Both the song and the video are odes to black love and the appreciation of a strong, supportive partner and for that, and all of it’s success, “Be Without You” is a true #CultureClassic. (Oh, oh, oh, oh) Oooo (oh, oh, oh, oh) oooo. (Oh, oh, oh, oh) I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you.

It stars Oscar nominee and Empire star Terrance Howard and has nearly 150 million views. I wanna be with you, gotta be with you, need to be with you. And it was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and won the Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance categories at the Grammys in 2007. It also broke the record for the longest-running single in the existence of the chart spending a total of 75 weeks on that chart. The production is not exactly original, and there is evidence here of him borrowing wholesale from other songs. The song spent a record 15 consecutive weeks at number one (a record she held until 2013). Perhaps the single finest moment in Sean 'Puffy' Combs' musical career has been the production on this, Mary J. It broke records and became the most successful release in the history of that particular chart. Blige’s most successful song to date peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. The positive, love affirming lyrics plus R&B star producer Bryan Michael Cox’s perfect production and Mary’s amazing vocals made the single undeniable. Blige released the studio album Growing Pains, fulfilled in the best traditions of hip-hop, soul and R&B. Her strong voice can be heard in the All Of Me duet with 50 Cent on his album Curtis. The song was released in early 2006 and immediately took over ranking among the most played songs on the radio for the year. Along with Aretha Franklin, Blige took part in the soundtrack lead-song record Never Gonna Break My Faith to picture Bobby. “ Be Without You” was the lead single off MJB’s seventh album The Breakthrough which solidified the shift to “Happy Marry”.

But we did it and we choose her most successful single of all-time, “Be Without You”.

She simply has too many to even list so choosing one for this edition of #CultureClassics was an extremely difficult task. Blige’s catalog is one of the greatest in the history of The Culture. You don’t get the moniker “The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” without having a few classic records to your name.

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