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Post by bluenote on Apr 5, 2005 1:08:01 GMT -5
Maybe Mary is trying to make another "Mary"! Working with another screaming diva like she did with Miss Franklin on "Don't Waste Your Time." I hope she makes something better than the "Mary" album because that was her least enjoyable album for me. I'd prefer something more along the lines of the "whats the 411"album. Mary seems to be going back to her hip hop/soul 90's feel on these tracks lately.
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 5, 2005 2:17:06 GMT -5
I already beat u to the news while u were away! oh! lol. well to add to that, this is supposed to be a remake of aretha's "ain't no way."
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 5, 2005 2:19:18 GMT -5
I hope she makes something better than the "Mary" album because that was her least enjoyable album for me. I'd prefer something more along the lines of the "whats the 411"album. Mary seems to be going back to her hip hop/soul 90's feel on these tracks lately. :o EGADS! The "Mary" album is like Mary's most creative and original album of her whole career! Everything on that album is classic--even the misplaced remake of "Let No Man Put Asunder"!
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Post by bluenote on Apr 5, 2005 2:36:53 GMT -5
:o EGADS! The "Mary" album is like Mary's most creative and original album of her whole career! Everything on that album is classic--even the misplaced remake of "Let No Man Put Asunder"! LOL! I know that album got critical praise but its just not my personal favorite from her. I have been feeling the old school Mary lately so thats what I'm personally looking forward to.
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Post by Caviar on Apr 6, 2005 2:12:36 GMT -5
That song is FIRE!! I love the way the goes through her albums so flawlessly. This song screams a remix and mastered as a first single! Can someone post all the collabs/albums/songs Mary will be on? thanks!
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 6, 2005 3:26:15 GMT -5
I may be missing a few, this is off the top of my head...
Game feat. Mary - Don't Worry Will Smith feat. Mary - Why? Cassidy feat. Mary - I'm A Hustla Remix Foxy Brown feat. Mary - Untitled Ja Rule feat. Mary - God's Child Patti LaBelle and Mary - Ain't No Way Chaka Kahn and Mary - Untitled Missy Elliott feat. Mary - Untitled Jamie Foxx feat. Mary - Love Changes Babs feat. Mary - Untitled
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Apr 6, 2005 8:44:02 GMT -5
The "Mary" album is like Mary's most creative and original album of her whole career! Everything on that album is classic--even the misplaced remake of "Let No Man Put Asunder"! "Let No Man Put Asunder" was amazing. I liked the Mary album. Does anyone else remember when Mary was promoting "Love & Life" in '03, she kept mentioning that she had remade a Rufus & Chaka Khan song but it didn't make the cut? I remember her being on 106 & Park and saying that. I would've loved to hear that sh*t!! It's called "Best Of Your Heart". It was an album track from Rufus & Chaka Khan's Street Player. It's a beautiful ballad.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2005 14:36:35 GMT -5
Mary will be featured on Santana's upcoming album.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2005 16:04:37 GMT -5
Mary J. Blige's Producers Spill The 411 On Her Next LP 04.07.2005 5:49 PM EDT
Cool & Dre, Dre & Vidal working on club songs, relationship numbers. Santana, Jay-Z, Ja Rule and even Cassidy are all hailing the queen.
As Mary J. Blige continues to work on her new LP, she's keeping a high profile with guest appearances and a freestyle. She's on the remix of Cassidy's "I'm a Hustla" that came out last week, and a previously unreleased Mary and Ja Rule duet called "Streets Done Raised Me" has surfaced on radio and mixtapes.
"These streets done raised me, baby/ Oh, this world done changed me," she sings on the hook, while Ja laments his turmoil. Later Mary gets her own verse, singing, "I used to say a prayer for you daily/ But praying for you just ain't helping you lately/ Baby, baby, I shed my tears/ But I'm not gonna cry no more, you crazy?"
Mary has a song of her own that's just started getting spins as well. MJB took over the beat for the Game's "Hate It or Love It" and laced it with her own lyrics, recollecting her life and career. "Go 'head and envy me, I'm the soul hip-hop queen/ And I ain't going nowhere, but you already know me," she sings.
The only place it seems like Mary is going to is the studio. Her label hasn't released the title or due date for her next LP, but it's expected in stores this year. Blige just laid tracks with two high-profile production teams, Cool & Dre ("So Much More," "Hate It or Love It") and Dre & Vidal ("Caught Up," "Oh").
"We produced one and co-wrote another one with her," Cool said of the collaboration. "People always ask us who we want to work with, and I always say Mary. We finally got that chance and it was great. We was like, 'The queen wants to mess with Cool & Dre? Let's do it ASAP.' "
The pair flew out to Los Angeles and cut records with Mary in a studio that Marvin Gaye owned.
"You can feel Marvin in there, just chilling," Cool said. "It's like a regular studio, but it has a vibe. The vocal booth has all his old keyboards and amps. You can see all the sh-- he worked on. She was knocking out songs left and right. We did this record called 'People.' Her and Sean Garrett wrote the record. It's crazy. It's the 411 formula we gave her. It's about relationships with people. It's basically 'Don't be mad if the people let you down. Don't be mad if they don't come through, because they're just people at the end of the day.' It's got the crazy bridge. At the end, we had to tell her, 'Mary, you've got to throw in that la-di-da-di-da.' And that made that sh-- a classic."
Dre & Vidal also have what they think has the potential to not only be a timeless Mary joint, but the first single from her album. Their record is another song where Mary teams up with Jay-Z.
"It's an up-tempo club record with energy," Andre Harris said. "It's called 'Can't Hide From Love.' It's the jump-off record. Mary's coming back, letting the person know 'You can't hide from love. I'm chasing you. Don't hide from it.' It's hot, it's a burner."
Dre & Vidal say that while they got Mary to party, she also brought the drama, especially on one of the two ballads they crafted with her.
"She's giving you some pain, she's giving you a lot of conviction on the ballads," Vidal Davis explained. "One song she couldn't take it. The whole song, the whole session, she just cried the whole time. It was incredible how it came out. Mary still has the work ethic of a new artist. I've seen Mary cut two songs in one day. At this point in the game, normally artists who've been out for a while don't have that drive."
Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Raphael Saadiq are also said to have contributed to the 27 songs she's recorded. Mary is also on Will Smith's new album, Lost and Found, via "Tell Me Why," and she's going to pop up on Jaime Foxx's LP on a duet called "Love Changes" (see "Jamie Foxx Nabs 50 Cent, Kanye For Album Of 'Love Music'"). That song was originally performed by Kashif. Blige will also be a featured guest on Santana's next LP. She sings a song that was written by Rob Thomas and features Big Boi rapping.
— Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jennifer Vineyard
Source: MTV.com News
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 8, 2005 16:15:45 GMT -5
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Post by bluenote on Apr 8, 2005 16:20:49 GMT -5
DAMN! Mary is coming back with a VENGENCE!!!
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 8, 2005 16:26:22 GMT -5
IT'S THE YEAR OF THE FEMALE (WHO-DIDN'T-KNOW WHAT-THE-HELL-THEY-WERE-DOING-THE-LAST-TIME AROUND) COMEBACK!
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Post by bluenote on Apr 8, 2005 16:27:15 GMT -5
IT'S THE YEAR OF THE FEMALE (WHO-DIDN'T-KNOW WHAT-THE-HELL-THEY-WERE-DOING-THE-LAST-TIME AROUND) COMEBACK!
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Post by WhySoSerious? on Apr 8, 2005 16:27:28 GMT -5
IT'S THE YEAR OF THE FEMALE (WHO-DIDN'T-KNOW WHAT-THE-HELL-THEY-WERE-DOING-THE-LAST-TIME AROUND) COMEBACK! LMAO. It's funny because it's true.
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Post by bluenote on Apr 9, 2005 13:28:32 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed a different tone in her voice lately? It doesnt seem as "raw" as it once was. It seems more trained and controlled now or something. Which is is a very good thing, she is sounding better than ever to me right now. It also seems like the tone in her voice has gotten higher and lighter which makes her voice more pleasing to listen to. Has anyone else noticed or is it just me?
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Post by jk on Apr 9, 2005 13:37:28 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed a different tone in her voice lately? It doesnt seem as "raw" as it once was. It seems more trained and controlled now or something. Which is is a very good thing, she is sounding better than ever to me right now. It also seems like the tone in her voice has gotten higher and lighter which makes her voice more pleasing to listen to. Has anyone else noticed or is it just me? I've definitely taken note of this as well.
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 9, 2005 16:35:02 GMT -5
Well I mean when Mary started, she had no formal training in the technical aspects of singing (except for that old lady she was thanking for working with her when she was a child in that VH1 commercial where she's screaming to the top of her lungs.) :o
She started working with vocal coaches a few years ago. The guys that work with Sting and Luther Vandross are also her coaches.
Divas Patti LaBelle and Chaka Kahn have been trying to get Mary to get that voice under control for ages. I remember when Chaka was in VIBE and she was talking about how Mary's voice was perfect on the "Mary" album, and how she's been talking to Mary about how to control her shit. I believe the direct quote was "these girls be singing off-key and don't even be knowing it."
I prefer the voice before the training, where she wouldn't have dared to try to hit some of those notes she's been going for lately.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 16:37:57 GMT -5
Oh Keith. Shut up. What about the drugs?!
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 9, 2005 16:39:16 GMT -5
Oh Keith. Shut up. What about the drugs?! rotfl. Oh yeah. The drugs made things better. So did getting beaten/beating K-Ci.
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Post by bluenote on Apr 9, 2005 16:48:32 GMT -5
I the clean, sober and vocally trained Mary. She is a BEAST today!
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 11, 2005 3:11:19 GMT -5
Mary gets inspired by Mimi's "Fly Like a Bird," and prepares to flap her wings and fly off the stage!
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Post by bluenote on Apr 11, 2005 8:46:54 GMT -5
Where is that picture from?
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 11, 2005 22:39:23 GMT -5
Judging by Mary's hair and outfit, I'd say it was recent--so my guess is it is from the Jay Z and Friends concert.
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Post by Would've Been The One on Apr 12, 2005 11:00:33 GMT -5
Well I mean when Mary started, she had no formal training in the technical aspects of singing (except for that old lady she was thanking for working with her when she was a child in that VH1 commercial where she's screaming to the top of her lungs.) :o She started working with vocal coaches a few years ago. The guys that work with Sting and Luther Vandross are also her coaches. Divas Patti LaBelle and Chaka Kahn have been trying to get Mary to get that voice under control for ages. I remember when Chaka was in VIBE and she was talking about how Mary's voice was perfect on the "Mary" album, and how she's been talking to Mary about how to control her s**t. I believe the direct quote was "these girls be singing off-key and don't even be knowing it." I prefer the voice before the training, where she wouldn't have dared to try to hit some of those notes she's been going for lately. and chaka kahn has the audacity to be talkin about sumone elses voice when her own sounds a mess lately...did u hear her on the VMA'S w/ kanye west it sounded like she was trying to sing while sumone was strangling the sh*t outta her..kanye shoulda sued her ass for fuckin his whole performance up! >:( :o
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Post by jk on Apr 12, 2005 12:49:04 GMT -5
and chaka kahn has the audacity to be talkin about sumone elses voice when her own sounds a mess lately...did u hear her on the VMA'S w/ kanye west it sounded like she was trying to sing while sumone was strangling the sh*t outta her..kanye shoulda sued her ass for f**kin his whole performance up! >:( :o That's what I say too, she is in NO position to critcize other people's voices. At the VMA's he should've let John Legend sing the hook. BTW the pic is probably from the "Jay-Z and Friends Tour" cause Diddy and Mary were both on it.
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Post by bluenote on Apr 12, 2005 12:56:43 GMT -5
Well Chakah is getting older, and her voice may be wearing out, but when she offered the advise when her voice was in better condition. But it doesnt even matter how she sounds today, she sang well for years and she still knows what a good voice sounds like. So she can still offer advise to some1 who was constantly singing flat and yelling.
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 12, 2005 13:01:47 GMT -5
Excuse yall, Chaka is grand diva, and just because her shit isn't always on point doesn't mean she can't offer some of her own helpful advice. While it may not be useful to her, it is to others!
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Post by jk on Apr 12, 2005 13:21:53 GMT -5
Well Chakah is getting older, and her voice may be wearing out, but when she offered the advise when her voice was in better condition. But it doesnt even matter how she sounds today, she sang well for years and she still knows what a good voice sounds like. So she can still offer advise to some1 who was constantly singing flat and yelling. Oh i see, this was done a few years back.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2005 13:37:42 GMT -5
I loved when Chaka told Mary she fucked up "Sweet Thing" and sang it totally flat. Mary's early covers were way off the mark.
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Post by FADE AWAY on Apr 12, 2005 14:09:40 GMT -5
I loved when Chaka told Mary she f**ked up "Sweet Thing" and sang it totally flat. Mary's early covers were way off the mark. LOL. I still that comment was fueled by hateration from Miss Chaka, because her son approached her like "Hey ma, who's this new Mary girl? She's got this song called 'Sweet Thing' and it's great." He didn't even know his mother recorded it first. :o Years later Mary and Chaka would get together and scream and shout this song all over the Diva's Live stage.
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