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Re: MC copied Whitney and Aretha's runs (72,332) (72,374) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah does runs much more complicated than Aretha and Whitney (Vision Of Love, Lead The Way, Mariah's Theme) without overdoing it. And she's very unique in her vocal tone, delivery and technique. I think Morgan is just bitter. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 15:42)

Re: Morgan (72,353) (72,373) by Malcolm from Asia How messy her family is, it's just sad. No wonder why she's always been eccentric. I just hope she have other best friends that we don't really see in public like a relationship that she always have the communication besides Roc n Roe, because if not, that is the saddest part of all. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 14:39)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey's bad weekend record sales (72,362) (72,372) by B from USA Roger is jealous he's no longer getting the 411 on Mariah. In four days I Don't has more YouTube views than Almost Home and You're Mine (Eternal) which means it's connecting with people. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 13:51)

Re: Morgan (72,370) (72,371) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Licia if you do happen to go forward with that karate chop situation, can we please get a video? Haha, kidding kidding. But yes, I'm also curious how things went so sour. I always thought Mariah and Morgan were really close and she used to talk about him a lot in her previous interviews. It's a shame things went bad. Mariah seems to be alone in a crowd. She's constantly surrounded by people and think that's her security blanket but none of them are really helping her. Her mom is mostly out of the picture so she is basically a member of the Bulochnikov family. I try not to talk about how she should bring her kids up because that's none of my business but I wish she'd not have them around a 12 year old who drinks and swears and acts like an entitled brat and a 10 year old who will soon do the same. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 13:22)

Re: Morgan (72,365) (72,370) by Licia from USA I'm more concerned with what happened to make him turn on her. The change of feelings for his sister was so abrupt. They were really close (according to Mariah) at one point. One minute she was doing tweet advertisements for him and then the next minute he's selling her out. I have four sisters and I'd like to karate chop all of them in the neck every once in awhile over alot of things, but there's nothing that would make me do or say any of the things that he has against Mariah. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 12:54)

Are I Don't remixes coming? (72,369) by Sheila from United States Lets hope she re-sings the vocals and makes it a moment. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 12:51)

Re: Weird era (72,327) (72,368) by Norman from USA Great question, Danny. I'd say the weirdest thing about this whole journey so far has been keeping Stella around. At the end of the day this is a business, and Stella has proven herself ill prepared to manage any aspect of Mariah's career. I know most of us wonder why Stella is still around despite all the mishaps during her watch that were her call (at the very least her strong suggestion). There's something that Anthony B. said in episode 1 of MW that struck a cord with me about Stella and her management style: "When you continue to cut from the things that are important for the production, it cheapens it." She's certainly not helping retain or improve the brand recognition. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 12:44)

I don't (72,367) by Carlos from Brazil I know it is still too soon to say something about the song being a hit, but so far the single is almost completing one week within the iTunes top 100. The song is at #70 and seems to be stabilized. The radio needs to start playing it. The streaming is what worries me. It didn't break the one million mark yet. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 12:44)

Re: Weird era (72,360) (72,366) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly, everything has been so bizarre in Mariah's life the past 2 years, we should change the question to "what's the least weird thing according to you in Mariah's life in the past 2 years". (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:24)

Re: Morgan (72,353) (72,365) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I too think that Mariah doesn't owe Morgan or Alison anything. Morgan did help her out in the beginning and I'm sure he has been financially compensated for that. I don't blame Mariah for cutting them off after they'd repeatedly tried to come for her publicly. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:21)

Re: Billboard update (72,351) (72,364) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I read that and I was like oh no, is this what she wrote with Crystal? I mean I like the song but I was hoping for a stronger, maybe more fun song with Crystal like TMB. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:17)

Re: Weird era (72,348) (72,363) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'd love for her and Bruno to do a song in the same vein as "Uptown Funk" and YDKWTD. It would be great. I'm really craving an up tempo fun dance song from Mariah. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:14)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey's bad weekend record sales (72,345) (72,362) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter No lies detected. Mishka's production skill is next level, you all aren't even ready for this. Hold on to your scalp, because y'all are about to get scalped with the fire remix. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:11)

Re: Weird era (72,343) (72,361) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It wasn't the real dress, here is a side by side of the real dress versus the one she wore on the video. It's not even close, the color, the cut, the type, the work, nothing at all. Yet they knowingly leaked this fake story as if it would help Mariah's image. This is one of the more solid proofs about how much Mariah's new team make up false stories for who knows what because none of these portray her in a good light. Stella seems to only be able to pick up ratchet drama and Mariah for whatever reason is just going with it. I can't believe the day has come when her image has been reduced to non sense fake drama. Like I can't wrap my head around it, what's their end game? They can't seem to take on step without fabricated drama, but none that is actually helping them. MW was supposed to make people feel like they misunderstood Mariah and how she is actually different, instead it has further bloated up the diva reputation. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 11:07)

Re: Weird era (72,327) (72,360) by darrian liu from taiwan MW is the most bizarre thing to come out of this wacky era. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 8:43)

Re: MC copied Whitney and Aretha's runs (72,332) (72,359) by darrian liu from taiwan Mariah's runs are definitely not copied from Whitney and Aretha. Mariah's runs are usually flowery, long and complex (not just in the melody, but her trademark transitions from chest to head, head to chest, chest to whistle, head to whistle). Her runs are also marked by its clarity and precision. Aretha's runs, while complex, tend to be less flowery and more soulful. Whitney's runs are usually shorter and less complex, although I believe she can do more complex runs. There's a reason Mariah is one of the few coloraturas in pop music. Aretha and Whitney aren't close to being coloratura. So while Mariah is inspired by Nippy and Aretha, she definitely doesn't copy their runs. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 8:41)

Thirsty (72,358) by Danny from Uk Random fact - Mariah went back in time and wrote Thirsty for Stella and her frog spawn. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 8:01)

This era is "just for laughs" (72,357) by Geronimo from USA I remember when Mariah used to sing "Lullaby of bird land". A couple of times she ended the song by saying "it's just for laughs". She put on a really old school cute face when she said it as if she wanted you to know that she wanted you to know she was laughing with both sincerity and irony. Now she's having fake relationships with billionaires, doing reality shows faux-cheating with a dancer young enough to be her son (I think) and releasing a song where she plays the victim while everyone watched her cheat on the scripted TV show. She has decided to entertain us and take all of our self righteous gasping and befuddled pearl clutching to the bank because she has always worked toward making a living as an entertainer and has been doing so brilliantly for 27 years. If she put out the greatest R&B record or the greatest pop record the world has ever seen tomorrow it wouldn't sell more than the worst album of this year put out by whoever the media gods have blessed this current moment. Somehow Mariah Carey has managed to amass an eight or nine digit fortune by entertaining people for the past 27 years. Despite some eyebrow raising and head scratching moments I would say she is doing just fine as long as she's laughing too. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 6:35)

Billboard article (72,356) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter In MC's new interview with Billboard, she said that she had originally hoped that MW would be more about the music than the narrative. So then why agree to the mess when you saw the end product? Also she said she's open to Season 2, because she's ready to go back on the road. Girl please no. She also said she didn't get to work with DJ Khaled and Travis Scott, which surprised me because didn't they basically spell it out that they collaborated? Anyways if it's not Khaled and Lionel then who could it be? (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 5:52)

Subway and a tuna sandwich? (72,355) by Nikki from usa How out of touch is Showbiz411? 6 million views on Vevo puts Mariah's video in the 10G per month range. Spotify is free and she wouldn't make any money from those streams anyway, so I don't understand the point. It would help her on the charts, but that's about it. I Don't is a cute little ditty, but not much else. I wish MC would find her own creative muse and outlets instead of listening to Stella. Pay attention to your bank account Mariah. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 5:11)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey's bad weekend record sales (72,339) (72,354) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Stella thinks as long as something goes viral, it's great. Like that ass picture and how she made Anthony apologize for doubting Mishka. She doesn't care that the so called viral moment (it wasn't even viral) was because people were laughing at Mariah. Same with most of their actions. This wedding dress thing, why create a story that's not true? They didn't have to go out of their way to say it's the real wedding dress when it's not even true. Stella goes by the "all publicity is good publicity", not thinking about how it's going to damage Mariah's reputation in the long run. Like them blaming everyone else but Mariah for anything that goes wrong (the South American tour cancellation, the DCP situation where Stella was dancing around with her kid instead of fixing Mariah's mic), people will think twice before they hire Mariah. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 5:08)

Morgan (72,353) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) People wake up, this dude is bitter because his sister has made her dreams come true and she chooses not to fund his nonsense so all he does is sell stories to tabloids about his sister for his own personal gain. Talk about a lame excuse for a human being. Mariah is no saint but she has been there for both Morgan and Allison and they have both shown how ungrateful they are. So anything he has to say at this point is coming from an angry bitter place. He just be careful because his actions will only allow him not to prosper. Cues wish you well. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 4:24)

Re: Weird era (72,327) (72,352) by Marissa from USA The weirdest moment for me is definitely Mariah having grown men around her children so fast (without discussing with the father of her children, Nick confirmed this), especially since every man she's ever introduced her kids too, she seems like she's just having some emotionally detached fling with. (Even though she was engaged to James that still seemed like a disingenuous stunt that her kids didn't need to be a part of. If she really loved him she wouldn't have been cheating with Tanaka with the quickness.) Kids don't need to be brought into any situation where there is not true, genuine, we-will-both-be-there-for-each-other-when-we're-old-and-wrinkled love. If you just want someone to sleep and hang out with and stroke your ego then that's your prerogative, but kids don't need to be exposed to petty flings and get attached to men who are gonna be here today and gone tomorrow. Even if you think Mariah and Tanaka are cute, you have to be out of your mind if you think he's gonna be around to change Mariah's bedpan and clean her dentures when she's old. This is a fling and nothing more and therefore should be none of these kids' business. It's bad parenting and I'm not going to let the fact that she's Mariah Carey stop me from saying it. God forbid this happens to her kids, but having men around kids who haven't had their intentions thoroughly vetted has led to many children being sexually abused. This is serious and don't let the fact that she's a celebrity fool you or normalize this. As someone who claims she has been robbed of her own innocence so early, I'm angry that she sees nothing wrong with this situation, especially having young, vulnerable kids. If this bothers anyone that I'm calling it out then please find a local rose-colored "safe space" to hide in. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 4:08)

Billboard update (72,351) by RibbonB from USA Here Mariah talks writing "I Don't", working with IG, they share the same agent and will there be a season 2 of Mariah's world. She is still thinking about a season 2. She claims that if she can focus more on music vs. narrative. She said she had a lot of fun, blah, blah, blah. Interesting that she first heard the I Don't track in Capri way back in the summer, but claims she wrote it with Crystal, of TMB fame, later in the fall. She backed off of it being about James, sort of, playing like it's all very generic to any break up. It didn't sound like it applied to her anyway, lol she should have just done a cover of the whole old song which is more applicable to the narrative they put out on MW. She seems very ambivalent about putting out a new CD, claiming she needs to go away to a tropical location to write a cohesive record. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 3:28)

Facebook Q&A (72,350) by B from USA Did Mariah really say that she's going to focus on releasing singles not albums. Roger for Showbiz 411 said one of the reasons I Don't wasn't doing well was because it's not attached to an album and the lack of a plan (promotional plan). In three days I Don't has almost as many views as YME has and it was released in 2014. Granted Mariah didn't promote MIAMTEC because of personal and professional issues (reasons). (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 3:26)

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