Brown Sista

Singers Mary J. Blige and Musiq Soulchild braved the iffy New York City weather yesterday to film the video for their new single, If You Leave. The song appears on Musiq’s new album, On My Radio, which is due to be released on December 2nd. If You Leave will serve as the second single from Musiq’s CD and takes him back to his roots after releasing the controversial “Radio” as his first single. As for Mary, this video and single keeps her working after her latest CD, Growing Pains, was abandoned by her record label. Mary stays busy however with her Love Soul tour which continues throughout the month and has Robin Thicke and Mary’s own artist, Dave young, on the under card.
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Monique Lhuillier gowns, Zac Posen dresses, Cartier jewels, and Lorraine Schwartz diamonds. What could make any celeb-fashion event better? — Music! Condé Nast’s 5th Annual ‘Fashion Rocks’ concert took place last night @ NYC’s Radio City Music Hall. Celebeauties like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Solange, Mariah, Mary J, and much more performed, but the biggest attraction was, of course, the fashion.

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As previously reportedly earlier this week, some of music’s biggest female singers have come together to record a song in support of cancer research. “Just Stand Up”, features vocals from singers Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Beyonce, Keyshia Cole, and many others. The single will officially hit radio and be available for download on iTunes September 2nd, however a leak of the single has made it’s way to the internet and can be heard here. All the ladies who participated in the making of this single will also come together September 5th to perform the song live during the “Stand Up To Cancer” TV special, set to air simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC.
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Singer Mary J. Blige and her husband Kendu Isaacs were spotted over the weekend vacationing in Saint Tropez. The singer, who is about to go back on on tour in September, is taking it easy before embarking on the European leg of her solo world tour, which is due to last through January. Rumor has it Mary has also been asked to make a cameo in Keyshia Cole’s video for the remake of Mary’s 1994 hit single, I Love You. Rapper Lil Wayne, who will be remaking the song along with Keyshia, spilled the beans in an interview with SEMTEX TV in Amsterdam a few weeks ago. No word yet when the single and video will debut, but it will be interesting to see how Keyshia, who has been compared to Mary on numerous occasions, sounds remaking a Mary classic.
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Record executive LA Reid held his annual Summer of Love Bash in the Hamptons over the weekend and singers Mary J. Blige and Ciara were just a few of the Brown Sistas who made an appearance. Ciara, pictured to your right with rapper LL Cool J, showed up looking slightly better than she did in her last public outing. As I expected, the Crunk n’ B diva is now battling allegations that she is suffering from an eating disorder. Ciara has become increasingly more fit over the last year but her drastic weight loss after announcing her intentions of seeking a career in modeling, has many thinking she has gone overboard in her quest to attain the perfect model-like physique.
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It’s rare to see an artist cover a song from another artist that hasn’t officially been released yet, but that appears to be just what Mary J. Blige has done. The singer has covered Ciara’s Supernatural, a single rumored to be on her upcoming CD, Fantasy Ride. Mary of course brought the soul with her version, which you can listen to here and for those who haven’t heard Ciara’s version yet, you can take check it out here.
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Mary J. Blige has a certain distaste for this country’s favorite pastime, American Idol. But she won’t admit it outright. “I haven’t really watched it since Ruben [Studdard] won,” the singer tells me after cutting her workout short and grabbing the phone at her New Jersey home for our interview. But whether she likes it or not, she does think the juggernaut show does the contestants a huge disservice. “Honestly, it’s not giving most of them a real chance to become an artist for the rest of their lives,” she explains. “They are on national TV every night. They have automatic fame. All of the greatest artists had to struggle for their success.”
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