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Re: Six months on (79,513) (79,514) by Anonymous from UK To Martyn. Gonna spend time today reflecting on how much he made me smile. Til the end of time. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 12:16)

Six months on (79,513) by Andrew from UK Strangely, I'm in the same hotel I was when I found out. I wonder if that was a subconscious move? And last night I had a dream about a massive accident at an arena concert. And then I wake up to the news it is six months on since the Manchester atrocity. Little strange. But it's six month on since Martyn died. And that should be recognised somehow. Let's everyone drink to him and toast him tonight. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 07:28)

Re: I want some answers (79,510) (79,512) by Licia from USA What? They get most of their "facts" from Wikipedia where any and every one can edit the page to say what the want. Lol. This is definitely a big mystery and I need to know more. Something very big must have happened for her to finally let Stella go. This goes beyond Banaka Tanaka telling her to do it. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 02:34)

Re: I want some answers (79,508) (79,511) by SM from Citizen of the World All the money was probably getting to Stella's head so she started acting like a weirdo lol. But come on like her whole family was in on managing Mariah, that is just way too strange. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 01:43)

Re: I want some answers (79,508) (79,510) by RibbonB from USA Lol Wiki warriors? But yes this is tgs biggest mystery. It is all so very weird. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 01:32)

ROC Nation (79,509) by RibbonB from USA Good luck to Mimi with this new association. We may never know why she let Stella take over her life for the past few years, but at least this next seems somewhat more logical and likely to help rather than hurt. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 01:23)

I want some answers (79,508) by Licia from USA This is the one time I need Mariah to explain why she cut ties with a person. I need to know what woke her up after three years of damn near killing her image and allowing all the embarrassing shenanigans to take place for so long. What did Stella do? Was she empowering her pockets more than yours? What's the tea Mariah? Where are the Wikipedia Lamb Warriors that claim to know everything? I know you all have a story to tell. Lol. (Wednesday 22 November 2017; 01:13)

Thank you Jesus once again (79,507) by Marissa from USA I am here for this Roc Nation news. This is a relevant company that doesn't play around with their artists. Of course I am not expecting this to be a silver bullet because having the right team is only half of the battle, the other half is Mariah putting in the work, but because I know how easily influenced Mariah is by her team (for better or for worse, as we saw during the nightmare era) this could really push her in the right direction. I am excited to see what's next and proud of her for making these "money moves" lol. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 20:11)

Roc Nation / Christina (79,506) by Tameka walker from United states I am glad she is cleaning house. She needed to do this. Jay Z Roc Nation is a phenomenally ran company that is very professional. I am so glad she got rid of Stella. Stella nearly destroyed her and I am glad she is waking up and smelling the coffee. Mariah Carey has one of the best voices and pen game in the business. She needs a manager who knows what they are doing who can help get her where she used to be. Also I want to say is that when Christina came out she wanted to be the next Mariah Carey. Well she can sing but she is no Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey. Mariah to me is awesome, she to me has a better voice that is five octaves or more, she can hit notes Christina only dreams of. Plus Christina is not as a prolic songwriter like Mariah is. Mariah wrote 17 of her 18 number ones. So all in all Christina is no Whitney or Mariah. Christina has a great voice but that's it. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 20:05)

Article: Mariah Carey signs with Jay Z's Roc Nation (79,505) by Matthew from USA This is good news. As others have pointed out, Jay-Z and Roc Nation fit the target audience for hip-hop and R&B. But most importantly, when Jay-Z drops new material, products or music, you don't see him everywhere promoting it, but it still gets promoted. I think Mariah is on exactly the same page. She fell out with Benny, Randy and JD as managers because they were all on the "you need to make the rounds" old school mentality. Clearly, Mariah has no interest in getting on the hamster wheel and doing the hustle. She's been there, done that. She's at a stage of life where she wants to be able to record quality material, make a few quality appearances in support of it, and have marketing do some heavy pushing. Quality over quantity (she is especially in need of quality after Stella). I think Jay-Z gets that, so I'm optimistic about this pairing. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 18:34)

Roc Nation (79,504) by Mara from United States Well, I hope this is a good thing. I am cautiously optimistic. What I do think is that Stella will keep her trap shut and turn around like a dog with its tail between his legs. Maybe M felt a sort of loyalty or protection from Jay that she is longing right now since this mess. She may feel Stella will back down and not mess with M if she is associated with JayZ. Maybe she sees how everything with Beyoncé gets shut down instantly and is craving that now. If that is tied to it at all in regards to her decision, I hope it applies to MC as well. I hope this all goes the way M envisions. Very excited to see Mariah at her first show. She is going to come back looking amazing. Let's hope there are no bodysuits this time. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 17:17)

Roc Nation (79,503) by T from USA I think this is the best possible news. It's a management company that's in line with the image of music Mariah wants to create. My only concern is that every manager Mariah has ever had has ended with a bad break up. I wouldn't want her to loose her friendship with Jay Z or worse, make enemies behind the scenes with people that could make her career missarable (she already did that once with Tommy). Still, I'm excited that a legend finally hires professionals to handle her stuff. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 14:09)

Re: Roc Nation (79,499) (79,502) by Licia from USA I didn't see the part about branding. I just hope whatever she's doing it is putting a fire under her to get back to the greatness I know she can be. I also hope this new management deal helps with overhauling her image. I don't recall her image ever being this bad. Of course she's had some low points, but this is the lowest. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 13:44)

Roc Nation (79,501) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) The Roc Nation deal is representation for management only she is still signed to Epic. This move is a great because the team at Roc Nation understands branding and work with their artists and I really believe that will be beneficial to MC because these are professionals who want to see their artists and make the best decisions in regards to building and expanding their reach. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 12:55)

Wendy talks about Mariah Carey's new manager (79,500) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Have you seen (or heard, as it is just audio) this? First of all, this woman is the very definition of "fairweather fan". But she does manage to raise some interesting points. Unless the goal is to make people care about her like it was 1995, Mariah's career is easier to manage now because the demand for her isn't what it was 10 years ago, not because of Wendy's dumb reason. I agree that Bryan is also just a phase in Mariah's life, and that he has no business meddling in a legend's life, but then again she lets him, so lucky him. The most divisive thing Wendy said was that Mariah should stop making new music because her catalogue is already good enough. Partially true - if by "no one" she means a good chunk of the current music-buying population, and if by "stop" she means stop making sub-par songs like Infinity and Infamous. I truly believe Mariah still has it in her to make a great album. If Janet Jackson at 49 was able to bounce back (at least quality-wise) in 2015 after having two artistically and critically dry efforts released in 2006 and 2008, I don't see why Mariah can't. And Wendy must just shut up. She may be able to squeeze iotas of truth and sense out of the shady mess that gushes out of her mouth, but we could come up with better versions of those on our own and we definitely don't need them spoonfed to us by her. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 12:50)

Re: Roc Nation (79,492) (79,499) by Sarah from Netherlands True. But that's why I specifically mentioned brand management, not music. If Mariah's still hell bent on working with contemporary rappers, I'm hoping this deal will put J.Cole on her radar. That man's music has substance. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 12:48)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey's new single sells 3,400 copies (79,475) (79,498) by B from USA It's not a typical Mariah Carey single. Roger is a miserable old [censored]. He's a Cindy loyalist so there must be some bad blood between Mariah and Cindy. The Star's sales will increase the closer it gets to Christmas. Hopefully, Epic sends it to AC radio and Gospel. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 12:13)

Re: One Sweet Day 100 million views (79,481) (79,497) by B from USA One Sweet Day is still played at funerals and memorials. When I think of a loved one I've lost I watch the video. It's sad yet uplifting. I would have thought ABMB would have been the first Daydream video to reach 100 million views because it's still being played on the radio. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 12:00)

Christina's shade of Mariah's voice: karma (79,496) by Sheila from United States Whitney Houston in her [...] was perfection. Have you seen "Greatest love of all at [...] 25"? Her Brazil concert where she slayed I Have Nothing. Glennis Grace should have done that performance and Christina should have just sang "Every woman". Shaded Mariah when she said, "Oh Mariah, but I can say she is a good songwriter." (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 11:59)

Re: Roc Nation (79,492) (79,495) by B from USA Roc Nation makes most of its money from touring and merchandise. Besides, Jay is Mariah's friend and I highly doubt he's expecting her to sell like she did in the 90's or 2005. He needs to book Mariah several live performances on tv. Maybe he can get her to focus on her artistry and music and drop the diva act. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 11:45)

Mariah Carey signs with Jay Z's Roc Nation (79,494) by B from USA What about her Epic deal? Did she just sign with the Roc Nation management? Maybe we'll finally get a Mariah and Beyonce duet. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 11:38)

Re: Article: All I Want For Christmas Is You returns to the top 40 (79,487) (79,493) by MusicfanJ from Germany Me too. It needs to be number 1. I'm sure one day it will happen. Would be a nice Christmas gift for Mariah if it happens this year. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 11:26)

Re: Roc Nation (79,490) (79,492) by Licia from USA If this is true I hope it works out for her. I can't really say that it will automatically work because it's Jay-Z though. In the past if artists that he's brought in didn't become uber successful while working with him, he tended to drop all association with these artists (Tierra Marie and Amil for example). Again I hope it works. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 11:25)

Roc Nation (79,491) by SM from Citizen of the World This is the best news. I am so happy for Mariah, so happy. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 10:16)

Roc Nation (79,490) by Sarah from Netherlands So the latest is that Mariah signed with Rocafella. Say what you will about Jay Z and his, but if there's one thing this man understands it's brand management. This could be really really good. (Tuesday 21 November 2017; 09:24)

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