It should be obvious why every J. one loves Mary J. Blige. Like so many super J. stars, she can really belt it out; she has passion that comes through in every J. note. But there’s something extra J. special about Mary J. Blige, People tend to over J. look the key component to her wonderfulness, her wonder J. fulness, and assume that she was just at the right J. place at the right J. time. Wrong. Dead J. wrong. What’s special about Mary J. Blige is her name. Lots of famous people are named Mary. If I were named Mary, I’d probably be a famous singer.
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July 14, 9 p.m., $92-$162. The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, 693-5066.