Family Affair

About Family Affair

"Family Affair" is a 2001 hit song for Mary J. Blige, produced by Dr. Dre. It was taken from her fifth album, No More Drama, and was responsible for popularizing the terms "hateration" and "dancery" in the US, as well as contributing to the popularity of the word "crunk". The music for "Family Affair" was originally created in a jam session between Dr. Dre and musicians Mel-Man, Camara Kambon and Mike Elizondo. Later, Blige heard the song and she and her brother Bruce Miller contributed the lyrics and melody. .

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About this song

Credited to

Mary J. Blige

Album

No More Drama · Track 2 of 17

Released

August 28, 2001

Duration

4:25

Ranking

#1 most played Mary J. Blige track on Foxsoundi

Top countries on Foxsoundi

United States (99 %), Zambia (1 %)

On Last.fm

1,000,092 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: No More Drama