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About Terna from Nigeria: Fan since 1998 - The "Butterfly" Era. Fave Era - The Emancipation of Mimi, watching her break that Night was Everything.

Re: I was born at night, not last night (75,837) (75,862) by Terna from Nigeria And you're getting so worked up on her album not being ready because? I bet you're one of the gremlins who didn't purchase the "Elusive Chanteuse" album. Trust me when I said that woman isn't gonna drop an album in a very very (caps) long time. Maybe not even in this decade. (Monday 29 May 2017; 20:43)

Re: Battle of the albums (75,857) (75,860) by Terna from Nigeria Honestly I feel the same way too, there's just no comparing "Emotions" to "Mariah Carey". That debut is still the best so far by any (all caps) new artist, point blank period. There's a reason why the album "Emotions" suffered a sophomore slump. It's just bland, dark, headache inducing and has absolutely no personality of Mariah on it, it's just empty. Talk about a snooze fest. It's my least favorite and least played Mariah album. Only tracks worth mentioning are "Can't Let Go", "The Wind" and "Make it Happen". Meanwhile the debut has "Vision of Love" and "Love Takes Time", two powerful, timeless, classics from the same album. Enough said. (Monday 29 May 2017; 20:33)

Re: Daydream (75,754) (75,765) by Terna from Nigeria No I beg to differ, a lyric soprano and a spinto soprano are two very different voices. The term "spinto" is what's referring to a pushed sound. So when someone is classified a lyric - spinto she has the ability to push and cut through loud orchestration or in modern times, loud music, although it's not advisable because she's not a true spinto. Mariah isn't a light lyric spinto that would be someone like say Ariana, Jessie J or Cheryl Gamble (Coko), her voice is much thicker than those three and has a heft to it. Celine isn't a spinto at all, she's a lyric. Listen to Licia's favorite song "Infinity" (hehe) her voice cuts through on the "dream" part or "Fly like a bird" (her voice is pushed on the "survive" part) and the final belt in "The art of letting go". That's a lyric-spinto. Coloratura just means agile. . Christina is metallic in her belts, too metallic if anything. A mezzo would be Beyoncé and Shirley Caesar. (Friday 26 May 2017; 14:33)

Re: Daydream (75,749) (75,764) by Terna from Nigeria Exactly my point. Yes her voice was still smooth and the tone pretty much the same, but the quality was diminishing. I still love that album, especially those songs you mentioned. "Fantasy", "Underneath the stars", "Always be my baby", "Melt Away " and " One Sweet Day". (Friday 26 May 2017; 14:09)

Re: Daydream (75,747) (75,763) by Terna from Nigeria Hahaha. I love you for this. (Friday 26 May 2017; 14:01)

Re: Daydream (75,731) (75,745) by Terna from Nigeria You'll make a terrible judge as a result of your tendency to be sentimental or is it bias? You obviously have an emotional attachment to that album, hence you can't or won't accept certain opinions. The term "buttery" cannot be used to describe her sound on "Daydream". That would be all her albums and recordings prior to "Daydream". By "Merry Christmas", that full buttery sound was thinning out into a more metallic slightly gritty raw sound though still very sonorous at her mix register that's when she projects and yes very effortless, especially in her whistle register. ("Daydream" was when Mariah actually mastered the used of the whistle register.) But her main chest voice diminished noticeably becoming lighter, airier and less dark. Remember that post a trained soprano wrote about "The diminishing of Mimi"? That's what she was referring to. Mariah's voice wasn't like Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera who are spintos, they thrill and cut easily and that's their strength (Christina overused hers though) hers was a heavy dark, buttery, firm and very resonant voice and not as bright. Her constant use of the whistles and singing outside her range is culprit. A classically trained vocal coach I follow on YouTube says Mariah's voice type is a "LyricoSpinto coloratura" soprano. Now that's a complicated voice. Lol. Also "Butterfly" is her Magnum opus don't even go there. (Friday 26 May 2017; 01:26)

Re: Daydream (75,739) (75,744) by Terna from Nigeria Lol. I was just trying to start sh*t here in order to distract us all, if only temporarily about Martyn. (Friday 26 May 2017; 00:46)

Re: Daydream (75,716) (75,726) by Terna from Nigeria Oh please. Her voice was shot and suddenly metallic on "Daydream" and her vocal delivery was lazy and sleepy on most of the ballads. Not to talk Walter's overproduction especially "One Sweet Day" as if she were singing through another dimension. I really don't like that album as much. Try "The Emancipation of Mariah Carey" instead. (Oh dear *runs for cover*) (Thursday 25 May 2017; 21:09)

Re: Martyn (75,626) (75,632) by Terna from Nigeria Oh Jesus. (Wednesday 24 May 2017; 12:26)

Ariana concert (75,582) by Terna from Nigeria Immediately I saw news of this I felt sick to my stomach. Because I knew there would be lambs there too. Martyn, I hope he's ok. I saw his pic in this post and my heart stopped. (Tuesday 23 May 2017; 12:58)

Re: Mariah loosing a lot of fans thread (75,552) (75,554) by Terna from Nigeria Depends on how you define the word relevant? According to my understanding of that word "relevant" a dictionary definition defines it as "of contemporary interest" which she still more than qualifies for. (Tuesday 23 May 2017; 01:46)

Re: Mariah loosing a lot of fans thread (75,549) (75,551) by Terna from Nigeria Or would you rather she retired? Say at the Glitter era and just gave up. Yeah you would've liked that now wouldn't you? (Tuesday 23 May 2017; 01:29)

Re: Mariah loosing a lot of fans thread (75,544) (75,548) by Terna from Nigeria Surely you can't be referring to me. I turned 34 last Wednesday (I may not look it though). I too have been here supporting Mariah for well over two decades. Since I was in my early teens, yes since the 90's. Didn't we all do an age check here recently? I didn't see any babies here. So I have every right to question some of you guys. Bickering and complaining at every chance you get, over issues that shouldn't warrant such. Like you were new fans and she was still in her prime. It doesn't make sense. Grow up. Have you noticed the state the music industry has sunken to lately, this isn't the 90's anymore. Heck this isn't even the 2000's anymore. We're almost 30 years into her career and she has done well by still pushing forward and staying relevant. What is it you truly want from her that all she's done still isn't good enough. Free yourself from that Daydream era time warp you're stuck in and live in the now. Time has moved forward, and so has she. (Tuesday 23 May 2017; 00:59)

Re: Mariah loosing a lot of fans (75,520) (75,529) by Terna from Nigeria It's funny how these "tonnes" of fans didn't also purchase the MIAM Album. And so if they're leaving, who cares? Mariah as sure as hell doesn't. Truth is they were never (all caps) real fans to begin with. And Mariah is still yet to disappoint musically, and until she does, I have absolutely no right to judge or even analyze her every move. Mariah has been in this business a long, long time and I believe in her and still trust her judgment. She's smart. Forget all that bickering and complaining about Stella. I personally don't have a problem with Stella. We're still yet to see her prove her worth by managing an album release, and era. And until then, I have absolutely nothing to complain about and so should some of you on this message board. (Monday 22 May 2017; 15:10)

Re: RL of Next (75,434) (75,446) by Terna from Nigeria Yup, the lead singer. He's known as RL, his initials [are] Robert Lavelle. (Saturday 20 May 2017; 20:10)

RL of Next (75,388) by Terna from Nigeria I'm listening to him right now and thinking Mariah should meetup with him and collaborate. I love his voice, nuances, control and his background vocals (which he does himself too) and I feel their voices match, something real powerful and of quality would come out of them collaborating. (Saturday 20 May 2017; 01:31)

Re: So guys got married, first dance (75,207) (75,217) by Terna from Nigeria Aww. How cute and congratulations. I wish you a happy married life, and beautiful healthy kids. Make sure your kids listen to Mariah and become lambs too. Haha. (Saturday 13 May 2017; 17:35)

Re: Possible TM and MC reunion (75,194) (75,200) by Terna from Nigeria "I hope you don't get no ideas about reuniting baby, because you're the last thing I truly need." - The Art of Letting Go. It's never (all caps) gonna happen. He damaged her enough. It's time for her to heal and mend and be genuinely happy. (Saturday 13 May 2017; 00:29)

Re: LA Reid replacement (75,189) (75,199) by Terna from Nigeria Exactly my concerns, something's off about how suddenly Epic is breaking down with talks of even shutting it down now she has a label tied to Sony/Epic and the one person who has years of experience of running labels, who could be of a great deal of help is suddenly truncated out. Someone somewhere is manipulating and pulling strings and I feel Carey's the target. It's no coincidence. (Saturday 13 May 2017; 00:24)

Re: LA Reid replacement (75,172) (75,187) by Terna from Nigeria I immediately thought the same thing too. But didn't want to say it first. Tommy is thirsty and still wants him some Mariah Carey. Lol. He still has loyal people at Sony who can and would do anything for him. He's suspect number one. (Friday 12 May 2017; 14:38)

Re: L.A Reid leaving Epic (75,178) (75,186) by Terna from Nigeria The former, fired as a result of MC's new label deal. Reid is close with Mariah and she trusts him. And he's also experienced in the music industry too. The man (L.A Reid has multi platinum albums, singles and hits under his belt) was one of the most important factors in the creation of and execution of "The Emancipation of Mimi" album and era. And not having him in the Epic label picture is upsetting and kinda like when she was back at Def Jam. I'm not happy about this development at all. (Friday 12 May 2017; 14:34)

L.A Reid leaving Epic (75,173) by Terna from Nigeria This is bad news for Mariah and us Lambs. Especially if she doesn't get along with the new replacement. The reason for even being back at Sony/Epic was solely because of Reid and now he's out it's like back to square one for Mariah. What's gonna happen to her new label? I feel this is a direct attack on Mariah by those industry "powers that be". Could the label deal for MC be the reason he's out? (Friday 12 May 2017; 08:35)

Re: Rediscovering (75,142) (75,148) by Terna from Nigeria Haha. I played "Memoirs" in its entirety recently too. It's a solid album and very cohesive. I even prefer it to "E=MC2" and you're right that album is haunting and dark if I were to describe it. Plus she has the ultimate diss song that would ever be written "Obsessed". Haha poor Eminem it's ended him for good. But you know my absolute favorite of all those songs? The one that didn't make the final cut "Skydiving" the sadness, the pain, the longing. Wow. A lifetime story told in just 3 minutes. (Thursday 11 May 2017; 15:11)

Re: Songs you wish Mariah would do (75,119) (75,136) by Terna from Nigeria Minnie Riperton's "Come to my garden" orchestra and all with a modern take on it maybe. Also an official Stevie Wonder's "You and I" on wax, just exactly how she sang it that night in her lower register. Pure bliss. Her voice is clearer and smoother now so I bet the results would be mind blowing. (Thursday 11 May 2017; 01:14)

Re: Exclusive: Mariah (featuring Future) (75,051) (75,069) by Terna from Nigeria That's hot right there. Future is current and I like him. He should do just that produce not feature on the track. Not here for his sounds on her record at all. Lol. (Monday 8 May 2017; 12:42)

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