No more drama? Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee Mary J. Blige says next album is ‘probably’ her last

Mary J. Blige is definitely experience more than “Just Fine” — just after the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was introduced as a single of the 2024 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Sunday night time.

But for the Yonkers, New York indigenous, the enshrinement into musical immortality might be coming at the conclusion of an illustrious profession that commenced with her groundbreaking debut album, 1992’s “What’s the 411?”

“I’m essentially in the studio ideal now recording extra new music, and I’m owning enjoyable,” Blige, 53, instructed Folks.

“This is one more album,” she extra, “and it is almost certainly my past studio album.”

Say what now?

“Everybody suggests that,” she additional with a chortle. “I mean, Alright. I guess it’s not then.”

But critically, individuals, Blige is not generating any commitments over and above the follow-up to her final LP, 2022’s “Good Early morning Lovely,” which was nominated for 6 Grammys, like Album of the 12 months, in 2023.

“I’ve been undertaking it for a when. I adore it, I take pleasure in it, and it may possibly be the last studio album. It could be.”

For now, however, Blige is emotion the resourceful inspiration right after releasing her most up-to-date one, “Still Believe that in Love” (showcasing rapper Vado), in October.

“I imagine in appreciate for myself, adore for daily life, love for contentment, love for God, really like for peace,” Blige informed Men and women. “Know that lifetime is comprehensive of ups and downs, and roll with the punches because lifestyle is significant. That’s what is inspiring my audio.”

And suitable now Blige — who will deliver her Energy of a Woman Competition and Summit to New York on Mother’s Working day weekend, May 10-12 — is feeling the “Real Love” right after getting inducted in the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in the Performer Classification along with Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Known as Quest.

“Beyond grateful!!!!!! This is incredible!!!,” Blige — who was earlier nominated for the RRHOF in 2021 — wrote on Instagram just soon after the news was introduced on Sunday’s episode of “American Idol.”

“God always has the final say!!!!” additional the singer, who will formally be inducted on Oct. 19 at Rocket Mortgage loan FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio — the residence of the rock hall.

“Thank you to my fans all over the globe!!!! Tears of Pleasure!!!!”