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Minx (43,211) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Any snippet you may have heard on YouTube is most likely a fake one. There are many files on YouTubes which are basically combining the ringtones that Mariah recorded for Pepsi back in 2005-06 exclusively. Mariah has been guarding the materials to the new album very closely and I am sure not many people have heard them, apart from those close to her and obviously the label. She didn't even play the new songs at the conferences she had so the chances of leaks are pretty slim. (Friday 2 May 2014; 14:57)

Me. I am Mariah (43,210) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The album is now at #6 on the iTunes USA charts. I hope it steadily climbs to number 1. This album has to be big for Mariah because lots of people are just writing her off and she doesn't deserve it. She is one of the most talented vocalists in the world and people need to be reminded of it. I am glad Mariah has started to promote the album pulling over the top stunts that only a diva of M's caliber can pull. She's got the articles buzzing about her magazine covers and her album cover and album name. Whether they are praising her or cringing at the photoshop overload, it doesn't matter. No publicity is bad publicity (well unless it's really very bad). I don't mind the photoshop. M is, as we all know, naturally gorgeous, but if they decide to make the covers more "magical" I see no problem with it. I loved the album cover. A lot of people are talking about how weird the name is. And I am like whatever, it's perfect. As long as people keep talking, the general people will start getting curious, and that will give the album a chance to fly all the way to number 1. I also hope she picks up atleast one if not multiple number 1s from this album. We gotta aim for The Beatles' record now dahlin' and only Mimi can do it. (Friday 2 May 2014; 14:36)

Just another one (43,120) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so Dembabies are mentioned. Anyways I agree with the other person who wrote below that apart from Fabulous we heard about all the other guests. So who is the surprise guest that she isn't supposed to talk about? Can't be dembabies because she mentioned that song and in the same interview said that there is one more guest she can't talk about. So is it Mary J Blige? But didn't we know about it from 2010? Can't be Fabulous either because they posted a picture in the studio together. I wonder who she was talking about. (Thursday 1 May 2014; 10:57)

Lee (43,118) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The origin of the title is actually legit. This same picture was featured in one of Mariah's interviews years back. I can't remember which one, but it was there and the description was there too. I can't remember whether it was a TV interview or whether it was a magazine spread, but I definitely did see that picture before. So it's not a publicity stunt. Please don't just hate on her just because you don't know about it. (Thursday 1 May 2014; 10:50)

Me. I am Mariah (43,116) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Wow to finally have a name and tracklist with the covers just very well got me speechless for a while. Yes, yes the release date tucked nicely at the end of the video did make me momentarily sad but hey I think it's for the best. Will give Mariah enough time to pull together her promotion strategy, be everywhere (in caps lock) so that everyone knows she's back. I loved both the covers. I would love to see the outtakes from this shoot, I think it's one of her best (the cover of Billboard and TAOLG is from the same shoot). Now that she announced the details, people will probably shut up about Mariah copying Beyonce. M is so smart, while she made us all think she was talking about Marilyn's piano, she instead went and took out a personal belonging. I personally like this titlte of the album than TAOLG. TAOLG sounded like she's giving up, where as Me. I am Mariah sounds like hey b**** (to all the other female artists) I am back to reclaim by throne. Moveover. It's simple, yet it sounds bold and confident. "The elusive chanteuse" adds a little mystery element to it. I noticed that Roc and Roe are not mentioned as featured guest on Supernatural. I am glad she included the 2 remixes from MOAIA, I already got to hear the other leaked remixes from that album and I loved them, and I was interested in these 2 versions. People may hate MOAIA but I loved it. It I never skipped even one track on that album. Now that release is pushed, she has time for a new single. *fingers crossed* Thirsty. (Thursday 1 May 2014; 10:34)

Carly (43,072) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hey Carly, where did you get the other pic of MC and the mini quiz thing? It was fun to read. (Wednesday 30 April 2014; 22:49)

Random thoughts (43,054) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah looks really good on the cover of Wonderland, although I do wish she didn't feel the need to take off her clothes so much. But hey, whatever, it's her choice to make. So yes, she looks hot but does the cover layout seem a little amateurish to anyone else? I really didn't hear about this magazine before (we don't get it here) but are the layouts always like this? It seems like someone just put random things on it. And although M looks good, something is missing, maybe the stark white background is a little bland? I don't know, something just seems missing. But moving on, so Mariah is listed to be on Letterman, CNN's Leading Women and the Today show concert. I hope we see a lot of her in starting from the first of May. If she wants her album to do well, she obviously needs to show up almost everywhere to let people know about it. I am sure a lot of people, even some fans are not aware of the album. She needs to really promote it and not leave it midway like she did with the singles. Beautiful was such a lost opportunity, it reached number 15 with almost no publicity, and had the potential to crack top 10 if not top 5 had she promoted it more. Same with You're Mine. Some lambs didn't like it (but I loved it and a lot of non lambs loved it too) so that song doesn't deserve to be at 88. It was just due to the lack of promotions. So I hope Mariah doesn't repeat the same mistake. (Wednesday 30 April 2014; 10:54)

Magazines (43,037) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter In the last 4 days Mariah has been on 4 magazine covers. I'm happy so see that she's getting covers again. I hope she's on the cover of more magazines leading upto the album release. But she should seriously do some photoshoots. Apart from the wonderland cover all the others are old pictures. Just a few more days untill May 6th. I don't know whether the album will be released on schedule or not but I sure am excited. I may get annoyed every now and then but I love Mariah dearly, her songs have really helped me through many times, be it happy or sad, so I'll always support her. I don't care when she releases it, but I am sure when she does, it'll have great songs, her albums never disappoint. (Tuesday 29 April 2014; 21:40)

Billboard cover (42,977) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think the Billboard cover is an outtake from the same photoshoot as the one used on the cover of TAOLG single. Because in the coloured version, the outfit she is wearing has a similar strap and neckline as that of TAOLG cover. (Monday 28 April 2014; 8:40)

Magazines (42,976) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am happy that just before the album is coming out, MC is being featured on the cover of magazines atleast. But why isn't MC doing promotional photos particularly for these magazines? The picture for the Observer is from 2012's or 2011's shoot for Shape magazine. The picture on Billboard is an outtake from her album shoot. Apparently she was supposed to have a photoshoot and sit-in interview for Billboard but Roc kicked her on the nose the night before and her nose swelled up somewhat. But if Mimi can perform with a broken arm, couldn't she do a small photoshoot and let them photoshop away the flaws? I don't like it when they use old photos for new events. (Monday 28 April 2014; 8:37)

A probable pushback (42,959) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Someone on this board mentioned a few posts below that the Observer states the album is out late May. I just went through the scans of Mariah's Billboard interview and in one of the pictures (the coloured version of the cover) there are 3 circles, one that has July 2013 written in it and then cut off with a red line (meaning cancelled), the second with May 6, 2013 written in it and then another red line through it and a final circle with the words "release date late May" or something like that. So either Mariah's management is trying to keep the fans guessing or the album will be out later in May. At this point I don't care, I just want good music and chart success for her. Also, it's written in the interview that the cover for the magazine is an outtake from her album shoot so fingers crossed for an equally fresh and classy album cover. And about people constantly talking about not buying the album, look it's your decision, but there's no need to come here every second day and start talking about how you won't buy it. If you decide not to buy, good for you, if not, move on. We are all disappointed/ anxious about the lack of information regarding the album, but let's not forget we have loved this woman for years and if she is not giving out details, she maybe has a plan and wants it to go accordingly. We waited so long, why not just a little longer? (Sunday 27 April 2014; 20:39)

Album (42,937) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I can't wait for more details on the album and its release. Mariah spent so much time on it, I expect really good songs. But more than that I'm just "thirsty" for some new MC songs. I won't bother trying to guess the name of the album, it can be anything, so I'll just wait. I hope the cover is nice and classy. I still am rooting for Beyonce to be the surprise guest star. I think a duet with the two of them can burn the charts down. The Justin Bieber rumour, I don't know if it's true, but even if he is on the album I don't mind as long as he isn't the prized surprise guest. This album is really important for Mariah and I really hope it goes to number one and also that she picks up atleast one number 1 single from this album which will definitely get her back to the top where she deserves to be. (Saturday 26 April 2014; 22:12)

Shezz / Stevie (42,936) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Stevie Wonder is not the surprise guest. Mariah candidly talks about working with Stevie in the Canadian interview. She said that Stevie is on the album but only plays the harmonica, he has no vocals (which is sad, it would have been great if he did sing). Anyways so since that name is already out, the surprise guest has to be someone else. (Saturday 26 April 2014; 22:05)

Mariah Billboard (42,880) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah is on the cover of Billboard? Wow I'm so excited, the promotions have begun. Mimi, gear up for your 19th number 1. (Friday 25 April 2014; 8:32)

Blah (42,835) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter G.G. I agree with you, if not any details Mariah can atleast write something addressing the fans. Instead she is completely ignoring us. I love Mariah, but this is annoying me to the extreme. With about 2 weeks left, we are left blank. Why did she suddenly decide to pull a Beyonce? (Assuming that's what all the silence is about.) Why announce a date and then disappear and let websites do mysterious things like pulling out the album release from the listings and all. I can't say I'll ignore the album when it comes out, because God knows I love Mariah's work, but this is no way to treat fans. Lets not be blind, Mariah isn't as relevant today as she used to be, and if she starts enraging her remaining fans, it wouldn't be a good move. I hope to God, Mariah does something and makes all the wait and patience worth it. (Wednesday 23 April 2014; 18:30)

Album (42,800) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I sure hope that all the silence and rumors about the album delay are just planned strategies that Mariah and her team cooked up, because I will be really disappointed if Mariah doesn't release the album on the announced date. And the excuses that she wants to focus on her family and is only doing the album to get out of the contract doesn't cut it. If that was the case she would have released whatever material she recorded in over four years and get it done with. Plus she is the one who said multiple times that she intends to tour to support this album. Blaming JD isn't enough, yes he is partially responsible but if M doesn't give the green light JD can't do much. We fans deserve to know what on earth is going on with the album because we have been waiting patiently for it. She has been hyping it up since summer 2012. It's getting annoying. I love MC but it'll be sad if she doesn't go ahead with the release date. I really wanted her to reclaim her throne this time like she did with TEOM. Please MC, show the world what you are capable of, I want you back on number 1. (Tuesday 22 April 2014; 21:26)

Thumbs down (42,605) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 34 thumbs down for thanking a fellow lamb for his help and responding to another lambs query. Wow. I must have offended way too many people. Webmaster by any chance is there a prob with the like/dislike button so that one person is able to thumbs down multiple times? Otherwise I don't see why so many simple and harmless messages are getting so much hate. (Monday 14 April 2014; 13:46)

SweetheartAaron / Holly (42,593) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Aaron, thank you very much. I enjoyed the episode, I have been waiting for it for a while. Holly, "Thirsty" and "Dedication" have been confirmed many times and "Kick rocks" was mentioned by Mariah in an interview, although I didn't pick up on it, but some lambs pointed it out. The other songs are rumored and "Make it look good" was in the leaked track list which now seems kinda legit since some of the songs in the list are actually being talked about (including the Stevie duet). But some of the songs on the list may be replaced with the 3 new songs Mariah supposedly recorded in the past few months. (Friday 11 April 2014; 21:22)

The Fab Life (42,589) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Do any of you know where I can watch the episode of Mariah and Nick on "The Fabulous Life"? I don't hace VH1 and they usually upload the video on YouTube, but they didn't do it yet. Plus the link on VH1's site is not working in my country. (Friday 11 April 2014; 18:14)

Mariah's update (42,490) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Apparently Mariah is still "prepping songs for mixing". So the album is not finished yet? With exactly a month to go. At this point I think we can be pretty sure she is going to stick to the announced date. What concerns me though, is that if she is still working on the album, she might again be unprepared and have to rush things along which is not good. One would expect by now that she has the album completely ready, with cover photo and promotional photos finalized and would now be focusing solely on how to market and promote the album. Anyways someone did mention on this board at Mariah probably doesn't need much time to mix and master, I hope that's the case. (Saturday 5 April 2014; 15:55)

Post / another record (42,482) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Does the handwritten post say "to love me" or does it say "XO love me"? Also the other photo she uploaded with the caption about working on another record, I wonder what she's upto? Another CD? But so soon? (Friday 4 April 2014; 15:44)

Beyonce duet (42,471) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Someone wrote a few posts below, and the title was "Duet with Beyonce", I wanted to ask what makes them think that? I'm all for it, but I haven't heard anything about it. Is there a rumor? (Thursday 3 April 2014; 22:50)

Mariah (42,469) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So Mariah is working with Terry Richardson for her photoshoot for Wonderland magazine. He's known to be a little on the shady side, taking provocative pictures. In one of the instagram shots, it appears as though Mariah is in a 2 piece lingerie under an unbuttoned trench coat. Gotta have to wait for the final product to judge. (Thursday 3 April 2014; 22:08)

Heartbreaker (42,426) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't know if some of you know this, but there is an alternate version of the music video of Heartbreaker. the alternate version is mostly the same as the official version, but in the alternate version they actually have a scene (the Jay-Z rap part) of Jay-Z and Mariah paying homage to the Scarface bathtub scene. However due to legal issues, the Jay-Z version video could not be released and if they wanted it, they would have to wait a while so Mariah instead released the infamous animated version. I found the video years back when I was educating myself on all things Mariah, anyways I can't find that link, but here's a video of the two versions being played side by side, if you all skip to the rap part, you'll see the difference. (Tuesday 1 April 2014; 20:21)

Album (42,425) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh MC's latest update is about her dance remixes for YME. I'm a little disappointed. We have zero info on the new album, not even an album cover or title or tracklist. I was hoping she released a new single, but chances of that are slim. (Tuesday 1 April 2014; 19:55)

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