GO Mary

2nd, go mary!!!

the dream wrote 8 songs on there, but erbody cant be like ashanti and write there whole album..

but Go Mary!

3rd is the best!!!!!!!!!!! NE ways. i love mary but im tired of her revolutions and her fake rihanna cut. it seems like every album she come out wit she always swear she overcame some kind of struggle. i could have sworn the only trouble she had was wit that lil skinny boy back in the 90’s.

I HEARD A SONG ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT LOVING URSELF THE WAY U R KINDA OF AN UP TEMPO BEAT AND MARY WAS SINGING ABOUT SKIN TONE IN IT, ANYWAYS I REALLY LIKE THAT SONG, HAIL MARY!

not a big fan of mary.i just dont see what everybody else sees that makes her the “QUEEN”maybe back in the day with her old shit like “7 Days”,”Not Gon’ Cry”,etc….but she just cant sing to me now.

I have to say that I’m loving Mary right now. I am the opposite of a lot of people in that I wasn’t a huge fan at the beginning of her career, don’t get me wrong I dug ALL the singles and her vibe, but I just wasn’t in to her that much. But with the Breakthrough she got me and I haven’t let go, she really can’t do wrong to me. When you go through a Breakthrough in your own life you can really start to feel where she’s coming from.

GO MARY!!!

HEY I JUST LISTENED TO ROSES AND I LOVE IT! THIS GROWN WOMAN ISH RIGHT HERE!

I LOVE THAT SONG!!!! THAT’S HOTT!! I WILL BE COPPING THE ALBUM!!

not mary’s biggest fan, but i am really feeling the song Roses
GO MARY!

I’ve had the opportunity to listen to her CD and it is the truth! I was worried for a minute because Breakthrough was such a success but Mary has done it again! The CD is like a book of life, each chapter (song) discussing different parts. In the end it is a fele good CD and you feel like you just had a rap sessions with your true keep it real friends!!! I already pre-ordered my copy and can’t wait to get it!!! Love MJB!!!

I freakin hate Mary j
she is ugly as hell, and she can’t sing to save her life
this album sucks even more than the ones she released before
I hate her new haircut, sheis just tryna copy the gorgeous rihanna

I LOVE YOU MARY…..THAT BITCH ROCKS LIKE MOUNT EVEREST, I LOVE HER….HER SONGS ARE TRULY EMPOWERING FOR WOMEN, NOT LIKE BEYONCE’S FAKE, WANNA BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, GET IT GIRL, RIDDLED WITH GHETTO COUNTRY-TWANG BULLSHIT….MARY HAS A REALNESS TO HER THAT HER TAKEN HER THIS FAR, I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND I WILL AT THE STORE ON DECEMBER 18TH TO GET MY COPY….SO FAR I LIKED EVERY SONG ON THE CD I’VE HEARD ACCEPT ONE…….I LOVE HER ITUNES COMMERCIAL, SHE HAS A STYLE OF HER OWN…….THIS IS ONE ARTIST I TRULY WISH I COULD MEET IN PERSON AND SIT AND KICK IT AND CHILL WITH.

Ok this is the song from the commercials advertising her new CD. I Love it!

Yeah Mary’s album is crazy…

THANKS A BUNCH BRIAN FOR “WORKING THAT”, THATS THE SONG I WAS TALKIN ABOUT IN POST #4, AND I LOVE IT!

I’m not a fan of the first single (mainly the tempo), but I will definitely be getting this cd, because she ALWAYS has something good.

Im loving MJB!!! I was just watching real love video on VH1 soul and she has truly grown and it is truly evident. I am so proud of her, she is truly a walking testimony.

I’m happy to see mary looking more like Mary instead of another artist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVTGNcGNeY

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON’T LIKE MARY J BLIGE OR HER MUSIC..THERE IS A REASON WHY…

ITS CALL GROWN FOLKS MUSIC..AND I’M LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO OLD SCHOOL TO GET MUSIC LIKE THIS…

THIS IS THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO WHEN YOUR CLEANING YOUR HOUSE, OR AT WORK ,WHEN YOUR TIRED OF HEARING THAT POP/RAP MUSIC OR JUST HAVING A LATE NIGHT OUT WITH YOUR FRIEND WHILE DRINKING A BOTTLE OF WINE….

MARY, PLEASE CONTINUE BRINGING THAT OLD SCHOOL MUSIC..BECAUSE WE NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!

CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THE CD DROP….

Yay, I’ll definitely be copping that on Tuesday!!!

@19

I like his CD and all bUt there is nothin “grown folks” about it. This is her most commercial CD to date.

I do like the album though. The ballas like “Hurt Again” an “Stay Down” are hot. And her vocals have stepped up. Most of all jsut admire her trying to to improve as a person.

THE QUEEN IS BACKKKKKKKKKK…THAT IS ALL

I LOVED The Breakthrough!!! So I’m not surorised I love this Cd too! Damn Mary can make some ballads…. I wish she only had like 14 songs tho….Cd is kind of too long. But i will be getting my copy Tuesday.

The song represents Mary to the fullest

I love Mary and i love this song and every other songe she has recorded since what’s the 411? i will definately buy this album tuesday.

quick question why do people have to DISRESPECT other artist just to give Mary props? Has anyone been listening to the messages in Mary’s songs?

Grow up folks.

I love this song!!! ‘Just Fine’ is a good single, just not the 8 grammy nods
I was expecting since Breakthrough. However, so far this album sounds like
a solid effort that will keep her in the cd changer.

Keisha Cole still got some ways to go.

I love Mary Roses and Work That are the bomb. I will be at the store on Tuesday.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THE ENTIRE ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RADIO STATIONS IN ATLANTA HAVE BEEN PLAYING GROWING PAINS SINCE THURSDAY! I JUS LOVE GROWN WOMAN AND WORK THAT! ITRULY AGREE WITH BRIAN ITS HARD 2 PICK A FAVRITE FROM THIS ALBUM ITS ALL GOOD! O ONE OTHA THING LETS STOP WITH THE NASTY COMMENTS, WE GET IT U DON LIKE IT BUT LETS NOT B ASSHOLES! HAVE RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE GROWN WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WILL B @ TARGET RITE AFTA SKOOL 2 GET IT!!!

MARY ROCKS. Now THIS is how you do a grown woman’s album, JANET!

It’s so nice to see a grown woman singing grown woman thangs, not Janet’s ridiculous “heavier than the first day of a period” lyrics and her mumbling, groaning and giggling her way through a song at the age of 41+. UGH! Thank you Mary for saving us from such unbecoming nonsense!!!!

It’s obvious that Mary is gonna milk the “How I Got Over” sentiment for the rest of her career and that is her marketing niche. It is becoming just a little bit burdensome and unauthentic, but she has cornered that market and she does it well. Plus she always works with great producers and songwriters that give her great beats, music and lyrics.

Now if she could just lose that blond hair (but that ain’t nevah gon happen).

This album is a must buy i been a Mary fan since whats the 411 ride or die fan for real. You can play the album from start to finish without skiping. Most likely i will buy 5 copies keep one for myself give the rest out as xmas gifts i’m acting like a Stan lol i just love Da MJB…

http://www.whatsthe411.net/

i dont have a prollum wiff marys music its just that … when is she gonna be happy dam…… its always a complaint bout something….. i just want mary to be happy sumtimes dam lolololol ….. she does have a message ..but its not a happy one lololololololol never bought any of her music and looks like i wont buy this either …..

I’m not a fan of mary’s at all, but i’m really digging this song.

#32 Mary is Happy. She’s been saying that in all her interviews. She said that’s wait her single Just Fine is about. LMAO @ #30

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Does anyone know who produced the song “Roses” on Mary’s album?

“Growing Pains” is a good album. I wuld not call it one her best tho. Some peeps here are either too mean about your judgement of her or the album or too nice about it lol I do agree dat this is not grown folks music that I see a lot of people saying n the internet. It actually seems like it catering 2 a wider audience including youngins lol. I like the album. Good luck Mary

Its funny how peeps siscount Mary and big up Rihanah but ask yourself this even with Umbrella has she even gone platinum??? NO for her to be this it girl Mary has sold more in 1 week than her whole Girl Gone Bad album go figure that girl is fluff and mary is the real thing…

Shawty401, I think it’s a Tricky Stewart production.

The album is pure HAWTNESS, but I wasn’t expecting less from Mary. After all, she’s R&B’s royalty.

#36 Timbaland did Roses

I havent liked a mary album since share my world….and the last album of hers that I bought was no mo drama. I aint feelin her music…my life was her best album..unfrotunately she was goin thru a lot at the time….but this music now..its very commercial and it aint got that gritty soul that I like. I will always love Mary but I cant wait til she makes an album I actually wanna buy.

@40

Timbaland did NOT produce “Roses”

“Roses” was produced by The Dream and C. Tricky Stewart

Roses
Mary J. Blige
Composed By Other Links
Blige, Mary J./Dream/Stewart, C. “Tricky”

Thanks # 39, Josh, for answering my question.

I think Mary will definately bring that R&B/Soul fire on December 18th. I will be getting a copy for sure.

Love Mary, She is My favorite Artist period. I got a chance to listen to the album and its FIRE. Mary did her thing, and always does.

Mary is still that girl! It’s truly remarkable how she’s been able to remain so successful these past 15 years AND keep on making incredible music!

Cant wait to cop this one

MARY’S WHOLE CD IS HOTT !! THIS IS DEFINETLY ONE OF HER BEST..I WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST IN LINE TO GET IT TUESDAY !!!

Mary is still doing it now!!! This album is crazy I had already heard it like last week..Mary still doing the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul get it girl!!! “Til The Morning” produced by The Neptunes is my shit it has the grown folks sound to it overall I still love you girl!!

Am I the ONLY person who is stuck with REALITY?? I’m not hating on Mary at all because the Breathrough was a great album.. but this time around Mary has FLOPPED. Just fine has got to be the worst/ most annoying song I’ve heard since Nicole’s “Baby Love” (no shade, i love nicole) I think that BRIAN is so damn BIAS and if you’re going to have a BLOG you need to be 100% “real” with what’s hot and what’s not. Has anyone seen Mary perform Just Fine??? She starts pop-and-locking and shit.. WHOAA MARY!! You’re NOT a dancer (see Love & Life (Mary J Album that flopped b/c she thought she was a dancer) for details)
And am I the ONLY one who thinks that when Mary gets on stage she starts SCREAMING out the lyrics??? Again, I like Mary.. Vocally She’s no Teedra Moses but hey, she’s been in the industry for a while. If you ask me, it’s all about who you team up with b/c Faith Evans can clearly out sing Mary blowing milk bubbles… haha, that was funny! …Anyways, I just thought I’d say what I felt since everyone else is doing it… Let the controversial debates begin!

Mary is classic!

Wanna hear whats up in 08′

Check out Pete Colon @ http://www.myspace.com/petecolon

Listen to the song “Shame On Me”

Watch the video “New Day”

Rihanna’s album IS platinum people!!!!!! Give the girls her respect and stop lying on her sales! That shit is crazy how people talk sooo much shit about different artists and DONT EVEN HAE THEIR FACTS TOGETHER! I’m an intern at Def Jam… so I get very sensitive when it comes to music, sales, and artists

The proof is in the pudding… well, in this case, BILLBOARD:

http://www.billboard.com/...r=Top+51-100&g=Albums

#26, Have you heard Keyshia’s album…It is the BOMB!!! And she writes her music, which is rare even for established artists, like Mary.

i love it all!!!!!!

mary! = the queen!

#48…I couldn’t agree anymore…all that screaming and attempts at dancing drives me nuts. Every singer isn’t meant to be a dancer too. I’ve seen Mary in concert twice and wanted my money back both times. She tries too hard and it’s painful to watch and listen to.

Brian, Mary does not have “excellent” chemistry with Bryan-Michael Cox. They had one good song together, that does not mean that everything else they’ve done has been that great. If anything Mary and Chucky Thompson who produced “My Life” have excellent chemistry together.

You are not getting real with anyone. Shut your dumb ass up. You are in “reality” either. Mary J can SANG. You must be deaf.

Do you need an interperter BITCH?

@48

Shut your fifth grader self up! “Vocally, shes no Teedra Moses”???? WHAT THE FUCK! Mary J. would stomp Teedra Moses out vocally, lyrically, artistically. Since when did after making one album make you worthy of even being compared to a legend.

Faith Evans can’t even hold a candle to Mary…for instance, a Faith Evans album came out nearly 4 years ago and we haven’t heard from her since, wanna know why? Cause Mary has ended her career just like Beyonce ended Ashanti’s.

I agree with Be Real People. I’ve never understood the fascination with her. Like another poster said, My Life was her best album. I commend her for trying something new, but I disagree that it’s “fiyah” or “she does it again” or “better than her last CD” praises. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but she’s blah and I’ve only heard one song that’s worth listening to and that’s Stay Down.

I like it.

LET ME SAY THIS. IF PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL MARY THEY ARE UNDER 25 AND DIDN’T GROW UP WITH THE QUEEN LIKE SOME OF US 1976 PEOPLE. SO GIVE IT A SHOT AND LISTEN TO THE WORDS AND THE BEATS ARE BANGING. LUDA VERSE HOT ….. HE SPIT….. I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS SONG GROWN WOMAN…. CUZ I AM GOING THROUGH JUST THAT. MARY SONGS ARE EMOTIONAL IN EVERY WAY. RIHANNA AKA ROBYN IS LAME AND WHACK AND WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER 1 SONG EVER AGAIN. SHE IS WHACK AND IS NOT ABLE TO CARRY A NOTE AND SHE SUCKS SAUSAGE FOR BEATS. I KNOW THIS FIRST HAND… CUZ SHE DID THAT IN THE STUDIO TO A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINES. SO WHATEVER. U WON’T NEVER HEAR OF MARY J BEIN ON HER KNEES FOR BEATS.

RECOGNIZE ROYALTY AND RECOGNIZE PEASANTS. BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN.

OBAMA NOT CHELSIE MOMMA 2009 IS AROUND THE CORNER.

ALSO—- AS AS SIDE NOTE…. I AM NOT TRYIN TO DISS NOBODY BUT UNDERSTAND THAT AN ARTIST THAT HAS BEEN IN THE GAME AS LONG AS MARY …. SHE IS LIKE THE ARETHA FRANKLIN OF OUR TIME. ARETHA HAD SO MANY CHANGES AND SO MANY POWER RECORDS …. MARY IS ON HER WAY TO THAT. IN MY BOOK SHE STILL GOT IT AND ALWAYS WILL. I LOVE HER ENERGY ON EVERY ALBUM… KENDU NEEDED TO GO SIT DOWN FOR AMINUTE AND LET HER GET IT CRACKIN. BUT I KNOW MARY AND I KNOW THAT SHE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH AND GROWING EVERY DAY AND GROWING INTO HER PERSON THAT SHE IS NOW. U MUST LEARN TO RESPECT THE ARTISTS THAT ARE RESPECTABLE.

JUST CUZ RIHANNA WIG IS CUTE DOESN’T MAKE HER THE BEST ARTIST EVER. NOW I AM GLAD SHE TOOK THE AWARDS OUT FROM UNDER PHONY A$$ BEYONCE BUT SHE WILL NOT HAVE THAT SPOTLIGHT NO MORE.

SHE NEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL

FURTHER MORE… MARY J PASSED ON UMBRELLA CUZ SHE WANTED RIHANNA TO ROCK THAT. SHE IS A QUEEN AND A QUEEN DOES AS SHE SEE FIT. SHE IS NOT A HOG LIKE BEYONCE. SHE IS GENEROUS YO.

SO CHECK THE FACTS BEFORE YOU YOUNG KIDS GO OFF THE DEEP END BIGGING UP ALL THESE OTHER ARTISTS. MARY IS AND ALWAYS WLL BE ALL ABOUT REAL TALK AND GROWTH FOR EVERYONE…. ESPECIALLY HER TALKIN REAL ABOUT US WOMEN. SO IF U CAN’T LOVE IT LEAVE IT ALONE. LISTEN TO RIHANNA BUT THAT WON’T HELP U GROW OR MOLD ANY EXPERIENCES FOR YOU…. MARY IS FOR THE PEOPLE MAN. SHE GOT THAT
ON LOCK. SHE WILL DO GOOD NUMBERS.

A KEYS IS ALSO VERY REAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE MUSIC. I’M SORRY BUT THE BUBBLE GUM CELL PHONE RINGING SINGERS WHO JUST GOT KNOWN RECENTLY… LACK TALENT. THEY IN IT FOR THE MONEY NOT FOR THE PEOPLE.

I like the song. I am tired of everyone comparing Mary to fucking no talent Rihanna. Why are they even compared. They are not even in the same genre of music. Mary is R&B soul, Rihanna is Pop. You don’t hear shut up and drive or stop the music on your hip hop/r&b soul radio stations, so what’s the point. The only thing they have in common is that both are black. I take that back, Mary is black. Rihanna is getting whiter and whiter by the minute and is a wannabe a rocker chick. She has no identity. First she wants to represent Barbados with dancehall, then be edgy. Mary knows whos she is! She is a grown ass woman who has clout and respect not only in r&b, but the whole music industry.

i love mary.. .. she is just so real with everything she does… her music.. her personna.. her image.. she is amazing.. and like any other person she goes thorough things constantly.. she’s human.. just like you.. and she uses her music to potray that.. I LOVE YOU MARY!!!!

*sigh*

we will meet one day real soon..

@#50 YO U CAN GO BY THE NUMBERS BUT ALSO REALIZE THAT UHHH EVERY RECORD COMPANY HAS A “BUDGET” FOR RECORD SALES …. EVERY ARTIST HAS A “BUDGET” AND THEY DO NOT UTILIZE ALL FOR THE MAKING AND COMPLETION OF THE ALBUM… SO GUESS WHAT: THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ TO BUY THEY OWN RECORDS! EVERY ARTIST DOES IT…. THEY HAVE A “STREET TEAM” THAT WILL GO TO EVERY STORE AND BUY OUT THE RECORDS MAN….

WOW…. U REALLY THINK EVERYONE LOVES RIHANNA? lol!!!! WOOOOOW

YEAH…. I THINK ALICIA KEYS RECORD IS FIRE AND CLASSIC AND TIMELESS AND ACTUALLY DID NUMBERS THAT ARE “FOREAL” UNLIKE RIHANNA NON SINGING A$$. SHE CANNOT SING FAM. U CAN SIT THERE AND ARGUE ME DOWN… BUT GUESS WHO HER BOSS IS : JAY MFN Z AND GUESS WHAT? HE GOT DOWN THE SAME WAY: NO BODY I KNOW BOUGHT HIS CD…. SO HE BOUGHT WHAT HE COULD AFFORD IE: HIS SALES HE PURCHASED.

THEY ARE DONE. JAY Z AND RIHANNA AND BEYONCE…. PEOPLE NEED SOME NEW ENERGY YO. THESE PEOPLE ARE FAKE AS I DON’T KNOW WHAT.

REAL MUSIC IS COMING BACK BECAUSE REALNESS ALWAYS KILLS FAKE ISHT SO RECOGNIZE I AM ON THE INSIDE. I AM TALKIN REAL TALK. U CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE OR NOT TO BELIEVE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY…… U REALLY SHOULD ‘CHECK THEY RESUME’

WHACKNESS AND JAY Z IS A KNOWN BI SEXUAL AND SO IS BEYONCE. AND SO IS RIHANNA. EVERYONE DO WHAT THEY CAN TO GET IN TO THE BIZZ YO. NEVER BELIEVE THE FACADE THAT YOU ARE GIVEN CUZ THESE PEOPLE ALL WORK FOR SOMEONE….. THEY ARE NOT “BUSINESS OWNERS” “CEO’S FOREAL” OR RICH

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE TO WORK SO MUCH? U DON’T THINK IF YOU HAD OH SAY A COOL $300 MILLION THAT YOU WOULD GO HAVE A FN FAMILY?????

LOL!!!! THINK ABOUT IT. I’M OUT YO. ONE LOVE

DO YOU RESEARCH YOUNGINS.

ITS THERE.
U JUST GOTTA LOOK.

@63

Alicia Keys’ album is not “classic” that had to have been her worst album to date (but it still was good) but to say it was classic is just asinine.

And record sales don’t exactly determine greatness…..Example: Fergie sold 3,000,000 copies does that mean her album was great? Didn’t think so!

Whoooooa to those who say Mary can’t sing live. She can sing her ass off live. I’ve seen her in concert too so I don’t know what to tell ya. Maybe she wasn’t feeling the crowd or maybe ya’ll weren’t never fans of Mary in the beginin,but here in Bmore she was incredible when she came down. As far as her dancing, she does a pretty good job for someone who isn’t practicing with a choreagrapher (spelled wrong, I know). I mean she a vet so she don’t have to sweat out her weave anymore. LOL. Back in her early days u betta believe she was in the dance studio puttin in work like all the wanna be R&B girls today tho. Just look at her videos from the 90’s.

Anywho Mary always have a “I’ll cut ya ass” song on her cds. LOL. Gotta love it though. She speaks the truth in her songs for all women. I’m not taking anything from Alicia Keys but I’m not feeling her new cd. Its waaay too sad and drab for me. My friend who is a depressant loves it to death tho. LOL. I haven’t heard the whole thing but I wasn’t impressed with what I did hear. Alicia’s singles so far are okay but…. I will be getting Mary’s cd bright and early on Tuesday!

Biggest Mary J. fan but hate Just Fine. Overall, she has a message and she’s the queen of R&B because she addresses real issues. She’s not a down and out type of woman. She hits on real things that have happened, but you can also hear the transformation and joy in her songs now. Her big hit that brought her into the light last year was about the love she has for her man (Be Without You and We Ride). Not to mention her uplifting Run Away Love to help young girls. I think people just like to focus on the negative, but if you like it you like it, if not then you don’t. Can’t force anyone to like her style. Again, she is one of my favorite artists, but I think Rhianna does her thing for her market. I also love what Keyshia Cole puts out. Yes she has been through a lot in love and relationships and it shows, but she is going to be around and we’ll probably see her growth as she finds happiness too.

Mary got too much love last time around, IMO…She only got those Grammy nods because the CD produced a monster hit, just as Rihanna has several nominations because she had a hit…If it had been closer to an easily respectable vein, like “R&B” as opposed to bubblegum pop, Rihanna would have gotten as many as Mary, herself. The truth is, the Grammy is no longer what it was…they’ve gone downhill BIG TIME…several years ago they began awarding not the most deserving artists but the MOST POPULAR…and why is that? Because if this person can sell 3 million records and draw hundreds of thousands to a concert, this person can also draw MILIONS to my television production (the award show). People in this country are shameless opportunistic rats, really… For instance, there was NO REASON Beyonce should have been nominated for a Golden Globe…and of course she didn’t win but they did so many closeups on her that night it was ridiculous. She meant higher ratings…It was the same when they knocked Minnie Driver, WHO WAS IN THE FILM “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,” out so Beyonce could perform the song: “Let’s just face it,” they said, “Beyonce is a bigger draw.” And, in shameless fashion, they pushed Beyonce onto the stage not one but what…4 times??? It was, essentially, a watch-the-Oscars-and-get-a-free-Beyonce-concert type thing…I wonder how many companies ran spots?
Many musicians are basically disillusioned…they scoff at the Grammy awards, these days… It’s silly that they’re awarding TPain, Jay Z, Soulja Boy, Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye (sure, he deserved it in years past and this year he deserved a nod in rap categories BUT NOT 8 nominations…this CD was NOT like his other CD’s); Mary J Blige (for Just Fine? lol Are you serious?); Fergie…

The list goes on and on but it’s crap, seriously…NONE of those people should be nominated for ANYTHING this year… It’s lame and if Amy Winehouse doesn’t at least tie the record for most wins in one night, I will start a freaking petition!!! Sure, she can lose to a more worthy opponent, but NOT Rihanna or Beyonce or Kanye..COME ON!

Hey Brian

I see you been studying your craft.

This was almost perfectly written

Congradulations

I have been down with Mary since I saw You Remind Me on Video Soul and all I have to say is I am 27 and I love Mary’s music. I have grown up listening to her struggles and her happieness. I love seeing what hairstyle Mary is going to Rock what her clothing game is like. She has stayed true to the RnB game since 411. For me you dont have to dance around all on stage to put a show. She doesnt have to be a songwriter to be the best singer out either. She does what she does and she does it well. So yeah she may struggle to hit some notes but she has come a long way and her new outlook is great. All I have to say is GO HEAD MARY. DO YOU!! You cant live your life trying to please everyone and not everyone will like her just like not everyone likes RiRi~ Altho I did buy her cd and its okay. No she not Mary nor do I put her in a category with her she is young and has a way to go. She still has a lot to figure out too. So what if she did the dancehall or punk rock thing~ that someone previsously stated life is about change.

This is about Mary’s new CD - how is the world is almost every other artist being discussed in a review for her CD? Why can’t people just like who they like, enjoy the music they enjoy without all of the nonsense about other artists.

Not everything has to be contentious -

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Mary has grown on me ,but at my core I still think she is a pretty unimpressive singer. In fact, there is an interview somewhere on the internet-I read it a few years ago-where Mary talks about Faith Evans and actually sates that Faith is a great siner and that she wishes that she could sing like her.

Mary is all image and good marketing. Bottom line. She also appeals to a audience that didn’t have much of a voice or image in the entertainment industry until she arrived.

Her material is decent, all of her material is decent.

well me being mary’s bigest fan i have to say there is no to many artist that came out in the early 90’s still making relevant music. Mary will always be the QUEEN and thats, that. Growing Pains is the best follow-up album I’ve ever heard in my life. It’s like a Sequel and a really good one.

I love Mary J. Blige. I can relate to almost all of her songs. She is the truth, and her songs are about stuff that almost everyone from all walks of life can relate to and that’s what I love about her.

The Breakthrough is an amazing album and I am equally as impressed with this album ‘Growing Pains’. I will definitely be copping this album next week! :o)

#65 Fergie’s Cd is the shit! Don’t sleep.

Mary is the GREATEST SINGER of this generation, NO SINGER who “CANT” sing DO NOT last 17 years in the game and remain on top, NO singer who “CANT” sing DO NOT get on stage with the GREATS like Aretha, Chaka. Patti, Gladys, Stevie, Elton etc. NOBODY can outsing Mary, Mary has 4 octaves, her voice can go ANYWHERE, she can sound like a man, she can sound like a lil’ girl. Mary is versatile when she sings, jus’ because she not singing about Kitty Kats & Bubblegum you DUMB broke YOUNG idiots dont understand her, ONLY the normal successful people understand her, thats why she is now OPRAH’s NEW BESTFRIEND and is KNOWN all across the world as THE QUEEN & THE VOICE! And to the dumb fuck that said Mary wish she could sing like Faith, stop fucking LYING you dumb weirdo, Mary would NEVER EVER say no dumb shit like that, she has stated on several occassions that she is HAPPY with what she has…it’s raw, it’s raspy, it’s soulful, it’s high, it’s low, it’s deep, it’s all kind of things, at least she still has a voice for her LOYAL FANS and not some broke BITTER people who is mad because Mary is the ONLY REAL SINGER from the 90’s STILL standing, where is SHITney? Phoni Broketon? Trandy? DEADliyah? Coke Evans? NOWHERE! Mary will be the last and ONLY SINGER standing.

^^^^^^^ OH YOU WRONG FOR SPEAKING ABOUT AALIYAH IN THAT TONE

EVERYBODY GONNA DIE ONE DAY AND SHE DIDNT CHOOSE TO LEAVE US SO SHORTLY

THE NERVE OF YOU

THAT WAS NOT FUNNY

REST IN PEACE BABY GIRL

AND WHITNEY HOUSTON IS THE BEST OF OUR TIME.

I LOVE MARY JUST AS MUCH AS THE NEXT PERSON BUT YOU DONT GOTTA PUT EVERYBODY ELSE DOWN JUST TO SUPPORT THE PERSON YOU FAVOR

EVERYTHING IS NOT A BATTLE RAP

Slavery was evil.
To actually think God made you superior than another by obnoxiously, sinfully, wickedly utilizing another human being for your gain is pure EVIL!

TO number 50 Rhinah has scanned about 800,000 thats far from Platinum and for someone to release 5 singles thats damn near SAD……………Shipped platinum and sold are 2 different things and she will never see the 3 Million Mary did with The Breakthrough

AND FYI TO EVERYBODY MARY WROTE ON 14 OUT OF THE 16 TRACKS ON GROWING PAINS THATS A SONGWRITER TO ME…………………..

i love “roses” alot alot…i listen to it all the time.

Mary J. Blige is the Queen and her music is real!

1. Work That

Blige, Mary J.; Feemster, Theron Otis; Sean Garrett

2. Grown Woman

Blige, Mary J.; Christopher Bridges; Dejoin Madison; Terius “The-Dream” Nash

3. Just Fine

Blige, Mary J.; Dream; Jazze Pha; Stewart, C. “Tricky”

4. Feel Like A Woman

Blige, Mary J.; Feemster, Theron Otis; Terius “The-Dream” Nash

5. Stay Down

Blige, Mary J.; Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin

6. Hurt Again

Andre Harris; Blige, Mary J.; Brian Sledge; Vidal Davis

7. Shake Down

Blige, Mary J.; Dream; Jazze Pha; Stewart, C. “Tricky”

8. Till The Morning

Pharrell Williams

9. Roses

Blige, Mary J.; Dream; Stewart, C. “Tricky”

10. Fade Away

Blige, Mary J.; M.S. Eriksen; Ne-Yo; T.E. Hermansen

11. What Love Is

Blige, Mary J.; M.S. Eriksen; Ne-Yo; T.E. Hermansen

12. Work In Progress

Charles Harmony; Ne-Yo

13. Talk To Me

Blige, Mary J.; Eric Hudson; Johnta Austin; Robert Wright; Verdine White

14. If You Love Me?

Blige, Mary J.; Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin

15. Smoke

Ne-Yo; Reggie Perry

16. Come To Me (Peace)

Blige, Mary J.;Dream;Kuk Harrell;Stewart, C. “Tricky”

Grown folk music at its best. LOVE “Roses.” “Shake Down” is nice too — I can definitely see myself vibing to that when I’m with my fiancee’.

All in all, I’m looking forward to this album.

I’m a little nervous about you #77 - that was a foul thing to say about Aaliyah. She was a great artist in her own right and so were/are the others you mentioned. I love Mary, too, but many of the things that make Mary so great is because she overcame so many things. However, her struggles almost parallel Whitney Houston’s who you so callously put down. Abusive men, drugs, etc…and we should be praying for Whitney’s full and total recovery so she, too can regain her whole life, the same as Mary was able to. Agree or disagree, you need to check yourself joking about someone being taken from this world so soon.

People mustn’t have anything better to do on a saturday night @65 Fergie is disgusting. Her records are tailored to reach a certain “demographic”. Ms. Keys, makes music for older crowds I think.

Mary J Blige is certainly a favorite. She deserves the best cause she is a great voice for those who like that. Not everyone likes that voice. Just like folks were discussing rianna. Not everyone likes that voice either.

At the end of the day, these folks do this for money.

I’m liking a lot of the songs I’ve heard so far. I’m gone cop the Mary album for the simple fact Mary always bring it, imo.

When you go to the stores pick up that new MARIO GO!

#87 That sounds like a personal dislike. So your argument can’t go far, sorry.

I love Mary because has been able to keep it crispy even after all these years! LUV YA MARY!

WHEN AN UNINTELLIGIBLE MUSIC FAN SAYS THEY DONT LIKE MARY..U SHOULD TURN YO HEAD AWAY FROM THEM…THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY R TALKIN BOUT….SHE IS UNIMPRESSIVE..WHO IS THEN…EVERYBODY RKETINGWHO KNOW BETTER KNOWS MARY IS A BEAST….SHE IS ALL MARKETING AND IMAGE…FUC OUTTA HERE…HER IMAGE IS THE PROTOTYPE NOW….U R NOT MY AGE…COULDNT B..U DONT UNDERSTAND MARY…ANYBODY WHO KNOWS BETTA WOULD NOT B ABLE TO MOUTH THOSE WORDZ…WHERE U THINK HER RESPECT CUMZ FROM…WORKING..HOW MANY ALBUMS SOLD…SHE HAS A BANGA WITH EVERY RAPPER WHO COUNTZ IN THA GAME…REAL TALK..EVERY LAST ONE..AND PROLLY ON THERE CLASSIC ALBUM….SHE IS THE QUEEN BECAUSE OF AN UNCOUNTABLE HIT LIST..PLAIN AND SIMPLE…THA CHICK WHO SAID SHE WANTED HER MONEY BACK AFTA A MARY CONCERT….U JOKIN’ RIGHT…………

mary j. blige is on another level she’s droppin nothin but great musc and she’s the best…by the way check out this funny great producer: DJ Triumph

http://www.myspace.com/djtriumph383

Why do black people have to always “pit against one another”? First off, Mary is not the same music genre as Rihanna..SO JUST STOP IT!! Secondly, Mary J. has to stay relevant to the game and the music industry, because she is aging and she has to still be able to connect, unlike Janet Jackson and others, who simply don’t know how to stay relevant and cross music genre and age groups. So for this, I give Mary J. Mad props..I was at my daugthers 6th grade Winter Ball this past Friday, and they were all jamming still to Be Without You and Runaway Love (with Luda)…so on that note, Mary is still relevant to what is still missing in the game of Hip-Hop and R & B, and no one has taken her crown as yet…Not even Ashanti’s behind as well!!! So please stop comparing Mary to Beyonce, Rihanna and others…I love Faith Evans, unfortunately she would be Mary’s only other comparison, and unfortunately, Faith has not gotten the right Record Label and Producers behind her to stay in game, and Lauren Hill would be the other competition, and even Lauren has fallen off….Erkayah Badu is coming out with a new joint, but even she is a different genre as well..SO LEAVE MARY ALONE AND LET DO HER THANG! Coping the Joint on Dec 18th…”Love it or Hate it”…”All Hail Mary”, The undisputed Queen or Hip-Hop/R&B!

oh my god, this is what i needed to hear today! in my face tellin’ me to suck it up man, i know what she talkin’ ’bout and people urk the hell out of me tellin’ me all that mess. this is therapy. i will buy this tuesday, if i can’t but the album on itunes. got me crying

For all real Mary fans…
VH1 is having a Mary J. day on Tuesday. All her videos, documentaries and other appearances…. Just a heads up.

Mary needs to take a break and make us crave her music.

@94

Why in the hell would you wanna buy an album on iTunes? Technology degrades throughout the years and can be deleted but CDs can last for decades…go to Best Buy/Target/Wal-Mart/FYE/Virgin whatever, just go buy the damn CD! I’m sick of people buying shit on crappy iTunes.

FYI, you can upload your CD to your iTunes library and then install it onto an iPod or whatever

To be honest…this album is sub par to what Mary has released in the past…of all the songs, only three really stood out to me…:Hurt Again”, “Roses”, and of course, “Just Fine”…I really feel like Mary is running out of material because it does seem like she is constantly singing about the same thing…I wouldnt waste the 15 dollars.

This album is way better than the last one and I guarantee another multiplatinum plaque

who in the hel got the nerve to compare mary to rhianna…or you kidding jokester..lol
when rhianna see half of mary’s successful years in this game…which will be 8 or more years then you can START comparing…other than that keep it real and hope rhianna have enough in her to last that long in this game…for goodness sake people she just parlayed herself in the game over 2 years ago…

I WILL BE COPPING MY 2 COPIES OF GROWING PAINS TUESDAY…MARY ALWAYS AND I MEan always has something to say…thats all folks……..

I LOVE this album. Mary really did her thing on this! Its definitely for the grown folks.

Shake Down is my SHI*T

SINGERS HAVE PRODUCERS…THATS WHAT THEY DO…MARY HAS ALMOST ALWAYS CO WRITTEN HER MATERIAL

HER COMPETITION IN THE GAME IS NON EXISTENT……..HER HITLIST ONCE AGAIN IS CHECKABLE…THESE R FACTS..NOT JUST SINGLES SHE GOT ALBUMZ…REMIXES…HER COLLABOS R WITH THE WHOLE ENTIRE INDUSTRY….

HER PERFORMANCES R CLASSIC….IF U LIKE R AND B AND DONT FUC WIT MARY..I DONT KNOW WHAT 2 TELL YA…

TO THE YOUNG’NZ COMPARIN HER 2 ANYBODY..DO YA HOMEWORK

WHY WOULD MARY STOP…SHE IS ON TOP OF HER GAME..SUMTIMES I DONT GET YALL OPINIONZ..SOMEBODY SUCCESSFUL WIT A REAL DAY JOB AS AN ENTERTAINER ALWAYS HAS 2 TAKE THIS DUMB ASS BREAK THAT YALL THINK THEY NEED…DONT LISTEN 2 THEY MUSIC..THATS HOW ARTISTS END UP ON BREAKZ……….MARY

TO THA (UNIMPRESSIVE) HATERS..U TELL ME WHATS HOT IF SHE NOT….

IM A DUDE AND CAN TELL U THAT SHE AINT ROCKIN WACK ASS RIHANNA HAIRSTYLE…….SHE BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN FLY

“I GOTTA BE BUMPIN HEADS WITH YOU”"

LMAO

GON’ MARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#56 you have lost your damn mind! Teedra Moses can sing her ass off. And she has soul! I love Mary she is the shit she has soul and class I love her. I’ve always been a big fan since What’s the 411!!! Faith Evans voice is beautiful as well. Faith Evans wrote most of Mary’s music and she’s sung background on the majority of Mary J’s My Life album. So please don’t sleep on Faith. She’s married with children. Mary still thinks she’s young and she can do that b/c she’s the QUEEN! I love her and I will be purchasing her new cd and I don’t even buy cd’s anymore. And that Beyonce/Ashanti comment. We all know Beyonce is more talented than Ashanti but that’s not much competition. Ashanti can’t sing. Beyonce is overrated and someone had the nerve to compare Beyonce to the old Mary J who used to have 5 songs playing in heavy rotation over the radio. To me there’s no comparison. Beyonce is a pop singer who does the same dance moves and flinging swinging the hair looking dizzy as fuck. Mary is a soulful singer who doesn’t have the best voice in the world but she hits the spot for me. I can feel her. With Beyonce you can only hear her and she has no soul in her voice. We don’t have real singers anymore. Bottomline!

People who say they don’t “get Mary” are probably really young and have never experienced some of the things that she’s been through in her life

- everybody knows about Ki-Ci - if ANYONE who has ever been in love with the wrong man, and ALL the drama that comes from that…I know I’ve been there
- and then there’s the substance abuse to cope with the pressures of her career, and to escape (or keep up with) Ki-Ci ( My Life/Share My World)
- you kinda start figuring out what you gotta do to be a better you FOR you, and you get rid of all the drama (No More Drama)
- you’re coming into your own, and figuriing out what it takes to be YOU (Mary)
- And once you figure it out, you see the evolution of yourself, a woman (The Break Through)
- But then Breaking through is not the end, because maintaining that level of self-actualization you just reached takes WORK, and thus there will be “GROWING PAINS”

I have rode with Mary through the journey of her life, and every time I didn’t think I was ready to take the next step, Mary would drop a joint, and it would be what I needed to hear. I was dealing with an infidelity issue in my marriage, and I heard “Just Fine” for the first time - that became my anthem. And I was feeling “Work That” - work what you got! And now Roses - the QUEEN does it AGAIN! I can’t wait until Tuesday.

Mary’s story tell is a coming of age story for a lot of African American women. Cuz baaby, if you’re in your late 30’s, and you’r still stuck back there somewhere around “No More Drama,” you need to get it together.

And as Mary would say - “you can hate it or looove it, hate it or loovee it…”

I Love Mary, but there are abviously a LOT of HATERS on the CL…

Wow I just loooove Mary’s new album she def. did her thang, can’t wait to cop Tuesday!

i’ve heard growing pains in its entirety, and no, its NOWHERE NEAR one of marys best works, not even close. its not a classic album. its just ok. shes not goin to do “breakthrough” numbers this time out. “just fine” FLOPPED HARD. coming off of the success of “be without you” single wise so far, she has not delievered. “work that” SHITS on “fine”. ever since her label merged into geffen, she just has not been the same. they pick all the wrong singles to support the album.
what makes “pains” wack is the production. its not tight at all. it was a horrible decision to have the dream, and tricky stewart produce the bulk of the songs.
this is supposed to be the “queen of hip-hop soul” where the hell are the hip-hop songs? theres only 2 hip-hop tracks on the entire album. WTF?! she needs to stick with what originally got her to the plateau shes on. THE HIP-HOP!!!

Yo i have loved mary ever since i seen the real love video and i still love and will always love her…2 all the haters out there spend u time doin something else nobody is tryna force you to like mary b u and do wht u do and get ova it Mary is the shit and like she said “u can hate it or luv it.”

mary you did yo thing ! luv it

Mary is working it! This CD is going to be better than I thought! I heard them playing “Work That” during the Sunday Night Football game - GO MJB! I am def going to pick up a copy tomorrow!

HER ALBUM IS STR888888 FIREEEEEE……. ITS A MUST TO GET

The QUEEN! All of you folks need to stop with the comments saying you not a fan but you’ll by the CD. Stop faking she’s the QUEEN! No one will ever stop her!

Luv Ya,

Mary keep doing ya thing!

First off, all you people on here talking about you don’t like Mary and she can’t sing. Please answer one simple question for me. Why in da f^ck did you click on a Mary J ablum review post? If you felt that way, why waste your time dumba$$? And the ones that are saying Mary does not do grow folk music are the same ones who are on Bey/Rih post praising songs like Kitty Kat, Greenlight, Freakum Dress, Umbrella, Shut Up and Drive. Are you kidding me? So your comment/opinions doesn’t even hold water. Mary IS and will always be considered the Queen. Get over it B!TCHES!! And deal with it.

Tomorrow, Dec 18 I will be in the stores buying 3 copies. One for home, one for the car and one for the job. Yes, it’s that serious. LOL

I’m not feeling this Mary J hate. She been in the game for years. A lot of people have fallen off. I laugh at folks who run behind the latest artist who is just a fad at the moment. Then when they dont do so well yall forget about them and go after the next person. I love Mary J music no matter what. Quite franklin she is doing great she keeps making music and she is currently happy. Alot of people don’t understand Mary J is being used to heal people through music she has a gift that a lot of singers dont have. Its nice to have a wonderful voice and thats all you have. Go to a Mary J show you will be enteratained and touched in a way you never been before.. Its not about the hype with Mary J and she will tell you that. . Yall can go crazy over ya Rhiannas and Beyonce’s this is a flashy world but do know they will get played out also.
Mary J is the bomb she has a great voice she brings a wonderful show. She always have a hit song and she is doing more than Music. And she dosen’t have to be hurt by a man to make a big hit. She proved that already.

Rihanna sings out her nose and that is annoying as hell- she’s just beautiful but her singing isn’t

Mary may not be the BEST vocalist out here but, she is soulful. Thats what makes her different. When she sings about some realness - you feel her. Thats why everybody liked the old bitter Mary. But the new Mary did not lose that fire. I’m so feeling this cd.

I like Mary and have had since her start she has always been a soulful person that put everything she has into her songs

I just got it today! Grown Woman is tha SHIZNIT!, but there is one song that really hits home to me: What Love is (track 11). That song is sooooooo sincere and the way that Mary tiers the effects of love in this song is just so amazing. This CD has so much contextual advice. I hope that u guys are listening closely!

i”m sorry, the new artist these days really are crap, the only two good artist in r&b femaie these dayz is keyshia cole and mary, i think people need to stop hatin om mary, she is the longest r&b singer out there, where is rhanna now?? all her other 3 songs after umbrella, all the songs flopped and jay-z wants to drop her, its all the same crap music of party party party, no realness of real life and how people is struggling in real life and they overcoming it, thats i respect keyshia and mary because they tell it how it is, so people who are hatin on Mary and Keyshia cole, get it together!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@106 You said: Mary’s story tell is a coming of age story for a lot of African American women. Cuz baaby, if you’re in your late 30’s, and you’r still stuck back there somewhere around “No More Drama,” you need to get it together.”

Preach sis!

Its ironic because I didn’t like Mary’s music UNTIL I heard Breakthrough and that made me go back and buy everything. She grew up. Some sisters had mothers who are stuck in misery and aunties stuck in misery so all they expect is misery. Mary’s music does show the transformation and she makes me proud. I love this new album as well.

Sisters we really need to work it out. “Mirror” is so real. “Work That” is so real. You won’t understand Mary until you allow yourself to grow up.

And any sister who isn’t going to put “Grown Woman” on repeat in her truck, car, suv etc and blast it is missing out. That song is fire! Found my new anthem! My husband heard it and laughed “oh here you go!”
Go Mary!

Go Mary. Girlfriend might even go platinum this week

Well I loved the Breakthrough and I love Growing pains, her vocals are incredible, her style is incredible, love the hair style, the color and the cut you go Mary!
Keep up the good work, and may God continue to bless you with love, and happiness, I pray that God continues to bless your marriage, you two make a beautiful couple. I love you and I can’t wait until you come to Michigan. One day I hope to meet you.

P.S. Two of my favorites are stay down and talk to me.

Mary J. Blige is one of my favorite artist, I love each and every CD she has ever made especially Mary, Breakthrough and now Growing pains, I think Mary has grown a lot mentally, physically and spiritually, her vocals are incredible. She looks good and her style is incredible, I am very happy and proud of Mary, I think she is awsome, and most importantly she loves God and she loves herself . I also think if you have nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all at least that is what my mother taught me.

You go Mary!!!!

One of your # 1 fans Nicole F.

Kiesha cole?Lol. Wannabe marx j from back in da day. She cant even sing. MARY IS HOT AND I WILL LOVE HER TILL DA END.She so real and dis album is HOT.