The name evokes an appeal to above, a spiritual call, a joyful
noise. Which is why singer/songwriters/sisters Erica and Tina
Atkins chose "Mary Mary" as their performance moniker.
Mary Mary's music -- sometimes co-written and all produced by
hot R&B/hip-hop producer Warryn Campbell (whose work has
appeared on albums by Brandy, Boyz II Men, Shanice, Dru Hill,
and others) -- is contemporary and caring, funky and faithful,
surprising, soulful and deeply spiritual. Thankful, the group's
debut album is pure gospel, made for those who may not yet have
been touched by The Word but will be moved by the beat.
With voices steeped in soulful intensity, melodies that soar
engagingly above the beats, and affirming lyrics that combine
traditional gospel concepts with rhythmic immediacy, these young
women have created a glorious package that delivers the straightforward
message of God's love consistently through every bumping track,
starting with the guitar-driven "I Sings," in which
Tina and Erica raise their voices in praise of all their blessings.
At a time when other gospel artists have already made strides
into secular arenas with ever-more contemporary R&tracks,
Mary Mary have carried the art of creating modern praise music
into a new category of creativity, honesty, originality, and
soulfulness. It's these qualities that have made the sisters
sought after as songwriters by such other artists as Yolanda
Adams, Woody of Dru Hill, and 702.
VISITOR COMMENTS
About their Shackles Song ...... I also love that one song
from Mary Mary. ""take the shakles off my feet so
i can dance I just wanna praise you" that song always gets
me going . Its tooo expensive for the whole cd when I just want
the whole song, but I guess It's worth it. Anyhow christian
music is the best, sometimes well. 65% of the time It looses
my attention cuz it's all mixed but when I do hear a good song,
you can bet I'm singin it loud. I attend Celebration Christian
Church in Fresno Ca. And Im 21 our youth and college kids love
the music, it's good and it feeds us the word, without us even
knowing it. thanks and we'll always be listning.
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Mary Mary
I think the group Mary Mary is a group that touches you and
really inspires you to believe more in God which is very important
in your everyday life. I can admit they're truly talented and
love their singing voices which is great. "Shackles"
Praise you is a wonderful song and I love it and recommend it
to anyone in this whole wide world because it is a truly incredible
song and lyrics.thank you and GOD BLESS US ALL !
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Mary Mary
Hi, Am Jocelyn, am Ugandan studying in Japan.I just love Mary
Mary!God bless you ladies! I think they are cool and show the
rest of the world that you can be born-again and be cool,coz
Jesus is alive and cool!! To the rest of the world,being born-again
is cool and we do have fun in church!! Stay blessed!
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I love Mary Mary
Hi, Im 15, my name is kirsty and Im from England (GB) I love
mary mary. them sistas have helped me believe in myself wit
their song little girl on their nu albumn. I have praised through
shackles, I have beeen blessed by Incredible and witnessed through
1 minute. I think it is a great encouragement to c christian
artists in the charts as a feew of my friends went straight
out and bought shckles unaware of the content until they heard
the truth. Now one friend is coming to my youthgroup and has
stopped reading her starsigns and swearing and even watching
buffy! Praise God! God bless and keep the faith. x x x
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Dear Mary Mary,
Hi my name is Kalei , I'm 14 years old, and i'm from Hawai.
One day I was listening to the radio and all of a sudden your
song Shackles came on and I really liked the beat to it. I let
all my friends listen to the song the next day and they all
thought that you guys were an outside group like Destiny's Child
and 3LW but I told them that u guys were a christian group and
theywere really amazed from that day on i listen your song shackles
and thankful everyday now and i listen to Thankful everyday
when i wake up for school. I'm so thankful that God has blessed
me with your music. I'm very thankful for you both.
