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Another small rant (51,707) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So wasn't there a rumor that MC is re-recording her #1's as duets? Her tracklist is not showing any duet apart from the originals. So what happened to that? If she was re-recording them, then I'd probably be fine with just one new song (even though I'd prefer at least 4 new tracks) because at least the songs would be updated versions. Now I am just confused. What's going on? (Monday 13 April 2015; 16:32)

Album cover (51,706) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I never understand why people make such a big deal out of a CD/magazine cover being heavily photoshopped. I agree with the person who said that if I was on a CD/magazine cover, I'd make them photoshop it until I look flawless and enviable. I'm sorry but it's an artwork, nobody claimed it's a candid shot. So no one is lying. It's not a deception. And what would MC really get by putting on her real body on the cover? She'll be made fun of eitherways. People fat shame her on a daily basis. People are photoshop-shaming her now. I'd rather look fabulous (even if it is with the help of photoshop) and be made fun of rather than have a bad photo circulated. I don't think anyone in this day and age is naive enough to not know that every photoshoot is heavily photoshopped. My two cents. I don't care about the photoshop, what pissed me off is that she included only one new song on this album. (Monday 13 April 2015; 16:28)

Album (51,701) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What? Just one new song? Why is Mariah being such a miser? (Monday 13 April 2015; 16:18)

Baby (51,689) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When was this interview done? (Monday 13 April 2015; 14:14)

HomeSlice (51,681) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am glad some one else notices these apart from me haha. Most people think the same font has been used for her name on the album/single covers all these 25 years (except for the obvious change in E=MC2). But I have always noticed that they changed the font when she went to Island and the change started from Charmbracelet and was there until MIAM. Now she is back to the old font used in her Sony days. The fonts look really similar, but are slightly different. (Monday 13 April 2015; 5:54)

#1 to infintiy (51,665) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Finally, after spending the entire day in front of my laptop. I love the cover, I love the title. She must be feeling really confident now to actually use that title. Makes me hopeful for this era. This is just the beginning. More details are apparently coming tomorrow. (Monday 13 April 2015; 0:05)

Shelly (51,633) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Here you go. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 17:17)

Meme Price (51,627) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Stop trolling. The black and white picture of her wearing the long dress with curly hair was fan made. It wasn't even Mariah's body. There was no butterfly ring on her finger. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 16:42)

Shelly (51,624) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No don't say that. We already saw the coloured version decades back. Ok five years back. We can now see the top of her head and it doesn't look like the exact same cover. So phew. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 16:38)

Reveal (51,619) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so as much as I want to see the album cover, I don't want Mariah's effort to go to waste through a leak. But can someone please just tell me if the cover is pretty? Or at least please tell me we haven't seen this picture before? (Sunday 12 April 2015; 16:33)

5% (51,612) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Why Mariah why? Brilliant move to get the entire lambily involved in revealing the cover. It will definitely get the word out to the world. But seriously? Two days worth of waiting and now I gotta wait until this reaches 100%. I will die Mariah. I am just glad people are taking it in good stride though, I was scared the people will get pissed because it's a cover art reveal. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 16:15)

Countdown (51,599) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm scared, and I'm nervous, I don't wanna be hurt. Haha. With just a few hours left, I'll be honest, I am really nervous, with the internet going crazy thinking what will Mariah reveal, I'm scared that at this point an album cover reveal will piss some people off because they have been waiting for two days. Now I know the link shared has the words "album artwork reveal" but I don't think people really saw it because they are still debating as to what the reveal might be and also the "artwork reveal" part is not appearing in all places. So I do hope there is something more than that. I don't want a backlash. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 12:58)

Abraham (51,597) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I really like Triumphant and I actually don't even mind the rappers. I like the song as it is. I do like the additional part she recorded for the remix, and it would have been great if someone it could have been incorporated in the main song, but I have nothing but love for this song. It's very uplifting for me. I also adore the video. Very glamorous and I love the gold accents all over the video. That's what Mariah is, pure gold. I am not a fan of the #Beautiful video, but I love how she looked in it. She was gorgeous and didn't look even close to 40. I hope Sony gives her a decent budget for videos. I don't want to have another H.A.T.E.U. moment, which was also directed by Brett but was not good due to low budget. But I think the new video will be great because MC said it will blow our minds. If she is so confident about it, she must have struck gold with this video. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 11:21)

RJJ12 (51,591) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It bugs me to say this (mainly because I absolutely adore the video of Say Somethin') but I have to agree with you that it was a weak song. The Neptunes didn't even try on this track. I sometimes like this song, and maybe I'll dig it up and listen to it but that happens quite rarely. It's sexy and all but whatever it does for me, I'd say So Lonely does better. Obviously the two are completely different in sound and music but the sensual lyrics and message of desire is pretty much the same. I however absolutely love the video and MC looks great in it, otherwise I wouldn't mind if the track was not on the album. Also I get what you mean about the countdown. It's exciting and all but I think a 6 hour countdown would have been more than enough if it was just to reveal an album cover. As much as I want to see it, having to hyperventilate for 2 days for a picture is not fun. However the Sony China notice gives me some hope that if not Sunday then by Monday we might get a huge announcement. Am I being to greedy? (Sunday 12 April 2015; 6:17)

Warren and Bill (51,590) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Warren, I would have no problem believing that because Your Girl is a good summer song and I have many a time heard it on repeat, trying to pretend I can hit those notes. But like I said, I have a love hate relationship with it and sometimes end up skipping it. You are absolutely right when you say MC caters to everyone because Triumphant is a song I really love and it's very uplifting for me but I know that majority of the lambs hate it, so that's why I have come to accept that we all have different choices. Bill, To The Floor is one of my favourites too. I love the song and the vocals are so sultry and the song is sexy yet laid back. MC's vocals are sexy and for some reason like you said "free" sounds like the most appropriate description. The backs no forth flirting between MC and Nelly shows their chemistry. Sorry I missed the Reveal Bill countdown, nobody sent me the memo. (Sunday 12 April 2015; 5:56)

Timariah (51,583) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mine Again and Circles are far from being album fillers. They are true gems of TEOM. Apart from the singles these are the two I listen to the most from this album although this album really had no bad track. I have a love-hate relationship with Your Girl. I sometimes really enjoy it, but at other times I tend to skip it. But the other two you mentioned are amazing songs. (Saturday 11 April 2015; 20:44)

AIWFCIY (51,577) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter For all those hoping that AIWFCIY is included in the new #1's I think your wish will be granted because her cover photo includes the single cover of the song and it is the only song in the photo that didn't hit #1. All the other photos in the collage are obviously her other 18 #1's. So including AIWFCIY's artwork may be the obvious sign that it's gonna be part of the collection which is fitting because #1 on Billboard hot 100 or not, this song is legendary. (Saturday 11 April 2015; 11:16)

G.G. (51,576) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter What photo/video are you referring to? Was there any tweet/post about it? (Saturday 11 April 2015; 11:12)

That black dress / Janet misconception (51,575) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That black dress Mariah wore to the City of Hope gala was everything. It was sexy yet classy and she looked every bit the gorgeous sophisticated diva. Her hair, makeup, accessories and everything was on point. Did you guys see her new picture with Lee Daniels? She looks gorgeous there too. She is really working on her image. About Janet, so I read this article about the single and this one fan also talked about it but now for the life of me, I can't find a single article about her single so sorry for raising a false alarm. I should have done my research first. Anyways, back to Mariah. I'm glad how things are going this era and I hope it steadily gets better. The internet is going crazy over the major reveal. I know in many places it says that the cover art will be revealed, but I also read Sony China claims there is a huge announcement coming up so I can't help but think there might be more to it. Plus tying in the reveal with the release date of TEOM might be a hint that there will be more than the cover art. (Saturday 11 April 2015; 11:04)

Janet (51,570) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So apparently Mariah and Janet Jackson are both set to release a new single on April 27th. What if they are releasing the same single? Could this finally be the Mariah featuring Janet song that fans have been demanding for so long? Don't want to get too excited but I can just imagine a song with simultaneous laid back and up tempo beats with MC doing the laid back sexy part and Janet bringing on the up tempo moves to get our grooves on. Not that MC needs anyone to create a party record (hello ILT), but still this could be legendary. (Saturday 11 April 2015; 6:03)

Reveal Mariah (51,568) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Is it weird that I keep checking on this every 5 minutes? Is it confirmed that it's the album cover reveal? Since it will be revealed at the 10th anniversary of TEOM, it might be a huge reveal, but at this point I'll take whatever info MC throws my way. I do hope however that the reveal is not about Cha Cha's new puppy called Infinity. (Saturday 11 April 2015; 5:24)

Cindi Berger (51,549) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Like I thought, Cindi was dropped by Mariah, not the other way around. MC may be going through a career low but no way would a publicist be stupid enough to drop an A list celeb, especially one with so much drama surrounding her at all times. It's a PR's dream client. It's quite shameful and unprofessional of Cindi to have spun the story to make it look like she dropped Mariah. On the other hand, Mariah's alleged letter to Cindi seems nice and sweet. (Friday 10 April 2015; 16:52)

Shelly (51,548) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha sweety, don't worry, I don't mind that you have a different opinion about this and I love you too. You are just such a sweet member of the board and your messages are always great. As for the picture, I remember you said before that you loved it and I really do love it too. It's one of her greatest shoots. As for the cover, I figured since she used a new unused picture for the cover of the original #1's, she should use a new one for this one too and then use older pictures for a booklet. But ya well I guess she can keep it as the official cover, it wouldn't be the end of the world and she does look the right about of gorgeous and sexy in it. But ya at least I just want her to use new shoots for interviews and the other album we keep hearing about. I wonder when we'll see the new official cover for the #1's album and the new single cover. April 27th just can't come fast enough. I do hope she leaves us breadcrumbs here and there in terms of album details or promo shots to keep us tied over until the single drops. (Friday 10 April 2015; 11:32)

Nikki (51,535) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hey. What's up? Hm now that I think about it, ya you are right about this particular spread. But still, a shoot from 2005? I mean she had so many great photoshoots after that. But like last year remember when she was suddenly on the cover of 2-3 magazines? And apart from Wonderland most of them were old photos? That gets me annoyed. She does look good on the Vegas cover though and her picture inside with the white dress has always been a favourite shoot of mine. (Friday 10 April 2015; 1:42)

Photoshoots (51,526) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya well it's not only the cover but even the picture inside of the white dress that is from a shoot from Emancipation era. This bugs me. I don't get why Mariah is digging up old pictures for recent interviews. She did the same in last year's magazine spreads. All of the pictures were from older shoots. She looks fabulous, why not just go for new shoots? When I buy a magazine, I like a new shoot accompanied with it. The pictures are almost as important as the interview for me. As much as I love the black and white shot from the E=MC2 era that she is using for her #1's promo, I seriously hope the actual album cover will be different and from a recent shoot. (Thursday 9 April 2015; 21:03)

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