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Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,859) (80,862) by Bill from the UK I think Emotions and Make It Happen were settled out of court. Make It Happen and I Want To Thank You have the exact same chord progression and background instrumentation, albeit switched to a different key. TGIFY was accused of sounding too similar to Xscape's "One Of Those Love Songs". Hero has been well documented about the lyrics being lifted from elsewhere. It's Like That apparently replicates a song called "Sexy". I forget the artist and I've never heard the song. As I said, I don't really care either way about it but these instances probably all play a part in recognising somebody's song writing ability. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 11:19)

(80,861) by B from USA Best Of My Love obviously influenced Emotions but the chord progression is different. The cord progressions of Make It Happen are different than Alicia Myers' song. You can do this for almost every song. Can a chord progression be copyrighted? Haven't all of the suits, not related to the Emotions album/era, been dismissed in Mariah's favor? (Thursday 8 February 2018; 05:22)

Note changes she only did once (80,860) by 123 from USA I love this collection. I know she has to have a lot more. I'd be great to see more of this instead of lipping to original versions that she struggles with. These note changes are a testament to her musicality. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 05:15)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,849) (80,859) by B from USA Keep in mind that in 1991 sampling was in its infancy. Wasn't most of those lawsuits dismissed? (Thursday 8 February 2018; 04:44)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,849) (80,858) by Tevin from USA What song is compared with Hero or TGIFU, ILT in its sound? (Thursday 8 February 2018; 04:30)

Re: Quincy Jones (80,848) (80,857) by Mara from United States My my. I read the interview today too. He is spilling like mad. I guess his secret garden is no more a secret. Wow. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 04:08)

Jermaine Dupri is finally getting the credit he deserves (80,856) by B from USA This article diminishes Mariah's contribution to the writing of the songs she collaborated with JD on. Mariah had already written the lyrics and melody for Always Be My Baby before JD became involved and yet this article says he's responsible for that smash. I guess this is how they justify not inducting Mariah. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 03:52)

Re: Quincy Jones (80,850) (80,855) by RibbonB from USA Not sure my last post went through, but Pryor talks openly about a two week affair with a man in his autobiography. Pryor was very open and his ex wife also confirmed on Twitter. On another note, Tpain was mentioned in the Quincy interview and he confirms that his production on the PYT remake did suck. Lol. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 03:47)

Re: Mariah for SuperBowl (80,853) (80,854) by Licia from USA Thanks. All I could remember was it was a football game. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 02:41)

Re: Mariah for SuperBowl (80,839) (80,853) by Special K from USA Mimi performed the halftime show at a Detroit Lions playoff game. It was corny, but cute. Hehe. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 00:40)

Re: Quincy Jones (80,850) (80,852) by RibbonB from USA Lol someone said it's as if he knew he was dying soon the way he is spilling and dgaf. He has his own issues and old gossip though, but his comments on music do interest me. (Thursday 8 February 2018; 00:16)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,849) (80,851) by 123 from USA I just want to point out that all those lawsuits (except for Hero) were based on the melody not the actual lyrics, but I get where you were going with it. Sampling shouldn't have anything to do with songwriting but they neglected to credit the original composers on a a couple of those songs on the Emotions album. The Can't Let Go case was droppped when it was proven that there are tons of songs released before "Right Before My Eyes" that used similar cords. Taylor Dayne and Lionel Richie both had songs with similar chords released prior so they slowly retreated. TGIFU melody does sound like a straight rip off, probably why she does a stripped down version for Vegas which I prefer over the original composition. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 23:05)

Re: Quincy Jones (80,848) (80,850) by Matty from Vancouver Canada That interview with Quincy is savage as [censored]. I almost find it hard to believe. He dated Ivanka? Talking about Michael the way he does. Marlon Brando giving the meat to Richard Prior? It's all so over the top and he names so many names. He's "I know something you don't know" taunting tones was getting to me. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 22:18)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,842) (80,849) by Bill from the UK Not that I subscribe to the theory, but Mariah does have a, shall we say, chequered history when it comes to her songwriting credits. Emotions vs Best of My Love. Can't Let Go vs Right Before My Eyes. Make It Happen vs I Want To Thank You. Hero, Thank God I Found You, It's Like That, all had lawsuits against them (multiple in Hero's case). Her bigger hits rely on sampling to help carry the melody (Dreamlover, Fantasy, Honey, Heartbreaker, The Roof, Loverboy, I could go on). So yeah. Hashtag just saying but I'm sure people consider these things. I personally think she should be inducted for AIWFCIY alone. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 19:33)

Quincy Jones (80,848) by RibbonB from USA Wow, there is a new interview out with Quincy with Vulture. It is a must read. He is giving old curmudgeon gives zero [censored] tea. He says MJ was a music thief and disses Ratner, Weinstein and many others esp. Trump. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 17:56)

Re: Can't Let Go (80,828) (80,847) by MusicfanJ from Germany I totally agree. I love soul, rnb and jazz music. But when Mariah is doing pop music, it's another thing. She's simply the best when she's making "pop-soul". Never liked Tommy, but it's true during his years Mariah was delivering music that goes straight to your heart and she did soulful pop gems that will stay forever. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 15:03)

Mariah Carey (80,846) by Peter rollans from australia Hi all. Mariah Carey must be going broke or her career is up the creek because she is playing at the local pub for money lol. Sandstone Point Hotel is a qld pub hahahahahaha. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 12:56)

Re: Superbowl, really? (80,826) (80,845) by Andrew from UK Basically, as I previously stated, Mariah is lazy. Someone slowly moving around a stage with her arm being held by a man to steady her, blinking incessantly with a crazy fixed grin, pretending to sing and occasionally shouting "EH" does not a spectacle make. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 11:25)

Re: Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,842) (80,844) by Licia from USA I knew this was coming. I would have loved for them both to have been included because they both deserve it, but unfortunately that's not how it worked out. To act as if he had no hits before working with Mariah is not right. I hope she gets her time sooner rather than later, but for now let that man have his moment. I'm sure she's happy for her friend despite not being inducted yet. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 11:21)

Re: Can't Let Go (80,827) (80,843) by Mara from United States Thank you Stacey. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 03:25)

Songwriters hall of fame snub (80,842) by CDC from CA How upsetting that in the year in which the floodgates were opened for women's rights in the entertainment business not a single woman was on the inductee list. Well done for Jermaine Dupri but, really? His biggest hits were really Mariah hits so they should have pulled it together and put her in. Putting them both in would have been a nice, if even a cleaver suspect gesture. I guess in black and white terms Jermaine has had more hip hop credibility and that was the narrative of inclusion the voting body wanted to convey but really... his catalogue is 50% time stamped mild hip hop r&b fusion and 50% Mariah. As an inductee he better pull his weight and get the voting body to induct Mariah next year. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 03:17)

Re: Can't Let Go (80,828) (80,841) by Stacey from USA I love One Child. I remember playing the album in its entirety for the first time, one song after the other. That song was the first song I remember standing out to me. Yes, thank heavens for her Christmas albums. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 01:51)

Re: Superbowl, really? (80,837) (80,840) by Licia from USA Deedre you're hardly a negative Nancy like most if us are so you're allowed a moment to offer a not so popular opinion. I'm 50/50 on this. On the one hand I do think she could do it if she was really dedicated to it, but on the other I have to agree that being the type of artist that she is it may not translate well with the Superbowl audience. It would be interesting as heck to see if she could pull it over though. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 00:35)

Re: Mariah for SuperBowl (80,838) (80,839) by Licia from USA Lol. Well sh*t Special K. Lol. Would you happen to know what event that was? For the life of me I can't think of what it was. (Wednesday 7 February 2018; 00:26)

Re: Mariah for SuperBowl (80,823) (80,838) by Special K from USA That performance was corny as hell but I'm glad you enjoyed it. (Tuesday 6 February 2018; 23:55)

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