MJB da MVP

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“MJB Da MVP”
“MJB Da MVP” cover
Single by Mary J. Blige featuring The Game & 50 Cent
from the album The Breakthrough
Released 2005
Format CD single, vinyl, digital download
Recorded 2004
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:11
Label Geffen/Interscope
Writer(s) Mary J. Blige, Jayceon Taylor, Curtis Jackson, Ron Baker, Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Hame Johnson, Andre Lyon, Marcello Valenzano
Producer Cool and Dre
Mary J. Blige singles chronology
"Take Me as I Am"
(2006)		 "MJB Da MVP"
(2006)		 "Runaway Love"
(2006)


50 Cent singles chronology
"MJB Da MVP"
(2005)


The Game singles chronology
"Playa's Only"
(2005)		 "MJB Da MVP"
(2005)		 "Put You on the Game"
(2005)

"MJB Da MVP" is a single by American soul singer Mary J. Blige, taken from her seventh studio album The Breakthrough.

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[edit] Background

It features the voice of rapper 50 Cent on the chorus. The song was first played on U.S. radio in 2005 and due to strong airplay, it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #75, before the first official single, "Be Without You" was released from The Breakthrough.

One year after the song's initial airplay, the song was released in the UK as the lead single from her best of album Reflections - A Retrospective on 18 December[1][2]. "MJB Da MVP" was added to the playlist of UK radio station BBC Radio 1 on November 22, while the video for the single, a montage video, was released later that week.[3].

The Cool & Dre produced track is a cover version of "Hate It or Love It", a single by performed by The Game featuring 50 Cent. In the new vocal part, Mary J. relates the ups and downs of her career and expresses thanks to Dr. Dre and The Game for letting her work on a track that is "hot!".

The single, despite there not being any promotion from Blige herself, managed to chart at #33 upon its release in the UK. "MJB Da MVP" became Blige's twenty-seventh top 40 hit in the UK.

[edit] Track listing

UK CD & 12" Vinyl [4][5]

  1. "MJB Da MVP" (alternate album version)
  2. "Family Affair"
  3. "Be Without You" (Moto Blanco vocal mix)

Dutch CD Promo[6]

  1. "MJB Da MVP"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 75
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Songs 19

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.mjbligeuk.com Official UK site.
  2. ^ http://www.malefirst.co.uk/music/Mary_J_Blige,_Soul_Queen_Returns_With,_MJB_DA_MVP/ Confirmation of "MJB Da MVP" UK release.
  3. ^ http://www.chartsingles.net/videos/view/1088/mary-j-blige-mjb-da-mvp-video/ Official video for "MJB Da MVP" at ChartSingles.net
  4. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=596342 UK CD track listing.
  5. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=596336 UK Vinyl track listing.
  6. ^ Mjb* - Mjb Da Mvp