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Article: Mariah Carey credit card not declined while shopping (76,909) by Matthew from USA Well, the original report said that Mariah's credit cards were declined and that she was upset with Stella as a result. Stella's google alerts for her name must have went off, because she was quick to jump in here and deny the truth of this rumor. The House stuff was only slandering Mariah herself, so no need for Stella to get involved. Now, back to working on getting her make-up business launched. Um, I mean, her and Mariah's make-up business. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 21:10)

Re: "I Don't" reached 19 million views, what do you think? (76,895) (76,908) by 123 from USA It's actually amazing to have 19 million views with no label support. LA Reid publicly dismissed Mariah as a relic and said she would never be played on the radio and then turns around and signs JLo who is the same age and who only had less than 5 years of chart relevance before she started flipping, whose bigger hit was Mariah's concept. He not only signed her but released multiple flop singles with videos and tons of label support. Mariah went rouge, dropped a single and video out of nowhere with 0 label support and when LA saw she got some traction he quickly recommitted to her. I'm sill pissed she didn't promote the hell out of it with performances and paid for a radio deal out of her own pocket. A top ten would have been great and most reactions on her video were positive from non-fans. Everyone was surprised the song was actually good and that Mariah was still looking good nearning 50. She could have stuck it to LA with success but Stella didn't keep her booked. What late night show wouldn't book her, great performances is views. A screw up like NYE is ratings so they would have booked her. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 20:16)

Article: Mariah Carey is in The House after all, sort of (76,907) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Gosh I'm so over this, girl bye, this is last week's news. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 19:12)

Re: For the first time in a while (76,899) (76,906) by MusicfanJ from Germany I thought the same when I watched the clip where she is swimming. That's Mariah, please more of this. I love when she has fun, real fun. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 18:17)

Help (76,905) by Billy from Greece Does anyone remember any interviews where Mariah said that she thought that being famous would validate her existence? Thanks. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 18:03)

Re: 4th of July (76,892) (76,904) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Y'all need to stop making me feel like a flop lamb haha. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 18:03)

Re: For the first time in a while (76,902) (76,903) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No those are sharks, Stella is a leech. Haha. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 18:02)

Re: For the first time in a while (76,901) (76,902) by Lorenz from Barcelona, Spain Oh, is that Stella swimming with her? (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 16:35)

Re: For the first time in a while (76,899) (76,901) by SM from Citizen of the World I thought Stella was with her. Maybe I was wrong lol. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 15:29)

Re: 4th of July (76,893) (76,900) by B from USA I've always assumed those songs were written about Jeter. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 15:23)

For the first time in a while (76,899) by T from USA For the first time in a while Mariah is reminding me of the old Mariah. Her most recent Instagram pics of her swimming and the 4th of July shot has got me feeling Mariah emotions. And go figure, it's the first weekend she has spent away from Stella since 2015. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 14:01)

Favorite/most memorable Mariah vocal runs/riffs (76,898) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines This is gonna be hard: 10. Cry. - To me, her most recent memorable riff happens during this song's climax (third to the last singing of the word "and"). 9. Whenever You Call - One of the loveliest endings to a Mariah song ever. The second to the last singing of the word "call" that segues into the final singing of the song title. 8. Fantasy - Not exactly the most challenging one, but this invitation to Fantasy is so effectively good that they kept it for the official remix: intro before the beat kicks in. 7. Circles - Some of Mariah's most impressive runs are those that start as simply sung notes yet ascend to a whistle within milliseconds: final chorus ("and I don't think I can't make it without you..."). 6. Butterfly - Beautifully placed, hearing this is the aural equivalent of seeing a butterfly soar to the sky in slo-mo: after the bridge ("until you learn the way it feels to fly..."). 5. My All - Every single time Mariah sings the word "tonight". Seriously. Only a genius would be able to come up with such variety in a single song. This could be another list entirely. 4. Vision Of Love - The that iconic one that announced her arrival: outro ("and it was all..."). 3. Never Too Far - She has a lot of gorgeous skyscraping runs but this one is one of her most underrated: the final "oh" towards the end. 2. Can't Take That Away - That monumental one towards the end ("that shines brightly..."). 1. Lead The Way - You know it's that great when even the background music momentarily stops just to showcase it. Perhaps her most difficult one to replicate because of its speed and complexity - she goes through around 20 notes in just 4 seconds: final chorus ("and let it take over..."). Conclusion: nobody - and I mean that in all caps - riffs as well and inventively as Mariah. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 10:57)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey credit card (76,897) by Lara from Middle East As much as I'm surprised how Stella took Mariah's plane for her own vacation, I'm delighted that for the first time in almost 3 years they're more than 20 meters away from her. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 07:26)

Fluke is Stella's favorite word (76,896) by Manny from U.S. When I read that credit card article, I noticed how "fluke" was used. "When it happened at Louis Vuitton she thought it was a fluke." Mariah has been using the word fluke since she met Stella. I think she used it when asked about the New Year's fail and other times. I remember Stella using it before Mariah did. Stella find a new word when you write these fake tabloids. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 06:46)

Re: "I Don't" reached 19 million views, what do you think? (76,890) (76,895) by Malcolm from Asia I think the reason why JLo reaches that amount of views is because of how big latino market is and not really because of how great it is. She's a latin artist so reaching that huge amount of views is not that big of a deal because it's quite common among them. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 06:16)

Re: 4th of July (76,891) (76,894) by Lila from United States I love that line too. It's something about it that pulls me in. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 03:00)

Re: 4th of July (76,891) (76,893) by Dav from Ireland Yes, 4th of July is totally a follow on from Underneath the Stars. I'm going to listen to them back to back now. I wonder if these events happened? And who's the guy? Love The Beautiful ones and how she destroys the 2 lads. I always imagine I'm singing it in a competition and then I destroy my competitors. The only other skip on Buttrrfly for me is Babydoll. Always thought it was needy. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 02:15)

Re: 4th of July (76,885) (76,892) by Licia from USA Fourth of July has never been a song that grabbed me. The Beautiful Ones is my stuff though (shame on you Mimi L. for not loving the greatness, j/k) . I had faith that Mariah would do it justice, but I didn't know how the song would be with more than one person singing it. I was surprised at how well it came out. I absolutely love Dru Hill, but I was going to banish them and Mariah from the kingdom had they messed up one of my favorite Prince songs. I'm still angry at that mess Maroon 5 pulled recording Kiss. Lol. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 02:01)

Re: 4th of July (76,889) (76,891) by Bill from the UK The Beautiful Ones is such a poignant song with a really graceful delivery by Mariah. Don't really care too much for Dru Hill but Mariah's "if we got married" line still gets me every time. As for Fourth of July, never skipped it but always felt it a bit too syrupy for my tastes, but lyrically, as with everything on Butterfly, simply wonderful. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 01:09)

Re: "I Don't" reached 19 million views, what do you think? (76,831) (76,890) by Pau from Mexico 19M is good compared to the 8M from "Infinity". But compared to JLo's 500M for "Aint Your Mama", it's not good. Mariah is at #84 as one of the most viewed artist on Youtube. It's a good place, it says a lot about us as her fanbase and about her as a global icon because her newest songs didn't perfom well. Still, she needs a hit because she was #75 a year ago and 19M from "I Don't" is not enough. JLo is at #40 because when she releases a song she does really good. (Wednesday 5 July 2017; 00:55)

Re: 4th of July (76,885) (76,889) by Lila from United States FOJ is understandable but TBO? Lol. Mariah's and Dru Hill's rendition was amazing. My trying and failing miserably to sing along with them and hit all those notes is equally amazing. (Tuesday 4 July 2017; 22:54)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey credit card not declined while shopping (76,884) (76,888) by Lila from United States I think this separation is probably nothing but a fluke. Stella and kids were in the Bahamas but the kids most likely also wanted to spend time in Hawaii. Who knows, they'll probably fly back to the Bahamas after a few days. Da Brat has posted videos from Exumas so I think she's down there with Mariah. I'm just celebrating that an old friend, who still has so much love for her, and doesn't depend on her monetarily for everything is with her. It's the little things we have to hold onto. (Tuesday 4 July 2017; 22:37)

Re: Jazz album (76,881) (76,887) by Sarah from Netherlands Well nobody says you have to like it, of course. That would be stupid. But so is forming an opinion on a matter you have no knowledge of. And contemporary jazz actually does quite well on the charts, critically, commercially. You just won't find them in the same clumps of artists that make bubblegum pop. But if you look for vocalists, you'll find 'em. (Tuesday 4 July 2017; 22:29)

Re: 4th of July (76,885) (76,886) by Dennis from Miami, FL I always thought that 4OJ was an updated version of Underneath the Stars. For me it looks like Mariah did on Butterfly wahatever she was not able to do on Daydream. I like 4OJ more. (Tuesday 4 July 2017; 21:46)

Re: 4th of July (76,883) (76,885) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I also used to always skip over FOJ, I never really got into it. I'll probably go and listen to it again to see if I feel differently about it now, but yes "Butterfly" is perfection, the only 2 songs I skip on it are FOJ and TBO. But I wouldn't change anything about that album. It's a master piece. (Tuesday 4 July 2017; 21:06)

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