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Joanne "Jojo" McDuffie was the lead singer, the others filling out the group's style and appearance. On the studio recordings, McDuffie was backed by session vocalists rather than the other Mary Jane Girls. The group released two albums in the s, and recorded a third — which was shelved for decades but finally released in , as part of a larger retrospective of Rick James' work.

The women learned choreographed dance routines and they practiced under a vocal coach. In , James proposed to Motown that McDuffie be offered a solo career but miscommunication caused the label to sign an all-female group, which he determined would be the Mary Jane Girls. He also wrote all the original songs and produced all the recordings.

I wanted there to be Black girls who could really speak about love, the pain, money, power, hate and everything. Originally there were going to be three girls in negligees doing the punk thing. The male band members also sang the background vocals to support McDuffie as lead vocalist. Cheri Wells left the group before the next album project was recorded.

She was replaced by Yvette "Corvette" Marine. The name of the group referenced mary jane, slang for marijuana; a favored recreational drug of James.

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James wrote a hit song titled "Mary Jane". The group released their second album, Only Four You, in February McDuffie was featured on most of the songs, and the Waters sisters were hired to provide background vocals, since the other members were vocally limited. It barely missed the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot , peaking at number A third album was recorded by the group, the project called Conversation, but it was shelved for decades, finally released in as part of a larger retrospective of James' work.