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About Randy from USA: MC is my favorite artist of all time and I love her songwriting skills on her introspective songs. My favorite album: Butterfly. My favorite song: Right To Dream.

Billy, B, Giovanni and One Sweet Day (63,227) by Randy from USA I want to thank Billy and B for disagreeing with me respectfully. Respectful disagreements without belittling and banishing are hard to come by. Billy I am MC's biggest fan. In my circle, we all have divas. We all are part of Facebook groups. When fans of other divas start pulling YouTube clips, and we compare, it is over for MC and considering her career being from 1990-2016 so far, I find myself only being able to chose clips from 1990-1997, the Glitter era and Jimmy Fallon's impromptu that are not fraudulent. What comes across as me being disrespectful and critical, is sheer frustration at not having many receipts of her vocal ability outside of the studio. I also get angry with her for lipping because she never addressed why she can't sing her songs as she records them, or she hasn't toned down her belting to what she can do in the current stage of her voice live. As a school teacher, I will not be able to one day say, I have 27 years in the game and was good back in the day so I have nothing to prove and therefore I teach when I want to, not retire, and I'm still worth $500 million. Where is that fair? Which is why B, I think Patti's the best who has ever done it. She started recording in 1960. Watch her sing You Are My Friend at the Essence awards in 2000, 40 years into her career and it is mind boggling how artists such as MC, Christina Aguilera, Pink and Alicia Keys started having vocal problems a few albums into their careers. I do want MC to succeed but it's gonna take work, not excuses for her to retain her legacy as one of the best voices ever. I shut the [censored] up when she did that impromptu for the fans because it was amazing. So why was that an anomaly? While many on this board criticize her style of dress, her love life, eternally 12 and her interviews, I could care less. If she showed up to the White House correspondence dinner in a thong and pasties, I would not care as long as she burned the stage down without lipping. What matters to me is the voice and the quality of music. And let me address One Sweet Day and the newer generation. I teach 11th grade English and when I am about to say goodbye to the students each semester I play four videos. They don't know One Sweet Day, Bye Bye or Bone Thugs and Harmony's The Crossroads. But they know every single word to It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday. Who knows why some songs are classics. And Giovanni I love your list. In my opinion, the best voices of all time during their peak are: 1. Patti Labelle 1960-2004 2. Whitney Houston 1985-2000 3. Mariah Carey 1990-1997 4. Christina Aguilera 1998-2002 5. Jennifer Hudson (still sickening) 6. Aretha Franklin 1960-1998 7. Celine Dion (still sickening but now ridiculously safe) 8. Deborah Cox (still sickening but doesn't have a job) 9. Fantasia 2004-2010 10. Beyonce (still sickening but ridiculously safe) (Saturday 11 June 2016; 0:56)

Webmaster (63,191) by Randy from USA I hate to be a pain. That link didn't work when posted here's one that does work, this was on a lot of sites after James Cordon talked with Howard Stern. [Webmaster: I already had this story on my website on Monday.] (Friday 10 June 2016; 2:12)

James Corden (63,188) by Randy from USA Just named the most difficult carpool karaoke person as MC. I wish she would just sing and not make thousands of excuses. So many times on talk shows she's done an impromptu note. I know some of you are going to say how insecure she is knowing that she's judged on every note that comes out of her mouth. If you've been singing for 27 years professionally, you should be able to sing at any time. Oh wait she didn't get enough sleep, the air conditioning was on, she was going through a divorce, she hadn't been on vocal rest, she didn't sleep with the humidifier, one of her background singers was singing her part, she was overcome with emotion at seeing a casket, she hadn't been to the vocal doctor, she had food poisoning, her songs are too difficult to sing, no one retains their voice for 25 years, her earpiece wasn't working. Did I get every last excuse? I do not enjoy being hard on MC but it's like come on. Do you wanna go down as the greatest vocalist of all time? No wait. That's Patti Labelle. Do you wanna go down as The Voice. No wait. that's Whitney Houston. Oh I get it. You are the greatest recording artist in history. The interview can be seen here. (Friday 10 June 2016; 1:44)

Re: Nick Cannon responds to TMZ (63,049) (63,073) by Randy from USA There has never been official paperwork. Divorces are a matter of public record, therefore since no one has reported that they are finally divorced, they aren't. TMZ may be off to the reasons why there's a holdup, but trust and believe there is a holdup that neither have publically admitted to. (Monday 6 June 2016; 18:43)

WWHL (62,358) by Randy from USA I lived for MC on WWHL. I thought she was articulate while drinking and as a borderline alcoholic, I know that's hard to do. She mentioned beauty school and lighting and bad sides but she didn't linger and she answered each of his questions and she looked complete perfection. I am happy with it, and if any of you have an issue with it, you are completely nitpicking. (Wednesday 18 May 2016; 23:32)

Re: I find it funny (62,133) (62,140) by Randy from USA I tried to keep my mouth shut since this original topic was in reference to something I said, that I have receipts for, about MC's voice being shot in 99/00 during the Rainbow promotional tour. Whitney's voice had changed by 95 but she was still burning down stages. Check Arista's 25th Anniversary in 2000. Check 99's Divas Live and see the response to Whitney and compare it to MCs mediocrity at Divas a year earlier where the queen of soul and Celine burned the stage down. And you all are killing me with this artist lose their voice over time excuse. How is it that Patti LaBelle recorded "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in 1960 and was able to burn down the stage with it in the 1980s (check the YouTube video with the red dress or her PBS special in 1998). That's 38 years. Or check out Patti singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" 25 years after she recorded it at Divas 2004. But MC recorded "Vision of Love" in 1990 and was only able to sing it until 96. Then she embarrassed herself on The View with it in 98, embarrassed herself again at her MTV special in 2001. Strained through it in 05 on BET and whistled through it at the Pepsi special in 2006. I agree MC songs are hard to sing. No one can do what she can do in the studio. But she is a studio singer. The biggest proof comes with "Through The Rain". As a real fan you know that record has not one background singer on it. But everytime she performed it live during the promotional tour in 2002-03 there was a wall of background singers with her. And she was lipping that last chorus until she started throwing her gimmick whistle in there. Why are we recording songs we can't sing live? To me "Vision of Love" is hard to sing too but before the irreparable damage to her voice in 97, she was singing it acapella all over the place and sounding good. So why the fraud in 02-03? I love MC to death. In the studio. You can not compare Whitney's vocal decline with MC when Whitney started singing in the basement on her records and performed all the way live and yet during MCs vocal decline she sings just as high but lip syncs on stage. (Saturday 14 May 2016; 14:53)

Memoirs, Rainbow and MIAMTEC (62,080) by Randy from USA I disagree with so much said about these three albums. I love Memoirs because it was such drama. Becha Gon Know is completely different from how she has ever opened an album. She also gave us interludes which so many fans were complaining that she didn't. I love the cheesy metaphors on More Than Just Friends, Up Out My Face, Candy Bling. I love Obsessed and its video (classic MC) and Languishing to me is a return to deep introspective lyrics like Petals, Looking In, Outside and Close My Eyes. Rainbow is only a disappointment because it comes after Butterfly. I can listen to everything on it. The only issue is her voice was in such bad shape in 99/00 she did a whole bunch of lip syncing during its promotional tour. I do not like MIAMTEC and if you read all the critical reviews for it that were so great, they're all backhanded compliments. I feel that album was too "neo earthy soul" and her vocals on it are awful with notes she'd never be able to duplicate live. I disagree with whoever said she doesn't experiment outside of R&B. You do not know her catalogue. She's done country, look up Help Me Make It Through The Night. She's done rock, look up Bringin On The Heartbreak and even EDM with Meteorite. While she loves Hip Hop/R&B she will always give us a taste of something else. (Friday 13 May 2016; 3:15)

A view from the top (61,759) by Randy from USA The fact that he said her career was over since 2001s Glitter is already a false statement so that nullified the rest of the article. I do believe, along with Andrew, she does need a couple of image changes though. She cannot continue to do hip hop music with current, trending artists. She is 46. She cannot continue to be eternally 12 now that she's walking down the aisle for the third time and has two kids. She cannot continue to produce singles with vocals that she cannot replicate live without a backing track. Other than that, she's sounded and looked more comfortable than she has in years and I hope she gives us an album soon, that is mature and focuses more on music. (Sunday 1 May 2016; 3:09)

Mimi L / Next Chapter / Andrew (61,517) by Randy from USA You just made my day. That color shot is so much better. I think (just for arguments sake) that would be one of her best album covers and I love the title Next Chapter. Andrew I can never tell when you are being serious or sarcastic but I will say this: I wish that the general public could hear MCs introspective songs like Vanishing, The Wind, Looking In, Close My Eyes, Outside, Petals, Twister, Right To Dream, Languishing. The image and the lyrics of those songs are such a disconnect. I know I sound like a broken record, but, the woman is a lyrical genius. She is up there with Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Jewel, Bonnie Raitt, Sarah MC and Lauryn Hill and in my opinion gets less respect as a singer/songwriter than Alicia Keys and Diane Warren and she's way better than them. And I feel like the image is in the way. What I realize now though, is MC is multidimensional. Her silliness is as much a part of her as her seriousness. I am falling in love with her all over again. I am one of the minority that didn't like MIAMTEC but loved Memoirs. I want new music because I am still not satisfied since 2009. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 0:52)

There is a photo (61,508) by Randy from USA That looks like an album cover and if this was the cover and title. I would die (of happiness). (Friday 22 April 2016; 20:54)

New album reply (60,628) by Randy from USA I don't think I'm stuck in the 90s Giovanni. Adele's album is the fastest selling album in history and for the most part it's raw introspective ballads. I'm not saying MC should do this to sell records or follow a trend, it's just that MC writes and sings raw introspective ballads better than anyone so why not tune everything else down and do an album of Right To Dreams and Help Me Make It Through The Nights? And by the way those were recorded in 2008. And if Hello can be number one for 10 weeks then MC can get a #1 on a ballad. I wish MC could learn to play the guitar or piano. How many of you would drool with her on stage playing and singing by herself? And Nikki while I do believe MC is a better singer, songwriter than Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell, she does not get the respect from the industry they get. And #1s and album sales has nothing to do with it. It has to do with the industry thinking of her as a singing over the top diva and not a creative genius introspective songbird who can pen lyrics about things other than love. I want her to write and sing by herself because I am tired of other men and women basking in her sunlight. Tommy M, Jermaine Dupri, LA Reid, DJ Clue, Puff, Babyface, Walter A, Diane Warren, Ben M, Damizza. I truly believe she needs no one to compose an album and I live for the day I see: Written, Arranged and Produced by MC. Executive Producer MC. I totally know she could do it. (Sunday 20 March 2016; 0:12)

New album (60,613) by Randy from USA And I think her new album should be unplugged. She should do songs like Right To Dream, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Looking In, Cry, Camouflage, Languishing, Rainbow (Interlude). Something very Adele-like in musicality but we all know who the better writer is. I also want the vocals paired down to things she can sing live without voiceovers or a wall of background singers. Throw away the entire image, pop music, r&b and hip hop and be the singer songwriter she wants so desperately to be known for. She is right up there to me with a Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell etc but because of all of the "noise" she's not respected. (Saturday 19 March 2016; 17:38)

I have to speak on counting MC out (59,976) by Randy from USA Now you all know, I am the first one to criticize MCs live performances and the status of her voice post 1998. But let me be clear. Don't let a couple of flops fool you. When MC is on with her music she makes history honey, not just garners #1s. She doesn't need to chase a musical trend, changer her image her wardrobe or anything. As proven before, when MC has a scorcher on her hands, the game is over. Lip syncing and all. Remember when WBT went to #1? Her response was pretty much, "Why is everyone surprised?" I am telling you this now. Wendy Williams can say what she wants, MC has hits left in her, it's whether or not she is focused on that, or making the music she loves. (Wednesday 24 February 2016; 1:08)

Re: Five songs I wish were Mariah's (59,381) (59,386) by Randy from USA Giovanni, I love you like tea time in July but I do not want MC singing Unbreak My Heart. She cannot match the emotion or sexiness in Toni's baritone. Now MCs glass cutting false and give-everything belt on the iconic My All screams more of desperation, is emotional and lyrically unmatched by anything Diane Warren could ever pen but it's two different lanes. MC also cannot match Deborah's also able to perform it live belt on Nobody's Supposed To Be Here but MCs lyrical genius on The One is a far better lyric. You picked a good topic for once. I would pick: 5. Someone Like You - Adele 4. Ange l- Sarah MC 3. You Were Meant For Me - Jewel 2. One In A Million - Aaliyah 1. Hurt - Christina Aguilera (Thursday 28 January 2016; 3:29)

I can't be the only one (59,256) by Randy from USA Who thinks this engagement is too soon? She isn't even divorced from Nick is she? And does this signal the end of eternally 12? Because I don't know any 12 year olds that get married three times. I really wish she'd see James and hold the engagement off a year or two. Something is happening to me with celebrities. Let me preface my thought by saying this is not MC's fault. She didn't buy the ring. But how many starving families could that 7.5 million have fed? I hate when celebs brag and boast about wealth when there are so many out there in need. I heard in church awhile ago that in certain parts of the world, starving children follow behind cattle and search dung for undigestable pieces of food, such as kernels of corn. Ok I'm rambling. But this whole thing disturbs me. Guess I'll wait for your all attacks now. (Friday 22 January 2016; 22:54)

Vacation (59,200) by Randy from USA Mariah's been doing a lot of vacationing to not have done any work. Where's the new single, album, video? Strap dem babies to a nanny and get in the studio. Sing-sing. (Wednesday 20 January 2016; 11:30)

Ardis, Marissa and B and Wendy Williams (59,012) by Randy from USA Someone who is worth a half a billion dollars and coined the phrase "I don't know her", is paying her dust. You all should too. This is logic. But I love you all, MC and WW as well. You all keep me entertained. (Sunday 10 January 2016; 6:42)

Wendy Williams (59,007) by Randy from USA What's so funny is she gets most of her stories from tabloids and yet people regard it as fact. What's even funnier is that I watch her every day. What's funniest is that you all get so worked up over her? Can someone explain why, since MC probably pays her dust? No seriously. I want a reply on why she makes this message board mad when it is very clear she's basing things on her opinion and tabloids. (Saturday 9 January 2016; 23:41)

What Mariah song brings you to tears? (58,836) by Randy from USA I'm tryna be more positive since most of you think I hate MC. I still love you Adam lol. So I was in DC recently and listening to a certain playlist and MC's Petals came on, and dammit if my eyes didn't well up. What MC song brings you to tears? (Saturday 2 January 2016; 17:55)

Adele and MC (58,791) by Randy from USA I'm the minority because I think that 25 is a great album. That "Million Years Ago" sounds like something MC would've wrote for Tennesee or Precious (had she been invested in the soundtrack). I think MC has another superstar moment in her. Remember the anticipation when the video for ILT came out and then WBT went from #12 to #1 and you knew that it was the beginning of something? I think that for MOIA and MIIY I heard the lead single and was somewhat excited but I never felt that a moment was about to happen. For MIAMTEC I didn't know what the hell she was doing. So when Hello came out, and the video came out, I actually was excited and knew that a moment was about to happen. And I thought, damn I miss this anticipation and butterflies for an upcoming project for MC. If she gives us a ballad as a first single without layered vocals or a wall of background sound and its dramatic like Hello, I would die. But she did that before with Through The Rain and it came in at #81, and even though it's one of my favorite songs of all time, MC has a habit of letting projects go if they are not successful up front. (Thursday 31 December 2015; 15:16)

Re: What does Adele's success mean for Mariah? (58,759) (58,760) by Randy from USA I don't think this is a race thing. I would hardly consider Adele's music R&B/Soul. I bought the album because I like emotional music. MC always gives us emotional music but I would like the hip hop turned down a bit. Here's the thing. Adele's success will mean something even if it doesn't change what MC chooses to put out because the CD was considered dead. And to have someone completely prove that wrong means execs are going to take a hard look at whatever is turned in to be released. I agree MC can't win for losing. She gave us an album without rappers and nobody bought it (Memoirs). Which by the way I loved. (Wednesday 30 December 2015; 1:01)

What does Adele's success mean for Mariah? (58,747) by Randy from USA Now that Adele has managed to sell 7 million copies of her album in the US in just over 2 months which is unprecedented, what does that mean for the industry and for MC in particular? Now a lot of you would say "MC doesn't chase trends" but looking at some of her collaborators and new producer choices over the years you can prove that sometimes she jumps on what's hot. It's interesting that they are both under the Sony umbrella album, so do you think MC will be done with uptempos next album? Will hip hop and R&B take a backseat for songs more like Without You, My All, I Only Wanted, Languishing, Right To Dream, Cry, Camouflage etc? Do you think Adele's success won't matter and Sony executives won't care and let MC do whatever she wants? (Tuesday 29 December 2015; 16:18)

My review of the movie and the special (58,626) by Randy from USA I really didn't want to comment because I am tired of being the bad guy on here. I'm also tired of people questioning whether or not I'm a fan or a hater. But I have to say that I didn't expect much from the movie and it was pretty bad. I get the part about it being Hallmark channel and sentimentality, but the same woman who wrote Looking In, Outside, Petals, and Right To Dream decided that this was a good project to represent her? You know, I felt the same way when I first saw Glitter. I kind of would have expected MC to be more into dark, deep movies like Precious but ok the movie isn't important. They made 19 Christmas movies this year. I want to talk about the special. It was amazingly, high glossed and polished. I watched it with friends. They all accused her of lip syncing but doing a really good job at it. The sad thing is that her vocal live performance reputation is so bad that we can't determine whether she is singing or not. I thought she sounded and looked like perfection. But I don't think the lipping criticisms can ever go away unless it's just her and the piano being amazing on television, which she seems to be able to do in concert. I'm ready for some new music because the last MC fix I had was MIAMTEC and that is my least favorite album by her. So hopefully April will bring a new album, since she tends to like spring or fall releases these days, and she'll only deal with Jermaine, Bryan Michael Cox, Big Jim and Babyface and leave the hip hop alone considering she'll be 46. That's all for now. (Tuesday 22 December 2015; 2:17)

Edward (58,389) by Randy from USA I am happy to have your objective opinion and know that you are honest in your observations. I just wish she would sing well around non-lambs on US television so that I can stop being ridiculed when I profess my love for her. Happy Holidays and good to see you back. (Sunday 13 December 2015; 2:13)

Robby, Andrew, webmaster and others (58,318) by Randy from USA Let me start off by saying this. I am a fan. I love MC. Her music has really helped me through some rough times. I don't think a lot of you really could understand that looking at my posts. It takes time out of my life to check and see what she's doing and where she's performing and to be on this site. I am not hating on her. But I am frustrated. I am convinced something traumatic happened after that 1996 Tokyo Dome performance and before the 1997 Oprah performance that was never addressed and as a fan all I have gotten is trickery and deceit. MC has never acted like anything happened because her so called real fans, or lambs, defend her with excuses at all costs as if they are a bunch of Annalise Keatings. But for someone who is considered by many to be the best vocalist in the world, there are hardly any trustworthy receipts outside of the studio after 1997, except a brief period after the Glitter meltdown, the impromptu for the fans at Jimmy Fallon, and that wonderful duet with John Legend in 2005. I know this because I know every US live performance because I am a fan. I don't go into performances looking to criticize her and I don't want to hate on her. I want the real truth about what happened between 1996 and 1997. No one can do what MC can do as far as crafting a song or an album, lyrically or vocally in the studio. But vocally the magic is left in the studio and to me that's fraud. As far as Andrew. I do think he is harsh and comes off sometimes as hating MC, however, he is entitled to his opinion since he is on a MC messageboard and has a very knowledgeable base of her work and live performances. The webmaster allows us here to provide a difference of opinion. I wish so much that some of you could spend the day in Atlanta with me while I prove my case about deceit, smoke and mirrors, trickery and fraud on stage. I can also prove that other singers have held on to their voices longer than she has been out and that their songs are just as difficult to sing. I can also flip the script and use her lyricism and her studio vocals to prove she is the greatest all around recording artist of all time. (Thursday 10 December 2015; 1:15)

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