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Month of Mary

'My Life' At 15: 'I Never Wanna Live Without You'

"I never wanna live without you, baby / I wanna be your lady / Love is so amazing"One of the standouts on an already stellar album, "I Never Wanna Live Without You" is amongst a handful of tracks that...

Butta  |  11/09/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Month of Mary

'My Life' At 15: 'My Life'

"Life can be only what you make it / When you're feeling down, you should never fake it" So begins the haunting title track from the My Life album, arguably one of the most beloved songs Mary J. Blige has...

huny  |  11/05/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Month of Mary

'My Life' At 15: 'Mary Jane (All Night Long)'

"Ooooo, baby / Not tonight / I don't want to fuss and fight / I just want to make it right..." And with those lyrics, it was on. The first track on My Life, "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" set...

Harlem  |  11/02/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (10)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Ledisi Got Us 'Trippin'

With her new album mere weeks away from release, the countdown to Ledisi's latest, Turn Me Loose, is on and poppin'. We already love the first single, "Goin' Thru Changes," like payday Friday and the smoking hot album cover...

Butta  |  07/27/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (13)  |  Permalink

A Soulful Noise

New Ledisi Album To Be Turned 'Loose' This August

How excited are we to find out that Ledisi has a new album coming our way this August? Very! Her stellar Christmas album was just enough to tide us over last year after we wore out 2007's Lost &...

Butta  |  06/12/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Soul Cynic

Where In The World Is Emily King?

If you were like me in 2007, you fell hard for Emily King. Personally, I was infatuated with her honey-coated voice, her round-the-way/Bohemian B-Girl steez, and the fact that she plays guitar. Her debut album, East Side Story (how...

Dar  |  03/26/2009 at 3:00 PM  |  Comments (18)  |  Permalink

Battle of the Beats

Battle of the Beats Quadruple Header: Bad Boy vs. So So Def

We've been waiting to do this one for a long time. Today's Battle of the Beats presents you with two powerhouses that to this day inspire fierce debate. During most of the '90's Diddy's Bad Boy outfit and Jermaine Durpi's...

nOvaMatic  |  01/16/2009 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#7: Faith Evans 'Soon As I Get Home'

When Faith Evans' self-titled freshman release debuted in 1995, she had a lot to contend with. The Mary J. Blige comparisons ran unchecked, due in part to her involvement in My Life (she co-wrote a few tracks including "Everyday It...

nOvaMatic  |  08/21/2008 at 6:00 PM  |  Comments (12)  |  Permalink

Top 100 Soul/R&B Songs

#100: Mary J. Blige 'Be With You'

Although I have certain suspicions as to how this song ended up on our Top 100 Soul/R&B songs countdown (mainly having to do with the song's title, easily confused with a certain single from The Breakthrough) I have no complaints....

nOvaMatic  |  03/31/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (7)  |  Permalink

Diggin' in the Crates

Do You Know Who Frankie Is?

I'm diggin' in the crates every day this week. Try to keep up!Frankie's My Heart Belongs to You was released in the fall of 1997, when Bad Boy Hitman Chucky Thompson launched his own Chucklife imprint under Sony. The entire...

nOvaMatic  |  01/22/2008 at 4:00 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

Walk In Emily King's Shoes

A video has finally surfaced for Emily King's debut single "Walk In My Shoes." Although her album, East Side Story, dropped on August 28th and the single has been floating around for months, it's still good to see a...

Butta  |  10/10/2007 at 6:58 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink