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Celeb News: Mary J praises Taylor, honoured to share stage.
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Mary J praises Taylor, honoured to share stage.
Mary J Blige on Taylor - ' It was just beautiful singing with her, because she has a beautiful, strong voice and an amazing soul. I was honored and it was a blessing to be up there with her''
Mary was honoured to be on stage with Taylor! 
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It makes sense that the woman who sings “Haters gonna hate” might be in love with the woman who sang “Don’t need no hateration, holleratin’.” But it was still a shock when Taylor Swift brought Mary J. Blige out as her special guest at Saturday night’s Staples Center show in L.A. for duets of two Blige roof-raisers, “Family Affair” and “Doubt.”
Minutes after the show ended, Yahoo spoke with one of the singers, who said: “It was just beautiful singing with her, because she has a beautiful, strong voice and an amazing soul. I was honored and it was a blessing to be up there with her.” Swift on Blige? No, that was Blige talking about Swift.
Blige told us she eagerly accepted the invitation because “I’ve always been a fan. I’ve always loved and truly, truly respect Taylor Swift as a woman, as a businesswoman, and as an artist. So I immediately said yes because I just love her that much.”
Perish the thought that the pop superstar and R&B queen might come from different worlds. “Taylor has great, relatable lyrics,” Blige said, calling from her car on the way home. “And she is a great businesswomen and she’s a great example for a lot of women — young women and older women — to follow. Her music speaks for itself. And that’s one of the reasons why I loved the opportunity of being on the stage with her tonight, because I respect real artists, and she’s a real artist.”
Swift teased her introduction of Blige during Saturday’s show by first just telling the audience she’d be singing “Doubt,” a number that was recently released as the fourth single off Blige’s acclaimed London Sessions album.
“I heard it at this pre-Grammy party, the Clive Davis party, last year in L.A.,” Swift said. “She got up and sang this song I had never heard of before, and all of a sudden, I felt like, I go through that so much. I doubt myself every single day, no matter what happens… And I think I always will, and I think it’s always something I’m going to struggle with. But this song helped me, and helps me moment to moment. I don’t think we can ever hope to fully get over the things that make us insecure, or the voices in your head that say, ‘You can’t do it, you’re not good enough, nobody likes you, you’re not cool, you’re so annoying.’ But I wanted to sing this song for you because this was the first city I heard this song. And it is absolutely foolish to try and sing a Mary J. Blige song, because she’s the greatest singer who ever lived. But this song matters to me, and it means so much to me to get to sing it to you, and I think it can help you if you struggle with the same kinds of insecurities that I do.”
Blige said there was some discussion over which single song of hers to collaborate on before they came to the obvious conclusion.
“The song ‘Doubt’ is a song that I truly love and means so much to me, and as you could see tonight, it means so much to her,” said Blige. “So I asked her if she could sing it with me, and she said yes. And then of course ‘Family Affair,’ she wanted me to perform that. And I said, ‘Just sing all the songs with me tonight—let’s just make it a duet night.’”
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The continued acclaim from a fellow Grammy winner!
https://www.yahoo.com/music/mary-j-b...-sh&soc_trk=tw
creds to revel8, who made the post
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Legends respecting legends
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I'm positively surprised to see Mary J sing with Taylor. Two talented and very different musicians on the same stage 
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All those legends praising Taylor 
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she has a beautiful, strong voice
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no lies tbh
mary's opinion means alot more than yours
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Mary J Blige on Taylor - ' It was just beautiful singing with her, because she has a beautiful, strong voice and an amazing soul. I was honored and it was a blessing to be up there with her''
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She must have lost her mind like Really Mary..... ? C'mon 
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Mary J Blige knows the tea.
All these acclaimed Grammy Award winners constantly praising Taylor. Meanwhile the only ones who drag her are those with neither acclaim or Grammy's. LOL
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Thanks 
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get that promo mary 
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Nice
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Wow, so many people who've actually met her praise her for being real and down-to-earth and nice etc.
And there're still haters who doubt her.
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She better sing for her dinner
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no lies tbh
mary's opinion means alot more than yours
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it's a complete waste of energy to quote that known hater.
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Mary J. Blige blessed by Swift
Mary J. Blige is blessed by Taylor Swift
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It makes sense that the woman who sings “Haters gonna hate” might be in love with the woman who sang “Don’t need no hateration, holleratin’.”
Minutes after the show ended, Yahoo spoke with one of the singers, who said: “It was just beautiful singing with her, because she has a beautiful, strong voice and an amazing soul. It was a blessing to be up there with her.” Swift on Blige? No, that was Blige talking about Swift.
Blige told us she eagerly accepted the invitation because “I’ve always loved and truly, truly respect Taylor Swift as a woman, as a businesswoman, and as an artist. So I immediately said yes because I just love her that much.”
"Taylor has great, relatable lyrics,” Blige said. “And she is a great businesswomen and she’s a great example for a lot of women — young women and older women — to follow."
Read the full article here.
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The Lord really is a generous soul.
Thank you, Mary J. Blige, for the devout praise.
Enlighten me, what are your thoughts on this? Who will Taylor Swift bless next?
...Vin
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Thanks for the heads up, Lucky.
Mods, merge the two threads if you don't mind.
...Vin
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