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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
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Little Bitty Burger Barn
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Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
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Barack Obama and Me (246)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M (140)
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All This Useless Beauty
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Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is
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The improbable redemption of Ashlee Simpson
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Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC
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A New Official State Song for Texas?
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"That's Mary JÂ…, Miss Blige if you're nasty."
Subject(s): Mary J. Blige
In December's Vibe, Mary J. Blige said that even though she's comfortable revealing her abs in photographs, "I ain't giving you titty, nipple, pubic hair or damn near clitoris." While that's certainly among the most colorful quotes uttered by a public figure this year, Blige's comment actually runs counter to the nature of her career, which is airing love's dirtiest details in song -- the breakups, betrayals and backstabbings that drive a woman to music as deeply felt as "Real Love" and "No More Drama." On The Breakthrough, Blige's seventh studio album, she continues to offer up emotional unmentionables, as indeed she always will. (Blige's fans' disappointment is always pronounced when the singer vows to stay positive.) But stuffed with productions by high-end knob-twirlers like Raphael Saadiq, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, the CD also contains the glossiest material we've yet heard from the Queen of Hip-hop Soul, which begs a question: Will Mary's bling dampen her blues? Not yet. Even when describing finding her everything, Blige sings with the raw hurt of someone who's looked for too long. And in "MJB Da MVP," a recounting of her career set over the Game's "Hate It or Love It," she sounds proud but anxious, as if her music's ability to heal might soon falter.
