Whitney & Mary J. Blige Special Reaction!

Whitney & Mary J. Blige Special Reaction! - Ain’t No Way (LIVE)

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@janellestevens2316 Ай бұрын

That is real soul singing right there! Mary with the intensity, Whitney with the buttery power vocals. Perfect pairing!!!

@alifc1082 Ай бұрын

These two singers are my heart and soul, their voices, their songs are a big part of buiding me, my soul.

@jclark21218 Ай бұрын

1st! - this performance was from divas live 1999 i believe. this is a rendition / cover of Aretha Franklin tune that fun fact: whitney houston's mom is the soprano soaring note on the original recording. you guys should react to their live performance of Rainy Dayz. Also do a week of mary j blige music videos.

@benbaker5440 Ай бұрын

And MJB has publicly expressed gratitude multiple times to Whitney for inviting her to sing that night, as it exposed her to a broader audience. Then she returned the favor several years later when Whitney was having some struggles, which is the Rainy Dayz performance @jclark21218 mentioned. Much love between these two!

@Ramonafloyd Ай бұрын

The orginal by Aretha is a must listen

@milanpompey3808 Ай бұрын

The best duet performance for me! A true classic!

@joebasketballhighlights Ай бұрын

I love Mary's soul here. I love that high note she hit "yoooooooooooooou"

@TheKittsPajamas Ай бұрын

They took that audience to church! When you have Whitney and Mary right in front of you going off like this, you get on your feet! 🔥

@angelopaoletti4768 22 күн бұрын

In the clip, taken from the 1999 show - "Divas Live" - at the Beacon Theater in New York, Whitney does more than justice to "Ain't No Way" (a Top 20 hit for A. Franklin in 1968) with the help from her friend Mary J. Blige. Whitney didn't always sing in a style reminiscent of her godmother, Aretha Franklin, but she was perfectly capable of it when the spirit struck her. Blige said that singing with Nippy on this show "opened doors for her all over the world." Blige (8 years younger than Whitney) declared that she had finally stopped her addiction to cocaine and drinking, a feat achieved thanks to a sort of miracle, which occurred after the death of her friend Whitney. “I went to his funeral - she told the British newspaper Guardian - Finding myself near the coffin of someone you love so intensely shocked me. It made me understand the importance of everyone's life...

@alifc1082 Ай бұрын

The intensity, the hug... Is about teh way they connected to the song I would say and between themselves perfoming this song. Ain't no way...

@greggel Ай бұрын

its divas live 1999, a vh1 show . every year they had some divas performing together and alone

@MrJeepy82 Ай бұрын

This is the VH1 Divas Live show for charity. Whitney was the headliner and also a megastar at the time and invited MJB to sing with her. MJB credits this as a major point in career which she says opened many doors for her and she had Whitney to thank for it. I think thats why it was emotional for her.

@ShookieL Ай бұрын

Love it! Thanks Kitts! I've never seen this before.❤😊

@TheKittsPajamas Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🥰😘

@billmarshall5040 Ай бұрын

Epic performance! 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

@markessewilson8202 Ай бұрын

You should watch Mary J Blige sing another piece of my heart rock n roll vibes from that performance

@joebasketballhighlights Ай бұрын

OH that one is soooooo good

@blackblake3658 Ай бұрын

Whitney's mom sings the beautiful background vocals on the original Aretha recording.

@Certified_Paki_Loverboy Ай бұрын

I love Whitneys voice so powerful.

@christina-bg5dv Ай бұрын

When Whitney start shaking her hand Mary arm lift/point you know they feeling it

@diegos4530 Ай бұрын

BE WITHOUT YOU (Live at Shrine Auditorium, June 14, 2006, Los Angeles) concert for America´s Kids is a excellent performance - Greetings from Argentina

@bigd7386 Ай бұрын

Check out "One" by U2 feat. Mary J. Blige for Mary tapping into rock.

@Reiduponit Ай бұрын

Yup I came here to type this. She slayed that song.

@deonphil9066 Ай бұрын

Her voice added another level to a classic U2 song.

@demichael3382 Ай бұрын

Yall should react to Whitney sing IWALY the same night .

@deed2157 Ай бұрын

By the time this was made Mary was an already established singer. If you were a hiphop and/or R&b fan you knew who Mary was. She came out in 1988 but released her first album in 1992. As a matter of fact one of her most popular songs Not Gon' Cry was on her third album and on the soundtrack of the film Waiting to Exhale Whitney was a costar in 1995. The soundtrack was one of the best selling soundtracks on the 90s

@PippBucket Ай бұрын

The VH1 Divas Live (u probably heard it in passing) was a VH1 annual show where they choose 4-7 female singers from all genres to do a whole show where they sing one of their songs but the rest are covers both by themselves or as duets and then one or 2 big group numbers with all the ladies. So that's why they covered Aretha Franklin here.

@Bigdrip840 Ай бұрын

Mary was Whitney's favorite singer of the new generation at the time. Whitney headlined the divas live this year, it was the 2nd one. Rumor has it that it was suppose to be Donna summer or Patti Labelle that was suppose to also sing with her but it didn't happen! Because Cher and Tina was hating she had so many performances! Whitney shared her stage and Mary said it opened doors for her all over the world! Whitney also gave her her first top 5 pop hit off her waiting to exhale soundtrack. Whitney alway shared her massive stage and light with many other less know singers during her reign!

@kevingarnes8833 Ай бұрын

Red means Power & Protection to the woman in Music

@BKzCorner Ай бұрын

“You wanna pause like, cut this part of the video out? “You can cut it out. idc” “No i’m not going to” i love you guys 😭😭😭

@janellestevens2316 Ай бұрын

This was not a Whitney tour. This was Vh1 Diva’s Live performance . Mary came out around 92’. In the R&B/ Hip hop community she was already big. For the record I think that Mary was emotional because she was sharing the stage with Whitney. Whitney was ALWAY gracious in sharing the stage. She knew what she brought to the table so she was happy to share!

@TheKittsPajamas Ай бұрын

I love that they were such good friends. What I wouldn’t have given to be in the room when Whitney Mariah Mary and Faith were having “sista girl talk”. You know they were cutting up and talking major ish. 😂😂😂

@Mrspence1100 Ай бұрын

the year is 1999 and its Vh1 divas hope you guys have a good rest of the day

@ryanhikes Ай бұрын

Kittssssssss thank you ❤ love ya

@TheKittsPajamas Ай бұрын

🥰😘

@MrBrentcs 17 күн бұрын

Tina Turner Cher and Elton also performed on this same special. You really need to do a Live Tina week too. Divas 99. Great reaction videos!

@90skid97 Ай бұрын

I think they just wore this because of the diva title of the show and Whitney looked good in anything. Whitney sang this song a lot through her career. The earlier versions of which I personally think put even Aretha's version to shame. It was so good in her prime.

@dwayne6247 Ай бұрын

If you want more rock influenced Mary J. Blige performances, check out her rendition of “Another Piece of My Heart” from Fashion Rocks.

@jonasalden29201 11 сағат бұрын

it was VH-1 Divas Live, 1999.

@bernardojunior2658 Ай бұрын

You should react to Patti Labelle and Cyndi Lauper singing Lady marmalade in 1985. The vocals were crazy.

@loveatfirstglow24 Ай бұрын

VH1 Divas it was a yearly event, I miss it

@peerlesskells1014 Ай бұрын

WHOA!! Totally left field & highly unexpected. This is definitely up there as one of Mary's most powerful performances & then u have the incredible Whitney The Voice Houston. If u do this performance reaction then u MUST do Mary's cover performance of Janis Joplin's "Piece Of My Heart" which is definitely rock if u heard the original song. Also her & U2 has a duet together titled "One" which is rock. I actually have that song listed for a MJB week 2 reaction-alongside "All That I Can Say", "Deep Inside", "Take Me As I Am", "One" ft. U2 & "Whole Damn Year". Great records/videos. So hopefully u get around to doing those & checking out her Janis Joplin cover of "Piece Of My Heart" live performance. Blessings & much love 🙏🏾 🫶🏾🤍 ..

@AnalyzingWithAaron Ай бұрын

The performance is so intense because both Whitney and Mary were in abusive relationships with men that beat them and degraded them. The songs lyrics tell a story about a woman that loves a man, but no matter how much she loves him and how hard she tries, he won’t change and treat her right.

@blackblake3658 Ай бұрын

Or.....because Whitney's mom sang the key background vocals on the original Aretha record.

@AnalyzingWithAaron Ай бұрын

@@blackblake3658 That doesn’t even make any sense. And how would that account for Mary?

@mariiisworld Ай бұрын

yeahhhhh imma need somebody to request “i’m your baby tonight” by whitney from welcome home hero’s😂 i can’t because im broke but i know they’re reaction would be GREAT after them talking about whitney moving 3:54

@samsmith1875 Ай бұрын

Whitney held it Down. Mary was all over the place in some areas.

@cynthiamckinney4276 Ай бұрын

Lies

@AyB-b3p Ай бұрын

You guys need to react to Pattie LaBelle performing this song at the 1993 essence awards, in front of Aretha Franklin (with Rosa Parks in the audience!) possibly the best live performance anyone has done of this song.