Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/It's a Wrap (Mary J. Blige song)

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The result was redirect‎ to Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album). Favonian (talk) 18:34, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's a Wrap (Mary J. Blige song)[edit]

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This article does not meet WP:GNG nor WP:NSONG. Heartfox (talk) 16:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Heartfox (talk) 16:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Examples: Newspapers.com mentions

Los Angeles Times album review: "the plain-spoken "It's a Wrap" tells of the need to walk away from an abusive or unfaithful mate."
Associated Press album review: "We've come to expect more from Blige over the years, and she delivered with classic, gut-wrenching soul that came from the heart. Only a few songs approach that dynamic on "Love & Life," and it's on those songs such as "It's a Wrap" ...that Blige truly shines"
Daily Herald album review: "Blige ecstatically heats up "It's A Wrap"

ProQuest mentions

The Globe and Mail album review: "In It's a Wrap , she even allows herself to make sounds that aren't pretty, but that suit the confused fury of this song about an archetypal cheatin' man."
Vibe album review: "One of the album's grittiest tracks, "It's a Wrap," is about violation. Mary's voice sounds like molasses brought to the boiling point: sweet, thick, and bubbling with intensity. She's caught her man with some other chick's scent on him."
The Washington Post concert review "After Blige closed the pre-encore part of the show with a trio of buoyantly booty-shaking cuts from "Love & Life" -- "It's a Wrap"..."
USA Today album review: "She's still apt to put a knucklehead in check, as she does with Eve's help on the Dr. Dre-produced Not Today or on the pointed "It's a Wrap""
Lancaster New Era album review: "As in the past, Blige finds a way to put unfaithful men in their place, with the Dr. Dre-produced "Not Today" featuring Eve, and "It's A Wrap.""
St. Louis Post-Dispatch album review: "As the CD moves past the halfway mark, Blige takes up residence in the house that Quiet Storm built, registering with a string of signature-style ballads, including "Feel Like Making Love," "It's a Wrap"..."
Billboard album review: "those desiring the Blige of yore will find solace in the sterling "Press On," the haunting "Friends," the sassy "It's a Wrap"..."

EBSCOhost mentions

People album review: "Of course no Blige album would be complete without a killer he-done-me-wrong ballad for the ladies. Here it's "It's a Wrap," on which she once again proves she is the Aretha of her generation"

From searching Google, ProQuest, EBSCO, Newspapers.com, etc., there isn't one article that discusses this song alone, outside of a concert or album review. Just because a song charted at number 71 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs doesn't mean its notable. As you can see from the availability of sources, there is not content outside of album reviews to meet WP:NSONG "Coverage of a song in the context of an album review does not establish notability. If the only coverage of a song occurs in the context of reviews of the album on which it appears, that material should be contained in the album article and an independent article about the song should not be created." Nor is there "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" to satisfy WP:GNG. The album, Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album) does not have a "music and lyrics" section, so the little details available for this song would fit in perfectly there, and the chart performance is already covered at Mary J. Blige discography. This song is not notable independent of the album. Heartfox (talk) 17:23, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:13, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album) per nomination. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 19:11, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Love & Life (Mary J. Blige album). I appreciate that the nominator has clearly done a search for sources prior to their nomination and I agree with their rationale. I have done my own search, and it appears that this song has not received significant coverage from third-party, reliable sources. It appears that the coverage is limited to album reviews. This is the fifth single from an album that did not meet commercial expectations so I am not surprised by the limited coverage. That being said, a valid redirect target does exist and that would be preferable over outright deletion. Aoba47 (talk) 22:30, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to album. Only thing I found was a vibe listicle type article. WikiVirusC^(talk) 13:17, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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