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May 4, 2012

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Artist: Mary Mary

Album: “Go Get It”

Label: Columbia Records

Reviewer: Hasan James

 

In just 12 short years, Erica and Tina, better known to the world as Mary Mary, has had better success than most artists in any genre of music. Their debut album “Thankful” came at a time when it was needed most and broke all kinds of records, ultimately selling over a million copies and earning them a Grammy award their first time out. Some attribute their success to their mainstream appeal, other contribute it to their striking good looks and a major record label. But the truth of the matter is that these sisters can simply flat out sing and have one heck of a producer in Warryn Campbell.

With a successful WeTV reality show, “Mary Mary”, under their belt, the Campbell sisters have not let pregnancy stop them and found time to deliver a new album aptly titled “Go Get It”. The album’s first single of the same name is a fiery hip- hop infused track that begins where “God In Me” and “Walking” left off. The song encourages the listener to go after everything that God has for them and whatever they have gone through in the past will make you stronger. It’s your time to go get it! If you watch their reality show every Thursday night as I do, you also saw the episode where they recorded this song and you got to see first hand all of the passion they put in that song, which makes you feel that much more connected to the song.

Other songs on the album include songs from their five previous gold and platinum albums (not counting A Mary Mary Christmas), such as: “Little Girl“, “Good To Me” feat. Destiny’s Child, “He Said“, “And I” feat. Kirk Franklin, “Walking“, “God In Me”  (which according to Billboard magazine, has earned the highest rank for a song that has spent 52 weeks on a chart in the Nielson SoundScan era since 1992).

While songs like “God Bless“, “Dirt“, “Can’t Give Up Now” and “I’m Running” all received a bit of a boost in the mastering and remixing department. The only other new song besides “Go Get It” is a song entitled “Sunday Morning” which is another infectious track with a sixties swing appeal to it. I can just picture a hot music video for this song…trust me you’re gonna love it.

Just one year after the release of their critically acclaimed album”Something Big”, Mary Mary have done it again and remind us with some of their catalog, why they continue to be successful. Now if you are thinking that this is a Greatest Hits album, it is not (That would have to be a double CD :-). “Go Get It” is a soundtrack to the WeTV reality show and if you listen carefully, you will see that most of the aforemetioned songs play throughout the season of the show.

So there you have it…a new reality show and new album from your girls Mary Mary. You have another 4 days to “Go Get It”!

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