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Hero music video (78,474) by J from USA A lot of the fans are missing the point. Who is expecting Mariah to dance? I've never had. I want everyone to look at the Hero music video, she didn't move an inch but yet the whole crowd was mesmerized because of that voice, that voice itself had stage presence alone. What I'm trying to get a lot of you to understand is for the past decade Mariahs stage presence went extinct. She has none whatsoever. Like I swear she literally has someone in her ear monitor telling her where to look, where to walk, etc. Half the time she performs she looks like she is in space, mentally checked out. She really needs to look at her earlier performances to at least recapture the magic she once had on stage as well as the command. (Thursday 21 September 2017; 01:20)

Re: Just to say... (78,468) (78,473) by Licia from USA Lol. Bill of course it had to be you. (Thursday 21 September 2017; 00:59)

Re: She's completely lost it (78,424) (78,472) by BLEUX ROGUE from U. S. A. Thank you. I love her so much but I agree 100%. She's lost her luster and her legend diva icon status is tarnishing thanks to Stella. She needs a five year go away vacation. (Thursday 21 September 2017; 00:35)

Re: She's completely lost it (78,424) (78,471) by BLEUX ROGUE from U. S. A. Thank you. I love her so much but I agree 100%. She's lost her luster and her legend diva icon status is tarnishing thanks to Stella. She needs a five year go away vacation. (Thursday 21 September 2017; 00:35)

Mamariah (78,470) by tracey from australia Ah. Mariah hate all over on here, Bryan hate all over, you all know what she should be doing, what she shouldn't be doing and have the answers to her never ending career like you have been in the business for life, but you know what she doesn't care, he doesn't care and neither of them know any of you. (Thursday 21 September 2017; 00:23)

Re: Occult (78,467) (78,469) by Terna from Nigeria Bluex if that was the case, that Satan could give people a voice like Mariah's there would be a thousand females with her voice, talent and songwriting skills now won't there? But we all know better. Sorry to discredit your information source but that's a load of b.s. Lol. Only God can give such talent that would be one in infinity. Same with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross etc. People have way too much time on their hands these days. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 23:45)

Just to say... (78,468) by Bill from the UK Migrate should have been a single. Sorry, it's just it has been a while since anyone said that. Carry on. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 23:21)

Occult (78,467) by BLEUX ROGUE from U. S. A. I've heard these stories many times before about Mariah's mom being a satanist. How she sold Mariah's soul to Satan in exchange for her "vocal abilities" and fir fame and fortune. Many say the devil came for payback, didn't get it and MC is now paying for a debt not paid. A once stellar career in shambles, losing her once pristine voice to sound mediocre etc etc. who knows. Stranger things have happened. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 23:02)

Mary J. Blige - What's the 411? remix (lyrics) (78,466) by Billy from Greece I never noticed the lyrics before (Biggie's part): "I'd probably go to jail for [censored] Patti LaBelle. Ooh Regina Belle, she'd probably do me swell. Jasmine Guy was fly, Mariah Carey's kinda scary. Wait a minute, what about my honey Mary?" (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 22:56)

Re: Is Queen Mariah ready to retire? (78,452) (78,465) by RibbonB from USA She only seems to be done with her former quality musical career and she seems to have settled for a shallow, lazy reality show level of fame. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 22:35)

Re: Article: Mariah is stiff as a board in Hip Hop Honors performance (78,460) (78,464) by May from Denmark She is neither 80 years old having a cane or obese. She is chubby but not fat, she is not even 50 yet. Surely she can do one, two, three steps. The annoying thing is that she looked great, the stage was nice with the dancers and the theme, loved the jet ski and the helicopter props (which were hardly used), she sang well even if it was pre recorded or truly live or with some lippy, it was good nonetheless, but all that was overshadowed but her standing, being held and walked around few steps. All the headlines and the fans noticed that. I hope she takes this as a wake up call and we can move on to better times. I'm hoping that new music might eclipse all these underwhelming performances. I thought that while somewhat weak "Infamous" sounded good, "I don't" had something going on for it, very catchy, would have loved a dark video like that photoshoot she did where she sits in the throne with the masked men, the video we got was meh, and her last mix with Montana was pleasant. I believe she still can produce and write good tunes, I don't think she is very invested in it, her life right now seems weird, Tanaka, the kids here and there, that clan of troll looking women, what up. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 20:38)

Mariah 1990-2010 (78,463) by T from USA These 20 years were the golden years of MC. Part of me wishes she stepped away fully after MCIIY. Had her children and came back for her 25th anniversary to re-release #1's (with #Beautiful and Dedicated as the bonus tracks) and that's it. It would've been a storied ending to her career. Now year by year she's earasing everything she worked so hard for. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 20:23)

Re: VH1 (78,457) (78,462) by May from Denmark Mimi yes to all you said. So right. What happened to Anthony? Did they fire him, did he quit? He could make Mariah dance. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 20:18)

Re: VH1 (78,455) (78,461) by MusicfanJ from Germany Completley agree with Bliss. I just watched the performance and my first thought was, it seems that she isn't able to move. Not natural at all. It looks more like that than laziness. Who knows what's really going on? After her shoulder injury she seemed to have lost her confidence and won't move live on stage anymore. I do think it's a combination of private problems (the divorce, maybe medication and so on) and real health issues. The show concept with the helicopter and jet ski was nice. But she clearly isn't herself since a while. And nobody seems to help her or even try. A second breakdown could be worse than the first. She has given so much with her music, she deserves to be happy and loved. I think she's heartbroken plus the health issues. But what can we fans do? I'm hoping the best for her, I MC. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 19:32)

Article: Mariah is stiff as a board in Hip Hop Honors performance (78,460) by musshu1981 from spain Looks like you all forget Mariah was 25 years old when the MSG, and now she is 47, and with a few more pounds and years, you all like criticize her a lot. Do you know she is human right? She can't stay like in the 90s forever people. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 19:21)

Article: Mariah is stiff as a board in Hip Hop Honors performance (78,459) by Ignacio Pineda from United States I love Mariah Carey with all my heart and she's my forever idol, but I will be the first to admit her performances are very bleack. You can tell she doesn't even want to be there. Personally, I think she needs to cut back on her drinking because it's almost like she's just standing there drunk. She's not 24 anymore and her outfits need to change. I love her music and I listen to her every day. I'm a forever lamb, but that doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here and applaud all the BS she's doing lately. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 18:07)

What the hell is going on with Mariah? (78,458) by John from USA I'm actually embarrassed to be a fan of hers right now. I have been a fan of her for twenty years. I had always knew the name "Mariah Carey" starting around the Daydream era, but became hooked during the Butterfly era. I've seen her live on all her tours from Rainbow and on. Played the crap out of "I Don't", still love that song. Everytime Mariah used to have a new single out (especially a lead single), it would be epic. She'd have great videos, promote the hell out of it, perform it everywhere, actually sing live, give proper interviews, come across as hard-working/likeable/talk about her new album. I feel like that woman is completely gone. I have no idea who this woman is now. I completely understand we all have blunders, but she has not been able to pull it together since the E=MC2 era. I feel like that era was our last chance for a proper and successful era, but after TMB, we had the wrong single choices, she fell off the face of the Earth and abandoned that album (her marriage to Nick really isn't an excuse, because that was a great album with many potential hits) and her career has never recovered. And it's at the point now where I don't even think Mariah is capable of having a Cher-like comeback with just one solid hit single (even if the album it's on doesn't sell well itself). I feel like the general public just resents her, and I'm almost starting to resent her because I feel like it's all self-imposed and I know the quality of an artist/performer she once was. If she is truly having physical or mental health problems, then I definitely do sympathize, but she needs to stop showing up to things, take some time out of the spotlight, and address them head on. I am terrified that even if she does do this, we're already at the point of no return. Radio won't touch her and the general public and even other celebs have lost virtually all respect for her. She could do no wrong in the 90s, and she had a chance in the 00's to reclaim a certain level of that success (she did for a while with TEOM and TMB), but E=MC2 started the downfall of one of the greatest artists of all time. But as she said during that speech about Whitney, "We'll always have the music." (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 17:45)

Re: VH1 (78,455) (78,457) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Bryan is the absolute worst creative director because he doesn't push Mariah enough. Anthony used to push her. Bryan just lets her be stiff and make a fool of herself while he shows off his same old tired moves and I'm so sick of their little dip and pull move. They overused it so much including in that cringeworthy MW gazebo "confession" moment. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 17:20)

Re: Is Queen Mariah ready to retire? (78,452) (78,456) by Licia from USA If that's the case then she should just go ahead and retire and stop doing these big gigs. Although I'm not ready for her to retire from music, I'd understand if she decided to stop performing. We all know that this wouldn't last forever. Like another poster pointed out, I don't want her to continue to embarrass herself if she's no longer feeling it. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 17:12)

Re: VH1 (78,455) by bliss! from Brazil Is Mariah having coordination problems? In the beginning of the performance, as she gets onto the stage and unzips her bodysuit she looks so uncomfortable and visibly slow. It gives the impression that she's medicated or doesn't know where she is. It's the first time I'm actually worried about her health. On a note, for people who said that Mariah is not known to move a lot on stage, what can we say about this unique performance of SOS Band - Just be good to me? Of course I'm not expecting her to do this ever again, but maybe it's time to stop worrying about ensembles, choreographies, Tanaka and looking cute, and just spend some time at home until she's able to deliver an average performance where we don't feel so bad or worried about her. I'm also scared about a second breakdown and I do think after her divorce, she was never able to get it back together again (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 17:04)

Re: Is Queen Mariah ready to retire? (78,452) (78,454) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I do not think Mariah is ready to retire. She lives for the fame and it's not necessarily bad but it is true. If she wasn't into it she wouldn't keep inviting paparazzi and staging stunts and doing made up shows and all that. She knows the moment she steps down she'll no longer have it after a point because people will move on. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 16:58)

Re: VH1 (78,450) (78,453) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter After seeing all the articles and meltdowns on twitter I was expecting the worst but it wasn't as bad. I've seen worse from her in recent years. This atleast looked high quality/budget with the block party theme, the elaborate props and her energetic collaborators. The gimmicks really worked to minimize Mariah's awkwardness, usually it doesn't. But yes I do hope she gets her stage presence back. She won't always be surrounded by so many people on stage to keep it popping. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 16:54)

Is Queen Mariah ready to retire? (78,452) by Sheila from United States Why do I think Mariah is tired and ready to retire? Maybe just ready to retire and raise her kids and do spot dates here and there. Has Mariah given up? I do thank VH1 and Mona Scott for showing her love on the Hip Hop Honors, she deserves all this love. Maybe she has grown up with us and like us she's ready to move on from the spotlight. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 16:02)

Hip hop honors (78,451) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) The production seemed very rushed this year like VH1, Mona Scott Young and the other involved through everything together. I feel it should have been at least a two hour board cast and the budget was cheap other than Missy and MC with her props and special guests. Honestly last years production was put on better in my opinion. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 14:21)

Re: VH1 (78,447) (78,450) by Hilton from USA I agree with you Mimi. I didn't think it was that bad. Yes she could have moved more but she didn't. Oh well, too bad, so sad. I'm moving right along. Keep doing you MC. (Wednesday 20 September 2017; 14:15)

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