Wednesday 24 November 2004

Mariah no more: Mariah takes on new name

Mariah Carey's new album, The Emancipation of Mimi, will arrive in stores March 22nd and feature guest spots from Snoop Dogg, the Neptunes, Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri. In a post on her Web site, Carey lamented the album information's early leak and explained the cryptic title.

"Mimi is a very personal nickname only used by those closest to me... just one of those little things that I've kept for myself in an attempt to have some delineation between a public persona and a private life," Carey writes. "By naming the album The Emancipation of Mimi, I am letting my guard down and inviting my fans to be that much closer to me."

"Most importantly," she continues, "I am celebrating the fact that I've grown into a person and artist who no longer feels imprisoned by my insecurities or compelled to try and live up to someone else's vision of 'Mariah Carey.' I now feel I can honestly say, 'This is me, the real me, take it or leave it.' For the first time in my life, I feel free and unashamed to be who I really am. And that's what the music of this album and its title reflect."

The album's first single, "Say Something," features Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams.

(Rolling Stone)



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