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Re: Article: Seven albums to stop the apocalypse (61,549) (61,552) by Licia from USA Glitter kills Rainbow on vocals alone. (Sunday 24 April 2016; 2:38)

I don't know her shade (61,550) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The "I don't know her" is a legendary shade and I love it (and am guilty of using it on many occasions) but please Mariah and her team has to distance themselves from directly acknowledging this at all costs. Seriously, stop posting photos like this. It just leads to 2 things. 1) It makes people like Jennifer more because she isn't out there throwing shade. 2) It makes Mariah look bad because people think she can't get over this feud even after so many years. Mariah can hate JLo all she wants but does it really have to be on her instagram? Same with Stella captioning her own instagram photos with "I don't know her" and "I still don't know her" (knowing that people check on her account too, to get info on Mariah). This is just getting childish. We already have Wendy the great talking about the picture in which Mariah posed with a fan with a sign saying "I still don't know her". Which is still fine because it wasn't on Mariah's instagram. But now she has started posting it on her own page. This is ridiculous. (Sunday 24 April 2016; 0:54)

Article: Seven albums to stop the apocalypse (61,549) by Andrew crisostomo from Canada, niagara falls I think the Glitter album is actually better than the Rainbow album in my opinion. (Sunday 24 April 2016; 0:11)

Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,535) Damsel in Distress (61,548) by RibbonB from USA I agree with a lot of what you are saying, from Tommy to Benny and on and on. But now she is handing over the reigns to the infamous Stella. So she is buying into this whole thing with a low brow reality show, or docudrama or whatever. I Adore Mariah's music and I think she is a great person, but she is real extra, to say the least. I thought of a tongue and cheek title of her next CD Damsel In Distress or to play on words - Damsel In Dis Dress. Lol. I wish she would really feel as empowered as she can be and should be. She always gives off this vulnerability being in need of a little help. I know it takes a village for us all sometimes. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 23:51)

Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,539) (61,547) by B from USA Once her looks start to fade is when she will embrace seriousness as an artist. She's obviously angling to make another comeback. She has to compete with newer artist half her age. She looks amazing and her body hasn't looked this good in years. She needs to not only deliver the goods musically but she has to look good as well. An older overweight pop star isn't going to score another #1. She looks half her age and she sounds amazing. She needs to pounce and release a stellar single, asap. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 22:58)

Re: Prince (61,540) (61,546) by B from USA I would also love to hear her MJ collaboration/duet. I just commented on one of her videos on YouTube that she was such a workhorse in the 90's constantly writing (and rewriting songs multiply times for remixes), that she probably has hundreds if not thousands of songs that we haven't heard. Does anyone have an MP3 of the full version of We're Not Making Love Anymore, her duet with Michael Bolton? I would love a copy. I recently lost my phone and also lost my only copy of Slipping Away. My email is blambert@indoctrination.edu (Saturday 23 April 2016; 22:49)

Re: Ageism and sexism in sexuality (61,543) (61,544) by B from USA Predictable and boring. Mariah is sexy and she can't hide it so she might as well flaunt it. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 22:42)

Ageism and sexism in sexuality (61,543) by Andrew from UK In re: other female artists such as Beyoncé, sexuality is represented both as being fierce and empowering. They are admired for their use of sexuality. Mariah's representation of sexuality seems to be an awkward need to feel like a desired princess, from Loverboy to Say Something to #Beautiful. For want of a better word, it's a cheaper, or more passive, form of sexuality and is, naturally, a source of derision. It has been so since the late nineties so I'm not sure where ageism is applicable. Maybe that as people get older they are expected to show more dignity and refinement? Well, that just is the way it is and when everyone else is doing it and you're not, you eventually stand for more ridicule (see Madonna). It's, also, a strange argument to say that asking someone to put their tits away is sexist. (Or reduce them to normal human sizes once more.) Sexist? Men are equally held up to certain standards in dress and behaviour and are subjected to criticisms when they fail to meet them. Men not having breasts a comparator is hard to find. But sexist it isn't. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 21:46)

Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,541) (61,542) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh since you brought up the video, they did make me cringe a lot. I saw multiple videos and in all of them she is super drunk (which I am not judging because it may be just because she was celebrating) and she is basically grinding up and down her dancers Bryan Tanaka (who by the way is a total hottie) and Anthony Burrell, the same two guys in that scandalous photo she posted on her instagram. And no they are not gay, that's for sure. There are multiple videos posted on their snap chats of them from different days just being on both sides of Mariah and moving the camera up and down her body, and I am like what the fudge? At the party it was just so raunchy, I was like does Mariah even know these are being posted? It was a little unnecessary. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 21:24)

Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,539) (61,541) by Marissa from USA I totally agree. I'm against the oversexed antics because it decreases the respect she's given as an artist. Seeing her latest outfit at the club or wherever she was wasn't even a surprise for me, but my issue was the cringeworthy video of her telling her dancer to "get her body" on camera only for us to see everything short of her nipples. It looked like a bad intro to a porn flick. Mariah, we have seen your boobs millions of times but a close-up of them on someone's phone is not needed whatsoever. There's nothing wrong with feeling yourself, but stuff like this comes across as thirsty. And for me it's not just because she's a woman because if it would have been a 46 year old guy constantly showing off his chest I would think he was thirsty as well. Sexiness is fine, tastelessness is not regardless of gender. Also, miss me with the "every other celebrity does it" stuff because those other celebrities need stunts to stay relevant. She doesn't. You can't have it both ways no matter what an idealistic society tells you. You can't only play up the eternally 12 antics and want people to see you as deep and introspective and you can't have your nipples spilling out and expect people to believe that you're a prudish Mary Poppins. The lambs are the only ones who care about the truth of who Mariah is. For the general public, perception is everything regardless of facts and they will go with what she projects and do no further research. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 20:45)

Re: Prince (61,538) (61,540) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ah then that is a different scenario, I apologize. I have always wanted to hear what Mariah cooked up with Michael Jackson. That would have been a dream collaboration for me. I swear Mariah has so many hidden gems just tucked away somewhere, it's not fair. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 20:17)

Re: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,535) (61,539) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "Mariah adds insult to injury by playing up the ditzy diva which only fuels that ideology." I couldn't agree more. Mariah says it's "just for laughs" but it's like she started a joke years ago and just didn't know when to end it. A lot of people will say stuff like "well she shouldn't have to act serious just for show, she should be allowed to be herself since she has already had huge success". But the thing is Mariah herself said multiple times that the whole "ditzy diva" thing is an act so it's not her "being herself". Why keep dragging this act? Why not show people the real artist? The deeply intelligent person that she really is. You can't keep joking about angles and lighting and chaise lounges and expect people to see through it and recognize the "real you". Only the lambs know and understand that Mariah actually is a very intelligent and talented individual whose success has been as a result of her own hard work and persistence. Yes some people did play a role but they wouldn't have done it without the work she put in. Risque clothes or not, if people got even a glimpse of the real talent that is Mariah Carey (and no she isn't just a great singer, that's only a part of her many talents), then they would have probably had a different opinion about her. Nothing else would matter. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 19:58)

Re: Prince (61,531) (61,538) by B from USA It wasn't a duet. They wrote a song or two together that weren't finished in time to make the album. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 19:48)

Re: Mariah's concert in Paris, question (61,524) (61,537) by ksquarred from paris I was at the concert too, and I felt the same, it's like she rushed everything to get through it. There wasn't a real connection with the audience. She was kind of robotic. And it's sad because it was packed and everyone was singing along, so she could have been a bit more festive. If I had 20,000 people singing my lyrics, I would be ecstatic. And when you see the videos of the after party on instagram, she's on fire and seems to really enjoy herself. She didn't seem happy to be there in the arena. I can understand that it's the end of the tour and maybe she's getting tired of it, but for us it was the only night. And she loves our city. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 19:44)

Re: Best songs from albums released in the 2000's (61,533) (61,536) by Merr Hasenan from Malaysia If We, The One, TTR (remix), WBT, Say Somethin', anything from E=MC2, Obsessed, Betcha Gon know, Up Out My Face, H.A.T.E.U, Make It Look Good, Mateorite, #Beautiful and Almost Home. I love Christmas In New York, i know it was her freestyling but hey, it's a good song. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 19:35)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T (61,535) by Nikki from usa That word is due to many reasons, but in Mariah's case she has one problem the Prince's, Mary J's, and even Whitney's of the world don't. That would be someone else trying to take credit for all of their success. Mariah was originally promoted as a singer/songwriter/producer. By '93 this was laid to the wayside in favor of simply promoting her as a "singer". Mottola claimed hyphened artists were "fads" and this would be better for her career. In reality, it was better for Mottola and the label if he "created" her. After the juggernaut of Unplugged and the surprise success of I'll Be There the public had enthusiastically given MC a new niche. This is why Mottola went to such lengths micromanaging her. There's no reason why she couldn't be given credit for writing and producing her hit material, it would put her on the map. But, it was Mottola who wanted to be put on the map. He even deleted her own role in her success story. The fact she had other offers, he had to get into a bidding war with Warner Bros. for her, Mariah refusing to sign without a songwriter clause, and her creating and handing out demos like hot cakes were erased. Mariah became a starry eyed waif with a dream who was "lucky" Mottola found her and "made her" into a star. Mariah was viewed as a "kept woman" by the public, but in reality she was the one overseeing the construction of their mansion and paying for half of everything herself. She wasn't given full credit for breaking down genre barriers with her remixes or inventing hip-pop. This ideology of Mariah as a kept woman who was lucky he made her into a star still exists today with many members of this board and the general public. Mariah adds insult to injury by playing up the ditzy diva which only fuels that ideology. If she were to spend the next 3 years being very visual (no matter what she's wearing) talking about making music, showing clips of her playing the guitar and piano, and sharing her music expertise than this whole ideology would do a major 180 flip. She could very easily be viewed as the creative genius she is if she exposes that side of her on the regular. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 18:25)

Re: Mariah's World: everything (61,505) (61,534) by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End "Haha you made a funny. You should take your meds more often." And you should up your Vitamin D intake. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 18:19)

Re: Best songs from albums released in the 2000's (61,530) (61,533) by Bill from the UK It's been a while since we did a list here. Glitter: If We Charmbracelet: The One Emancipation: To the Floor E=MC2: Last Kiss Memoirs: Ribbon MC2Y: O Come All Ye Faithful Me I Am Mariah: Make It Look Good And for the nostalgia: Mariah Carey: Vision of Love Emotions: Make It Happen Music Box: Anytime You Need a Friend Merry Christmas: AIWFCIY Daydream: Fantasy Butterfly: The Roof Rainbow: Crybaby (Saturday 23 April 2016; 17:41)

The breast boob (61,532) by Nikki from usa Remember kids it's not your achievements that count, the boundaries you've broken, the records you've set, the records you've broken, the people you've paved the way for, the work you've done, the people you inspired, the albums you've sold, or others you helped along the way it's only the clothes you wear that matter. Respect is clothing apparel. It has nothing to do with your actions or how you treat other people, much less your artistry. Ironically, Prince had a good chapter with his ass hanging out in what can only be described as glittering ass-less chaps for a look during a certain era. Interestingly, no one respected him any less or told him to cover up. They didn't think it took away from his music. No one told him he was a talented artist so he "didn't need to do that" or assume he wore it due to low self esteem. What were we all saying about sexism earlier? (Saturday 23 April 2016; 17:33)

Re: Prince (61,528) (61,531) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Releasing a previously unfinished song by Prince may be controversial though. People get really angry when other artists release collaborations with deceased artists, especially when the deceased partner was heavily involved in the songwriting-producing aspect (which Prince certainly was). People start throwing mud saying "Prince wouldn't approve" or "Mariah is banking on Prince's death" and the likes. However I agree that people might only learn to respect Mariah when it's too late. It's funny how the less talented artists are so respected and hyped up and Mariah's achievements are mostly downplayed or ignored. They have basically written her off, so that kind of makes me want her to come back with a killer album. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 17:20)

Best songs from albums released in the 2000's (61,530) by B from USA Glitter: Lead The Way and Never Too Far Charmbracelet: The One, Clown, My Saving Grace, and You Had Your Chance TEOM: We Belong Together, Mine Again, Stay The Night, One & Only part one and two, Circles, and Don't Forget About Us E=MC2: Touch My Body, Side Effects, I'm That Chick, and Thanx 4 Nothin MOAIA: Obsessed and Candy Bling MIAMTEC: Cry., Dedicated, #Beautiful, Make It Look Good, Meteorite, and You're Mine (Eternal) (Saturday 23 April 2016; 16:55)

Re: The breast boob (61,523) (61,529) by B from USA It is sexism. It's also ageism. If she was in her 20's they would say it was sexy. I still can't believe the backlash she's been receiving from fans over pictures uploaded/posted on her social media accounts. She's stunning and her body looks amazing. If she wants to show off her hard work I say do it. The infamous shot of her behind was sexy. She's working her ass off to look and sound her best and she should be applauded for doing so. Her voice is otherworldly. Countless people said her best days, vocally, were behind her but she's slaying on her Sweet Sweet Fantasy world tour. I think she needs to release a new single to coincide with the premiere of Mariah's World. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 16:43)

Prince (61,528) by B from USA Mariah and Prince worked on a song for the Glitter soundtrack album that wasn't finished in time. I hope this song is released in the future. I think it would be a fitting tribute to him for her to finish the song if it still isn't finished or if it is release it. I remember being excited when it was revealed they were working together and I was disappointed when it didn't make the album. Mariah is one of the last true legends living and she deserves respect from not only her fans but from the industry and the public. Unfortantely, I don't think her genius will be recognized properly until she is no longer with us. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 16:35)

Re: Mariah's concert in Paris, question (61,524) (61,526) by darrian liu from taiwan I think it has got something to do with Prince's passing. Such a great artist he was. All my prayers for his family. I could only imagine how much of an influence Prince had on Mariah. I guess Mariah was really affected by his passing. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 16:27)

Re: Essence show (61,521) (61,525) by Chicago Lamb from USA A Chicago date would be fantastic. (Saturday 23 April 2016; 15:05)

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