily. I did not know she had such chicken legs.!!LOLOLOLOLOL
84.
Reading Rainbow
Friday, February 9, 2007 /
FLAWLESS! Fuck EVERYBODY that got something negative to say about the QUEEN, she is rich and yall poor. Where is the logic? She can buy EEVRYBODY on here and she has a career and not sitting on the internet ALL DAY criticizing people. Mary is a LEGEND, anything anyone has to say about her DO NOT matter, period!
And to that “Mary” clown, yo broke ass aint NEVER met Mary, you could NEVER be in her presences, period! Keep dreaming bitch, fart? Dumb fuck what the fuck Mary looking like farting? She has class and pride about herself, she not dusty and ugly like you.
85.
Quiz
Sunday, February 25, 2007 /
ALL hail the queen!! Get em Mary!!
But why does Vibe likes to use Beyonce song titles as cover titles for other artists??
I know y’all remember the “crazy in love” Janet cover.. It’s like come up with something that applies to the artist FROM the artist!
jeez
86.
John
Sunday, November 18, 2007 /
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