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Re: Snippets (95,698) (95,703) by 123 from USA Hey Edward. I heard the snippets and can share my thoughts. Spoiler alert for those that want to hear the album fresh. I Pray sounds good from what I heard. This was one I had always wanted to hear. I'm told Paul was given Mariah's vocal reference and never released it. HWGRA - The production sounds dated and the hook didn't grab me. The vocal is like a blast from the past, but from what I heard, wasn't a song I would miss hearing again. The same with Last Night, as both these songs have a Motown/Jackson 5 sound. Hook didn't grab me either and from what I heard wouldn't have fit Daydream, but I will reserve full judgement when I hear the tracks in their entirety. Loverboy - Lambs will be divided on this one, as it's the most poppy sounding lead uptempo single of her career versus the more r&b, bouncy version we got. It cut off before the vocal really started to kick in. Cool On You - A super short clip but sounded like a sure fire hit. Makes sense as the approach for E=MC2 was to only make singles and no album tracks. I heard a clip of Can You Hear Me but to me, Out On My Own sounded better because of the tone she was serving during the Rainbow era. The ballads will be the highlights from what I heard and for anyone wanting classic 90s Mariah ballads. This is your album. I didn't hear Mesmerized as the clips were taken down by the time I tried to get to that one. (Wednesday 23 September 2020; 04:25)

Re: New documentary (95,696) (95,701) by 123 from USA I watched this one and meant to post it. It's really good. They chronicle all of her interviews in what appear to be chronological order from her debut up until Music Box. It's almost like going back to 1990 and watching her rise to become one of the biggest artists of all time. I usually fast forward the performances but some of them in this documentary have audio from interviews woven it. It's worth watching and very well done. (Wednesday 23 September 2020; 03:37)

Lead The Way - a vocal lesson (95,693) by 123 from USA A very impressive breakdown of Mariahs complex runs in this song. A very well spoken and intelligent blogger put this together. I enjoyed his video. It just proves Mariah is one of the vocal GOATS of song. (Tuesday 22 September 2020; 17:39)

The Glitter era - a documentary (95,692) by 123 from USA This was really well put together. I hope she goes rogue and sends Loverboy to radio stations with a Drake feature. I saw an Unsung on Loyd where he was going to radio stations himself and providing them with his single to play and it started to chart. He made a statement that he thought that was illegal to do. (Tuesday 22 September 2020; 17:34)

Re: Out Here On My Own (95,595) (95,601) by 123 from USA Just heard this on Spotify. It does not disappoint. Such a beautiful vocal. Rich in tone, sung in full voice in her mid range. I love that it's in 2000 and has Mariah listed as the sole producer. The Rainbow era may have lacked high belts, but she made up for it by giving us a lot of tone. Excited for the album and book now. This song gives you the feels from beginning to end. The whole thing is a journey. I could hear this on the radio if the label is willing to give it a radio budget and put money behind promoting the record. She needs a video of a little Mariah performing this in a talent show. I feel like she is telling a story on how the songs are being released. First STD, and now On My Own. Today's artists don't do this. (Friday 18 September 2020; 06:29)

Re: Sudden weight loss (95,557) (95,577) by 123 from USA Cool sculpting. It's been reported she does this and Kris admitted on one of the housewives shows that he does it. It's non evasive and she might as well spend all that money on herself. Here is a video on cool sculpting. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 05:24)

Re: Save The Day video (95,500) (95,508) by 123 from USA I saw the clip. Horrible. If they must shoot a video, why the same concept that has already been used 1000 times. Riding on top of a car with sexy poses for 3 minutes. Not the biggest fan of the song, but it has a great message. She could have shown essential workers risking their lives like postal workers, nurses, doctors. Shown female athletes striving to win the game. Had Mariah March in one of the protests with her Covid mask on or at least show footage of these protests. Next single please. Is this even a single? It hasn’t been sent to radio. Mariah camp, I implore you to have better video concepts, if only for the nostalgia. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to make a decent video. (How much could have Dreamlover cost? Dancers and a hot air balloon.) (Friday 11 September 2020; 23:58)

Re: The Rarities tracklist (95,470) (95,475) by 123 from USA I think she is saving other rarities for a Rarities 2 album. Hypnotized wasn't included. All In Your Mind demo, although Mariah said it was only a comp and wanted to share the short clip? The Crave Song? Heard of this but never found an interview where it's mentioned. I would have liked I Feel It included from TEOM. It was so soulful. (Thursday 10 September 2020; 22:22)

Re: Loverboy - Firecracker (95,453) (95,465) by 123 from USA Hilton I think you are on to something. She would need a feature to get radio to play it and the general public to be interested in it. Drake is the only choice if she can pull it off and get the label to send it to multiple formats. Didn't he post a pic of Mariah from Dreamlover with a heart a while back? Getting the song to number 1 would be the best form of karma. Plus Drake is the male version of Mariah when it comes to petty so I'm sure he would be down for it. He used to date I don't know her, so using him to get a historic number 1 when I don't know her used her ex to do the same thing back in 2001. The blogs wouldn't stop talking. Now that would be a juicy story. (Thursday 10 September 2020; 03:32)

Re: Deniece Williams (Lee and This is GHM) (95,208) (95,217) by 123 from USA Morgan did say that she began to drink heavily after Tommy and it peaked during her breakdown which makes sense. Tommy didn't put the drink in her hand, but he was a catalyst to her bi polar disorder by staking her, taping her phone, putting out bad press about her (Wendy confirmed she was offered a nice amount of money to bash Mariah everyday) reducing promotion, radio ads, and using other artists on the same label against her, and then sabotaging the success of a future project on a new label to stick the last nail on the coffin. Mental state does have a barring on one's voice and how they care for it. (Wednesday 26 August 2020; 06:48)

Re: Deniece Williams (Lee and This is GHM) (95,173) (95,193) by 123 from USA Here you go again banging the same drum regarding deceit. Not sure [you] forgot that Mariah got exposed on New Years. There is no deceit anymore. Everyone knows her voice isn't the same and she uses pre records. It's obvious that the "change" that happened in 1997-98 with her voice was her use of alcohol as Tommy made it a mission to ruin her. Some people turn to Jesus, some to food, Mariah turned to alcohol to cope. Couple that with insomnia and anxiety that peaked in 2001 with a bi polar episode, the cords took a toll. Morgan confirms all this here. This vocal analysis is a good overview to her decline. It's up to Mariah to stop depending on her vices. I can only hope she makes good choices in her life, and cheer her on from the sidelines because she's not really passionate about making music like she used to because of her bi polar disorder per her [People] magazine interview when she came forward with her diagnosis. For crying out loud, you guys are finally going to get songs with Ben, Walter, 90s prime vocals, on a 2020 album and still going on that she won't stop using pre records. That said, I'm not mad at Deniece for calling Mariah to the carpet for not caring for her instrument the way she should have. She didn't mean it with ill intent although I hate that lambs went after her. Here is the video where she gives her opinion. (Tuesday 25 August 2020; 02:43)

Save The Day (95,118) by 123 from USA The song is so so. The sample is odd and only really on fits at the end. I love the hook but those verses are sung and arranged horribly. Airy crap with moments of brilliance when she actually sings in full voice. She did the same thing on the beautiful remix with Jeezy. The layers vocals give me "Imperfect" vibes. I would have rather she released Slipping Away. It's only not new to fans. I have a feeling the tracks aren't going to be anything special, hence why they were never released. It makes sense to release this song because of the current climate but if this is the strongest song in the bunch of never heard of songs, she is better off releasing the b sides as singles. Hell, I'd take UTS as never got a it's proper chance with the video. Still looking forward to the project while STD hook sticks in my head. (Saturday 22 August 2020; 15:10)

Re: Mariah (92,625) (92,630) by 123 from USA I already posted the video with receipts that it was Michael's former handler that orchestrated his death. Michael fired him because he didn't trust him 6 months to a year prior to that last gig yet days before his death his signature was all over documents acting as Michaels handler behind his back. (Monday 27 January 2020; 15:12)

Re: Things have definitely taken a turn (92,287) (92,322) by 123 from USA Ribbon, one of my favs but I have to disagree. It's very follow the leader on the board sometimes so the same bitter privileged girls on the board start their trolling because they obviously are so unhappy with their lives. My advice to those girls, find a real career. I mean now we are calling books that aren't even out until third quarter flops over a title that obviously went way over their head (simple b.t@&e$). It's a book, is it really that deep? Let it flip flop and disappoint I say so the girls can rant. Muah. (Tuesday 14 January 2020; 06:04)

Re: Charmbracelet singles (92,310) (92,320) by 123 from USA Here in the States You Got Me should have led the album. Ballads out of style and songs like Fat Joes's What's Luv (uptempo hip hop records with r and b hooks) was pouring out of the radio. Plus she had Jay Z on the song. I remember it was one of the songs playing on her website. Clown should have been the second single to build on the controversy of her and Obsessed short lived fling. They could have went with the One or Sorry You Had You're Chance as the third and final singles. Overseas they got it right with Through the Rain and Bringing On The Heartbreak were both pop ballads. Then they could have finished with Yours. (Tuesday 14 January 2020; 03:58)

Re: I Had A Vision Of Love (92,197) (92,205) by 123 from USA He was a character that Isaac. Six years already? I remember his exit post but I got him semi confused with the other lamb that gave Mariah the diamond necklace on Mariah's World and then started posting here. Didn't he go off on you as well Eric? I feel like it's been three zealot lambs that have done this to you at the very least. Anyway I'm sure they are all back in some form or another. (Tuesday 7 January 2020; 01:15)

Charmbracelet Vocals: A Mood (92,174) by 123 from USA I always crack up when I see this clip. It took two vocalists to do it but it pretty much sums up Charmys vocal approach. Still the best album lyrically. For laughs. (Monday 6 January 2020; 07:27)

Re: Madonna accuses BBC of ageism (92,151) (92,173) by 123 from USA Maybe the article wasn't simple enough for you because you proved my point. If they don't give a record a shot and play it for the public to decide if it's a hit or not, how can they really say that their demographic doesn't like her music? She was 50 when 4 Minutes went number 1 in the UK. I'm sure they had no problems playing her then even though she was way beyond their demographic. Didn't you say in an earlier posts that age isn't a factor to older artists getting played yet you quoted my very point from the article that age is definitely a factor. Which is it? Don't switch up now. (Monday 6 January 2020; 07:24)

Madonna accuses BBC of ageism (92,148) by 123 from USA Ima leave this right here. Funny how Madonna and her manager, who are in the industry, state differently than people's imagination around here. (Saturday 4 January 2020; 20:57)

Re: Mariah, Celine and Toni for 2020 (92,019) (92,033) by 123 from USA I read about the Louie M feature rumor as well. Would've been a great single during the Latin explosion in 99 especially since Whitney nabbed a duet with Enrique Iglesias during this same period. Maybe she wanted to salvage the duet idea and offer it to Toni since she would fit the song perfectly. (Monday 30 December 2019; 19:46)

Re: Mariah, Celine and Toni for 2020 (91,986) (91,995) by 123 from USA I was thinking she was going to ask Toni to sing on After Tonight. It was co produced by David Foster and co written by Diane Warren who Toni has already worked with. I think it could have done well with an resung/restructured r&b remix for the urban stations to cover all markets (Saturday 28 December 2019; 07:14)

Re: Mariah, Celine and Toni for 2020 (91,963) (91,985) by 123 from USA I remember Toni saying in an interview during her last era that Mariah reached out to her around the Rainbow era to do a duet but Toni couldn't do it because of the bankruptcy. Toni also contemplated reaching out to her to do a remix but it looks like it never came to fruition. (Friday 27 December 2019; 01:06)

Re: Mariah needs hot uptempo song in 2020 (91,934) (91,951) by 123 from USA Glad I'm not the only one that thinks this. She needs a hot uptempo. I actually would prefer an album of mostly uptempos from her. She's never done that and her discography sorely needs more as she was the ballad queen for the first 4 years of her career. If the label won't cough up the money she should pay for her own hot feat. I want a Drake and Bruno Mars feat if I had my way. (Tuesday 24 December 2019; 15:58)

Re: Price Sisters plus Melanie Daniels (91,814) (91,842) by 123 from USA This would be great but I don't foresee Kelly Price reducing herself to singing backup anyone. Maybe just one Price Sister and Melonie if they are still up for it. Instead of the Price Sisters they could be called MeloPrice? (Saturday 21 December 2019; 03:12)

Re: Walter A. gets really candid (91,828) (91,841) by 123 from USA How do we know she didn't say thank you? Tommy and Mariah apparently had a twitter exchange where he congratulated her and told her that he wouldn't turn her into Connie Francis. She replied and called him a jokester. (Saturday 21 December 2019; 03:01)

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