Shaheem Reid If you’re a Mary J. Blige fan at a tour called “For My Fans,” you’d better know what to do, and how and when to do it.
If you’re singing along with her 2007 hit “Just Fine,” you’d better belt “Ooooo!” at the top of your lungs after she hits the song’s title six times.
Of course, the A did not disappoint, and even made a playful but thunderous call-and-response towards the end of the song. The Monday night show at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena was just the third stop on her first tour since her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, “For My Fans”, but she’s already in top form.
And of course, her music isn’t the only thing for the fans — she’s got life lessons as well. To kick off the second half of her concert, a pre-produced video vignette was shown. “I started to accept all of me, every flaw,” she testified in the video. “I started to see — ‘Shit, I’m not that bad.’ The work is accepting you….
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