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Matthew (44,928) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes you are right too. See I was just expressing my thoughts mainly about MC-Nicki fight before the "off with your head" thing. I remember in one episode Mariah just came and made a comment about Nicki's head piece (or some kind of accessory) and all. But yes you are right in you point. I am not saying Nicki is innocent, but she does acknowledge Mariah and so does JLo. Mariah on the other hand just pretends the person doesn't exist if some interviewer asks her about them. Also, I don't know how the shows work but don't they know who else will be in the panel? I mean are they not allowed to ask? Because if they don't what will happen if suppose they would put Eminem or Tommy Mottola as the fourth guest? So I want to know that didn't Mariah's team know in advance about Nicki? If she did, then why sign on? (These are actual questions so feel free to answer lol.) As for the fight, my theory is that they were both briefed on it and they started of fighting to get ratings or whatever and then bam, at one point one of them said something to the other and things got bad. That's when it fell apart. (Friday 20 June 2014; 18:44)

Randy (44,922) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks Randy. I almost deleted my post but then decided against it. I love MC, I don't even listen to any other artists (except MJ). That is because I truly respect her craft, her creativity, the emotion she puts in her songs and the lyrics. However I am not blind. Blaming others is always not the way when MC is sometimes also at fault. She started of playing the diva as a joke but I think after a certain point she just got lost in the world that she created and now knows no other reality. (Think being the keyword here.) I agree, that if she is paid $18 million, why bother cat fighting with a girl years younger than you? Just keep your cool, end the season with dignity and then quit. We can go around blaming JLo, and Nicki (I won't include Madonna because that shade was well deserved) but someone of M's level can just be gracious and not pretend like she doesn't know the others. I cringed at the Barbara Walters interview she did when Nicki said "off with your head" and that she beefed up security. She really thought Nicks Minaj would shoot her? I can think of a million other ways that they could have resolved the issue. (Friday 20 June 2014; 10:40)

MC, Nicki, JLo (44,903) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter This may sound negative and some lambs may "come at me" for this, but please bear in mind I'm just giving my opinion, I'm not trying to pretend it's a fact. Also, I love MC, her songs give me life, can't really say the same about Nicki and JLo (I am not a fan of those 2). I agree with those who say that JLo is more "likable" in the sense that when you hear her interviews, she sounds sweet, she answers questions directly instead of beating around the bush, and I have yet to see an interview of hers where she disses MC. She did allow Mottola to use her to sabotage MC, but that was near the beginning of her career and one has to understand that in this business you either swim or drown, so she did what she had to do for her career and it's not like she was best buddies with MC and went around her back to sabotage her. She not only acknowledges MC, she always has nice things to say about her and even said she's a fan. And as for Nicki, I thought at first that it was all a publicity stunt by both their camps but oh well. However even Nicki had said that she loved MC and was extremely happy when MC not only asked her to do a duet but also allowed her to be in the video. She sounded genuinely starstruck that an artist of Mc's caliber had included her. During AI when she went to Ellen she said that she was surprised about what went wrong and said something along the lines that "imagine you idolize somebody all your life and when you finally meet her she hates you". So basically, I think MC's larger than life personality is making her sound untouchable and maybe haughty at times and that may put off some people. I watch her old interviews (pre 2000s) and she sounds so sweet and nice (which I am sure she still is) and it's fun to watch. Nowadays she is taking the diva antics to a whole other level. No, I am not telling her to be fake niceness. MC said it herself that the diva act is just for the show. So basically she is faking that, why not balance the sweet 90s Mariah and the diva Mariah, instead of always relying on the diva act? (Thursday 19 June 2014; 21:00)

Not again / Edward / Brett ratner (44,861) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh wow another version of "fair weather fans" and lambs debate yet again. *yawn* Edward I love your post lol, got me laughing. Anyways so has it been confirmed that Brett is directing a music video? Or just the commercial? If it's the music video, I am so excited. I don't care if it's Thirsty or YDKWTD. (Or both? Please? Pretty please?) I have been ranting on about Mariah working with Brett again since we saw the disastrous music videos she has released this era so yay. (Wednesday 18 June 2014; 8:57)

Nadia Ciasullo (44,860) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks a bunch dahling. (Wednesday 18 June 2014; 8:51)

Nadia Ciasullo (44,835) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hey. Do you mind enlightening us on Mariah's ad-libs at the end of Thirsty? That is if it is included in the lyrics sheet? (Tuesday 17 June 2014; 15:38)

Random thought (44,792) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The picture Mariah posted long time back of her holding a match in front of the mic in the studio was probably for the start of YM(E)'s album version. It starts off with the sound of striking a match stick. (Monday 16 June 2014; 0:58)

So Mariah may not be crazy after all (44,785) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was checking buzzfeed because well I was bored and once you get into buzzfeed you may end up being there for hours clicking from one article to another starting with "47 things about blah blah blah" to something as stupid as "The when will you die quiz". Ok so I didn't take the quiz about death. Anyways so there is a article making fun of how MC tried to pass off a picture from 1997 as a current picture, and I was like "oh lawd" people are catching on. But then I realized (with the help of one of the commentators) that our darling MC wasn't really trying to say it's a recent pic, in fact it can clearly be seen that it's a hard copy of the old picture on a table or bed or whatever and the corner of another picture can be seen on top of her picture. So maybe she was just sharing her old pictures with her kids. You all can check it out, if you care. It's called "Mariah Carey tries pawning off photo of herself from 1997, forgets the Internet exists". (Sunday 15 June 2014; 21:37)

Pablo (44,773) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You are not alone buddy, I love E=MC2. It's in my top 3 Mariah albums. I don't think I skip any song while I am listening to the album and Side Effects is one of my favorites too. I think each and every track on that album was pure perfection. Could have been a huge success for her had she not disappeared in the middle of the promos. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 16:32)

Top 5 (44,772) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) Faded - Amazing. Always somewhere but you're not there for me. 2) Thirsty - While I agree that it may get lost in the crowd of recent songs, I still think it's a great song and with a great video would have done pretty well 3) YDKWTD - Makes you want to get up and bust a move. 4) Make It Look Good - Love the intro, love the "lip, hip, dip" part and in general I love the song, it sounds different and fresh. 5) Money - It's such a fun song, the chorus is just so catchy. I had to leave YME out of the top 5 although I adore both versions, but I have been listening to it for months now, so yes backseat for now, but a great song nonetheless. Least favourite - Meteorite. I tried time and again to like this one, but it just didn't grow on me yet, but that's fine, a lot of other lambs seem to enjoy it a lot. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 15:39)

J-Lol (44,770) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Off topic and I might get things thrown at me for writing about Miss Lopez but eh whatever. So JLo released 3 video teasers for her album, probably taking the Beyonce route of having multiple music videos if not videos for each track on the album. I was just checking it out and she has a song called Emotions, which basically almost made my ears bleed. Then ofcourse is Big Big Booty which is about well her BBB. And then the super annoying I don't wanna worry no more. Why any label would want to spend so much money on a talentless artist like her is beyond me and it's not like she is young either, she's the same age as Mariah. Unfair world. Sigh. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 14:49)

Mariah (44,765) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The picture Mariah posted with Nick and dembabies for Father's Day is so cute. Mariah looks beautiful. Nowhere near 44. And about the picture that two fellow lambs have been saying is from 1997 or 2008, if it's true what on earth is going on? I thought it was recent because I probably missed the pic on Oprah but are you guys sure? Then it's really weird. If not then MC is really getting her great looks back. Plus apart from that she still looks great in the black gown and the new family pic, so I am happy for her since she is usually so image conscious. At this point I am trying to take JD's words that there is still a plan for Chanteuse and so I will try (try dahlin try) to not complain about the lack of promotions. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 5:44)

Twitpics (44,752) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I saw the recent pics on twitter. She is looking good and has she gotten slimmer? The pictures of her in the hot tub, then the one in the black gown and the one in the white tank top, her face seems to have gone back to the original shape. And is she wearing the same black gown she wore for the BET performance of YME? She looks better in it now that she did at that point, although I would really appreciate if she kept the other twins covered for a while. (Saturday 14 June 2014; 21:00)

JD (44,731) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I feel bad for JD. Why is everyone attacking him when maybe the truth is it's Mariah who is holding him back from doing his work? JD has been with Mariah for so long and produced some great tracks with her, more than that they have been friends for so long. But now I think the way the fans are bashing him and MC's just hiding and not defending him or even acknowledging the attacks is going to lead to a crack in their friendship. It will be somewhat of a loss to Mariah. Jermaine really did bring out some great songs with her. Mariah should really just start talking at this point. Why hide and let everyone and their brother take the bullet for something that is her fault. Even if it's not in her control she can atleast address the fans. She's posting away random things, and endorsing beverages and that's pissing off fans more. I don't get it, what is she getting out of pissing people off? (Friday 13 June 2014; 23:37)

Webmaster (44,602) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I completely agree with you (except for the merchandise part because I bought many lol). I care about Mariah but I am not stupid. People are saying that they are fine with just making music and don't care about sales. well first of all no label would want to sign her up and if her sales keep on falling like this I am sure Mariah herself will just not make any more albums because well what's in it for her? Her legendary image getting tarnished more? Her sales have taken a plunge by the second week, and some are saying that oh come on there is still time. Well we hoped the same for YME but it dropped off the face of the earth by the second week. And I would like to ask the fans bashing others saying that Mariah is not promoting her album because she may have personal problems and people are being selfish for wanting a good chart position, what exactly do you have to say now that she is out and about promoting a beverage and not an album she spent 5 years on? (Tuesday 10 June 2014; 12:43)

Thomas (44,563) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes you are right, it was something regarding her family and she completely ignored it. Which is fine because it's her personal life. I was just saying the interviews sounds repetitive because Mariah's team has input on some mandatory questions they need to ask her. So just blaming the interviewers on asking the same thing and thinking Mariah gets bored of it is not exactly right. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 18:36)

Randy (44,562) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You have your opinions and that's fine. I will agree that yes at the end of the day it's up to MC to decide what she does and doesn't do. But starting off your post with "Some of you need a life outside of MC" isn't really polite the last time I checked. You make it sound like, well I'll just speak for myself, that I am the guy character Mariah plays in Obsessed. I have been talking about Mariah not promoting because obviously Mariah wanted this album to be perfect and obviously she expected it to do well on the charts so she took so long. I was confused as to why she is sitting back and letting it sink. Why are you so sure that she doesn't want to promote it? She was booked on The View and I am sure many other shows but those had to be cancelled because the album kept getting delayed. We are all aware that the promotion strategies need to be planned months in advance, that includes booking the spots on shows. So it's possible that since the album kept getting delayed, maybe when she wanted the appearances she couldn't get it because other people have already been scheduled to appear there. We can all sit here and assume. Anyways I have nothing against you, all I say it that the least you can do is not go around telling people they don't have a life or that they are obsessed and that you seem to be one of the rare ones who can balance out your feelings. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 18:32)

Marcel (44,556) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes that's exactly what I also wanted to say. I am more than sure that the interviewers still get a guideline about what they can and what they must ask her. Even if they forget, Mariah brings it up herself into the the conversation so that's why the interviews are repetitive. Secondly if they even ask a question that she doesn't approve of she gives a very vague reply or talks about something completely different. Like in the NBC special she was vague about what's going on with her and Nick and in the Letterman interview he asked her something personal (I forgot what) and she completely ignored it and went on to talk about the album name generator app. About the promotions, it is her album and she should promote it. I don't care what people say, I for one am baffled that why spend so much time and effort on a product and then let it sink? Then why didn't she just release the album she had readied by 2012 or even 2013 and leave IDJ. Come on. Mariah has delayed the release dates because she wasn't happy with the track list, then she didn't like the way that her title got leaked and all that. If she didn't want a hit, then why bother? And if she wants a hit then why not work for it? Also, as fans, it's one thing to be fine with the way the album is performing but people shouldn't stop other people from expressing their opinions. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 14:12)

The lectures (44,554) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly, it really pisses me off when some people here go on telling others how to feel about MC and how much of a fan (from 0 to Lamb) can a person be and how one should get a life outside of MC just because some of us are complaining about the lack of promotions. Who are you to tell people to get a life? Do you know the others personally? It's your opinion whether you like the album or not or whether you care about promotions or not, so stick to it, don't tell others to shut up. If I have an opinion, I will come and say it, so please don't tell me that I am obsessed with M, I love her and care about her as an artist and I don't think it's a crime to hope that she gets back on the top, regardless of whether it happens or not. As for her being filthy rich and that she doesn't need money, well buddy no one is talking about her bank balance, but if she wants to remain a relevant artist she'll have to maintain a minimum level of success, whether you agree or not. As for interviews, it's part of her job, she needs to do it and it's not just that the interviewers that ask her the same questions. You can be more than sure MC has a lot of control over what they ask. There are times when she herself brings up the common topics (biracial parentage, difficult life, when she started singing) without the interviewer asking her. Her new fans might not know about it, so she repeats them. Anyways my point is, don't go around telling others how to feel towards M. You don't need to be rude. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 13:01)

Edward (44,542) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I really hope you are right and we get more Mariah music real soon yay. I know, I know she just gave us 14 good tracks, but I am always greedy for more Mariah. I hope the theory about Mariah locking away some of her good music for her new album which she will release after she storms out of Def Jam because that would explain why after 5 years Mariah's deluxe edition contains old songs from a previous album. At first I was happy that the remixes were included because I thought they were re-sung and turned into a completely different song like she did with H.A.T.E.U. but when it was just a copy paste job, I was disappointed. But either ways even if Mariah does plan to release another album, it doesn't mean she should just let this one sink. Why end an era with an under performing album when this could have been her latest big hit? After all people are calling out Mariah's sale figures being low, nobody (the GP/critics/ people writing the articles on the first week sales) are blaming Def Jam. It's always gonna be like "oh the Mariah album bombed". (Friday 6 June 2014; 21:30)

Lee (44,535) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Well I wouldn't mind Mariah on Wendy because Wendy is mostly very supportive of Mariah and I heard that Wendy refused Mottola's offer when he asked her to sabotage Mariah's career back in the day. (Friday 6 June 2014; 16:24)

Mariah (44,528) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Webmaster if you don't mind posting this up. I just found this cute video of Mariah singing acapella while recording the new album. There are other videos on YouTube titled "Mariah acapella moments" or something along those lines which has compilations of her singing acapella on different occasions and those are fun to watch. You all can YouTube those videos if you already didn't. (Friday 6 June 2014; 12:53)

PJW / singles (44,527) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You make a good point about things Mariah says. And yes, it also bugs me that Stevie Wonder is not credited as a featured artist. The man is legendary, if I had Stevie Wonder even cough on my record, I would credit him on it lol. About the singles, I might be sounding negative in some of my posts but honestly YDKWTD is Mariah's last chance at saving her album and clearing up her image. If she doesn't go on promoting it and making it a hit, there is no other hope for her album. If this single under performs again, then nobody (except lambs) will sit around and wait for another single to save the album. This is it. I think 3 under performing singles (although the songs were great) due to lack of promotions should have taught Mariah by now that why she is not selling much copies. (Friday 6 June 2014; 11:44)

Myles (44,520) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol yes another mystery added to the the long list of other mysteries surrounding this album. You are absolutely right about the album. It is great and there were 3 songs that I didn't really like during the first listen but I like and appreciate them now. There is nothing wrong with the album, what's wrong is with the promotion. Only hard core lambs that actually bother checking every Mariah fan page to see what she is up to know about this album. Can we blame the GP for not buying the album? Nope, because how would they even know about it? There is almost zero promotion. Whatever hype #Beautiful created died down and people probably thought Mariah just shelved the album. So basically the low sales numbers can be blamed on the lack of promotions. Makes me sad. (Friday 6 June 2014; 1:52)

B (44,518) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh, well it can't be Fabulous because she tweeted a picture with him before that. And Wale, I am not sure, because she said in another interview that the collaborator is someone she worked with before but it wasn't released. That's where JT and the Yours remix arguements came in. But like you are right, maybe it was Wale, or maybe by collaborator she meant a writer or producer? Or she just shelved the song for a future album. We'll never know. Mariah has been particularly "elusive" lately lol. And as for Stevie, I don't think he was on the track, because Mariah said that he only plays the harmonica, and also joked about how she managed to get Stevie in the studio and yet did not get him to sing. (Friday 6 June 2014; 0:37)

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