R&B royal unite on Mary J. Blige‘s forthcoming ‘My Life II: The Journey Continues’ album, as the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul teams up with Beyonce on the track ‘Love A Woman’.
We whet your appetite with a taster of the cut last week, and now you can listen to an extended preview below! Be sure to let us know what you think…
‘My Life II: The Journey Continues (Act 1)’ arrives in stores on November 21st.
In the meanwhile, click here to check out our recent interview with Mary herself.
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Class is in session .
This is Baby Makin’ Music…this song could single-handily bring back real RnB music to a higher platform again.
when ur fav????????neva<<<<<<<< that s how to make real and good music forget about those #1 crap …………king B and queen MJB
Beyonce sounds great but the song sounds nothing special
I like it…..loving how more r&b is being recognized…..
I love ALL types of music (except Screamo ..or whateva) , but I grew up on r&b, so when I hear a song like this or party it kinda takes me back to place where ish just felt good….
Good job ladies…..
Fuckinnnn Love IT!!!!!
If Mary dont release this song as a single she is crazy this s*** it fiyah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooh Sasha on fiyah
What’s the T girl? HowYouDoooooOOinn u alright?
First of all this is Coochieness and are my bangs not working for you h***?
Lemme go slang my bangs to this Beyonce and Mary track Yes ma’am yes girl.This song is uncoppable b**** it’s uncoppable.
WAAAAAAH
AMAZING!!
I’ve already pre-ordered my copy… Can’t get no better than Queen Mary and Queen Bey together!
beyonces career is over .. this wont save her dying career
beyonce sounds like s*** she has no soul in her voice , u only get soul with mary , beyonce sounds like keyshia cole but even keiesha cole got more soul than beyonce in her voice.
@Steffon
I agree the song sounds nothing special but hey at least we are talking about people with talent
this song is garbage!!!!!!!
bey
haters
FALL’
BACK
PLEASSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
This is a certified smash!!! Bow down for Queen MJB and Princess B.
i know where my money is going november 21st and her s*** still hasn’t leaked!? Yaaaaassss maryyy
love this track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MJB & Bey queensssssssssssss
I agree with King Phoenix at the top. This song is my new jam!
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gooo!!!!!!!!!!! Mary bringing back the rnb vibe
Beyonce is so grown with her writing on this song
if this was mary by herself u guys would hate hard .. yall know this is a flop track.
lol beyonce doesn’t write her own music
THIS SOUND WILL NOT BE NUMBER 1 IT’S PURE TRASH , NOBODY IS GONNA BUY THIS SINGLE , THE SONG IS ONLY GETTING PLAYED BECAUSE BEYONCE IS ON THE TRACK, AND LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE SAID BEYONCE HAS NO SOUL IN HER VOICE SO SINGING WITH MARY MAKES HER SOUND LIKE A 15 YRS OLD ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE TEENAGER LYRICS .BEYONCE SOUNDS LIKE A COUNRTY W**** ON THIS TRY AND HER SINGING FAST IS PLAYED OUT . THIS SONG WOULD BE BETTER WITH SOMEBODY ELSE LIKE JENNIFER HUDSON OR MONICA , BEYONCE JUST DOESN’T DO IT FOR ME IN THE SOULFUL DEPARTMENT.
THIS
IS
REAL
R&B
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YESSSS SOOOO 90’S! WITH A 70’S VIBE!
I dnt understand ppl who write their comments in all caps .. is that suppose to be a form of yelling?? *shrugs* anyway can’t tell u how long I’ve been waiting for this collab!! D-I-V-A-S!!!!
Love it! Sounds like 90s R&B (you know, REAL music…and not computer generic euro pop for dorks and silly club q*****.)
Unlike RIhanna, Beyonce and MJB are REAL Black women with REAL soul. Not chocolate versions of Britney Spears.
you hit the nail on the head. i was trying to figure out what beyonce was missing for me…”She is a visual artist and a great performer” is a great sum up. i dont consider none of what bey does as ‘classic’ its entertaining at that time but it dont hold up well (DIL was the closest she got) shes too manufactured to give classics in my opinion ..i look at alicia keys as a type that can produce classics shes oozes soul and music , beyonce as you say is all visual first ….hmmm so the artists people named up top , mariah, whitney, celine, she will never be.
Beyonce wants so desperately to separate herself from the competition. So, she decides to record a CD full of ballads. What she has failed to realize is that she has built her image on gyrating, cooching popping and s**. She is a visual artist and a great performer. That is what people expect from her, they don’t want her to stand there and sing a bunch of ballads. She has an okay voice, but she is no Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion who were the 80’s and 90’s ballad queens. None of her projects are like the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. I think that is what she is looking for. The problem I have with Beyonce is that she comes off as a little arrogant and always toots her horn a little too much. She really thinks she is the best thing to happen to the music business since sliced bread. Michael Jackson she will never be.
I loveeeeee mary and I LOOOVE bey this collab is heaven to my ears .. Both of their voices are like honey and beyonces sweet harmonies against marys brass belting YASSSSSS!! My queens have united!!!
this is not real r&b beyonce is not r&b she is bubblegum
Two of my absolutely favorite singers with no synths and heavy basslines .. Just a nice melody and great voices I’m in lovee <33
What Beyonce album is “full of ballads?” All of her albums have them, but which one is “full” of them? I’m curious.
growlonce gruntonce
at ADC143 .. Umm 4 does .. with the combined bonus tracks out of 14 songs 3 were uptempo
Beyoncé the best voice ???????? Beyoncé’s voice is average anybody can mimic her if they can sing. Her vocals are hoarse and she screams most of the time. You think Beyoncé is good but she is always growling and grunting on every song . She thinks if she is loud that means she has the soul in her voice . There is never no emotion in her voice or soul when she performing. I cannot feel s*** when she is singing , she hasn’t been through s*** . She is singing about nonsense about being shot and how she wanna die young that’s illuminati s*** her voice is not the best . I feel s*** when I listen to Adele, LeToya, Mary J, Ledisi, Jill Scoot, Algebra Blesset , Kameelah Williams , Fantasia , Jennifer Hud, Jazmine Sullivan and almost evrybody from Philly, but when you hear Beyoncé shes yelling from the top of her lungs just to prove a point , there no soul or emotion just wack tracks full of hype!
@just saying b**** why do u care if ppl like beyonce or not .. If u think she cnt sing and her music sucks I hav a crazy idea DON’T LISTEN TO HER .. U can’t convince ppl to hear something the way u want too LOL I love beys voice and think its very powerful .. U can talk all day but u can’t convince my ears to hear something different sorry hun
Beyonce has an amazing voice, no doubt about it but she easily gets tiring. ….. falsetto, scream (metal like), growl (rock like), belting (gospel like), ….. And Bey does not always need to grunt to hit a high note her full voice, her voice is natrually dramatic, she has a warm soul not voice, …lol
@ Just saying b****
How does beyonce toot her own horn?
I Swear some of you people don’t think before you type.
If she smiles or moves an certain way there is always something to say.
Yet you support an alcoholic druggie?
Who’s only real contribution to the music industry is making it ok not to have an ounce of talent and be an “Singer”
To the rihanna fan…talking about vocals?
Sorry but if you’re apart of the “N.A.V.Y=Nasty Annoying Vocal Yodeler
You are not to point fingers at Beyonce period!!!!
She sings,dances,and entertains better than rihanna on her worst days.
Anyway the song is terrible.
I Wish mary would stop with this trying to recreate her glory days.
Remember what happened with the love&life album?
i think beyonce should take a break untill 2020
YASSSSS BEYONCE GISELLE KNOWLES CARTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS. She’s so great when she’s featured on these R&B cuts….love in the club with usher, Until the End of Time with Justin…..JUST PURE TALENT.
There can be a post with a paragraph written about every artist in the music business .. If beyonces name is brought up at the end for one line that’s who the whole post is about LOL for someone who is fading she sure lives in many of you guys mouths .. Anyway great song their both amazing singers so its not even really a discussion LOL
i’m not a rihanna fan hunny so dont talk to me seems like beyonce stans are mad that rihanna has a number 1 single on billboard charts . its almost 3 weeks since rihanna went number 1 lol and still number 1 , but like i said im not a fan of people without soul . give me some soul .only mary lauryn jazmine india arie jill scott , etc got soul beyonce lol she sings like a cartoon mary makes u feel that song but beyonce is just yelling and kinda sounds like she stealing rihanna or keri hilson’s ad libs. lol nuff said
“Party,” “End of Time,” “Love on Top,” “Countdown,” “Run the World” are uptempo.
“I Care,” “I Miss You,” “Best Thing I Never Had,” “Rather Die Young,” and “Start Over” are midtempos.
The only proper ballads on 4 are “1+1” and “I Was Here.”
The problem with today’s radio listener is that they thing anything that isn’t super high energy is a ‘ballad.’
ahhhhh I just love this I need the whole song now!!!!! Glad that mary hasn’t leak tho .. She hasn’t down below 300000 in awhile first week and with her ama performance she’s sure to be number one .. WOOO let’s get good music to the top of the charts again!!!
@f***** face beyonce is fading do u see here getting any number ones??? is beyonce stealing like the grinch stoled christmas ??? lol bye beyonce ur time been over with b-day album.
i think beyonces 4 is donkey s*** its like iasf =demonic =crap
@adc143 when we use the term uptempto and beyonce love on top and party are not what ppl think of .. Sonically u have a point but ppls perception are a lot different .. U can say “proper” ballads and “proper” midtempos but point blank if it wasn’t an album full of single ladies and get me bodieds it was too slow compared to what ppl expect from an artist like beyonce
JS, you embarrass your mother so much.
It takes a donkey to know a donkey. 😛
l love it,l am not even surprised to see the same rihanna retarded and illirate coons arrive so quickly.The same one hating on lift off when it’s pure fire.A mess
l love the snippet
Loveeeeee mary and bey .. I have a feeling beys 4 and marys new album will be my favs this year yessssss!!!
I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIKE BEYONCE SHES A HUGE COPYCAT.
do ppl who really dnt like beyonce sit here and refresh the page waiting to say something to someone HAHA how pathetic that is I can’t even get into .. Anyway great song ladies!!
Beyonce>>>>>>>>>>FLOPhanna 😉
@lax and some ppl dnt understand why ppl like rihanna (she can’t sing dance and has no real stage presence) ppl dnt understand why ppl like britney (she can’t sing or dance anymore) ppl dnt understand why ppl like gaga (all her crazy stage antics for attention) .. Ppl like who they like .. Stop worrying about who ppl shouldn’t like and go worry about who u do like
when beyonce is performing as sasha fierce she is grinding the ground showing her p**** and thighs on stage , she uses the wind blower to make her hair seem wonderful but its a lacefront shes really bald headed . beyonce has sold s** her whole career now she wanna tone it down to seem innocent what a fraud! beyonce has brainwashed so many people in the us so glad im from the uk we dont play that b******* here run the world and all her other terrible music . she should do p*** ,and that naked video of hers is nasty . shes all greased up like a kfc napkin oh she needs to give it up .
@arin THANK YOU .. U won’t find me EVER on a post about rihanna or britney cuz I think they suck so I dnt let them consume any of my attention .. For u ppl who dnt like bey just go away LOL
THE QUEEN OF R&B HIP HOP SOUL MARY J BLIGE NOT STEALONCE THE MOST OVERRATED SINGER OF ALL TIME THAT WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY.
of course hater obsessed beyonce ppl are here .. do u guys ever take a day off?? anyway hot song .. I love mary and I love bey, their voices just have that something to me!! deff will be buyin marys album
I THINK BEYONCE IS DESPERATE FOR A HIT SINGLE IN 2011 SHE PUT OUT LIKE 10 VIDEOS STILL NO HIT .
BEYONCE WONT GET ANOTHER NUMBER ONE UNTILL SHE IS DEAD
wack as hell
Omg this snippet just made me melt .. Can’t f***** wait for this album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is good.
nothing special at all none of these new mary songs sound like my life or whats the 411.
HOT
i actually think it would go harder with beyonce on it
LOVE LOVE LOVE these women!
mary is the queen but cant say the same about fraudonce
I’ve been waiting for this duet and sounds like they didn’t dissapoint .. Can’t wait to her the full thing and get this album .. I have beyonces 4 and adeles 21 all I need is mary and I’m set!
hot song from two amazingly talented women .. Can’t complain =) can’t wait for marys album
@frank that’s an amazing combination .. Anyway ill deff be supporting mary next week her voice is jus on another level and now she has a duet with bey!! I can’t take it!!! LOL Roll on november 21st!!
why did mary put this copycat on her song ?? not buying this wack s***!
u blind idiots beyonce is a copycat and this song is crap
U GUYS ARE DEAF
beyonce and mary on a ballad together .. there is a god hahaha love them and I loveeeee this
YASSSSS MARY + BEY!!!!!!!!
OMG OMG OMG I’ve been waiting to hear more and now I need to hear the whole thing!!! their voices are pure heaven!!
this just gave me LIFE!! cant wait 2 hear it in full!!!
SLAYYEDDDDDDDDDD
This song goes hard….Mary has my vote for Nov 21st
Love Mary, poor Beyonce is boring as usual
“Beyonce wants so desperately to separate herself from the competition. So, she decides to record a CD full of ballads. What she has failed to realize is that she has built her image on gyrating, cooching popping and s**. She is a visual artist and a great performer. That is what people expect from her,”
as much as i love bey this is 100% true and NOT because she cant sing ballads but because she didnt build a career on her voice like someone like Whitney or Christina did, so when bey steps out the box to try and do what she did wuth 4, some are not receptive, every good/great vocalist needs that one HUGE Ballad to legitimize them as a true vocalist and Bey hasn’t gotten hers yet
Oh yeha
This song is really nice.
I love this song taking it back to the old days and good music and not this eurotrash s***
Wow the bring back the 90’s R&B flex is really in motion this year in particular.
Keep it up.
Need the videos to match though.
As for the song, it sounds like a cool song with vocals beasts.
Like the sound
The Legendary artist Queen @MaryJBlige Sounds Epic on this track she slayed Beyonce like I knew she would lol . No artist can ride a beat like the Queen of HipHop R&B and Soul no one , the album is on pre order and I cannot wait for Nov 21st and @Malcolm this album does not I repeat does not suppose to sound like “Mylife or Whats the 411” its 2011-2012 not 93 crazy.MJB said its not a competitor just good ass R&B HIPHOP SOUL o the third power type of thing and judging by the full snippets the feat was achieved and then some . Why all the kids are listening to their pop electronica(which i have no prob with.cuz i like every genre) I’ll be listening to some real deep *hit that will move me , make me think and make me feel it in my soul.
MJB doesn’t do many duets. Obviously MJB respects Beyonce (as do the other old school legends) or she would not have her for a vocal duet on the track. I think her fans should do the same. Both ladies deserve respect, as both are legitimate vocalists despite any personal preferences. I’m from the old school era and I respect both ladies and while MJB is the Queen of Hip/Hop Soul, I happen to be a bigger fan of Beyonce. Bey’s big ballads aren’t career defining (not yet anyway) because unfortunately times have changed and mainstream radio does not appreciate real ballads like they use. Even Adele (who has managed to carve out exceptions thus far in her career) is more known for “Rolling In The Deep” versus her ballads. Also, MJB hasn’t had a hit ballad in a while either, she gets more mainstream exposure now-a-days from her uptempo “Just Fine,” that’s just the way it is in general now-a-days. Personally I prefer the smooth yet strong qualities of Bey’s vocal performances. But that takes nothing away from MJB. No need to insult one just because you prefer the other since both are very talented in their own way, bottom line.
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DAMN! LOVE IT!
TheMan4u… I would have to disagree. Her first solo album contained “Dangerously in Love”. That song was all about her voice! I think she always present a good mixture of uptempo and slower/vocal songs.
I see the f****** are madd at Beyonce for doing something their favorite could never…smh
@THEMAN4U, What Christina ballad was bigger than “Halo” for which Beyonce received a Best Pop Vocal Performance Grammy?
Dangerously In Love produced Ballads and mid tempos like : Be With you, Yes, Dangerously In Love, Me Myself and I, Thats How I like, Signs, Speechless, The closer I et to You, Daddy
Bday Produced: Flaws and All, Irrecplaceable, Resentment, If, Listen,
Soundtrack: I ‘d Rather Go Blind, At Last, Church Bells, One In a Lifetime
I AM SASHA FIerce : If I WAS Boy, Halo, Disappear, Ave Maria, Broken Hearted Girl, Smash Into You, Satellite, Thats Why You’re Beautiful, Hello and Scared of Lonely…….
4: I Care, 1+1, I Miss U, Rather Die Young, Start Over, Dance 4 U, I Was Here
Along with her ballads and midtempos from her destiny child days…..
So I am lost at when people say Beyonce only did uptempos…
Lets discuss facts and not opinions
I’m a fan of Mary J and seriously letting this fame w**** singing with her is so sad
i never said she ONLY did up tempos, the statement someone else made was:
“What she has failed to realize is that she has built her image on gyrating, cooching popping and s**. She is a visual artist and a great performer. That is what people expect from her”
although i wouldn’t put itlike that, its true, that her up-tempos is what she built her career and success on, NOT her voice. Xtina has a signature song in “beautiful” its her “i will always love you” Xtina has built a career on her voice Bey hasn’t done that she is a visual artist like a Madonna, janet, although Bey CAN sing ballads its not what people look for with her
Reading the comments about Beyonce is just down right disgusting and shows allot of character to the person who is making 7.50 at their b******* ass job.
LOL, Beyonce and Christina are two completely different artist. I wish people will stop all this damn comparison. its funny how people diss Beyonce for her showmanship but then praise Madonna, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Tina Turner etc.. Please give me a friggin break….. Beyonce can perform on the Oscars to Soul Train Awards to BET to The Grammy’s to MTV to Performing for the President of the uNited States. Beyonce rare artist who is universal in her craft. She is respected from her showmanship down to her personal life…….
@THE MAN4U, According to AOL Radio Christina’s biggest hits are Genie in a Bottle, Lady Marmalade, Fighter, Ain’t No Other Man, and Come on Over Baby. You have to go to number 6 on their list to get to a ballad, Beautiful. For Beyonce, they rank ballads Dangerously in Love, The Closer I Get To You (her duet with Luther Vandross) and Halo at 2, 8, and 10. Both artists have more uptempo hits but that’s a reflection of the times. Bottom line, both artists are legitimate vocalist but to say Christina is more known for ballads than Beyonce is inaccurate.
Its pretty good, sounds decent, love Bey’s parts and Mary sounds good as well.
So much hate up in here. Really. Half of you internet gangsters need to get a get a freakin job. SMDH
How much slaying can Mary J do to Beyonce when Bey is just a feature on the song. It’s Mary’s song. You people hate Beyonce so much that you will not give her credit with this song. Both women sound great and being it’s Mary’s song Beyonce would not out shine Mary like that. It’s call respect on a single.
Anyway this sounds great and on November 21 I’ll be in the store to buy Mary’s the CD and Beyonce DVD. This R&B sound is from the black roots of music history and it gives you plenty of soul.
My Life ll in stores November 21
Seriously why do all you people hate on Beyonce so much? Has she beaten up your kids or something?
And for the record. Millions upon millions of records or not Beyonce is STILL the global megastar with stacks on stacks on stacks full of cash of her own which pretty much tripled when she got married. She doesn’t need the little things of everyone else. She is the real top bill whether you like it or not…
yes mary im glad u doing cd that has the sound from ur 90’s days…
@Anne, Beautiful is STILL Xtina’s signature song regardless of whether or not it did as well as other singles, do some of you read? it was never about a comparison between Bey and christina, the point is that most good/great vocalist that are known for vocals have a signature Big ballad, Whitney, Celine, Mariah, Xtina, Chaka, Mary, Toni, except for Bey. no one is dissing her for showmanship, it was stated that is what she is KNOWN for, not her ballads.
YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
They will kill this live, no autotune, backtracking and 90% help from background singers. It’s called respect!!!
damn its sum hatin muterfuckers n this world why in the hell do people take time out they day to hate on sumbody u dont kno beyonce or mary j bidge people always judging what they see and dont kno i damn thing abt a person besides all that damn hating u broke b****** doin this is a great song and if you h*** stop judgin the artist and listen to the lyrics u might learn a lil sumthing abt loving a woman i mean really u b****** kill me with all this damn hating if you dont like a artist or a song stop commenting like its really going to stop bey and mary j frm makin money i love this song i love both artist beyone works hard and mary j is still runnin in the game so their party will never stop
flop
I love this song. Two of my fave singers. Bey sounds real mature on this track and I love her doing r&b tracks like this.
Haters your shift is over, now go back to your 2.55cents Jobs Please
Face it though, MJB can’t sing, she can hardly hold a non-sharp high note nor a flat lower note. Totally overrated!