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Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,935) (76,939) by Edouard from France Yes, yes, yes, titally [sic] agree with you. Plus Mariah clearlu [sic] has widden [sic] our musical horizon by doing so. I have discovered and love most of the original songs she has borrowed a sample from. (Friday 7 July 2017; 02:08)

Re: Mathew "the truth of this rumor" (76,934) (76,938) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya no one is buying that story, but the whole "Mariah is sitting on a bottomless jar of money" is a stretch. Don't forget Michael Jackson went broke even after owning his own catalogue and the Beatles. Johnny Depp is in a financial crisis and there are countless other celebs like that. I don't think Mariah is broke but she certainly isn't financially invincible otherwise she wouldn't be picking up these random advertisements of dating apps and dog walking services among other things. (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:41)

Petty post (76,937) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This is just me being messy and petty but Stella posted like 6 photos (out of which a few are re-cropped versions of the same photo) and captioned each of them with some "empower your bull crap" mess, like girl, you are all basically standing in the lobby of a hotel, the pictures are all from the same series with the same exact pose, we get it, you are empowering everyone, quit making it sound like you have achieved something huge (apart from scamming Mariah). (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:02)

Article: Mariah Carey is in The House after all, sort of (76,936) by Betty from Canada I can understand why MC did not want to do the cameo as scripted. Who would agree to being killed in a casino, even if it is in a movie, when you are scheduled to perform in one? Plus she's not portraying a character, she is appearing as herself, so it is completely reasonable to not want to be killed. (Friday 7 July 2017; 01:02)

Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,918) (76,935) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines There are artists who use samples and make them count. On the other hand, there are also those who just lazily slap them on the track. Mariah is one of the former. She chooses samples for a reason yet makes sure that the other parts of the song hold their own as well, unlike other artists and producers who just let the sample do all the work by turning it into the song's hook, and Wild Thoughts is the perfect example of that. Mariah really knows her way around a sample - she understands that borrowing sounds from other songs a) is costly, b) is a responsibility to both the artist she borrowed from and the public, and c) should be justified by the final product. Mad respect to her for that. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:54)

Re: Mathew "the truth of this rumor" (76,931) (76,934) by Licia from USA Oh gosh. None of us actually believes this story, but don't act like just because it's Mariah Carey that it can't happen. It can happen if money is being spent quicker than she can get a gig to make the money back. Lol. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:27)

J.Lo relevance debatable (76,933) by Nikki from usa That girl sure has access to the Latino market, but that doesn't mean much. Her last biggest hit was due to controversy and jumping on Bey's bandwagon while it was still hot, not Latino devotees. Her songs before "Mama" didn't go anywhere and her album sold worse than MC's album despite her never ending promotional blitz. I agree with those who mentioned J.Lo's only getting views for sex appeal and PitBull appearances. I'm really proud of Mariah's #Beautiful for doing as well as it did. She went her own way with a feature from a newbie who's never even cracked the top 50 of Billboard's Hot 100 by his lonesome before, and with no label support. I think that proves good music still can speak for itself. "I Don't" had more possibilities if MC had promoted it herself. Speaking of good music and possibilities, Angel's Cry hit the 97 million mark and is on its way to being her next over 100 million viewed video. I also feel the need to remind everyone caught up in The House drama flop that Mariah starred as the mayor in the Batman Lego movie this year and it grossed over 310 million. (Friday 7 July 2017; 00:21)

Christmas "instead"? (76,932) by Nikki from usa Are we sure there's an instead? It's supposed to be 6 days in Vegas. But, there's no real mention of whether she's forfeiting NY for Vegas. Mariah usually does a lot of Christmas "gigs" starting in November before her NY shows start. Last year she did 4 gigs before launching her reality show and Mac line. Maybe she's just trading in the gigs for a week and a half at Vegas before NY. All the better if we can get a show aired live on TV. That would be epic. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 23:55)

Re: Mathew "the truth of this rumor" (76,931) by Nikki from usa I'd like to know exactly what makes this rumor true? Wishful thinking? Radar is a tabloid that's wrong 70% of the time. They reported this story claiming Mariah was shopping on Rodeo Drive while she's been out of the country for the past 3 weeks and used a recent picture of her shopping in Paris. People like Mariah don't have limits on their credit cards. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 23:46)

Lullaby (76,930) by Billy from Greece Such an addictive song. Purely sublime. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 23:33)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,925) (76,929) by Licia from USA That's very true Bill. Lol. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 22:23)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,924) (76,928) by MusicfanJ from Germany I wonder too. Oh yes, NY is perfect for Christmas. When was the last time Mariah was "seen" in New York? Does she still own this wonderful penthouse in New York City? I understand that Mariah may not like the weather there (too cold) but it's her hometown. I wish she would spend a little more time there (without her entourage). (Thursday 6 July 2017; 21:24)

Thank you B and Warrior Butterfly (76,927) by Billy from Greece Thank you for responding. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 20:36)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,925) (76,926) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha, Bill needs to be banned like Edward from USA. You all play too much. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 20:24)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,923) (76,925) by Bill from the UK I'm sure the backing tracks and pre-records will all be in place by then. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 19:50)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,923) (76,924) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I too remember hearing about it and was not pleased. Christmas in Vegas just doesn't sound good, I mean NY was perfect for it. I wonder what made her change it. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 19:31)

Re: Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,922) (76,923) by Licia from USA I heard this months ago. I am slightly surprised that she's doing it in Vegas instead of New York though. It's become sort of a expectation for her to be in NY. I'm more concerned with how she's going to be able to handle the last Vegas shows and the tour vocally. I didn't realize that they were so close together. In my opinion three days isn't enough time to prepare. Maybe that was enough back in the day, but not now. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 16:27)

Chriatnas [sic] in Vegas? (76,922) by B from USA Is Mariah really going to do her annual Christmas shows in Vegas this year instead of NY? I was so looking forward to seeing her in NY this December. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 15:10)

Blackish (76,921) by B from USA I was watching Blackish the other night and they were arguing about who wrote All I Want For Christmas Is You (it was a Christmas episode). The grandparents thought it was a cover of a 70's song until the son told them Mariah wrote it. Sadly most people still think it's a cover. I laughed out loud when one of the character said all Mariah wants for Christmas is to go back in time to fix her prenup with Cannon. Maybe she's taking on all these side projects because she's paying him spousal support. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 14:53)

Re: "I Don't" reached 19 million views, what do you think? (76,916) (76,920) by B from USA Lets be honest, people aren't watching J.Lo's videos for the music. They're watching to look at her body. If Mariah was in Touch My Body shape when she filmed all of her videos she'd be able to reach the same demographics JLo does. Horny boys and men. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 14:41)

Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,917) (76,919) by Bill from the UK I Know What You Want is a great example of just that. I wonder what happened with the new Busta collar? (Thursday 6 July 2017; 14:28)

Re: Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,917) (76,918) by MusicfanJ from Germany It's funny that you mentioned the "Maria Maria" sample because I thought the same, it's the best part of the song. And the kids have no idea how beautiful the original song is. Lol Rihanna sounds as usually not good. Her singing reminds me of a female duck in some parts. I hope Mariah will not go that route, if I want to hear bubble-gum pop or uninspired, overproduced Rnb I can switch to the radio or music tv. Like B. said I want a Mariah song. As simple as said. I'm tired of the guest-rappers. And I don't need this DJ Khaled and other hip Djs. It would be ok for two or three songs on an album but I really need a heartfelt song with great lyrics. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 13:54)

Wild Thoughts / chorus girl Mariah (76,917) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I get the appeal of the song, it's okay though it's a blatant attempt at capitalizing on this renewed interest for Latin-tinged music and tropical beats, but that's only due to the brilliant sampling of Santana's Maria Maria. Without it, the whole thing falls apart. I have always felt iffy about Mariah's own songs where she was relegated to the role of chorus girl, but sometimes I feel like she should do what Rihanna does these days and jump into guest spots for songs from hot producers. It does sound desperate, but at least it would somehow widen her horizons a bit and work with people outside her usual circle. Calvin Harris just dropped the summer album of the year that's funk-oriented, and he has songs in there where Ariana and Katy sings like 2-3 lines repeatedly. I wouldn't mind if Mariah did that these days. I mean she already did Why You Mad, so I assume there is no way that things will get any worse than that. I mean this idea of unlikely collaborations and this hip-pop thing may not be something she invented, but is something that she brought to the mainstream in the form of Fantasy. So why not own that and take advantage of it, show everybody that nobody can beat her at her own game? (Thursday 6 July 2017; 12:47)

Re: "I Don't" reached 19 million views, what do you think? (76,912) (76,916) by Malcolm from Asia Do you think she will reach this huge amount of views and following without the latino market? Because for me it is a big part for her so called comeback in 2011. What I'm trying to say is it's quite unfair to compare the views of JLo to Mariah because JLo has this another market that caters with that. I admire JLo's hard work and professionalism though. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 06:17)

1990 microphone (76,915) by Warrior Butterfly from USA Anyone know what kind of microphone Mariah is holding. (Thursday 6 July 2017; 03:10)

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