New Mary J. Blige Video – We Got Hood Love

Mary J. Blige just released her new music video for “We Got Hood Love”, a track which Trey Songz also worked on. It follows four couples who have a fight but make up at the end of the clip.

George Wilson plays Mary’s love interest in this video directed by Chris Robinson. The two filmed their scenes in Miami, and Trey shot his scene in a New York apartment.

"I just played off her. If she jumped down my throat, in my mind I'm saying, 'Say something. Come back, come back,' because all we really had to do was argue," George told the Buffalo News about his video shoot with Mary. "They had the music playing over us, so it was definitely a new arena for me. I'm used to having my jersey and helmet on."

"But to have them off and be in front of the camera and be working with an icon like Mary, I knew I had to bring my 'A' game like you have to on the field. I wanted to make it seem like I was as comfortable as possible so that when you see the video hopefully I don't look like an amateur."

"We Got Hood Love" is the latest release from Mary J. Blige’s latest album “Stronger With Each Tear”.

 

Mary J. Blige Releases Each Tear with Jay sean

Mary J. Blige has just released the music video for her single “Each Tear ft. Jay Sean”. The original version of “Each Tear” is included in Mary J. Blige’s album “Stronger With Each Tear”. This new version however will only appear as a UK release, and thus aimed at the UK audience.

Here’s what Jay Sean Twittered about his collaboration with Mary J. Blige: "For someone that has paved the way and inspired so many artists, shes so humble. Love that. Amazing2work with."

The Marcus Raboy directed video was filmed in black and white, it includes flashes of children in between scenes going from Mary J. Blige to Jay Sean. What do you think of this new release of “Each tear”?

Mary J. Blige Covers Whole Lotta Love + Stairway To Heaven

Mary J. Blige shows her inner rock chick while covering two legendary songs of Led Zeppelin. Mary J’s version of “Whole Lotta Love” and “Stairway To Heaven” are included on her international edition of her latest album “Stronger With Each Tear”.

“Whole Lotta Love” was produced by RedOne and “Stairway To Heaven” was revised by Travis Barker, Randy Jackson and Steve Vai. Both songs are extremely difficult to cover, and Mary J. Blige truly did a good job with both of them.

Here’s what Mary J. Blige had to say about covering these two bonus tracks:

“I did Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ — it’s crazy.I am a Led Zeppelin fan. I’m not going to say I’ve been to their concerts, but I’ve listened to their music since I was a child, and it’s always moved me, especially ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ and ‘Whole Lotta Love’ is just fun.Of course, there’s definitely an inner rock chick in Mary J. Blige.Oh man I had a good time doing A Whole Lotta Love, the acting it out, being the rock and roll Mary was so much fun!”

BET 2010 Honors – Whitney Houston, Sean Diddy Combs, Queen Latifah

 
BET celebrated Whitney Houston, Sean Diddy Combs, and Queen Latifah last night at the 3rd annual BET Honors.

Jennifer Hudson sang “I will Always Love You”, and had Whitney Houston standing full of admiration while she was singing.

Mary J. Blige sang a medley of “Love No Limit”, “I Love You”, and “Be Happy” for Diddy in appreciation for having helped launch her career.

Jazmine Sullivan performed “Unforgettable” and “Rock Steady” for Queen Latifah.

Stevie Wonder and Trey Songz surprisingly sang “I Invented Sex” together. They also sang a tribute to the late Teddy Pendergrass with India.Arie.

Soul singer Maxwell finished the show by singing two songs from his  Grammy nominated album BLACKsummers’night: “Fistful of Tears” and “Bad Habits”.

The show will air on February 1st on BET.

Mary J. Blige - First Headliner of the Essence Music Festival!

Mary J. Blige was announced as the first headliner and spokesperson for the Essence Music Festival. The festival will take place from July 2-4 at New Orleans. This isn't the first time that the soul queen will be performing at the Essence Music Festival, it will be the eight!

“We’re thrilled to have Mary J. Blige on board for this year’s Essence Music Festival,” said Michelle Ebanks, president, Essence Communications Inc. “Her history with the Essence brand, both with the festival and the magazine, makes her a great spokesperson for this year’s festival and we’re looking forward to working with her over the next few months.”

This year the Essence Music Festival will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Essence Magazine.

Free Mary J. Blige “I Am” Video on iTunes

 
Mary J. Blige’s new video “I Am” is iTunes FREE video of the week! For this week only you’ll be able to download the video for free, don’t miss out on this exclusive offer! Click here to watch “I Am” on iTunes.

Also, Mary J. Blige performed “I Am” last night on the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. Watch pictures of her performance below. Her new album “Stronger With Each Tear” is still number 2, but she recently revealed during an interview that she’s very happy with this.

New Mary J. Blige Song - Closer

 
A new track from Mary J. Blige’s new album “Stronger With Each Tear” has leaked. It’s titled “Closer” and was produced by Ryan Leslie.

This is Mary J. Blige's third studio album in a row to start with more than 300,000 sold. Her previous album “Growing Pains”, launched at #1 with 629,000 copies sold. She is the ninth woman in Soundscan's 18-year history to see at least three albums all debut with an opening sales week of 300,000 or more.

“Closer” is a bonus track, make sure to check it out by clicking on the below link.

Listen to Closer

Mary J. Blige is Stronger With Each Tear

Soul and R&B superstar Mary J. Blige just released her new album “Stronger With Each Tear” and is set to bump Alicia Keys to the third spot of Billboard’s top charts. As amazing as Mary J. is, she also will most likely not beat Susan Boyle’s “I Dreamed A Dream”.

Her new album might not reach to number one on its first week, but Mary J. Blige is already thinking of another album. In the near future she will work on a jazz album, because she says she wants to do a more classic genre.

She also insists on collaborating with Anita Baker on her next album. "I haven't had a chance to collaborate with Anita Baker yet. So when I do my jazz album, Anita, I'm coming for you," Mary explained. "I have no idea when I'm going to do the jazz album, but it can't be long. It won't be long."

“Stronger With Each Tear” dropped in the U.S on December 21st and includes duet songs with Drake, T.I., and Trey Songz.

New Mary J. Blige + Timbaland Song - "Skycap"

A new song made in collaboration with Mary J. Blige and Timbaland has just leaked. Apparently the track was recorded in 2007, and there's no word yet as to whether it will be included on Mary J's upcoming album.

Listen to "Skycap"

What do you think of this unreleased track?

New Mary J. Blige video - "Stronger"

Here is the new music video from Mary J. Blige called “Stronger.” This new song is not only going to be featured on Mary’s upcoming album, but also on the soundtrack for Lebron’s More Than A Game Documentary. Mary J. Blige's ninth album is due to be released on November 24th.

Mary J. Blige - "Love Soul Tour"

Mary J. Blige is once again going on tour to support her latest album "Growing Pains". The tour is called "Love Sour Tour", it will start on September 13th in North Charleston. Robin Thicke and Dave Young will also appear on the tour.

Tickets for the tour are available via Ticketmaster.

Below are Blige's confirmed tour dates:

September 2008

13 - North Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum
19 - Virginia Beach , VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
20 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion
21 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
26 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
27 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
28 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre

October 2008

2 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
8 - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
10 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center
11 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
12 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
14 - Chicago, IL - Arie Crown Theater
17 - Las Vegas, NV - Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
18 - Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion

Mary J. Blige - Sued $2,000,000 Over "Growing Pains"

Mary J. Blige is facing a $2 million federal suit claiming music on her most recent No. 1 album, “Growing Pains,” was stolen.

Producer Theron (NEEF-U) Feemster wrote the music for the song “Work That,” but the tune is owned by Dream Family Entertainment Inc., according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court.

The court filing claims the New York-based firm never gave Blige, Feemster or Geffen Records, the distributor, rights to use the song.

“Mr. Feemster created the music while he was under contract with Dream Family. Dream Family then owned the music, yet the music was used without permission in a Mary J. Blige release recording,” said Dream lawyer Brian Caplan.

“It was released as an album, a single and in a commercial,” Caplan said.

Rights to the lyrics of the song - which was featured with Blige in an iPod commercial - are not in question.

Geffen Records, Feemster and representatives for Blige didn’t return calls.

Caplan said it was unclear if Blige knew the music belonged to someone other than Feemster, and said the producer “had no rights to the music he used.”