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I don't begrudge Mariah's relationships (73,273) by Nikki from usa I think it was pretty obvious Mariah was really in love with Nick. But, I also recall her saying she had almost given up on love until he came along. Well, after that burn she probably did give up. It makes since to have a happy companionship with great conversation if you don't want to be alone, especially if that other person seems to actually love you. That makes the blow all the greater when you realize it's a business transaction with an end date. After all of those serious relationships and setbacks it might be nice just to flirt with someone. If that same someone is easy going, fun to be with, and good with the kids than it's even more convenient. A relationship that's more of a fun romance than deep commitment might be a good change of pace. I don't think her relationship with Tanaka is fake, I just don't think it's that serious or deep. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 4:52)

"I Don't" believe Roger (73,272) by Nikki from usa Since LA already made it perfectly clear that MC was "lucky" just to be on the radio and would never have another #1 hit again, I don't think Epic was anticipating a blockbuster. More to the point, it just went for radio adds today as an impact date. To say Epic is dropping Mariah before she's even played on air is jumping the gun a bit. Not to mention they'd have to buy her out of her contract which they weren't paying much for anyway, so it that would be counter-productive. Infinity may have been a flop, but it wasn't one that Epic paid for since they regurgitated everything and relied on Vegas to support the rest. Mariah wanted her last album to be heard as a whole without singles. Now, we're hearing the exact opposite. This strategy doesn't sound like Mariah, it sound like LA Reid and I actually agree with him on this. Rihanna released a top 10 hit track with Paul McCartney, but it didn't come with an album because her label was still trying to get her a #1. A lot of artists are releasing a slew of singles until they find enough that stick with the public before releasing an album of new material. I think this would work in MC's favor, It will give her the liberty to try new things without the pressure of trying to make everything a comeback. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 4:36)

Memoirs one of Mariah's all around best albums (73,271) by T from USA I honestly can say that Memoirs is top notch quality and fits in perfect with MC's discography. Not only does it have a massive Top 10 hit but the album itself has almost sold platinum in the USA. When I listen to it, it transforms me to a time and place in the autumn of 2009. Music was still a major part of her life. With "The Elusive Chanteuse" she did take her time to perfect the music, but Memoirs had a freshness and spontinaity that MIAMTEC lacks. The Elusive Chanteuse is like Rainbow where as Memoirs is more inline with Butterfly. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 4:32)

Re: Edward (73,270) by Nikki from usa I'm not sure how well you knew MC to begin with, but where were you for the pics of her kissing Packer on her Instagram? Or all the pda with Nick on every red carpet ever? Back in the day we even had make out pics of her and Luis Miguel on her website. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 4:21)

Article: Mariah courts attention with provocative kissing picture (73,269) by Betty from Canada Mishka probably took the pic and posted it. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 3:28)

Where is Mariah? (73,268) by Jamie from UK I'm getting more and more frustrated with this era, does she not realise her career is in tatters? She's doing nothing to help herself and her public image. How can a person change beyond recognition to the person she once was? I don't want to give up on her but she really needs to sort herself out. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 2:47)

Work hard play hard ? (73,267) by Dan from US Is it just me? I'm really trying to figure out what this broken record of Stella is working hard on? What is she playing hard on? What is this empower your girls? She isn't working hard on anything to do with Mariah, Mariah is not working hard, I just can't understand the quotes that she uses everyday. Mariah had two songs since Infinity, she is not on magazine covers, she is not doing anything for charities, she is not doing any promo tv performances, a reality show is not working hard, and going to a Oscars after party and stating you did not watch the show is just lame. So to me Stella is not right in her head as to where she thinks she is working hard but she is doing nothing. Empower your girls is not about being rude in public or disrespecting others. Working hard play hard is Beyonce, empower your girls is what Lady Gaga does, I'm sorry but maybe I'm wrong but she thinks she's doing so much and she isn't doing nothing. She's like the coworker everyone has who goes around acting like they do all the work and nobody else does nothing but in reality they are the one who do nothing. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 1:57)

Re: Mariah and Stella in a relationship? (73,264) (73,266) by RibbonB from USA Lol, now you are adding "Lying Les-bot" to her list of L's and it is only the first quarter of 2017? Or did I miss the sarcasm? I have heard of some elaborate industry stunts, but that one would take the cake. Mimi seems lost more than anything, definitely not in love with a vampire bat bitch. (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 1:25)

Mariah - please come to your senses (73,265) by John from USA I feel like Mariah has really lost her way. To me, she hasn't really cared about her career since the beginning of E=MC2. To think if that era had been handled better, at the very least, we could have had two more top 5 singles from that album. But she chose to fall off the face of Earth right after meeting Nick (I remember she cancelled so many public appearances after TMB), and her career has never quite recovered. I feel like E=MC2 was her last chance for an epic era (maybe not as epic as TEOM, but much stronger than what actually happened). She looked amazing, the general public was into her, she had great tracks, full label support. MOAIA, we're lucky we got a top 10 hit off of that album. It basically died right after Obsessed peaked that fall. I mean, if Mariah doesn't care, why should we? If I were her, I would have already disappeared from the public for about a year, get into E=MC2 shape, and come back strong with crazy promo. I feel like in addition to being lazy, she's delusional thinking that Stella is good for her career. I feel like she doesn't have much time left before she becomes a permanent cartoon character in the eyes of the general public. We as fans know she is so much better than this. But she needs to really get it together soon, or just straight up retire if she doesn't "care enough" about her career and legacy. I've virtually abandoned all hope for another hit single (but I do like "I Don't" quite a lot actually), at least we'll always have the memories (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 22:36)

Mariah and Stella in a relationship? (73,264) by T from USA After these past two years and seeing Mariah change so much I can only guess that maybe Stella and her are actually dating and in love with each other. It wouldn't be that much of a stretch. Stella basically lives with Mariah, she's with her at all times. Her family has moved in. Mariah doesn't want it out there so she keeps "relationships" like James and Tanaka around to keep people from wondering. Mariah must feel that her brand would be severely ruined if it came out. There's no other way to describe what is happening with her career. I think she has finally found real love and that's it. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 22:36)

Mariah Carey may be dropped by Epic Records (73,263) by JT from USA I believe this is mostly true. I had already thought that the record company is so tired of Stella, they would threaten to drop Mariah unless she makes management changes. [...] Roger Friedman is a fool who constantly contradicts his own stories. Even this story. Remember, he was the one who previously reported that the record company had a Mariah single and wanted to release it but Stella didn't want it released. Now in this latest article, he says Mariah delivered a record with no notice and basically forced them to release it. Whatever, buddy. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 22:07)

Article: Mariah courts attention with provocative kissing picture (73,262) by Edward from USA How desperate can she be to post a picture like that on her Instagram? Lord, have Mercy. The Mariah, as we knew her, seems to be completely gone. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 20:23)

Article: Mariah courts attention with provocative kissing picture (73,261) by Edward from USA How desperate can she be to post a picture like that on her Instagram? Lord, have mercy. The Mariah, as we knew her, seems to be completely gone. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 20:23)

Amazing t-shirt (73,260) by Martyn from England, UK My friend just sent me this t-shirt. Definitely going to be purchasing one, thought I'd share. I love that pic of Mariah (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 19:39)

Vanity Fair (73,259) by Mara from United States Well I really don't know what to make of this whole situation any longer. I can't seem to find it to link it here and I'm not sure if any of you have seen the little interview Mariah barely did walking into Vanity Fair where the woman said Mariah was "like her Jesus" and that she has seen every Christmas concert and you can see Stella with her phone looking like she is ready to move Mariah along and then the woman proceeds to mention Mariah's World and how she is obsessed with Stella to and how "these are the stars of Mariah's World" and Stella then turns her back and walks in the woman's view pulling Mariah away and to the point where the woman says no I'm serious and Mariah looks uncomfortable and says "How can you not be obsessed with her" and then it's cut short. Like seriously what is wrong with Stella? Why be so rude? Was it because "Mariah's World is such a sore subject" that she thought they were being mocked or she really is trying to not allow Mariah to speak? What are we witnessing here? I don't like how she kept pushing Mariah away from microphones. I have lived through that once before as a fan and we all know what happened since. What I am thouroughly confused about is this: 1. Is Mariah really handing over that much control to Stella to the point where she seems to have literally checked out and goes with the flow? 2. Is she just making Stella look like the bad guy and this is all what she wants in the first place. Even the crazy instgram pics. Does she really want them posted but acted like it's all Mishka's doing? Is she really that blase' at this stage in her career or does she just never want to take the blame? I honestly don't know what to think anymore. If that is how Stella is working now, it seems like she is getting much more brazen in ordering MC around. Someone mentioned somewhere that she reminds them of Whitneys manager Pat Houston. She does. It's just all so bizarre but I feel like it's not for me to decide what it is. I just hope Mariah is careful and that she has someone in her life that is real and has a real past with that can at least reach her or look out for her. It's like Mariah is like a real life Cinderella who got ready for the ball and the evil stepmother had to watch over her the whole time (and she according to an article and the fact that there are not many pictures of her) didn't even stay for the party. It's like Stella walked her through for her photo ops and didn't want her talking, she rushed through posed with a few people and boom, grabbed a steak with Tanaka, Stella, the other assistant and went home. Then they asked her if it's real or it's all for cameras and her reply was "that's an awful lot of work for cameras" or something like that. Then we get that awkward pic of MC and Tanaka. I don't even know what you want to call it. Touching lips? And a strange quote captioned. Her life is really a circus right now and I'm going to take a break from it all I think until things seem more put together. I'm sorry but I miss the "old Mariah" and I'm not ashamed. I do t know who we are looking at anymore. I miss the songwriter who always had a song that connected with me about some sort of topic in my life. And yeah, I can go to the back catalog, but something new and fresh was what always got me excited looking ahead to new music. I just wish we knew what she really was feeling right now, because right now, I am at a loss. The MW DVD cover and back was released and the description on the back is really what I feel Mariah wanted or visioned it being and I think she got caught up in this mess and felt she had no choice for the show. I don't know. With all these stories and Stella every single place with her 12 year old daughter every single place, taking the place of Mariah's friends. It's all just too insane. If Stella was pulling microphones away from Mariah for reasons we don't know the I'll apologize to Stella. If she is around Mariah 24/7 literally every waking moment and every outing due to Mariah's request then again, I apologize to her. But she really comes off as crass and just not likeable. But according to her and her middle finger thrown up in the air all the time even with her 12 year old, this is the attitude she wants to portray in the public so I guess she is getter what she wants from us. She doesn't want to be like by us, she wants to come off as this powerful bi$@h boss and could care less about us peasants. I think I just need to forget about it for a while, God knows I have enough of my own life to worry about. Wish Mariah would surprise some of us. I hate seeing what I am seeing. Sorry for the rant. Rant over. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 18:53)

History repeats itself? (73,258) by RibbonB from USA Like Eddie Morales said last year around this time, he hopes she-Stellar doesn't sink the ship before M. can relaunch her career. They seem to have already read the script and knew the cast. Now let us pray. But in Mariah's mind she created all that 800 hours of footage for her kids. My worst fear and one I have avoided saying is, I hope Roc and Roe don't end up treating her like her own siblings now treat her, with resentment. Kids are resilient, but they know, see and feel a lot. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 18:32)

Re: Mariah Carey may be dropped by Epic Records (73,231) (73,257) by Musti from UK I agree, I would't be surprised either. Dropping a legend simply because they no longer sell millions says more about the label than the artist, but the end result is that Mariah will be without a label. At this point in her career I don't see her getting a deal from any of the majors. What worries me is that she might be forced to set up her own independent label. Seeing how Stella doesn't seem to be going anywhere, she will continue to distance Mariah from her important personal and business relationships and destroy whatever else is left. I get that Mariah feels like Stella understands her and that they have "connected" as friends (even though I don't think Stella is anywhere near her level). However there needs to be a line somewhere between friendship and business. Mariah should also try to get back into that professional space and take her career seriously. We all lose people from time to time, whether by breakups or death. But we recover. It is simply not ok in the music industry to delay an album for an entire year after releasing the lead single and then completely abandon the project because you're divorcing your husband. Let's not forget the series of incredibly messy TV appearances during that period. Whatever cloud she has been on for the past 3 years, she needs to come down fast. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 18:03)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,250) (73,256) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ugh those videos popped up on YouTube 2 days backs and it made me cringe harder. This was one of the videos from the Paris party for the Vodka launch. She was completely out of it and basically throwing herself at Tanaka who obviously stood there touching her and fixing her hair. All this while James supposedly just left minutes ago. I hope for Roc and Roe's sake that they never come across these videos. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 17:41)

Re: New song in March (73,246) (73,255) by Butterfly from The Billboard La Reid interview was just his thoughts. It was not like I demand she goes all AC or do a cover album. He said in one interview I'll just let her decide what she wants and when she wants to record an album. He's very open minded and fair towards Mariah. I'm sure La Reid would be totally open for another TEOM type of album. Mature, fresh and playful and focused on her talent. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 17:22)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,244) (73,254) by RibbonB from USA The more people keep talking about it, good or bad, the more they will keep doing it. "We know she is happy, paparazzi snapping." Lol. I'm waiting for Stella to hire a stunt dummy so she can be in "love" and busy herself. They can double date, but that would be too hard for Stella to oversee her commodity. The kicker is neither will be a factor when this era ends. Tonka may get invited to Dancing With the Stars and Crustella will go back to reality show D listers. She was probably drooling over all the talent at the Mayweather party hoping they didn't notice those Mariah's World ratings. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:56)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,244) (73,253) by Lila from United States I think it's the first, she's stuck in a publicity stunt that she doesn't know how to end. It's like even if it's not taped, we're still getting Mariah's World Season 2. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:49)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,245) (73,252) by Butterfly from If I was a PR person I would say there's only one option to save your career and image. Leave Stella, Bryan and all of them in LA and go home to NY with your children. Delete everything on Twitter and Instagram and leave the entertainment business for a while. Sit down and talk to people like La Reid and Lee Daniels. Re-hire Michael Richardson. No concerts, no interviews, no gigs. Relax with your children, stop drinking and start working on an album. Meanwhile let Michael, La Reid form a team that is qualified. And stop being a diva and grow the hell up. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:49)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,238) (73,251) by Lila from United States I just don't know her ass anymore. I have to make my own paddle sign with the phrase. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:41)

Re: Actions speak louder than words (73,245) (73,250) by Licia from USA Mimi L you know that picture ticked me off. I hurried up and closed my IG. lol If she's really in love with that fool, I wish her the best and I always want her to be happy, but this situation and him irks my soul. I think if those videos of her flirting and stuff while she's about to get married never would have came out or been posted I'd be a little bit better with it. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:27)

"She don't" (73,249) by Edward from USA While I think releasing a series of 3 or 4 singles before a project is OK, these singles should be intended as part of unit, cohesively that is, not just thrown in there for the sake of having them all as a unit for people to purchase. Mariah greatest songs are usually not singles, so having many half-cooked singles out leading up to a project when they are all flopping is not a good idea. If Mariah is not going to put the effort, I don't see the need of being part of a label. If she produced a series of singles leading up to an album like E=MC2, that would definitely be a different scenario. I hope that by shielding herself too much she's not detaching herself from reality. She should know by now that "I Don't" is not going happen. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 16:24)

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