Mary J. Blige is not an MC…but she has been the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul for more than 20 years. She is the next artist we salute as part of our Living Legends series where we celebrate the careers of our hip-hop icons while we still have them. Here’s a playlist with some of the decidedly more hip-hop gems Mary has dropped over the years. There are way too many for one playlist so we focused on those that had a direct hip-hop nexus (a classic sample, a dope featured rapper, produced by a hip-hop legend, remixes, etc.). Check it out. Related: A playlist celebrating the legendary career of OutKast (Audio)

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