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Re: World premiere (66,171) (66,183) by Mara from United States Haiji, I loved your video. I've always loved that song of Mariah's and the message it portrays. I just wish she would try to go by it more often as opposed to checking her hair and everything else in every camera shot and just relax for once. You are very talented so, "Bravo to you." (Monday 12 September 2016; 15:53)

New album wishlist (66,182) by Bobby A from United States To: RJJ12, thank you for the comment. Hello everybody, I forgot all about Ryan Tedder. I have been waiting for a Mariah and Ryan Tedder collaboration for 5 years. Can you imagine the magic that those two would make in the studio? And what about these collaborations: DJ Camper (just him and Mariah only in the studio - something like Tamar's Love And War), Linda Perry, Detail (Infinity Remix and Beyonce's Drunk In Love), Harmon Samuels and Patrick "J. Que" Smith, Kristopher Riddick Tynes/Leon Smith III, Al Sherod/ Big Sean, Ashley Gorley (popular songwriter who mixes country with a little pop - he writes for Carrie Underwood), Luke James, Elijah Blake, Elivs Blaque, Sevyn Streeter, Max Martin/Shellback, and Walter Affansieff. I just hope this new album is filled with hits that can help put her back at the top of the charts. (Monday 12 September 2016; 14:44)

Mariah's siblings (66,181) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) When it comes to the issue with Mariah and her siblings I feel like she should definitely forgive them and move on with her life. But trying to talk to them or help them in anyway is a lost cause because they will continue to treat her as they been and still sell her out dutifully. They look at Mariah as a meal ticket and nothing more and how much more can one give? Mariah has helped take care of Allison's children and has supported Mother Carey as well. To me in order to preserve some sort of sanity I say she needs to focus on her own self, and her children, and steer clear of both Allison and Morgan with their drama. (Monday 12 September 2016; 13:49)

Re: Andrew / eternally12 (66,161) (66,180) by Andrew from UK Right To Dream? Bloody hell, mate, it's the most depressing, aurally grating song ever. I'm pretty sure that when the Dementors suck out the the joy of life from people in Harry Potter, that song is what they hear playing in their head. It's so depressing. There's only two sounds: whisper singing where there's so much air coming through it sounds like Mariah's competing with the wind, or nasal whining over three or four notes. I can't understand why anybody would listen to this voluntarily. I would rather have ISIS find me on the roof of a tall building. In drag. Wiith a Rainbow flag. Singing Born This Way. (Monday 12 September 2016; 13:31)

Re: Infinity (66,173) (66,179) by Edouard from France Hi, I think the sole purpose of this song was to advertise the greatest hits album. The fact that it sounds like 3, 4 songs put together, I think, is because MC wanted a song that would showcase her different styles, vocally. the ballad, the fast paced rap-sing along, etc. I believe it works for what it is meant to be: a nice transition after "Touch My Body", a song that gives a sense of coming fullcircle from Vision Of Love to TMB. (Monday 12 September 2016; 13:24)

New album wishlist: What if she gets a #1 (66,178) by Sheila from United States A duet with Drake like [...] "Mine" which [..] think the opening is so beautiful, sonically it just soars. [...] more gospel music in the vein of [...] or [...] but with more vocals then [...]. Can you imagine how much press Mariah will get if she focuses and works hard on promotion and gets another number 1? (Monday 12 September 2016; 12:06)

Re: Memoirs was not a bad CD (66,175) (66,177) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes and I don't understand why Mariah trusts this man so blindly. There were a lot of opportunities with Memoirs. They ruined it with poor videos and single choices. (Monday 12 September 2016; 12:05)

Re: Mariah Carey cancels Meet & Greet again (66,174) (66,176) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What was the argument about? And why didn't they just remove the fan and carry on with the rest of the meet and greet? (Monday 12 September 2016; 12:04)

Memoirs was not a bad CD (66,175) by Sheila from United States Memoirs had a few choice cuts. Betcha Gon Know if given the video treatment could have been a breakout hit. It charged on iTunes and LA reid ignored it. (Monday 12 September 2016; 11:48)

Mariah Carey cancels Meet & Greet again (66,174) by Sheila from United States Word has it that Mariah canceled the meet and agree because Wednesday her superfan Bobby had a bad argument with her security team and went batty. This is really disheartening because some lambs traveled all over the world to meet her and paid $1500 in US funds to meet her. One bad apple spoiled it for the entire bunch. (Monday 12 September 2016; 11:36)

Infinity (66,173) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Over a year later, I have come to realize how, as much as it isn't her worst single ever, it's overall one of the least successful ones sonically. My biggest problem with Infinity (other than the painfully strained belts) is and has always been the sub-par production. Mariah's vocals have never sounded so "cut and pasted" before, and the whole thing really sounds like 3 or 4 different songs clumsily strung together to form a single audio track. In that sense, it reminds me of and seems to be the R&B counterpart of Lady Gaga's Venus, where almost every part could be a strong hook that more appropriately belongs to a different song. Both songs ultimately come off as Frankenstein musical projects as a result of their disjointed nature, which is not to say that this approach to making music doesn't work. Girls Aloud's Biology for example, is a masterclass in making different musical styles/genre weirdly work as one brilliant track. I am all for breaking the rules of production in the name of musical experimentation, and I hope Mariah does that more in her future releases, but creativity should not come at the expense of overall listening experience. (Monday 12 September 2016; 11:27)

VOL 9/11/16 (66,172) by 123 from USA Another great job with VOL on the final night. She talks about an unreleased song at the end called "Do the Coat" that she said she did a while ago that she hasn't released. When is she going to release this stuff? It's like she teases us with these songs she's made but never released and then we never see the light of day. I wonder if she did it while she was under Def Jam. I wonder if she has the ability to release all the unreleased material she made while with them. I really need an album of unreleased songs from both labels. Maybe a two disc set. (Monday 12 September 2016; 8:14)

World premiere (66,171) by Haiji Toro from USA Ok, so I play around with some editing sometimes and recently I've been practicing with a certain type of songs. Anyone that knows me, or follows me on social media, know that I'm all about discussing world issues and empowerment. I love to help people and try to motivate as much as possible. So far I've worked on 3 videos in these past 10 days. I just finished my 3rd and uploaded it. This is a song that was never released nor had a video for it, so I put my spin on it. I'm not a professional btw. Hope you guys enjoy it. I'd love for any feedback. (Monday 12 September 2016; 7:39)

Re: New album wishlist (66,143) (66,170) by B from USA I also want Mariah to work with Drake. I love him. I also love you, RJJ. (Monday 12 September 2016; 6:14)

Selfie saga (66,169) by B from USA I dislike the close up. It's unflattering. Hard to believe she's allowing these unflattering images to be posted to her social media accounts. I love the full body shot though. I think she looks stunning in it. She's clearly still working really hard on her body and it's showing. (Monday 12 September 2016; 6:11)

Fiasco (66,168) by B from USA Mariah was struck in the head by one of the butterfly wings that adorn the stage at Caesars Palace. Thankfully she wasn't hurt and she carey'ed on, lol. She is a pro. The show must go on, darlings. (Monday 12 September 2016; 6:06)

Re: Am I too late? (66,151) (66,167) by B from USA MIAMTEC is one of her best reviewed albums. It's a critical darling and fan favorite that fell on deaf ears. Mariah is to blame for the albums failure to an extent. She had professional and personal reasons for not promoting it. She acknowledged this during the Mario Lopez interview. She seemed excited about her new music and her tour of Latin America. She was poised and straight forward and she looked beautiful. (Monday 12 September 2016; 6:03)

Re: Over 30 sexiness (66,144) (66,166) by Licia from USA There is nothing wrong with Mariah being sexy. Those moments when she gets the sexy factor right she looks amazing, but there are moments where she tries to force it and it doesn't always translate into sexy. There are plenty of women her age and older who exude sexiness and they do so without walking around in public in their underwear, posting ass shots or posting bathtub shots for attention. They even manage to show the twins without looking trashy. Sexy is not my problem. Making yourself look like a $2 hooker on purpose is my issue. (Monday 12 September 2016; 5:53)

Vocal issue with other singers (66,165) by Tevin from USA So we all know that many singers have been suffering from vocal issues from, Ed Sharron to Adele, to Araina (?). But I was looking up singers on YouTube and I came across Leona Lewis who I haven't heard in a while, and even though she sounds good her voice, transition, measaliums are no where near as good as they were before, even her fans in the comment section has been talking about this. Anyway I wanted to bring up this point because people get on Mariah for sing only for about a decade (I'm counting from 1988 when she started recording) to 1997-98, before having serious vocal problems but they act like she is the only one. Leona Lewis has been singing about the same time span 2006-2016 and her voice doesn't nearly the same at all. How Mariah sounded from Daydream to Rainbow is basiclly how Leona is sounding now. Hopefully her vocals will improve. I know stress played a big part on her voice problems and im sure it did the same with Mariah. Anyway I hope she can come back strong like Mariah did. And I just wanted to make a point that Mariah isn't the only one the peaked early in their career. (Monday 12 September 2016; 4:01)

Re: Eternally 12 (66,146) (66,164) by Tevin from USA You hit the nail in the coffin Andrew. This is what makes me so mad, because fans turn around and say things like, "The real Mariah is found in her lyrics, or who she truly is, is in the music she makes." Even Mariah has said the real her can be found in some of her songs. But then Mariah goes on a show and or an interview and downplays or bashes her earlier songs with deep meaning and lyrics as if they mean nothing to her. Remeber them I think it was last year on GMA or Today show playing a video of Mariah singing Vision Of Love and Mariah couldn't even look at herself in the video. So sad. I'm still a fan but the way Mariah has been acting or at least protraying herself to the public and bashing anything pre 2005 minus Butterfly era, leaves me sitting her pissed like who the frick is the real Mariah? (Monday 12 September 2016; 3:52)

Re: Mariah is lost (66,155) (66,163) by Natalia from Italy Yes, yes, yes. Bravo Marisa. I agree. (Monday 12 September 2016; 3:44)

Re: Mariah in the studio (66,153) (66,162) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Crystal Johnson. They worked together on TMB and IBLYLT and some other songs too I think. She also worked with Beyonce and Rihanna. (Monday 12 September 2016; 1:58)

Andrew / eternally12 (66,161) by Randy from USA See I think she does have redeeming qualities. Think of it like this Andrew, the woman who wrote all of the lyrics to Close My Eyes, and Outside and probably wrote all of the lyrics to Petals, Right To Dream and Languishing is the same woman who is frolicking uselessly. Without Tommy she would've been famous. Just not where she is now. Maybe a cult fame like Brand New Heavies, Tracy Chapman, Arrested Development and any other R&B genius of the 90s that never got its sunlight. I don't care what anyone on this board thinks of me. I still feel one day, after public embarrassments and people thinking she's not relevant, she's a has been and she should be put out to pasture with the rest of the cows. Her deepest body of work will come, the true follow up to Butterfly. Remember, after Glitter and Charmbracelet people counted her out. We know what happened next. This next comeback may not be commercial achievement but it will be an artistic zenith. We are in a transitional phase in my opinion. (Monday 12 September 2016; 1:54)

Re: Mariah is lost (66,137) (66,160) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Anabelle is back, with an unoriginal name. I don't know why bother with a different name when it's not even that different, I mean they could have gone for something like Dandelion. But that name didn't work for them either to hide their crazy self so. But we love everybody. (Monday 12 September 2016; 1:36)

Re: Mariah is lost (66,149) (66,159) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The problem with "Memoirs" I think was not her manager, it was LA. Memoirs had a lot of promotion. She was on a lot of shows, including The Chatty Man (which is probably one of the last international promotion she did). She was booked both for performances and interviews and she handled it really well. She looked beautiful and happy. Her dress up was fine too. It's LA who caused the downfall of "Memoirs". First by not letting "Obsessed" do its magic. That song would have definitely charted higher if he did not pull the plug on it. Then the following single choices were bad. "H.A.T.E.U" So So Def remix could have been a hit but LA didn't allow it because of his differences with JD. So all in all I'd say more than her manager, Memoirs was doomed because of LA. I think even MC2Y had quite a lot of promo. Ever since then it started going down the drain with her choosing one wrong manager after another. I still can't wrap my head around the idea as to why she doesn't hire the best manager around. She has the money and I'm sure people would love to take her on as a manager but maybe she does not want another "strong voice" to tell her what to do since she does not want to be "managed". As much as I think Mariah is a brilliant songwriter and possibly the most gifted vocalist, I have to say business wise, she needs to learn to give control to someone who does this for a living. (Monday 12 September 2016; 1:33)

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