Family Affair (Mary J. Blige song)

July 17, 2001

Family Affair ( German: " Family Affair " ) is a song by Mary J. Blige, produced by Dr. Dre, from the year 2001, it was released as the first single from Blige's fifth album No More Drama..

Background

The music for Family Affair originated in a discussion between Dr. Dre and musicians Mel -Man, Camara Kambon and Mike Elizondo. Later Blige heard the song and then worked with her brother Bruce Miller to the lyrics and the melody to the song. Dr. Dre produced Blige's vocals, while he was busy with the shooting for the film Training Day. The director for music video led Dave Meyers.

Dr. Dre earned two million U.S. dollars to the single.

Charts

The single reached in 2001 for six weeks number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 It was Blige's first number -one hit in the United States, 1996, she had with Not Gon ' Cry 2 place captured in the U.S. charts. 2008 Family Affair debuted at number 79 of the best Billboard Hot 100 singles of all time. End of 2009, the song reached 12th place on the most successful Billboard Hot 100 songs from 2000 until 2009.