"Enough Cryin" a song by American singer

Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...

. It was written by Blige,

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and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter for her seventh studio album, ''

The Breakthrough ''The Breakthrough'' is the seventh studio album by American singer Mary J. Blige, released on December 20, 2005, by Geffen Records. Blige recorded the album with a host of songwriters and record producers, including 9th Wonder, Rodney Jerkins, ...

'' (2005), while production was helmed by Jerkins. The song features Blige's

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, Brook Lynn, whom Blige created to give her lyrical freedom without the fear of damaging her own persona. "Enough Cryin" was released as the album's third single on March 2, 2006 in the United States, peaking at number 32 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 2 on the

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chart.

Music video

The

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for "Enough Cryin" was directed by

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and shot in

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in March 2006. Inspired by true events, Blige explained in an interview with ''

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'' that "the clip is

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something that happened a long time ago, and it was a very embarrassing moment when I thought I was getting married. I was engaged to

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, and I actually went on a talk show overseas and that person had just done that talk show about a week before me. I was telling the interviewer that I was getting married, and the week before he was saying that it was a rumor. He wasn't marrying me." In the video, after she leaves the interview, Blige is "kind of upset, but I'm still kind of going through my photo shoot ..It ends up being one of the most amazing photo shoots because of all of the anger and depression and the fact that I choose to just move on with my life and be a superstar." Blige approached rapper

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to appear in the video who portrays Curtis Jackson, an R&B singer.

Track listings

Notes * denotes a co-producer * denotes a remix producer

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Breakthrough''. *Mary J. Blige – executive producer, vocals, writer *

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– piano *Patrick Fillett – engineer *Paul Foley – engineer *

– mixing, producer, writer *

Tony Maserati Tony Maserati is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in mixing. He was involved in the development of the New York R&B and hip-hop scene in the 1990s, working with Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., Puff Daddy, and Queen ...

– mixing *Cornelius Mims – bass *Tim Stuart – guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 2005 songs 2006 singles Mary J. Blige songs Geffen Records singles Music videos directed by Hype Williams Song recordings produced by Rodney Jerkins Songs written by Jay-Z Songs written by Rodney Jerkins Songs written by Sean Garrett Songs written by Mary J. Blige Songs written by Craig Brockman