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Re: Vocal changes (73,146) (73,167) by RibbonB from USA Rappers go hard and often lie or exaggerate because that is what they do. Funny how Clown has never battled his real peers, only a diva. And like Remy said of Nicki, the only reason he/she went for M. is because he knows she doesn't carry. Easy target. He will never go head to head like Nas and Jay or any of his top named contemporaries. As for drinking and smoking, it affects some and not others. Chaka has been a coke head, smoker and drinker for most of her career and she is still going strong. If M. has a drinking problem I wish she would control it for her health and for her children's sake most especially. Morgan did betray Mariah whether she has a problem or not. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 22:15)

Re: What should Mariah do now? (73,151) (73,166) by Tyler from USA Celine lips more than Mariah on any given concert. It's just that no one is analyzing her notes like we do on this board. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 22:09)

Re: Vocal changes (73,153) (73,165) by lucas from England Have you heard this performance? Her vocals were on point. No rasp or strain. Her voice is changing all the time. I'm listening to her Emotions album right now and her vocals are totally different from the Daydream era. Yes, her voice has changed over the years due to the alcohol and overwork (I'm not delusional) but she still can pull out great performances when she wants to. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 21:32)

Re: Vocal changes (73,153) (73,164) by Marissa from USA Race-baiting as usual when it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. How is Mariah smoking weed trying to fit into "hood culture" when we never heard about her doing anything weed related until she started hanging out with her 100% white team these past 2 years? I didn't see not one black person in any of those photos of Mariah at the weed dispensary. Nice try though. You have this nasty habit of blaming all of Mariah's mistakes on her being part black/associating with black people and thinking no one will call you out. Let's not forget that TEOM, one of her highest sold albums, was a complete R&B album, a genre created by the people you despise. I don't recall her suffering or her life falling into shambles then. Since you want to play the race game, should all of her booty selfies, weed smoking/edible eating, having a child run her social media, NYE disaster and subsequent blame game, showing up to lingerie at clubs, having a child serve her alcohol, cutting interviewers off to rant about old news, constantly wearing her engagement ring long after she's been dumped, etc. be blamed on white culture since those are the only people she's been surrounded by lately? Where were all of the depraved black rappers that you allude to when she was making those decisions? Two can play your boring little "one culture is responsible for all problems" game. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 21:04)

Re: Mariah's mystery collaborator (73,150) (73,163) by Lee TS from USA I think it's DJ Khaled for his upcoming album. She did say a male collaborator who she worked with before. I totally forgot but he was in the Triumphant video. I do like his song Shining with Bey and Jay. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 20:18)

I think Mariah should (73,162) by Lila from United States I have no hope that it will actually happen but I want Mariah to drop all these leeches and find true happiness within herself. Her fake smile is permanently out to play these days. It's sad. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 19:45)

Re: Mariah's mystery collaborator (73,150) (73,161) by bliss! from Brazil I read that the collaborator is Bryson Tyller. That will be awesome. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 19:26)

Re: Dubai (73,156) (73,159) by Aboodi from UAE Oh forgot to mention that she was 100% sober which made all the difference. She's the nicest ever when she's sober and does her job properly. You can tell from the reviews how wow'ed the crowd was. Stay like this Mariah for God's sake. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 18:14)

Re: Mariah's mystery collaborator (73,150) (73,158) by Lee from UK Brian McKnight? (Sunday 26 February 2017; 15:44)

Dubai (73,156) by Aboodi from UAE Hi everyone, I've been checking this site for a few years now. I thought I'd post something since I finally saw Mariah live in Dubai. I was more than impressed with the show, the vocals were on fire, she engaged with the crowd and dropped that whole diva image of hers. I had almost lost hope in her voice/image etc. since this whole reality show etc. I can honestly say she blew me away. Just goes to show that if she took care of herself and her voice, she can be back on top in no time. Much love. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 14:48)

Re: What should Mariah do now? (73,154) (73,155) by Capri_ from China I love this answer, she can't hit all the high notes like she used to, but her voice is still pretty and still can hold the performance. I watched a short period she performed on Floyd Mayweather, her voice is clean and bright (Sunday 26 February 2017; 14:06)

Re: What should Mariah do now? (73,151) (73,154) by Andrew from UK Well, not quite true. She does lip it a lot, but equally there's lots of evidence of her singing it live, and recently. It's fair to say her voice is still in pretty good condition. It's nice to listen to and it's not painful to watch her singing. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 13:17)

Re: Vocal changes (73,146) (73,153) by Andrew from UK Edward, it's very simple: Mariah is an alcoholic. And not because of how much she drinks but that she can't stop. When something is having a detrimental effect on your life and you can't stop it, you have serious dependency/addiction issues. And if it is true that Mariah smokes/used to smoke weed, then she absolutely deserved to lose her voice. If fitting in with "Hood" culture is more important to her than singing, then let everyone recognise that she's a mixed raced artist, as she has always been so desperate to peddle, but, sadly, one that ruined the type of instrument, through her own stupidity and vanity, which is bestowed upon very few people on Earth. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 13:01)

The stolen idea (73,152) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter When Mariah said during MIAM that she had an idea about an album that she later had to drop because some other big name artist stole her concept, visuals and other things, a lot of people assumed that it was Beyonce, Taylor Swift's name was also thrown in the mix but since Taylor's album came after MIAM. we figured it couldn't be her. Well apparently the rumor is, it is indeed Taylor and the concept Mariah dropped was she was going to drop her demo tape as an album. The famous mystery tape that got Tommy to turn his car around and go back to find Mariah. The "visuals" she was talking about was apparently the cover design and everything with the Polaroid like shot and all. It was apparently why she was tweeting about listening to her teenage demo tape. Don't know how true this is though. However did Taylor's album really include demos? I don't think so, so I don't get why she didn't just release it but then again we have to remember that Mariah pushed back MIAM just because the name of the album was leaked so really anything is possible haha. The visuals do make more sense for Mariah than Taylor though. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 10:26)

Re: What should Mariah do now? (73,134) (73,151) by Jenny from South Africa I'm very sorry but Celine does not lip that All By Myself note. She gives her all when she sings that song. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 10:03)

Mariah's mystery collaborator (73,150) by Shezz from Pk Not sure if this topic was discussed already (I didn't see it.) So who do people think is Mariah's next song collaborator? We know 3 things from her interviews: 1. It is a male singer 2. She has collaborated with him before 3. Good friend of her's I'm hoping she's not referring to a rapper because then her list is endless. My guesses as to who it could be: 1. John Legend 2. R Kelly 3. Babyface 4. Miguel 5. Sisqo 6. Puffy 7. Jay Z 8. Busta Anybody? (Sunday 26 February 2017; 9:13)

What should M do next? (73,149) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Personally I think M should retreat away from the spotlight focus on herself and her children. Also she needs to really consider restructuring her business ties as far as management, image etc. Lastly she should really focus on rediscovering her love for her craft and find some real inspiration. Also training her voice with proper technique again would be a great idea. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 9:04)

One More Try (73,148) by Mara from United States All I can say is wow. I knew she would sound better doing it live than those pitched up vocals on the album. I'll never understand the production choice of that song. Always sounded too "happy" tone wise. I actually shared a raw video clip to a very large worldwide George Michael group and with how critical a lot of them were for Adele changing Fastlove on the Grammys and then Chris Martin doing A Different Corner on the Brits this week but bless his heart he was a bit out of tune. Let me tell you, each and every one of them absolutely loved the song and thought she should have been the one to do a tribute. They all said she sounded the best out of all the tributes they heard and vocally it was wonderful. A lot of them added they might not be a fan of Mariah as she is a bit too "diva-ish" or into herself, but they respected that she was such a fan and they had to give her credit on how beautiful her version was. Considering how George's fans are a lot like us and feel not many can cover a Mariah song very easily, they all agreed she should have done his tribute. So as one of the posters stated quote "Atta girl, way to knock it out of the park." Beautifully done MC. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 4:43)

All the hits tour (73,147) by Mara from United States So Lionel put out that statement with no mention of Mariah at all. He kept using "I". Why do I feel like Mariah may bow out and use the "scheduling conflicts" reason? For all we know, this may be something both parties decided on behind closed doors where it severed the deal and nobody really gets blamed. Lionel had the health issue (not his or Mariah's fault) reschedules to summer however Mariah has contractual obligations since she already postponed her final Vegas leg to the summer, therefore cannot get out of it again and "regretfully has to pull out of the tour" maybe they will honor a refund for any of Mariah's fans if it does get to that. I just feel like that was a recipe for disaster from the get go. It could have worked to help Mariah's image and regain some of the fans she had in that age range, the more adult contemporary and old school RnB fan base. But is Mariah ready to tone down some of the fashion choices she has made lately? I thought she would and then the Vegas banner was used as the tour promotion and I think it set the tone from the beginning reading all the comments from Lionel's fans. Anyhow, I think if MC wants out of this, then this is the way. Again, I just hope her fans that are not there for Lionel, get a refund. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 4:35)

Re: Vocal changes (73,141) (73,146) by Edward from USA I don't think you sound naive at all, I actually agree with you. Leaving Tommy gave Mariah freedom, but with that freedom came the late nights, heavy drinking, weed smoking, and being in the presence of people who smoked. She had control over her team not to smoke around her, but she wouldn't have told Puff Daddy not to, he would've checked her (that's if he smoked). Reading Damizza's book, you can see that Puff Daddy wasn't a puppet, he actually didn't want to work with Mariah at first, he though she was wack, but then changed his mind when he worked with her. Mariah got so immersed in that lifestyle, that she forgot about her instrument along the way. She stated that when she used to smoke she prayed to God to give her voice back, and she gained two octaves once she quit. But that was a Mariah without fame, fortune and the world and all vices at her disposal. Once she started hanging out late at night, drinking heavy stuff and smoking weed, there was not turning back. There was not turning back because unlike her victory over smoking, alcohol seems to be one of the demons she deals with, and always seems to win. She's not stupid, she knows why her voice is effed up, but she can't seem to bring herself to quit. Since I've always thought there are two or more sides to every story, and truth usually lies somewhere in the middle, I think there's some truth to what Morgan said about her. I thought he betrayed her, since those are family matters, but I don't think he made those things up. Eminem while embarrassing himself aiming at embarrassing her stated "Like I been going off on you all this time for no reason, girl you out your alcoholic mind." There was not one episode of MW where she wasn't drinking. I think she really have a problem with alcohol. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 3:57)

Re: Lionel Richie postpones tour (73,130) (73,145) by Licia from USA I'm still hoping one day we will get an album with unreleased material and videos. I know Mariah has a vault like Tupac full of songs that she can package up. I agree about her not needing hits to reconnect. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 3:19)

Re: Remy Ma puts Mariah in Nicki diss (73,143) (73,144) by Licia from USA Remy killed Nicki. Lmao. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 3:07)

Remy Ma puts Mariah in Nicki diss (73,143) by Ty from USA Most vicious rap I've ever heard. (Sunday 26 February 2017; 0:30)

Mariah should release EPs, not just singles (73,142) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines John Mayer just dropped the second installment of his upcoming album The Search for Everything last Friday. He calls each EP a "wave". Don't know if you're a fan or if you've listened to any but here is Wave One and Wave Two in case you wanna. It's a return to form for him as this is shaping up to be his best and most diverse-sounding set of songs in a long time. Now back to Mariah. If she wants to keep making music without really releasing an album, then maybe she should release songs she has recorded via extended plays rather than just drop singles. A single must be big and successful enough to be able to tide fans over until the next release, and Mariah's recent attempts at that have failed to make any impact, so maybe a collection of songs will do better. It won't guarantee success, but it's a bigger artistic expression than just one song. I'm sure she's recorded enough material since MIAMTEC to fill at least 2 EPs, so why not try to release them. (Saturday 25 February 2017; 23:35)

Vocal changes (73,141) by Marissa from USA I don't think she had surgery or anything of the sort. Everyone says 1997 was the year her vocals changed but let's not forget that was the year she started wildin', drinking and partying way more than when she was from '90-'96. Drinking + never getting any sleep + no discipline anymore = a waning voice. I may sound naive but I really believe her drinking and fast-paced lifestyle is what's deteriorated her voice the most. Let's not forget that when she was pregnant and unable to drink, her singing voice sounded damn near like the '90s again. (Saturday 25 February 2017; 22:57)

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