Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

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Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:32pm

i've been both off & on with Mary J Blige but have recently become amazed by how awesome her material has been. her new CD "Growing Pains" is no exception. the hooks and the lyrics really suck me in. this may be one of the best CDs of the year.

Updated On: 12/10/07 at 08:32 PM

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:33pm

How'd you already get it?

Amazon says it won't be released until the 18.

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#3

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:34pm

oh it's not out yet? oops, my bad. i got a promo.

believe me, it's worth the wait.

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:40pm

It's being released on the same day as the Sweeney Todd soundtrack.

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:57pm

hmm....Sweeney Todd sndtrk or Mary J?? decisions...decisions....

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:59pm

lol Guido

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#7

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:00pm

Sweeney Todd... definitely.

I'll download Mary J.

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#8

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/11/07 at 1:28pm

I just got my hands on a promo copy. A worthy follow up to her '05 smash "The Breakthrough". I'm not feeling that wig she's wearing on
the cover though. So far not a bad track in the bunch. I'm placing this baby on heavy rotation.

#9

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/11/07 at 1:30pm

i love "What Love Is". that song really hits the spot.

#10

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/11/07 at 1:32pm

Folky, is there a type of music you don't listen too?

I'm not normally a big Mary J fan, but I might pick this one up. I've heard nothing, but good things about it.

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/11/07 at 1:40pm

Yeah, loving "What Love Is". I'm just loving this whole CD. :)

#12

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/12/07 at 11:35am

i listen the genre "good"

and i'm hyping this CD up like CRAZY! i'm so buying it the day it comes out. the song "Stay Down" definitely needs to be a single too!

#13

re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/12/07 at 11:57am

The new single is HOT!

So I like what I see when I’m looking at me
When I’m walking past the mirror
No stress through the night, at a time in my life
Ain’t worried about if you feel it
Got my head on straight, I got my mind right
I aint gonna let you kill it
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just…..

Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
Just fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, fine, ooooh
You see I wouldn’t change my life, my life’s just fine

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re: Mary J Blige - Growing Pains

Posted: 12/12/07 at 12:04pm

i love how that song and "Grown Woman" are basically her talking sampled word for word so quickly that it sounds like a beat. it rocks.