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About Terna from Nigeria: Fan since 1998 - The "Butterfly" Era. However my Fave Era ever? will always be - The Emancipation of Mimi, if you're a true Lamb, you know.

Andrea Martin (98,670) by Terna from Nigeria I can't believe she's passed, so suddenly too. This news hit me like a tonne of bricks, maybe it was covid-19 related. She's one of the few songwriters that defined the 90's and early 2000's. Damn the Legends are dying off. (Wednesday 29 September 2021; 20:21)

Re: Hero 2021 (98,652) (98,667) by Terna from Nigeria No Robert. Just no. She's never going to top Proctor's performance of that song, and should not be trying to re-record it. Even the 2009 version she did came across as "iffy" and too cautious. (Tuesday 28 September 2021; 21:11)

Re: Rarities 2 (98,644) (98,656) by Terna from Nigeria Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that. Either that or just play "To The Floor". (Friday 24 September 2021; 19:27)

Re: Mariah singing as a child (98,638) (98,641) by Terna from Nigeria Oh my, I always wondered this too. Especially how her voice has constantly kept changing yet remaining the same, it lost some qualities along the way and then gained others. Mariah has the most intriguing voice I have ever heard. (Tuesday 21 September 2021; 19:44)

Re: Rarities 2 (98,637) (98,640) by Terna from Nigeria Haha, I'm guessing that would be Special K, she rarely posts but most likely checks in from time to time to read comments, kinda like how most who don't comment often do. (Tuesday 21 September 2021; 19:37)

Re: Rarities 2 (98,624) (98,635) by Terna from Nigeria I have a feeling that we're going to get songs from the years that were skipped on the first CD, I think from about 1997 to year 2000 and then again all the other years. Wow. She's got so much unreleased music, recall that demo CD she was rumoured to be working on? That too could see the light of day. I would melt if she released "Sky Diving", do you know just how much I [love] that song? To me it kind of picks up where "Underneath The Stars" left off (insinuating even the best things, come to an end relationships included). Even in it's demo form, [it] is a standout song. (Monday 20 September 2021; 17:15)

Pressure (98,596) by Terna from Nigeria "Pressure", [a] new song by Ari Lennox, is a total [bop]. I was pleasantly surprised. She's giving substance, attitude, and most of all personality on this track. The song definitely is a standout from all the crap being churned out. Produced by Jermaine and co, [seems] there's hope after all. (Saturday 11 September 2021; 12:59)

Re: Music now (98,584) (98,592) by Terna from Nigeria Check out Diana Ross's [new song] "If The World Just Danced". I kinda love it. (Does this woman have a bad song when you really check? I don't think she does.) And yeah I don't really even checkout new music at this point, everything is in the same key, same beats, same voices, same auto-tuned soulless crap - listen to one, you've heard them all. The music doesn't have color anymore. It's so unfortunate. Seems Mariah Carey's gonna have to save music again for the third time. Haha. (Thursday 9 September 2021; 17:05)

Re: Lead The Way (98,574) (98,577) by Terna from Nigeria I always thought this was one of her most engaging and creative vocal performances ever, the way the song just builds steadily and climaxes. She really begun exploring new ways of singing songs in the late 90's and early 2000s that had a "wow" effect like the verse she sang on the "Make it last" remix of "Thank God I found You" and the live version of "O Holy Night" - very unexpected and unpredictable. By "The Emancipation of Mimi", she's an expert with this style of singing which we hear on songs like "Mine Again", "We Belong Together", "Joy Ride" and "Circles". (Sunday 5 September 2021; 10:18)

Re: Post Malone (98,545) (98,548) by Terna from Nigeria At this point, I'm not looking forward to any more rap collaborations. At this point, that rap thingy is so tired. It is time for Mariah to do something out of the box. (Thursday 26 August 2021; 00:41)

Re: Aaliyah 20 - August 25th (98,535) (98,538) by Terna from Nigeria That's so heartbreaking. I recall the "More Than a Woman" video dropped after her death and I liked it so much more than "Rock The Boat". (Saturday 21 August 2021; 20:25)

Re: Aaliyah 20 - August 25th (98,528) (98,533) by Terna from Nigeria I'm still not over her death. Such potential, she was just getting started. Smh. Worst still is there's actually video footage of her last day - the day of the plane crash on YouTube. (Thursday 19 August 2021; 20:45)

Re: Christmas secrecy (98,530) (98,532) by Terna from Nigeria Remember when last she went missing in action back in 2004? And then we got "The Emancipation Of Mimi". Exactly. (Thursday 19 August 2021; 20:38)

Take a little trip vs. Giving me Life (98,531) by Terna from Nigeria Did Mariah Carey and Dev Hynes [sample] Minnie Riperton on her song "Take a Little Trip" for "Giving me Life"? Sure sounds melodically very similar. (Thursday 19 August 2021; 19:39)

Re: Collaborations (98,521) (98,523) by Terna from Nigeria Honestly, I really don't care for Duets with Mariah and other artists period. I have found out that my best Mariah Carey songs are rarely the duets and more when she's alone on the track. Something about her sound, talent and gifting strikes me as larger than life and doesn't quite merge well with other artists, I guess this is what Chaka Khan meant when she said "artists are like planets and not everyone is compatible". Lol. A few times she's gotten it right - the duets that is with Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men and Miguel. (Tuesday 17 August 2021; 21:24)

Re: Mariah's voice (98,408) (98,413) by Terna from Nigeria Hello Andrew, troll account much. Smh. [Webmaster: This account had already been deleted.] (Thursday 22 July 2021; 03:21)

Mariah's voice (98,406) by Terna from Nigeria I [love] this woman so I am not gonna bash her nor rehash what she could've done different then, I respect her enough to acknowledge she was young, made mistakes like we all have and did the best she could at the time. What I wanna see Mariah do now is seek professional help. Ditch the bubbly and become more disciplined and dedicated to her craft and instrument. Yes Mariah you're a songwriter but you are also a [singer] and not just a singer, but a [vocalist] of the highest caliber and one third of the vocal trinity. I [still] believe in her gift, talent and writing abilities a hundred percent. (Wednesday 21 July 2021; 17:21)

Re: One More Try (98,301) (98,314) by Terna from Nigeria I guess that would be the fact that vinyl is an analog sound and so that digital over compression on her vocals would be absent. I really don't care for that song though not hers nor his version. (Sunday 4 July 2021; 23:37)

Re: Nick, why oh why? (98,239) (98,242) by Terna from Nigeria I actually feel you hit the nail on the head - it's attention seeking at this point. Nick messed up, he let his dad's opinions on what [manhood] means to mess up his dream marriage and filed for divorce from Mariah in 2014. That divorce stunt is really what messed Mariah's MIAM [era] up and everything went south (damn you Nick that record had so much potential). In hind sight now he must be full of regret and all these kids with different women is his way of being passive aggressive maybe or an indicator to a deeper issue. Either way, Mariah's done with him and he knows this. (Tuesday 22 June 2021; 20:21)

Re: Worst song ever made? Triumphant (98,210) (98,213) by Terna from Nigeria I love "Triumphant" too, matter of fact with the very first [listen]. For me the chorus and vocal performance at the end made up for the fact that she didn't do the verses which I didn't mind at all. I don't know why the Lambily rebelled on that one. Haha. It also makes a good workout song for jump rope. (Saturday 19 June 2021; 09:15)

New Mariah Carey era (98,209) by Terna from Nigeria Honestly, after all the success she's had and major [hits], I honestly don't think we've seen the best of her yet. There's still at least one major, massive (all caps) era left in her and I have a feeling were about to witness it, but she needs a team that believes in the music and is capable, kinda like during the "Emancipation of Mimi" era. The music too has to deliver as well as her vocals - top notch quality as expected when it comes to a Mariah Carey record. Caution came close, but lacked vocally, was too brief and haphazardly promoted. (Friday 18 June 2021; 21:08)

Re: Worst song ever made? Triumphant (98,198) (98,208) by Terna from Nigeria So we're just gonna pretend like "To The Floor", "Stay Long Love You" (such trash), "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life"(hideosity at its finest) and Irresistible don't exist right? Now those are the real worst of her career and I know I can speak on the behalf of the Lambily on this one. Haha. (Friday 18 June 2021; 20:48)

Re: Undeniable MC (98,178) (98,207) by Terna from Nigeria I agree with you on this one, Mariah's sound is deeply rooted in everything she does musically, her choice of melodies, chords, vocals and even song arrangement is very distinct so much so that she's identifiable even when she isn't the performing artist. A very good example are the songs she's written for other artists - "Allure", "Faith Hill" to name a few. Immediately I heard those songs I thought to myself that they were "Mariahesque" so to speak which I later confirmed. (Friday 18 June 2021; 20:21)

Re: Wedding song (98,166) (98,174) by Terna from Nigeria "Joy Ride", "Music Box", "With You" and "Whenever you call" come to mind. (Tuesday 15 June 2021; 12:25)

Re: The lyrics (98,149) (98,158) by Terna from Nigeria Oh, I didn't know that but now it totally explains the disjoint which by the way after a few spins isn't as obvious. The song definitely gets better the more you listen to it, which is a good thing. (Saturday 12 June 2021; 11:09)

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