.... Blige’s history-making Katrina telethon performance are central to this discussion. The original title of this article was “‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’: Black Female Soul Singing and the Politics of Surrogation in the Age of Catastrophe.” Works Cited Amber Jeannine . 2006...

...Daphne A. Brooks Abstract This essay explores the critical work of Beyoncé's second solo recording, and places it in conversation with yet another under-theorized yet equally dissonant R&B performance by her “hip-hop soul queen” contemporary Mary J. Blige. In relation to both Beyoncé's...

... they travel beyond India's borders. Also exploring the sound of women's voices as well as the legacy of discontent and dissonance in black female soul-singing is Daphne Brooks's "'All That YouCan't Leave Behind Situating Beyonce Knowles's second solo album, B-Day,alongside Mary J. Blige's performance with U2...

... to racial dominance, poverty, and domestic violence to individual resistance to negativity and criticism, or to use the term coined by Mary J. Blige, "hateration." Second, historical analyses created the foundations for discussing the origin of hip-hop culture and locating it within the political economy...