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Re: Stolen idea (55,935) (55,940) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It can't be Taylor, since Taylor's album came way after Mariah's. Plus as far as I know Taylor didn't use any of her previous demos for this album or if she did it wasn't publicized so I don't think it's her. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 23:17)

Can't Take That Away, After Tonight, There For Me (55,933) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What do these songs have in common apart from Mariah? Since this isn't an instant interactive site, I'll answer it for you: Diane Warren. Guess who is working with Mariah again according to this weet? I am excited. I love these 3 songs. It has been long overdue, this collaboration I mean. Our girl is busy in the studio. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 21:56)

Side Effects / B (55,932) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh Lord, I'm so ashamed to have forgotten about "Side Effects" as a single. That song is everything. I love the dark moody Mariah, I love her verses. The lyrics combined with the singing style is perfection. There is literally nothing that could improve the song any further because all areas were already perfected. This song would have made a very interesting single and since she is very descriptive in her lyrics, coming up with the visuals would have been very easy just like "Betcha Gonna Know". "I'm that chick" would also make a good single. I'm not a big fan of the song, but I do reach for it now and then because I sometimes get the urge to listen to it. E=MC2 is actually an album full of songs that can be singles, yet they chose the wrong ones. I get goosebumps at the thought of the hits Mariah could have collected from that album. Side note, Mariah call me (for singles recommendations). (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 21:47)

Re: Stolen ideas (55,931) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I always thought that she meant Beyonce. If we take into account the major mainstream successful albums released around the time Mariah was recording MIAM, 3 albums come to mind: "Bangerz", "Beyonce", "Prism". We can all safely rule out "Bangerz" unless Mariah initially had the idea of twerking on Robin Thicke at the VMAs haha. "Prism" was extremely successful, but M mentioned someone stole her "concept" along with "title" and something else. The only thing I can think of regarding "Prism" is maybe at most Mariah wanted an Egyptian themed video? While that may sound like something she would be interested in, I think she meant some stole the concept of the album as a whole, not just a video. So that leaves us only with "Beyonce". It was the only album that had a twist, being labelled a "visual album" with somewhat of a running storyline spanning the artist's lifetime or a fictional storyline. Also note how both albums have songs dedicated to the babies. Beyonce had "Blue", Mariah had "Supernatural" and in both songs, the kids were named as "featured artists". I don't think it has anything to do with JD, since he didn't make any music without Mariah during that time. This question is going directly into my list of questions I'd ask MC when we are hanging out together in the Moroccan room of her penthouse haha. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 21:42)

I'll be lovin' you long time (55,919) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter By the time this gem was released, E=MC2's chances were already dead. Releasing "Bye Bye" as the second single was stupid. They probably thought it would be "OSD part 2". Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love "Bye Bye" but it was not a good second single. It should have been released at the end of the era. And then Mariah eloped, cancelling all appearances. Any one with common sense would have released either "Migrate" or "IBLYLT" as the second/third singles to take full advantage of the huge success of TEOM and TMB. The video of IBLYLT is a hot video. Mariah looked hot, that gold lake scene is everything. It's probably the only video I'll excuse her "behind the scenes photo shoot" habit for music videos. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 16:57)

Stolen ideas (55,918) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah must have mentioned that someone stole her ideas multiple times by now haha. Each interview she is like "I can't talk about my future projects or they will steal it." I really wonder who stole her idea. Our girl is not happy with him/her. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 16:40)

Mariah getting that teenage targetted promo (55,911) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah's song with Justin was mentioned on "ClevverNews" today. This YouTube channel's target audience is basically the teens and young adults. So it's a good thing, but even they mentioned that even though they loved it, they thought there was a bit too much going on with it. Anyways any publicity is good. Shout out to Lee TS, notice how Mariah's name started popping up here and there after you and I started mentioning it on this board? Team Mariah doing their jobs right. Get that teenage promo. (Tuesday 11 August 2015; 9:14)

The interview (55,887) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When I posted the Israel interview, I was in a rush so I forgot to add some observations. I loved how Mariah navigated the interview, she kept it to the point, she showed her smart side (something she always downplays in interviews) and she was very professional. I loved how she handled the political question without hesitating for a second. She is an entertainer and she is going there as an entertainer. I admire how she didn't try to go into political discussions to show her intelligence like some entertainers do. She can have her opinions but it's great that she was clear that she is going there for her fans and is not concerned with politics. I also absolutely love the fact that she was talking about how she has 14 #1's as a producer and about her writing. People need to see that this woman did not just reach the top based on her voice (which undoubtedly is the best) and good looks, she is actually more than a singer or a celebrity. She has been in this business for a long time, it's time people see her more matured side and stop bashing her. (Monday 10 August 2015; 13:56)

Israel interview (55,883) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Here is Mariah's interview for Israel. This is actually one of her best interviews. She is so professional here and she straight up owned up to her legendary status, without sounding haughty. I loved it. (Monday 10 August 2015; 10:37)

Re: The One (55,871) (55,878) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I absolutely love the remix of "The One" too. J.D. and Mariah are great with remixes (as well as originals of course). I feel like he really gets Mariah musically. I need more live performances of "The One" from Mariah. I hope that when she makes good on her promise about holding intimate concerts with only the fan favorites, "The One" is a part of it. I don't usually hear many people calling it a favorite so it might not be in the set list, but I would love it if she sings it live more. (Monday 10 August 2015; 1:44)

Giovanni (55,875) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Well honestly G, if you disliked it, then you should scroll down on it. *sung like Single Ladies* (Monday 10 August 2015; 1:39)

Empire (55,869) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah should not take her "Empire" appearance lightly. It should not be "just for laughs". This role is yet another huge opportunity to catapult her back to the top. Empire is one of the highest rated TV shows with a huge fan following and its soundtrack steadily remained in the top 3 on Billboard for a long time. She did say she wrote stuff for the show, so let's see. It better not be a sub par song. No celebrity of Mariah's level has made an appearance on the show yet. So she can take the opportunity and blow up the charts with this. (Yes cue to the trolls to come mock me for expecting a chart blasting song, but I believe in Mariah so you all can sit.) Timbaland is responsible for all the music in Empire and I would love for Mariah to work with him. He did great with Justin Timberlake. Mariah can either go with a new song (which I highly encourage) or she can do what Estelle did with "conqueror" and use one of her existing or rarely known songs (fan favorite maybe) and turn it into a duet with Jussie. I don't know if the fan favorite/existing song idea will work so the new song is her best bet. Lee is no fool so he'll get the best out of Mariah. Plus Mariah seems to listen to him. So here's hoping that Mariah's role in Empire is a major success. (Monday 10 August 2015; 0:04)

Re: The remix (55,862) Terna (55,868) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I keep going back and forth between which rapper should be thrown out (haha). But yes one of them definitely needs to go and a Mariah verse (preferably the rap or "is it lack of ice") should be added. They also need to do something about the "infinity ee ee". Either layer it with the "ooh aahs" or replace it with the "ooh aahs". (Sunday 9 August 2015; 23:53)

The One (55,867) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "The One" is one of my favorite Mariah songs, and I love her voice in it. I absolutely adore her live performance of this song on "Shining through the rain". If I am not mistaken, I think this was the performance where it looked like when she started with the whistles she was going to do it like the album version, so she started and immediately stopped for a second and instead went on and did a completely different whistle where she just let loose and went with the flow. I loved it. The performance of "Infinity" at "Michael and Kelly" reminds me of that performance of "The one" because in the Disneyland version of "infinity" Mariah does the usual high note and then just throws in a few more random new whistles, harmonizing with the beat. It's like she was feeling super confident and just went with the flow, whistling away. (Sunday 9 August 2015; 23:51)

Re: The remix (55,856) (55,858) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Alexis is being sarcastic by the way. She always is. I agree about your point about collaborations but no point of 3 different collaborators I guess. One or the other needs to get the heave ho. (Sunday 9 August 2015; 12:04)

Re: Seriously? (55,855) (55,857) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Good Lord no, I hope it is definitely not for Empire. The soundtrack on Empire is always great and no way will people tolerate this on Empire. Plus if there are any collaborations on Empire, it's usually with Jussie, Bryshere, or Terrence if season 1 is any indication. This song would make absolutely no sense on Empire. So she can release this as a stand alone or for French's album or I don't know a DJ Suss One mix tape, but keep this away from Empire. This song is being generally panned by the lambs themselves, the GP will not be kind to Mariah with this song on Empire. (Sunday 9 August 2015; 12:01)

Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (55,847) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Alexis do you troll all artists and their fan sites or just Mariah? (Sunday 9 August 2015; 2:04)

Why You Mad cover art (55,845) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter DJ Suss One and French Montana shared the cover art (possibly) on instagram. They used the black and white image from E=MC2. If it's the actual cover art, it's cute. They should use it. (Sunday 9 August 2015; 1:46)

Re: Bleh (55,808) (55,814) (55,823) (55,840) (55,842) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Licia, That "#Beautiful" Jeezy remix was perfection. "Your body so dope you should have been a dealer." I loved it. Jeezy, Mariah and Miguel sounded great together. Lol I laughed so loud when I read you pretend you pretend that the A$AP Rocky remix doesn't exist and I am completely with you. "I don't know her" moment for me. Anyways I don't know if you heard it but Mariah left a voice message and she played a snippet of another remix of "#Beautiful" that was supposed to be released but alas abandoned. It was going to be a re-sung dance remix and it was right along the lines of the "Dream lover", "Fantasy" dance remixes she did in the 90s with re-sung vocals. Really for me Mariah never lost the ability to do a great remix but I think with "Infinity" she missed the mark. Let's see how the finished version sounds and how they promote it. Regardless of how I feel about the song, if this does blow up the charts, I will be extremely happy for Mariah. Until then can I join you in your denial booth? (Sunday 9 August 2015; 1:41)

On the bathroom floor (55,824) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I see a lot of lambs around various boards disliking the song. One comment made me laugh out loud because of how the person described the ending. He/she said that the ending sounds like they all forgot their lines at a point and someone just pushed the stop button on the recording. I actually agree with the comment. It does sound like that. It was so abrupt. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 18:13)

Re: Bleh (55,808) (55,814) (55,823) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol Licia I love how you are still in denial and hoping we are getting "punked". Trust me, I am hoping for the same. As for "Triumphant", I adore that song. One of my favorites. This song is a mess. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 17:53)

TMZ (55,821) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol so this is what TMZ said about the article. I mean on their Facebook "Click here for the premiere of 'Why You Mad' with Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, French Montana & T.I. This song is gonna be huge." I am dead. Since when does TMZ "premiere" songs and I laughed hard at them pushing the song by declaring it will be huge. I will be happy for Mariah if the song does become a hit because she needs one right now. Plus like I said it's possible to do it via deals and a well planned promo plan. But the song remains below Mariah's standards. Maybe there is a reason they are so confident about it, let's wait and see. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 16:45)

Re: Justin (55,812) (55,817) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha Lee darling, I love you too and while we'll have to agree to disagree about Justin, however, I agree with the rest of your post. Your shade was so heavy, you basically buried Eric Hudson haha and I am with you 100%. If this is what he has to offer for Mariah, then I am not interested in them working together in the future. J.D. remixes are gold. This song like you said is not memorable and why bother releasing a remix (for a 3 month old song) when it's not a killer track. I don't get the point. "Whyyy?" *said like MC* (Saturday 8 August 2015; 15:30)

Bleh (55,808) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am bracing myself for Triumphant deja vu meltdown. Although I do love Triumphant and I think the song flows real well. This song, on the other hand sounds to me like 4 different artists had booked the studio for different time slots to record their individual songs. So each of them recorded a verse of their songs for that day. At the end of the day some staff thought it would be hilarious if they take the recordings from each artist and pass it off as one song and call it a collaboration. Ugh no, just no. What happened to the Mariah who made remixes like "My All-Stay Awhile", "TGIFY (MIL)" and so many others. Even the "Beautiful" urban remix was amazing. Justin is the only good thing about this song really. *ducks while the lambs throw stones at me* (Saturday 8 August 2015; 12:44)

Remarks on the remix (55,805) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) I liked Mariah's re-sung parts in the first verse and chorus. 2) Justin sounds really good. Blends nicely with Mariah. 3) I wish they kept her rap, that's my favorite part of the song. 4) T.I.'s part near the end was overkill. I would have preferred an additional Mariah verse (preferably the rap) instead of T.I. I feel like with the addition of T.I. the song just has a lot going on which is distracting. 5) Why did they get rid of the "ooh aah" parts? I think it would have sounded beautiful had they layered the "to infinity ee ee" part with "ooh aah". They'd sound good layered together. 6) Not a fan of the ending. I need a classic Mariah high note at the end. 7) I'll probably have to let this grow on me too, like I had to do with the original. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 12:16)

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