10 Things We Learned From Mary J. Blige's Interview With The Breakfast Club

The Queen of Hip Hop Soul drops that title, plus more.

The Latest With MJB - Mary J Blige is preparing her return and just unveiled her new single, "Whole Damn Year." The R&B diva also stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning and discussed her upcoming project and even revealed that she no longer cares to rock with the title The Queen of Hip Hop Soul. Check out 10 more things we learned ffrom her sit down with Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: 105.1BreakfastClub via YouTube.com)

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The Latest With MJB - Mary J Blige is preparing her return and just unveiled her new single, "Whole Damn Year." The R&B diva also stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning and discussed her upcoming project and even revealed that she no longer cares to rock with the title The Queen of Hip Hop Soul. Check out 10 more things we learned ffrom her sit down with Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: 105.1BreakfastClub via YouTube.com)

The London Sessions - Mary will be releasing her twelfth album, Mary J. Blige: The London Sessions, on Dec. 2. Originally slated to be an EP, the album will be her first with her new label Capitol Records and was recorded entirely in London with their hottest new producers and songwriters, including Sam Smith and Emeli Sande. A documentary was also recorded filming the album’s process and will be released around the time of the album as well.(Photo: Capitol Records)

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The London Sessions - Mary will be releasing her twelfth album, Mary J. Blige: The London Sessions, on Dec. 2. Originally slated to be an EP, the album will be her first with her new label Capitol Records and was recorded entirely in London with their hottest new producers and songwriters, including Sam Smith and Emeli Sande. A documentary was also recorded filming the album’s process and will be released around the time of the album as well.(Photo: Capitol Records)

Can't Knock the Hustle - Mary J. was very influential in Jay Z’s early success as she appeared on his debut album on the track “Can’t Knock the Hustle” and also stepped in when his Best of Both Worlds Tour with R. Kelly went left. Speaking on how they came to work together, Mary revealed, “Damon Dash asked me to do it and they played the record in the studio and I lost it so I got on the record and he was dope then. It was his first album and the record was already crazy, I just sang to it.” She also thought he was going to be great then as she added, “I saw that he was something incredible and fresh and the tone of his voice [left me like] ‘Wow, who is this kid?'”  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Can't Knock the Hustle - Mary J. was very influential in Jay Z’s early success as she appeared on his debut album on the track “Can’t Knock the Hustle” and also stepped in when his Best of Both Worlds Tour with R. Kelly went left. Speaking on how they came to work together, Mary revealed, “Damon Dash asked me to do it and they played the record in the studio and I lost it so I got on the record and he was dope then. It was his first album and the record was already crazy, I just sang to it.” She also thought he was going to be great then as she added, “I saw that he was something incredible and fresh and the tone of his voice [left me like] ‘Wow, who is this kid?'”  (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

"The One" - Mary J. is a huge fan of Drake and considers him the leader of the new school. She spoke fondly of the YMCMB capo who she has worked with in the past as she expressed, “Drake is one of the best of his generation.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"The One" - Mary J. is a huge fan of Drake and considers him the leader of the new school. She spoke fondly of the YMCMB capo who she has worked with in the past as she expressed, “Drake is one of the best of his generation.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

No More Drama - Mary thanked God that social networking wasn’t around when she was younger as it might have been detrimental to her career. “My career probably would have been over if certain social medias were out because I was a tyrant. I was terrible. They were banning me and my crew from places.” (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

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No More Drama - Mary thanked God that social networking wasn’t around when she was younger as it might have been detrimental to her career. “My career probably would have been over if certain social medias were out because I was a tyrant. I was terrible. They were banning me and my crew from places.” (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

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The Breakthrough  - Mary has transitioned from her depressed, heartbroken records but admits some people wanted her to reamain in a box. But for her, life goes on, as she explained, “A lot of people would rather that I stayed messed up and sad because that’s where they were. But when you grow, you’re going to lose some people and either they’re going to follow you later or they’re not and that’s the chance you have to take as a leader.”  (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Nobel Peace Prize Concert)

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The Breakthrough  - Mary has transitioned from her depressed, heartbroken records but admits some people wanted her to reamain in a box. But for her, life goes on, as she explained, “A lot of people would rather that I stayed messed up and sad because that’s where they were. But when you grow, you’re going to lose some people and either they’re going to follow you later or they’re not and that’s the chance you have to take as a leader.”  (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Nobel Peace Prize Concert)

All That I Got Is You - One of the Queen’s finest hip hop performances was when she sang on Ghost’s classic hardship biography "All That I Got Is You." However, Mary didn’t appear in the video version, which ended up being sung by Wu-Tang vocalist Tekitha. The Yonkers diva explained the drama at the time, saying it wasn’t in her control and, “It was some label stuff politics and someone saying 'No' at the label for whatever reason.”(Photos from left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For (Belvedere) RED, Fergus McDonald/Getty Images) 

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All That I Got Is You - One of the Queen’s finest hip hop performances was when she sang on Ghost’s classic hardship biography "All That I Got Is You." However, Mary didn’t appear in the video version, which ended up being sung by Wu-Tang vocalist Tekitha. The Yonkers diva explained the drama at the time, saying it wasn’t in her control and, “It was some label stuff politics and someone saying 'No' at the label for whatever reason.”(Photos from left: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For (Belvedere) RED, Fergus McDonald/Getty Images) 

Keep It Moving - Mary J. Blige received backlash when she sang about chicken for Burger King’s crispy chicken wrap back in 2012. Laughing about the situation in hindsight now, Mary stated, “We had to get rid of our [ad] agency because that was a hiccup but it was all of our faults. Nobody was paying attention … and when I seen it later, I was like, ‘What was I thinking?’ I wasn’t thinking."(Photo: Burger King)

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Keep It Moving - Mary J. Blige received backlash when she sang about chicken for Burger King’s crispy chicken wrap back in 2012. Laughing about the situation in hindsight now, Mary stated, “We had to get rid of our [ad] agency because that was a hiccup but it was all of our faults. Nobody was paying attention … and when I seen it later, I was like, ‘What was I thinking?’ I wasn’t thinking."(Photo: Burger King)

New Jack Swing - Mary's a huge fan of Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot N---a.” “I saw that video and was like, ‘Yes,’ the kids need to see that feeling [of having fun and dancing]. That reminds us of us when we were growing up." Pretty sure it does as it's an updated version of the Mary bop and Diddy bop perfected by the Uptown Records alum.  (Photos from left: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for FIJI Water, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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New Jack Swing - Mary's a huge fan of Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot N---a.” “I saw that video and was like, ‘Yes,’ the kids need to see that feeling [of having fun and dancing]. That reminds us of us when we were growing up." Pretty sure it does as it's an updated version of the Mary bop and Diddy bop perfected by the Uptown Records alum.  (Photos from left: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for FIJI Water, Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Share My World - MJB also said that she was contemplating writing a book about her life as titles like My Life and What’s the 411? were tossed around. “I would start [the book] early [in my life] so people would know why you are so damaged, why you drank so much, why you hated yourself so much … to know where it came from."   (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Nobel Peace Prize Concert)

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Share My World - MJB also said that she was contemplating writing a book about her life as titles like My Life and What’s the 411? were tossed around. “I would start [the book] early [in my life] so people would know why you are so damaged, why you drank so much, why you hated yourself so much … to know where it came from."   (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Nobel Peace Prize Concert)