Okay, a year or so back, Mary got flack for talking about her issues with the Lizard, I mean K-Ci, because it was a few years later and people thought she was just being petty. I WAS THE LONE SUPPORTER! Mary was talking about it because it was finally far removed from her life! We’ve all been there. You get excited when you hit that moment of “Back up off man, Ex-whatever!” and you really mean it. K-Ci had the never to pretend like he couldn’t even imagine why our beloved Mary was uttering his damn name after all these years. Actually, he should have burned some incense to the PR God because for all we know he was chilling in his Barbie mansion with his brother eating mayonaissey potato salad and hosting some Spades tournaments, falling asleep on the discount couch and burning cigarette holes in it.
All of you said, “No! That man was minding his own…”
Word?
If you watch the below you will notice that his casting call read something like “Black woman, 30s, Mary J. Blige hair, Mary J. Blige hat, Mary J. Blige choreography, Mary J. Blige boots, Mary J. Blige pants, Mary J. Blige lipgloss…” You get it. Is this called “A Star Is Born” or “The Rose”? Maybe it’s not a movie yet and I should write it! Two crackheads fall in love. One crackhead thinks he shits gold. The other crackhead spirals into dispair and her records outsell male crackhead. They break up (or were they ever really together??). Female crackhead goes through somethings and sings about them and all her things outsell male crackhead and his brother who sing about partying with Devante. Female crackhead finds Jesus and STILL outsells male crackhead who hasn’t sold anything at this point. Female former crackhead wins Grammy and performs with U2 on regular basis. Male crackhead is president of the Ike Turner Fan Club for Men (used to be called the He-Man Woman Haters Club with Alfafa and Spanky back in the day but there was a decline in membership during the free love 70s).
By the way, that video looks like it was on The Scene circa 1982 on Detroit’s WGPR Channel 62. See the other post if you don’t know what I mean….”It’s six o’lock and it’s time to rock…”