Wednesday 8 January 2003

Billboard single review: "The One"

While her No. 3 entry on The Billboard 200 proved that Mariah Carey's fans are indeed charmed by Charmbracelet, radio showed less zeal for tepid first single "Through the Rain", which failed to triumph on the Hot 100. Follow-up "The One", another ballad, returns the chanteuse to more dependable R&B waters, featuring an uncredited rap in her bid for street cred.

But behind the rhymes is that characteristic that makes much of the current disc monotonous: Carey never raises her voice above a languid whisper-giving the song no discernable peaks or valleys-and making it a better side dish for Sunday brunch than a main course for the masses. Sorry, but without a hook, this is still not the big fish we know Carey is capable of landing.

(Billboard)

Many thanks to Mariah Mania and Mariah Buzz.



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