The Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul, Mary J. Blige, took the stage on ‘So you Think You Can Dance‘ a few minutes ago. The singer performed ‘I Am‘, the second single from her upcoming album, ‘Stronger With Each Tear’. Blige’s new LP hits stores on December 21st.
Ever time Blige takes the stage to perform this song, she brings new life to the lyrics. This was certainly a strong performance and she demonstrated excellent control over her instrument. Well done Mary.
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I hope she sells, that was nice.
BUT……. if only that was bey, everything could have been different, she can really intertain. dont get me wrong mary is somehow talented too but my girl bey could have KILLED it. its funny how people say rihanna is lethargic on stage haha what about mary?
any thoughts?
mary is boring as hell. Someone like Rihanna or Cassie would have killed that sh*t
MARY KILLED THAT…TO SAY RIHANNA, AMERIE, OR BEYONCE WOULD KILL A MARY J BLIGE SONG SHOWS HOW MORONIC THESE YOUNG KIDS ARE. THAT’S THE SILLIEST THING SINCE LIL MAMA INTERUPTING THE VMA’s. MARY IS A LEGEND WHO HAS BEEN IN THE GAME FOR 20YEARS AND SHE’S CREATED SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAMPLED, COVERED, AND SONG ON AMERICAN IDOL, MOVIES ETC…NONE OF THOSE FEMALES HAVE OTHERS SAMPELING THEIR MUSIC NOR HAS THEIR SONG BEEN CONSIDERED “LEGENDARY” THOSE FEMALES ARE MAKING POPCORN MUSIC THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE HERE 10YEARS FROM NOW…THE ONLY SONG THAT’S GOING TO BE HERE IS BEYONCE’S “SINGLE LADIES”, ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS A CULTUREL MOVEMENT WITH YOUTUBE AND STUFF…OTHER THAN THAT THE SONG ISN’T ALL THAT GREAT.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS A BIT BLAND, BUT I AGREE WITH MR. JAMES…MARY IS A LEGEN…SHE’S CREDITED FOR CREATING A GENRE “HIP-HOP SOUL”, WHICH IS WHY SHE’S CALLED THE QUEEN OF THAT GENRE…AND (ACCORDING TO STATISTICS) HIP-HOP SOUL IS THE 2ND BEST SELLING GENRE, WHICH MEANS BEYONCE, AMERIE, AND RIHANNA ARE ALLLLLLL SINGING THE MELODY MARY CREATED…SHE’S OLDER, BUT HAS REAL VOCALS, SWAG, AND STAGE PRESENCE…MARYS MOST RECENT ON OPRAH WAS/IS BEING CONSIDERED ICONIC.
James, Marys old no one cares about that b*tch any more. Rihanna would have brought her fashion game with her and slayed. Rater R sh*its on anything Mary has done. Don’t worry Rihanna’s day will be come will be will see her as legendary.
Mary is the QUEEN, Rihanna dusty ass is a f****** NOBODY compare to Mary, that b**** could NEVER move people with that goat sounding voice. Mary will sing that ugly b**** back to Chris Brown fist.
Rihanna is the WORSE thing that has happen to music, I cant wait till she dies.
Jane doe your obviously jealous of Rihanna. And your low for practically woshing someone dead. Mary’s the dusty one here, with her old ass. She needs to sit down and get a zimmer frame or something. Her time is wayyyyyy over. Rihanna’s had more popular hits than mary. Ask anyone on the streets and they prob struggle to even name 2 mary hits. I’d rather see Cassie up there singing than mary. I likes cassie’s ton in her voice .
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Great performance..everyone is entitled to who they like..but Mary definitely killed it..to bad Rihanna nor Cassie will be around long enough to even be considered Legends they’ve pretty much showed what they were good for and it included no clothes..let’s see how far that gets them..also loved the different eras of Mary in the background…
what y’all have with cassie? she had one hit single, one floppy album and thats 4 years ago….
nearly most of the people know who rihanna is, but they dont remember cassie…maybe “me & u”, but not cassie…
and mary is an album musician…her cds were all great!
dont compare them, cause they make different music
and when 38 is that old, then i bet y’all are going to shoot yourselves with 35!
stupid assholes
Some of yall r so ignorant, because there is no way that you could compare Rihanna to MJB!!!! They are in 2 separate genres, and they have their own styles! Yes, maybe Beyonce could have ripped that song, but nobody could sing that song like MJB!!! So just leave her alone!!!
The performance was AWESOME ! With all the different Mary behind her ! Amazing !
LMAO Rihanna Vs MJB … Don’t even sound right !
Mary J. Blige is the Queen of Rn’b She created every Keyshia Cole , Cassie , Rihanna.. Every Rn’b Chick are there because of her ( EVERY !!!! ) You better have respect for the Queen !
Stupid 6 years old mental minded assholes
@the fools on here Mary dont have to prove anythang to none of these kidds on here mary was and still the fashion incon even though she toned it down read ur histoy thats all i have to say…………….
Come on people. Have any of you heard Cassies album. It’s actualyl better than anything MJB has released. Just Coz Mary’s older don’t mean she’s better. SHE NEEDS TO SIT HER DUSTY OLD A** DOWNNN.
@ Sammy ..Do u mean better than anything she’s released lately or some of her earlier work…because none of Cassie’s records will ever come close to What’s the 411? or even be mentioned in the same breath as My Life.
SUCKS FOR HER! WHO THE HELL CHOOSES DEC 21ST AS RELEASE DATE? EVERY1 ON VACATION AND LAST THING THEY WANT TO IS PICK THE GHETTO CHIC’S CD COUPLE DAYS B4 XMAS. ESP. WITH XMAS, STORES ARE CLOSED ANYWAY. I SEE OVERRATED FUGLY ASS SUBO BEATING HER OUT WITH HER ALBUM OF BORING DAMN COVERS. THE ALBUM SUXXX FOLKS!! DONT GET SUBO GET THE ORIGINAL TRACKS, NUFF SAID.
1st of all may is mah girl!!! she killed that performance
2nd no1 can sing a mary song better than herself!
3rd. beyonce , rihanna or cassie could not even compare themselves to a diva like mary
@ Nikki
I mean EVERYTHING. Mary needs to sit her screaming ass down. Let Cassies soothing tone lead the way.
I bet more people know who cassie is than Mary ‘Dusty ASS H**’ Blige
Mary is the best smell another #1 Album @Sammy get a life p****
@ New York
No need to be rude…..Guess truth hurts
Lets see if MJB’s new album can sell 895,000 world wide, like Cassie, shall we. Coz I know she won’t
Sweetie Mary sell that in 2weeks Cassie takes a life time to sell that many actually thats her fan base and below………………
How can anyone say that Mary needs to sit and let other artist sing. Mary is a great singer and maybe on her performance she still does the things that she did when she first came into the music business,but she is a great singer by far. She has open doors for a lot of these Keshia Cole, Jazime Sutterman etc. Also I am a big fan of Mary & Beyonce but I think I perfer this song with Mary not saying that Beyonce won’t kill it because if it were her song she would have killed the song and left no stones unturn. Now Rihanna voice wise oh no,but fashion wise oh yes. First of all Mary really brings soul to all her music and no one can take that from Mary. Mary, Beyonce are legends in their own rights and should never ever be compare with the likes of Rihanna,Cassie,Ciara etc.
@Sammy I respect your opinion but Cassie is terrible…after her mediocre performance on 106 and Park…I haven’t seen her perform anywhere else…unlike Mary the song hasnt been out a whole month and she’s made more appearances than Cassie has almost her whole career…it’s a good thing U and Diddy believe in her cause no one else sure does
” Lets see if MJB’s new album can sell 895,000 world wide, like Cassie, shall we. Coz I know she won’t … ”
Shaking My Head… Little boy with ” The Breakthrough ” Mary did sell 750.000 Copies of her album ONLY IN THIS US in ONE F****** WEEK !!! 2nd Week she it was an offical platinum album , her last album sold 670.000 Copies in one Week , 3rd week … Platinum !!!!!
BEFORE OPENING YOUR STANKY AND NASTY ASS MOUNTH FIND SO INFOS ! B**** !
Hot Performance
She Brought It Home
Overall VERY SOLID
uhm.. who dha fxck is cassie nobody qives a fxck aboutt her she anit dha queen
&nnd for dha record mary sold 730,000 dha first week &nnd dhatsx about how much
cassie sold period for her album; so fxck youh &nnd cassie. all hail dha queen
You lot know I’m right about Cassie. i don’t care how many Albums Mary’s wrinkly dusty ass sold. In a few years time we know that Cassie will be more relevant. Mary’s new album probably gonaa flop hahahahaah. I never even hear people talking about Mary. I see Cassie a few months back being on radio shows etc, but nothing about Mary.
This song shits on Marys new crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2V0JDp7Phs
Love the different “Marys” in the background!
@Sammy no matter what Mary’s album does….Cassie will never have 9 Grammy’s….
Who cares about the Grammys. If they don’t recognise talent like Cassie then they’re s***. i swear the grammys are not even relavent.
Come people where’s the other Cassie fans to back me up a bit???? LAMES!!
I believe u and Diddy may be the only fans…and maybe the ones that have seen her private parts all over the net
No plenty of ppl have seen cassie naked. She’s bangin. On Mediatakeout it had like over 3 million. Bet mary couldn’t achieve that. Again like the point I made earlier, no one wants to see her old ass, especially naked.
Nikki try telling me that Cassie aint got no soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_CDcyT99Hw
She slays
Mary could do it like cassie with her strained voice. Like she gargling gravel
Dumb f***** you and Cassie is trash. NOBODY cares about Lassie one hit wonder ass. Mary is the QUEEN you dirty homo. Mary will be here when you die from A*** you dirty abomination.
Of course u will never see Mary naked…she’s classy…not to mention a Legend she doesn’t have to do that to sell records or to sell out a show…don’t get me wrong..Cassie is a pretty girl I won’t take that from her…I wish I could listen to her and tell u that I hear soul in her voice…but I would be lying…
Mary is the Queen of all time sammy mammey whatever ur name is really dont care
I Love her music…… She is a Great Performer & Singer.
She hit some notes that were way off, not sure if she had a malfunction with sound but i’m sure there were some dogs howling somewhere..
why has this video been pulled this was a great one because of the choreography who ever is responsible for putting those dancers together like that please know you are awsome it added so much kick to the song please put this video back in