But it is some of the finest modern soul of the '90s, backing away to a certain extent from the hip-hop/soul consolidation that Blige introduced on her debut album.

This certainly isn't your parents' (or grandparents') soul. The melodic sources this time around, though, are so expertly incorporated into the music that they never seem to be intrusions, instead playing like inspired dialogues with soulsters from the past, connecting past legacies with a new one. The production is not exactly original, and there is evidence here of him borrowing wholesale from other songs. Perhaps the single finest moment in Sean 'Puffy' Combs' musical career has been the production on this, Mary J. If passed, it could shed a whole new light on Blige's song, 'It's a Family Affair.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. I think people that support love, it's amazing. At the DNC, she was asked her opinion about Obama and the Democrats' support of gay marriage legislation. īlige tends to lean left on social issues such as gay marriage. With the mess he was tossed, I think he did a great job.

During the DNC, Blige defended the president against critics whose main complaint is usually that he was a do-nothing president during his first term, saying: She sang at his inauguration and, in support of his 2012 reelection campaign, at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.' Politics is a family affairīlige is a Democrat and is not only a consistent Obama supporter, but a consistent face (and voice) at presidential events. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. My God is a God who wants me to have things. They're always saying, 'Wow Mary, what's your beauty regime?' and I reply, 'My beauty regimen is Christ.' īut maybe that was all a nice novelty and it has since worn off, because now Blige's Born-Again Christian God seems to more fit her own vision and personality rather than her fitting Christianity's (general) conception of what a good humble Christian person should be. It was a major turning point in Blige's life, and she says others noticed it: But she credits God and Christianity for pulling her out of it and helping her to kick her addictions in 2001. But after her breakout success Blige took a more hedonistic view toward life, getting so wrapped up in drugs and alcohol to that she literally thought she might die. In Georgia, Blige was exposed to both music and religion in a Pentacostal Church during her time in Georgia. Blige was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up in Richmond Hill, Georgia and Yonkers, New York.

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