Mariah Carey: Official Topic

[Ray]

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy???

r u sure u heard the right track? coz there was a fake one making the rounds...

is this the one u heard (the track here has a key raised up)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E8MXsLVq1k&hd=1

 

I bought the CD on Friday. So I'm sure I'm listening to the right version.

 

Short review after listening since Tuesday (streaming) and Friday (CD):

 

Cry. Beautiful raw ballad and great opening of the album. 9/10

 

Faded Could easily have fit on Memoirs as it reminds me of songs like Candy Bling and Ribbon. 7/10

 

Dedicated Grew on me the last few days. The intro wasn't necessary IMO. 7/10

 

#Beautiful Still beautiful. 9/10

 

Thirsty Such a fun song and extremely catchy. To me it's Migrate 2.0 10/10

 

Make It Look Good This song has most grown on me. Reminds me of It's A Wrap. Love Stevie on harmonica. 9/10

 

You're Mine (Eternal) Still love it. 10/10

 

You Don't Know What To Do As fun as I'm That Chick. Love the intro. If Wale wasn't there to try to spoil the song it would have been perfect. 9/10

 

Supernatural Nice song. Cute dem babies. Especially when Monroe says she's a "chanteuse". 7/10

 

Meteorite So catchy and so much fun. Love it! 10/10

 

Camouflage Like Cry another raw ballad. Beautiful lyrics. 8/10

 

Money It has grown a little on me, but still my least favorite song. The lyrics are not for me and it's too hiphop for my taste. 6/10

 

One More Try I love George Michael's version. Especially the version on his new album Symphonica. Still, Mariah has completely made it her own. A favorite of mine. 9/10

 

Heavenly I LOVE this song. Could have done without the preacher though. Wish he'd "be still". 9/10

 

It's A Wrap feat. Mary J. Blige I prefer the solo version. Mary doesn't add anything IMO. 8/10

 

Betcha Gon' Know feat. R. Kelly Although I prefer the solo version and the JumpSmokers Remix, I also appreciate this duet version. Love how R. Kelly sings a whole new verse. Reminds me of Yesterday by Toni Braxton and Trey Songz, where he pleads her to stay. 9/10

 

The Art Of Letting Go Such a gem. Still love it. Those vocals!!! 10/10

[je t'aime]

I just listened to the album and I love Cry.

[Cuquito]

 

 

That's part of why I love her so much: all the pain/emotion coming out.

 

By pain I mean stomach pain? Do you like that? Really? Oh well...

[Ray]

By pain I mean stomach pain? Do you like that? Really? Oh well...

 

I hear emotional pain and that's why I love her so much.

It's already there on the very first album. It's why I Don't Wanna Cry is one of my all time favorite songs.

[gafsa]

This album should be retitled "I am someone else"

[Ray]

 

So funny. Love it!

[PriscillaBarragan]

I've had time to really listen to the album and my favorites are Cry, Camouflage, Meteorite, Make It Look Good, Supernatural and Heavenly. My least favorites are definitely Dedicated and Money.

 

I'm kind of bummed there aren't any lyrics in the booklet from what I've seen though

 

Other than that, I'm really satisfied with this album and I really like the emotions she put in it

[rakesh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I70PclRGjbo

 

So funny. Love it!

 

 

dude's a nut job, i cant even... !!!! i was laughing the whole time!!

[Ray]

New single: You Don't Know What To Do!!! Can't wait for the no-rap version.

 

Me. I Am Very Happy... the happy lamb

[Bell]

I finally got to listen to the new album and I love it so much! I'd give it 8.5 out of 10. There are some really good, candid lyrics and it sounds like Mariah feels comfortable and enjoys doing this kind of music. 'Meteorite' is probably the big surprise on the album, I think she's never done such a track (when it comes to sound) before. Normally, it won't be my kind of music but I like it. The whole album gives me a very nice feeling while listening to it. It's like a journey through different emotions. Definitely one of her best albums.

[celinefanonline]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I70PclRGjbo

 

So funny. Love it!

yes funny as!!

but at least he's not like those ones chasing Celine in NYC and just want to get the thing (whatever thing it is) signed by Celine...

[gafsa]

Poor the elusive chanteus

[Ray]

I haven't had an album non-stop on repeat in years.

 

But..

 

Me. I Am Mariah is on repeat again and again. Love it so much!

 

 

Also loved the NBC-special. Especially We Belong Together and Heavenly.

[PriscillaBarragan]

This is such a good album. She really needs some better promotion or something though.

[Jeff Abbott]

first week sales of Mariah's new album seem to be really bad (in most cases)

[GoldenLeaf]

Mariah Carey's new album debuted at #3 on Billboard 200 in the U.S. with 58,000 copies sold. #FAIL

 

 

Ironically Lambs on youtube were screaming ''flop'' when Celine debuted at #2 in the U.S. with 77,000 copies sold when the REAL FLOP is Flopriah's new album.

 

It's obvious that her album will struggle to sell 500,000 copies worldwide.

[gafsa]

Mariah Carey's new album debuted at #3 on Billboard 200 in the U.S. with 58,000 copies sold. #FAIL

 

 

Ironically Lambs on youtube were screaming ''flop'' when Celine debuted at #2 in the U.S. with 77,000 copies sold when the REAL FLOP is Flopriah's new album.

 

It's obvious that her album will struggle to sell 500,000 copies worldwide.

 

LOL i wonder what's their excuse

[PriscillaBarragan]

It's annoying to come into this thread with all this negativity. Stop. If you don't like Mariah, you do not need to come here.

 

The album is personally her best since Emancipation and her team needs to do some promotion. She needs to be doing some interviews or something to get this going. As a Lamb, I'm very happy with the body of work and the quality she has given us.

[gafsa]

LOL

[LukeD]

The album is not good. It is overproduced and there are many tuneless songs in it. And those that do have a hook are repetitive. Lyrically, you get a woman in her mid 40s writing love songs about some 'Boy'. You might find it all cute, but I don't. She comes off as pretty immature and cheesy to me. She did the same thing in MOAIA. As of her voice, it is clearly damaged but I wouldn't mind much about it had the material been better. Edited June 6, 2014 at 07:21 PM by LukeD

[GoldenLeaf]

Here in Canada Mariah Carey's album debuted at #8 with only 3,500 copies sold. #EPICFAIL

 

Celine's Loved Me Back to Life debuted at #1 with 106,000 copies sold.

[PriscillaBarragan]

The album is not good. It is overproduced and there are many tuneless songs in it. And those that do have a hook are repetitive. Lyrically, you get a woman in her mid 40s writing love songs about some 'Boy'. You might find it all cute, but I don't. She comes off as pretty immature and cheesy to me. She did the same thing in MOAIA. As of her voice, it is clearly damaged but I wouldn't mind much about it had the material been better.

YOU think the album is not good. You are entitled to your opinion and I respect that, I really do. Several of us here love the album and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

But seriously guys? Some of you just come in here and boast about how Celine does so much better than Mariah. Or how Mariah is a "flop" or whatever else you can come up with. It's not cute. Not everything has to be a competition and being a fan of both women is hard enough as it is. All I'm asking is to tone down the negativity. You're welcome to have opinions on the music but there's a difference between not liking something and being a full blown hater. /end rant

 

[gafsa]

There's always negativity even in Celine thread, some even says LMBTL is flop. And even though this is MC thread but it still in Celine forum that's why comparison is inevitable here. At least we dont go all the way to MC forum just to bash her, and some people who don't like that MIaM album not really a hater.

 

 

[comingback]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llcbkyMc3TI

 

I miss the 90s Mariah. This performance of AYNAF is my favorite.

 

 

http://www.mcarchives.com/fotos1/foto679.jpg

Edited June 7, 2014 at 10:54 AM by comingback

[LukeD]

YOU think the album is not good. You are entitled to your opinion and I respect that, I really do. Several of us here love the album and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

But seriously guys? Some of you just come in here and boast about how Celine does so much better than Mariah. Or how Mariah is a "flop" or whatever else you can come up with. It's not cute. Not everything has to be a competition and being a fan of both women is hard enough as it is. All I'm asking is to tone down the negativity. You're welcome to have opinions on the music but there's a difference between not liking something and being a full blown hater. /end rant

... OF COURSE I stated MY opinion and I did it in a polite way. You can love the album all you want. Don't act as if I said anything bad about those who actually like the album. And I never compared Mariah to Celine... Edited June 7, 2014 at 12:04 PM by LukeD

[gafsa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llcbkyMc3TI

 

I miss the 90s Mariah. This performance of AYNAF is my favorite.

 

 

http://www.mcarchives.com/fotos1/foto679.jpg

 

this is one of my favorite song from MC.

[GoldenLeaf]

Her album should be retitled : Me. I am Mariah... The Flop Chanteuse

 

http://www.mediatraf...week24-2014.htm

http://i58.tinypic.com/x6il9t.png

 

Since the comparison is inevitable :

 

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week47-2013.htm

http://i60.tinypic.com/2lstg6.png

Edited June 7, 2014 at 06:22 PM by GoldenLeaf

[Prima_Donna1]

When you are fans of so called Divas you must accept that fans from other Divas will always make comparisons. Therefore the comparisons will never end. The only way these wars will stop is ppl learn that who they think is best is matter of subjective opinion and not a fact. Its not a competition. However as fans, we tend to get carried away and bash other divas because other of failures and vice versa. I remember when LMBTL came out and a few Mariah fans from another forum were saying that the album was a flop. I remember when they would say that she isnt relevent and all that other stuff. So I find it sad that fans of female singers cant get along. Oh yes and Celine fans are guilty too. However I just feel like our fanbase gets attacked just because we like Celine. I find that a lot of Mariahs fans to be cruel and now that Mariah did poorly I hope they can look at themselves in the mirror. The reason Mariah did poorly is the same reason reason Celine did poorly. Lack of promotion. There!!

 

I honestly heard the album clips on itunes. I have liked what I heard but dont plan to buy it until someone plans to post the album on youtube. I like Mariah but I dont like her enough to buy her albums. To me her past stuff was better. I am not living in the past or whatever I just thought her music was better back then.

 

Sorry for rambling.

Edited June 7, 2014 at 06:56 PM by Prima_Donna1

[GoldenLeaf]

Oh yes and Celine fans are guilty too. However I just feel like our fanbase gets attacked just because we like Celine. I find that a lot of Mariahs fans to be cruel and now that Mariah did poorly I hope they can look at themselves in the mirror.There!!

Actually Mariah fans keep attacking our fanbase because they're bitter and jealous that Celine's albums and concerts tickets are selling better than Mariah's. Basically the fact that Celine is more successful than Mariah is driving them insane.

 

The reason Mariah did poorly is the same reason reason Celine did poorly. Lack of promotion. There!!

Mariah did poorly but not Celine. Selling 1.6 million copies of an album worldwide nowadays is not doing poorly.

Edited June 7, 2014 at 08:16 PM by GoldenLeaf

[Prima_Donna1]

Actually Mariah fans keep attacking our fanbase because they're bitter and jealous that Celine's albums and concerts tickets are selling better than Mariah's. Basically the fact that Celine is more successful than Mariah is driving them insane.

 

 

Mariah did poorly but not Celine. Selling 1.6 million copies of an album worldwide nowadays is not doing poorly.

 

I think we get attacked out of no reason. Some might see Celine as a threat. Whatever it is I don't care if some of them that don't like her but must you attack fans for who they like just because both singers are pitted against each other?

 

Yes I know Celine didn't flop, and she did very well in places without promotion, however, she could have done a little better than that. That's all.

 

Sorry just trying to make a point that diva fans always fight with one another.

Edited June 7, 2014 at 09:46 PM by Prima_Donna1