Articles tagged "mary j. blige"

Column: Busted Headphones

Songs in the Key of Rap

by Quentin B. Huff

[23.Oct.08] :. The relationship between singing and rapping has had a transforming effect on hip-hoppers and singers alike.

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The blockbuster Jay-Z/Mary J. Blige tour shows off hip-hop’s savvy showbiz evolution

by Brian McCollum [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[23.Apr.08] :. Hip-hop had a problem. By the early 1990s, the style born in the Bronx had become a bona fide national phenomenon, a cultural force with the hits to match. Key moments in the evolution of...

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Music Review

Mary J. Blige: Growing Pains

by Michael Arceneaux

[19.Dec.07] :. The new and improved Queen of Hip Hop Soul concedes the battle for true happiness is an ongoing one.

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Mary J. Blige: Love & Life

by Felicia Pride

[12.Sep.03] :. In a scene from the bonus DVD supplied with her seventh album, Love & Life, Mary J. Blige argues with Puffy that something was lost on a particular song during mixing. “There is a...

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Mary J. Blige: Dance for Me

by Jason MacNeil

[4.Sep.02] :. After the success of her last album, No More Drama, Mary J. Blige has become more of a crossover urban pop star than an R&B icon. But like all pop musicians, the obligatory b-sides and...

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