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Mary J. Blige’s “Growing Pains” Album Release Party was held Tuesday night at Soho Grand in New York City. Attendees included: Patti LaBelle, Chingy, J. Holiday and more. More photos after the cut.
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Ahh. Look at my baby J.holiday with his cute little scarf. I didn’t realize his hair was so long.
Wow! I can’t remember ever seeing Kerry out WITHOUT Alicia. She’s finally telling people (as if who didn’t know) that he’s her man (has been since she was 16 – moved in with him and he was 22(?)) so I guess he feels he can get in places without her now – lmao.
I also love his undersstated dressing. He has to have at least $100 million in his account!
Mary cd is the TRUTH I feel like some of those songs were written directly from my life.
Why is that top model girl Nik and Melyssa Ford always at someones party, I mean who invites them and why? Mary and Patti look nice, they stay wearing a fur coat..but they both look beautiful.
*calling PETA rat now!* I would pay money to see Mary on the street scrapping with those fur fanatics. LOL.
Anyhoo, looks like a nice party.
#48
Stop repeating everything….ugh…
Thinking the same thing #53 about PETA. They would have gotten whooped that night.
#33… SPEAK
Hey…#33 started it! LOL And, I’m glad he/she did…there’s nobody at the party I would have had much to say about… Ohhh, nevermind…it seems I started it! *shrugs* ahhh well. I don’t visit Mary fan sites…so…as I was saying (lol) Mary is VERY competitive.. She’s admitted to being super competitive, jealous of Faith, even. Producers have basically told her secret: SHE DOES NOT LIKE PEOPLE CALLING KEYSHIA COLE THE NEW MARY. SHE DOES NOT LIKE PEOPLE COMPARING KEYSHIA TO HERSELF. It’s just a fact… I would say there’s a bit of jealousy there, too…
Melyssa’s belt is over her coat because it’s a trend…I knew the second the candids from the set of “Sex and the City” started flying around that I was going to see it everywhere.
Mary and Patti look absolutely FAB!!
I ordered Mary and Jaheim’s CD today so I’m just waiting for it to arrive. (too lazy to go to Target)
Everyone looks good though.
@ #33, girl please. You think Mary is worried about them not coming to her party…..NOT! Why? Because she is the QBIC. (Queen b!tch in charge)
Open letter to Melyssa Ford:
I think you have one helluva body, but men want to see your face sometimes. It’s hard to get a good look when your mouth is cranked wide open like the Predator ready to swallow your next celebrity penis. I know you say you’re smart but honestly we cannot determine intelligence by viewing your molars and tonsils. Close your mouth for the next pic, ok?
Thank you and Happy Holidays
Mary is still making moves even, when she turns old and grey
#66 GEM
Repeat what….The PETA statement……
Baby I didn’t even know you existed! It if irks you so much, go away! With an attitude like that it reads like your breath stinks.
Now repeat after me……….
Yes, I would like a mint please….Thank You.
GEM said:
I wonder where Oprah is now though, after reading your comment. She and Mary are BFF, right? She’s probably inside.
Is Oprah Winfrey a mainstream R&B singer?
THANK YOU
you also wrote:
“Mary is very competitive…maybe she didn’t want them there”
HOW IS MARY THE COMPETITIVE ONE WHEN HER COMPETION IS
NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i actually believe that they young starlets are the ones trying to compete with her and it’s evident by the way the virtually ignore her achievements and accomplishments.
shit, Mary paved the way for them!
dont try to flip this on Mary because she has grown into a CLASS ACT over the years.
I remember a time when Mary would have smack the shit out of her clones but she changed now and im proud of her for this.
THESE GIRLS NEED TO TAKE NOTES
TIA said:
did it ever occur to you that maybe they werent invited after all,this isnt some event that all the stars come out to….this was a party for mary,i’m pretty sure mary chose who she wanted to be there…..she might not even personally know half of the people that you mentioned.
IMO, if they werent even invited, or didnt make it their business to personally show respect for the very person inspired them the most musically, then they aint respecting the game.
yall can make exuses for their absences but it speaks for itself.
I’m not trying to start no shit
i just made an observation that I believe is true.
its like Mary is standing all alone in that genre and the girls I named KNOW GOOD AND WELL, where they got their style from.
that is blatant disrepect, IMO
but that’s just me
no disrespect to the other girls because I like some of them too but they’re young and they gotta learn someday
YOU GOTTA RECKOGNIZE A QUEEN IN ORDER TO ONE DAY BE RECKOGNIZED AS ONE
like I said, MARY is a class all by herself for very good reason.
you girls and guys on here are sooo fake..in the previous post about scarves everyone on hrere was sayin how gay it looked…some of u same girls said the scarves were gay and homo and now you up here lookin at Idris Elba and talkin bout how good he looks in his scarf..
man oh man…u people are crazy…
I love MJB, I will go cop the album when I get some spare change. Damn, Patti I see you still looking good, the new 50 is like the new 30 or something.
GOOD POINT FOXY
Mary never had to worry about competition because she kept it real
FUCK PETA! IF THEM MUTHA FUCKAS EVER THREW SOME SHIT ON MY FUR COAT, I WOULD DRIVE BY THEY OFFICES AND SMOKE SOME KILL CUZZ! STRAIGHT RIDE ON THEM MARK ASS FOOLS CUZZ!
Thanks @ Dolla Menu. And when you said “HOW IS MARY THE COMPETITIVE ONE WHEN HER COMPETION IS NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
You hit the nail right on the head. But I’m Mary’s #1 Fan so don’t try to outdo me. LOL
TEAM MARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#73 and #74
Okay.
when did celebs wearing fur coats get hot again? where them PETA cats at with the red paint?! lol
seriously, everyone looks nice. big dris can get it. all day. get at me, hun!
DAMN, GEM
I JUST READ YOUR POST 25
IF I WOULD HAVE READ THAT BEFORE I RESPONDED TO YOUR REPLY TO MY FIRST POST ABOUT MARY, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE JUST IGNORED YOU
BUT THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY
ON POST 25 YOU SAID:
I like Mary’s wristlet… I think Mary’s an intelligent spirit but I’m not a Mary fan…I get it, though, she’s singing something with a message…She’s like Keyshia Cole, but only genuine. (O/T but Keyshia needs to stop selling “realness” over talent before she ends up just grunting like some angry black woman to NWA instrumentals),
I LIKE THE WAY YOU PUT “REALNESS” IN QUOTATIONS BUT YET YOU STILL RECKOGNIZED IT AS REALNESS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
THANKS FOR BEING BIG ENOUGH TO RECKOGNIZE THE REAL NO MATTER HOW SARCASTIC YOUR DELIVERY
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE TRULY LABELED AS TALENT IS THE REAL SHIT
BEING REAL IS A TALENT BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE DO IT
TRUE TALENT CAN ONLY COME FROM THE REALNESS
NO WONDER YOU CANT REALLY GET INTO MARY’S MUSIC
I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU OTHER THAN TO GO SMOKE YOU SOME TREES AND LISTEN TO MARVIN GAY OR BILLIE HOLIDAY
BETTA YET, GET YOU SOME CURTIS MAYFIELD
AND IF YOU CANT FEEL THAT, YOU PROBABLY ARENT AT A VERY REAL PLACE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW
WE ALL EVOLVE INTO OUR AWARENESS
THEN YOU WENT ON IN POST 26 TO SAY:
Ohhh, just thought of something…I wonder if Mary was upset when Aretha basically took Fantasia under her wing. Although, Mary was given the “Queen of Hip Hop/Soul” title, it was still understood that she was being compared to Aretha. And, now there’s “Momma” (Aretha) and “My Child” (Fantasia).
YOU HAD THE NERVE TO TRY TO STIR UP SOME SHIT BETWEEN MARY AND TASIA BUT YET YOU TALK UPPITY LIKE YOU’RE SOMEHOW ABOVE NWA .
YOU THE MAIN ONE TRYING TO GET MARY AND TASIA TO SCRAPPIN BUT YET YOU TRY TO FRONT LIKE YOU DONT FUCK WITH THAT GANGSTA SHIT
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
YOU CANT KEEP HATING ON THE HOOD BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IMITATING IT
THAT AINT RESPECTING THE GAME THAT RAISED YOU
THIS WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF MY FIRST POST #33
LIKE I SAID THESE YOUNGER SINGERS NEED TO RECKOGNIZE THE REAL AND PAY THEY RESPECTS TO THE QUEEN
YOU UP HERE DOING THE SAME THING THEY DOING BUT ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL
THATS WHY YOU TOOK ISSUE WITH MY COMMENTS
NO DISRESPECT BUT YOU WAS JUST A HATER PLAYIN YOUR POSITION
lol
IM LISTENIN 2 THE QUEEN RIGHT NOW, EXCITED, EMOTINAL, GETTIN LIFTED, AND I AM OFFICIALLY CLAIMING “HURT AGAIN” AS MY MOST FAV SONG OFF DA ALBUM, YALL NEED 2 GO GET DAT AND SUPPORT MARY, AINT NOBODY TOUCHIN HER, NO SIR!
MARY & PATTI LOOK CUTE….LOVE PATTI HAIR & MAKE-UP
TANK, J.HOLIDAY & IDRIS IS FINE
Mary, what ever you do don’t try to sing anything with Patti Labelle She’ll blow
your ass away!!!
Why is Tank with Melissa Ford!?!
Luv that coat Miss Patty!
Melyssa I meant!
ONLY ONE MJB, FUCK KEYSHIA AND AND WHOM EVER, RESPECT THE QUEEN. OF HIP HOP R&B SOUL. THEIR WON’T BE ANOTHER ONE.
#74……are you really listening to yourself…who is gonna stop making their money and stop everything they are doing to go to marys party????? they wont even stop for award shows and as great as mary is she aint God….and as far as taking her style of music (or something to that extent) most of the women you name are nothing like mary in comparison,they all have their own style…..i guess i just dont understand why your putting her on this pedistol like she is almight….mary dont even think she is almighty and admits that she is not perfect
i guess im just trying to take up for the people that are being blasted and u dont even really know their reasons for not being there……u cant just go on a limb and act like you know what a person was thinking but whatev…….Mary is top notch and she doesnt need any other female artist at her party to know that.
MJB looks SUPERB party looks classy do you thang Queen. Album is HOT!!!
ok……………..everybody’s jeans are real suspect, chingy looks like a fruit booty like always, and melissa ford looks dope like always but she got some old senior citizen shoes on……….but everyone else looks fabulous
PATTI is looking good for her age….looks like a little nip/tuck going on but more power to her…..I love Mary (people kill me comparing her and Keyshia Coles….there’s no comparison)……J. Holliday looking a little sickly
mjb cd is great!!!!!!!!!!i went to walmart around 6am b4 going to work and i was so sad that they didn’t have it, so i decided to go to target not knowing they don’t open that early.i left with both two places mad and i decided to wait till my lunchtime to go get it. i made sure i get the cd b4 i eat anything as i was really looking forward to listen to it and have been listening to it more than 10 time since yesterday.i love the all the songs in there. i hope she will sale over 1 million copies….if u don’t have it go get it
patti labelle choir kill it on clash of the choir. anywho, patti is one beatiful ole lady. i love patti.
mary j blidge is looking good as always.
idris damn you fioneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
j holiday is definently lookng tasty
tank lawd you can get it baby lol…that is all
they should skin mary and patti
mary is still 2 seconds away from a mental breakdown
if her husband ever leaves her its over for her
well be hearing about heart broken love songs for the rest of our days
Why does Patti look like she’s 32 in some of those pics? I must admit she’s looking pretty good.
#90 TIA
I UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRE TO TAKE UP FOR THE WOMEN I LISTED.
I LISTEN TO SOME OF THE ARTISTS I NAMED BUT THIS IS JUST AN OBSERVATION THAT I FELT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BRING TO THE LIGHT
MARY IS NOT GOD AND I UNDERSTAND THIS BUT I FIND IT VERY EXTREME THAT NONE OF THEM WHERE THERE
THAT LIST IS TOO LONG IN THE FIRST PLACE
THIS IS DEEPER THAN JUST MJB OR PEOPLE HAVING OTHER ENGAGMENTS
THIS IS INDICATIVE OF HOW WE DONT SUPPORT EACH ON ANY LEVELS
THIS IS WHY I RIDE FOR MARY SO HARD
MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL BE AT HER 9TH, 10TH, OR 11TH ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
WHO KNOWS
EITHER THEY GON SHOW LOVE NOW OR THEY GON SHOW LOVE LATER, BUT THEY DEFINATELY GON HAVE TO EVENTUALLY GIVE IT UP TO MARY J BLIGE.
Mary’s album is FIRE, the whole thing seriously go cop you one!!!!
Every one for ones looks great. Feeling Mary and Patti with the coats and damn Idris is so fine!
What a stupid girl! But it is so minor conparing to another saying that he join an service http://www.muslimonly.com/i/registration you know it is a muslim single seeking sugar babies site and Rhys uploaded some of his nude pictures there.. you can guess what he is doing there..
I love Patti…. , but who dressed her? .. She looks like a a superhero……
i wonder what PETA are going to say but in defense of fur wearer PETA needs to go LATVIA were is -20 degree and tell those Fur wearers to take it off or go to Siberia were its said to reach -50 i don’t see them send hate mail to those folks
Work that Mary
WHAT IS MELYSSA FORD DOING WITH TANK.
I THOUGH HE WAS WITH GABRIELLE UNION??
Mary is sooooo fly!
Look at Ms. Patti looking all fresh and glam….glad she got that “snarl” off her face with her pretty self.
Nik is official ugly to me….not cute just dont describe her anymore…such a weird lookin chick.
Oh Idris……! What else is there to say?
MJB and Patti….yeah, that’s natural…cause MJB is on her way to a Patti like career if only she can hang for 20 or so more years…wow think about that….Patti ain’t no joke, still relevant still sounding good blowing doors off chicks 30 years behind her….does anyone else miss Divas Live on VH-1 Let’s bring that back…..
LOL I FEEL you #58) Idris…my man.
I also agree with the earlier comment on the stars who didn’t make the CD release. I just bought the CD yesterday for my sister so there’s my support.
Should I feel uncomfortable looking at Patti and Mary decked out head to toe in dead animals? I’m surprised PETA ain’t reactin right now!
OH and Nik….I never see her look good and this post is NO different. She needs help!
Are ya’ll feeling the album?
I think its going to have to grow on me. “Breakthrough” was the B-O-M-B
eeww…
ALL THAT I CAN SAY IS THAT PETA IS GOING TO GET YOU AND PATTY MARY!!!!!!!
Hey Renae, I cosign. Alicia’s new cd is not worth it this time around. She let me down man. I don’t know what was going on with her, but it’s NOT her. I am highly disappointed. But anyhoo, I love J Holiday. Dude’s looking hella hot these days. Love Chingy and Tank too. Good look for everyone.