Behind the Scenes: Mary J. Blige ‘Ebony’ Magazine Cover

Published: Wednesday 14th Sep 2011 by Rashad

‘My Life ‘ maestra Mary J. Blige sets the record straight in the latest issue of Ebony magazine.  Gracing the mag’s cover is one of many ventures in line for the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul as her steam on the promo trail is certainly about to pick up.  Fans can expect to see more of Mary in the coming weeks as the release of her new project – ‘My Life II:  The Journey Continues’ – is due in stores before the year’s end.

The lead single, ’25/8′ (which sounds more like her work schedule) is gaining buzz on various outlets with an accompanying visual soon-to-follow.  In the meantime, fans are invited to get into the visual of Blige behind the scenes with Ebony:

While clearly not as bad as that VIBE cover drama, view of the behind-the-scenes video yields endless evidence that there had to have been at least one better shot for the cover.  I’m just saying.

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  1. The-Truth September 14, 2011

    That Cover is a MESS. I love mary but she hardly ever gets her mag covers right. She’s giving me a t***** tease

  2. B**** PLEASE September 14, 2011

    MAYBE JUST ME BUT THIS COVER LOOKS TOO AIR BRUSHED. ANYWAYS GO MJB!!

  3. PEACE OF WEAVE September 14, 2011

    MARY IS HAVING A MOTHERFUCKING STROKE AND THEY STAND THERE TAKING SHOTS OF HER AND HAVE THE NERVE TO PUT IS AS THE COVER?

    HER EYES 🙁

    HER DRESS.

    HER HAND!

    LAWD.

    I’M SORRY 🙁

  4. > want milk? September 14, 2011

    i see you Mary,keep doing you.

  5. ANTHONY September 14, 2011

    the-truth remember what tami said from basketball wives about meeka…lol

  6. JR September 14, 2011

    umm no! I love Mary she my girl but this cover is not the business!

  7. THEMAN September 14, 2011

    Her body looks nice. But it’s too much going on with the cover. Mary needs some new subjects. These are tired.

  8. The Naked Truth September 14, 2011

    I HATE THIS COVER #YUCK!!!

    This is the best shot they had???

  9. BeyStan September 14, 2011

    she looks like she’s consipated lol

  10. onyx September 14, 2011

    EBONY Magazine, right and she looks more blonde than me.

  11. Chile Please!! September 14, 2011

    OMG!! HER EARRINGS ARE HUMONGOUS!! DAM!! BIG ASS CHANDELIER CRYSTAL DOOR KNOCKERS!

  12. Gilberto September 14, 2011

    Mary J Blige is a Beyoncé that went wrong. The cover is horrible. Her face is overphotoshopped.

  13. i’m a camel….where’s my billy goat? September 14, 2011

    Damn she looks BUSTED on that cover!!

    Eboney is always such a predictable ghetto mess! No vision with outdated information.

  14. Diane September 14, 2011

    Mary looks tore up from the floor up. This picture is awful. Her makeup and lips make her look deceased. This is terrible!

  15. honeydip September 14, 2011

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  16. I.D. September 14, 2011

    The earrings are too much with the leopard-print. She shoulda worn some smaller ones and let the leopard-print be the focal point.

  17. coverboi44 September 14, 2011

    Mary loooks fabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb stop hating

  18. Kgirl September 14, 2011

    TO: GILBERTO I like the cover BUT judging from the footage from the shoot she had other pictures that were better this picture is PRETTY but there were shots that were GORGEOUS the photographer was a little to excited about shooting and probably just chose some random shot without actually paying attention (just saying) . I love Mary and will be picking this up at the store. Some People on here need to quite hating on Mary especially who ever that HATER is that is claim Mary is a Beyonce gone wrong trick please Mary been in the game 10+ years signed in 89′ and dropped on her own in 92′ been here ever since you can’t compare someone who is still considered a baby in this industry to a vet that gets mad props from all over the world. She has 10 studio albums, 2 live albums, 5 compilation albums and from 1990 to every year after she has been featured on more songs than Beyonce to date because people have mad respect. So PLEASE Beyonce is talented anyone can see but stop comparing the two Beyonce might be a superstar but MARY J BLIGE is a LEGEND. By the way if your referring to her blonde hair Mary been rocking since 92′

  19. Tru Voice September 14, 2011

    THIS LOOKS HORRIBLE!!! Why they do Mary like that???? IDK what it is but her & mag covers are no bueno, she always seems to have problems.

    Is she not photogenic??? She has to be, the candid shots of her always look good. Looks like bad lighting & Photoshop.

  20. Diane September 14, 2011

    Let me clarify that I blame this cover on the photographer and Ebony. I am not implying that Mary is terrible looking but this cover is horrible. Is this because Ebony is no longer black-owned?

  21. bey’knight September 15, 2011

    i donty like using this term ccus i find it racist but she looks so “ghetto” on the cover , they shoulda put her in a wardrobe she’s comfortable in or at least looks comfortable in

  22. bey’knight September 15, 2011

    i donjt think the leopard skin suits her skintone either

  23. nice_gurl September 16, 2011

    Mary does not look horrible…it’s the cover that makes her look bad. I think she could have had better fashion as well.

  24. JOse September 16, 2011

    Why in the hell would they put a picture of her looking like she had a double chin on the cover? She looks bloated lol

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