Mary J. Blige is back with her 15th studio album Good Morning Gorgeous, and the R&B legend has pulled out all the stops before she takes to the Super Bowl halftime show stage on Sunday.
The 13-track LP features appearances from Anderson .Paak,Dave East, DJ Khaled, Fivio Foreign, and Usher, and includes the previously released singles “Amazing,” “Good Morning Gorgeous,” and “Rent Money.” Production comes from esteemed beatsmiths like London on da Track and Cool & Dre, among others. A press release notes the title track has “been used by fans on TikTok to express and promote self-love, self-empowerment, and self-care with over 40,000 total creates, and is growing 40 percent every week.” The five years between 2017’s Strength of a Woman and Good Morning Gorgeous marked the longest stretch Blige fans have waited between full-lengths.
The video for the East-featuring “Rent Money” also arrived with the record:
Mary J. Blige’s highly anticipated Super Bowl LVI halftime show appearance will see her performing alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar. The 51-year-old singer was inducted by the Apollo Theater’s legendary Walk of Fame in 2021, making the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul the youngest living artist to be honored with a spot.
“Miss Blige is more than the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, she is a multitalented artist who has paved the way for many of the artists we see today,” Apollo executive Kamilah Forbes told the waves of fans waiting outside the theater to pay homage to the R&B crooner. She added that Blige “is one of the defining voices of our generation” and helped “redefine what R&B and Hip-Hop could be.” The recognition allowed the Bronx-born singer to join the ranks of Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Patti LaBelle, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Smokey Robinson, and the Temptations.
Stream Mary J. Blige’s new album Good Morning Gorgeous below.
