Post by CarolinaCutie on Aug 13, 2003 12:37:15 GMT -4
Mary J. Blige's days of despair
She may be one of the queens of hip hop, but Mary J. Blige says she was once nothing more than "a piece of s- with a nice weave and makeup."
"I didn't think I was pretty or smart," says Blige. "My dream ... when I was drinking, was that I wanted to be a stripper."
Not that she considered herself much of a turn-on.
Growing up, "I was not a girl," she tells Blender magazine. "I never fit in with the girly stuff."
Having experimented with with every drug but crack, she remembers how close she came to checking out. "I was ready to go! Like, get out of here, planet Earth, goodbye, die. I was so suicidal I would draw men to me who wanted to kill me."
She's just finished recording an album, "Love & Life," that draws on her hard-won experience.
Taking care of her gorgeous bod is part of her new self, but "if I choose to have my cleavage out, you still take me seriously. I might be a brick house, but you respect this brick house. 'Cause this brick house does her job well."
NYDAILYNEWS.com
There's no wonda why I LOVE and respect this girl so much! I can relate to everything (except the drugs and dreams of wantin' to be a stripper!
) that she's experienced. She doesn't hide or sugacoat anything; she lets you know the real deal! D
n, I'm so tempted to download her CD (even though I'm gonna buy it anyway), but I'll wait...anxiously!!! I've been hearin' that this one is even betta than "My Life"! 
She may be one of the queens of hip hop, but Mary J. Blige says she was once nothing more than "a piece of s- with a nice weave and makeup."
"I didn't think I was pretty or smart," says Blige. "My dream ... when I was drinking, was that I wanted to be a stripper."
Not that she considered herself much of a turn-on.
Growing up, "I was not a girl," she tells Blender magazine. "I never fit in with the girly stuff."
Having experimented with with every drug but crack, she remembers how close she came to checking out. "I was ready to go! Like, get out of here, planet Earth, goodbye, die. I was so suicidal I would draw men to me who wanted to kill me."
She's just finished recording an album, "Love & Life," that draws on her hard-won experience.
Taking care of her gorgeous bod is part of her new self, but "if I choose to have my cleavage out, you still take me seriously. I might be a brick house, but you respect this brick house. 'Cause this brick house does her job well."
NYDAILYNEWS.com
There's no wonda why I LOVE and respect this girl so much! I can relate to everything (except the drugs and dreams of wantin' to be a stripper!
) that she's experienced. She doesn't hide or sugacoat anything; she lets you know the real deal! Dn, I'm so tempted to download her CD (even though I'm gonna buy it anyway), but I'll wait...anxiously!!! I've been hearin' that this one is even betta than "My Life"! 
I got to get it, u won't forget it, kiss you unda ya navel, I'll go where she won't go.
Her realness is one of the many reasons i respect her so much and love her music. She's true to herself, and i'm glad that she has overcome all of the bs she went through in past. She definitely can be a role model to many of our young ladies today.
But her site did provide us with two unreleased tracks from between '99-'01: