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Unpopular opinions (109,667) by Dove from United States

1.) Boy (I need you) has grown on me over the years.
2.) I'm not super optimistic about MC16 being a success. (But I'm pretty sure I'll personally enjoy it.)
3.) I think she should drop Hero and We Belong Together from performances like the Summertime Ball and instead do album tracks that should have been hits.
4.) I know Touch My Body is super popular but I don't really like it. My young coworker (born in '99) asked me to make her a MC playlist. A few months later she came back and reported she only liked Fantasy, Honey, and Touch my Body.
5.) I really like Did I Do That? I think it's catchy and kinda funny.

(Thursday 10 July 2025; 13:54)


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Unpopular opinions (109,666) by Lighty from China

1. Mariah should've blamed Tommy more than JLo for the Firecracker sample incident.
2. How Much should've been the third single from Rainbow.
3. The diva persona is cute but overplayed and got more and more annoying over the years.
4. GTFO is the best song from Caution.
5. Type Dangerous is a boring song and the extravagant music video is a waste of money.
6. Heartbreaker (not including the Dessert Storm remix) is a far inferior song to any of the previous lead singles.
7. When Hero was considered Mariah's signature song I never really get it. Now as I've grown old I can sometimes relate to the lyrics.
8. Acting is never Mariah's thing. Even her performance in Precious is just average. WiseGirls is better.
9. Nicki is the better judge on American Idol. Mariah's comments are sometimes like saying nothing at all.
10. I'm not really optimistic about MC16 and the singles, chart-wise.
(Thursday 10 July 2025; 12:31)


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Unpopular opinions (109,665) by TJ from Norway

I don't like OSD, never have and never will. I can't understand why it went to number one, and stayed there for weeks. It's not an evergreen.

I don't like the diva and "I don't know her" acts. I think Jennifer is being the bigger person and much more likeable.

I think of Mariah as a singer, not a songwriter. I do not see what's so genius about her lyrics. I know that many of you guys think she is.

Glitter, the movie should have been enough proof to Mariah to never try to act again. She can't act and when she does it's just showing her diva side again. It's like Lindsay Lohan. No emotions.

I don't think we should pay too much attention to the mobile phone videos of her concerts on YouTube. I believe that if we went back in time and did that to her concerts on the early 90's we would also hear a lot of faults.

I feel sad for all of you that doesn't pay attention to the albums that made her the star she is today. Without those albums you would never know her and maybe be writing on the JLo Archives instead.

(Thursday 10 July 2025; 09:29)


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Unpopular opinions (109,664) by Mirage_Nunez from America

Though I absolutely love some of the songs on Butterfly (Butterfly, My All, The Roof, Breakdown, Fly Away) and agree that it's probably the most important album in her catalog, as a body of work I connected with Charmbracelet, TEOM, and MOAIA way more on a personal level. Particularly Charmbracelet and MOAIA felt like the most vulnerable excerpts of her diary.

(Thursday 10 July 2025; 07:19)


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Unpopular opinions (109,663) by Randy from USA

I think Bye Bye was a worthy second single and Migrate isn't an undeniable hit. I think the Candy sample is better than Firecracker for Loverboy. I think #Beautiful is really boring. MIAMTEC is MC's worst album by far. Did I Do That is a great song. Through The Rain is better than Hero. Right To Dream is the best lyric Mariah has ever written. GTFO is the best song on Caution. The Wind is boring. Memoirs is the closest album to a follow up to Butterfly. Whitney held back on When You Believe because she knew MC in her 1998 voice couldn't keep up. Mariah is at fault for the Nicki Minaj beef. JLo had no idea about Firecracker and didn't deserve MC's smoke. Mariah and Eminem went on a few dates and messed around once. Mariah was embarrassed by her performance at Divas 98 and that's why she keeps hinting at Celine over singing in Aretha's presence. I think Type Dangerous is boring. I think Oh Santa is a great song because of its insane amount of energy. Mariah has potential as an actress. The performance of You and I for Stevie Wonder is boring. Mariah has had vocal problems since she left Tommy and maybe that sequestering her in the castle kept her very sensitive voice protected. At the present rate Mariah will sound like Dionne Warwick sounds now in her late 60s.
(Thursday 10 July 2025; 03:50)


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Unpopular opinions (109,662) by Haiji from United States

I appreciate your take on that song, Edward. I get what you're saying. I was around 12-13 years old when that song was released and I was always a huge fan but that song just didn't hit. I didn't understand the song at the time. Now as an adult, I get it but I still don't feel the words coming from that song particularly.
(Thursday 10 July 2025; 02:15)


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Unpopular opinions (109,661) by Stacey from USA

When Fantasy was released, I was not a fan. So shocking, I know. I bought the album because I absolutely adored OSD. These days I hardly listen to OSD while Fantasy is on repeat, lol. Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Same thing happened with Merry Christmas. I wasn't too keen on MC's gospel flavored album. I didn't buy MC until years later. Now I love getting up and dancing to Joy to the World.

(Thursday 10 July 2025; 00:25)


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Unpopular opinions (109,660) by Tevin from USA

Did I Do That is a good song, and other than Crybaby and Heartbreaker, it shows off Mariah's Rainbow era tone the best.

The remake of One More Try is one of the worst song remakes that I've ever heard.

I'd take a healthy Emancipation era voice or almost any prime era voice, minus 94-96 years. The richness, maturity and tone of Mariah's voice was incredible. Too bad it was too inconsistent and sort lived.

Last one, I'm glad Mariah's voice changed every two or so years, for good and for the bad. It made me appreciate her voice and artistry more, and it makes her more relatable, since we all have good days and bad days in life and with our skills and talents. We all are just trying to "do the best with what we got".

(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 22:52)


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Unpopular opinions (109,659) by Zachariah from Croatia

1. I don't pay any attention anymore to albums before the Butterfly album and find them boring as hell.
2. Touch My Body has an annoying beat and I skip the song as soon as it comes on in my car.
3. Sometimes, I forget that album Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse exists.
4. Merry Christmas II You is much better than Merry Christmas and after Butterfly, her best album ever.
(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 21:31)


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Unpopular opinions (109,658) by Edward from USA

I think "Hero" is not only about a specific element, but a combination of things, one of them being the moment in which it was released. More than the lyrics, which are as cheesy as Regina's cheese fries, it's Mariah's then persona, relevance and delivery that give it that extra punch. The song wouldn't work if it were released today with what's left of her voice and the detached from reality diva persona she's assumed since 2009. To judge and understand Hero, you really have to put it in the context of when it came out. For most, if you weren't part of that time, you probably won't get it. I was a mere 2-year toddler, but I still remember that iconic statuesque princess-like figure singing it passionately and effortlessly at the Proctor's Theatre and the guy from the audience reaching multiple eargasms. It was simply epic
(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 19:42)


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Unpopular opinions (109,657) by Haiji from United States

Regarding only songs or albums, what are some unpopular opinions you all got? "Hero" still hasn't grown on me yet. "Thank God I Found You" was not #1 worthy and based on how many song I listen to from each album, Caution is my least favorite.
(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 16:34)

Album titles (109,656) by Edward from USA

Mariah keeps trying to make "Oh Santa" happen, it's not going to happen. It's like she threw everything on it hoping something would stick.
(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 15:39)


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Album titles (109,655) by Jamie from UK

Hahaha I'm lol at Oh Santa

that song is just far too busy.
(Wednesday 9 July 2025; 03:18)


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Album title (109,654) by Zachariah from Croatia

16th Anniversary.
(Tuesday 8 July 2025; 23:38)


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Album titles (109,653) by Lambi from USA

Reprimanded: The Art Of Hibernation
The Constipation Of Mimi
Gutter
Merry Crisis 2 U
Regretbow
Dayscream
Me. I Am A Chipmunk
(Tuesday 8 July 2025; 13:04)


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Album title (109,652) by Lara from Middle East

Eternally 16
(Tuesday 8 July 2025; 09:20)

Fantasy vs. Honey (109,651) by Lambi from USA

I agree that Fantasy vs. Dreamlover is the more formidable competition. Fantasy would probably win though, simply because it had a greater impact, she essentially mainstreamed pop and hip-hop. Arguably, this is Mariah's greatest contribution to music outside of Christmas since all the pop girlies followed the blueprint shortly after.

A good comparison would also be Dreamlover and Heartbreaker, "dreamlover, come rescue me" parallels "heartbreaker, you got the best of me". They're melodically similar.
(Tuesday 8 July 2025; 05:13)


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I Stay In Love (109,650) by Lambi from USA

I Stay In Love would honestly have been huge with better instrumentation. That repetitive, dizzying, synthesized sound ruined it. The reason why the masses ate up WBT is because of its simplicity. Just vocals, piano and perfectly crafted snares and bass.
(Tuesday 8 July 2025; 04:55)


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Album titles (109,649) by Bill from the UK

Reprimand: Warranted

Memoirs of an Imperfect Elusive Charmbracelet-wearing Emancipated Chanteuse Squared

Merry Christmas T(h)ree (the third and final attempt to make Oh Santa happen)

You Can't Spell Mariah without A and I - The Return of the Genetically Engineered Voice

Glitter 2: Sylk's Revenge
(Monday 7 July 2025; 21:55)

I Stay In Love (109,648) by Shezz from Pk

Still one of my favorites from E=MC2.

(Monday 7 July 2025; 20:15)


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I Stay In Love (109,647) by Zachariah from Croatia

Wasn't. It was supposed to be wasn't.

(Monday 7 July 2025; 12:06)


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I Stay In Love (109,646) by Lighty from China

I thought that video was indeed directed by Nick.
(Monday 7 July 2025; 10:54)


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I Stay In Love (109,645) by Zachariah from Croatia

That song would be such a bigger hit if only the video was made by Nick. The song is epic. Exactly that, classic Mariah.
(Monday 7 July 2025; 08:18)


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I Stay In Love (109,644) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter

Ok so I was scrolling TikTok and I randomly happened up a snippet of ISIL and I don't know why that song was so hated, it's actually pretty nice and very classic Mariah. I know it was put in the trash can as a WBT dupe but I think it's a decent song with a great beat. Anyways just my two cents, justice for ISIL.
(Monday 7 July 2025; 00:00)

Album title (109,643) by John from USA

Baby Steps: The Re-Ambulation of the Skinny Legend
(Sunday 6 July 2025; 19:17)

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