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I think Mariah and Stella are dating (74,589) by T from USA I can't explain it but I get the feeling that they are in some sort of secret relationship. I'm not even joking. (Thursday 20 April 2017; 13:43)

Re: LA Reid has no choice (74,535) (74,551) by T from USA I don't know, she did way more promotion for MIAMTEC than she did for Memoirs if I remember correctly. For Memoirs she was so caught up in Precious and her new perfume. All the promo appearances were either pushed back and cancelled. Yes she had more singles that were released but none were really promoted heavily with the exception of Obsessed. For MIAMTEC, the promo actually started with American Idol and #Beautiful, then she went on to promote #B a lot. With YME she did tons of radio interviews and even appeared at the World Music Awards. She even lit up Times Square. That would be excellent promo imo for a new album, but first and foremost the songs have to connect to the people. (Tuesday 18 April 2017; 01:37)

LA Reid has no choice (74,531) by T from USA None of his artists (including JLo) are really panning out right now. He has a global superstar on his roster, someone who can actually sell and has a proven track record of that (200 million albums and records sold). So he has to put all his eggs in the MC basket. What Mariah has to do to fulfill her end of the agreement is create the songs. The songs she is capable of making. Yes some clever collaborations with the hottest quality artists but also ballads like "Butterfly", and "If It's Over". Songs that make you feel something no matter who you are. She also has to be able to put her full energy into promoting. Which has never really been a problem for her (even MIAMTEC had some promotion). She'll have to step it up though. (Sunday 16 April 2017; 13:59)

Anything new (74,466) by T from USA Anything new from Mariah at this point will be welcomed. The last time(s) she's switched it up were Butterfly and TEOM. Other than that it's been a lot of the same old Mariah Carey. She needs to take this new album in a direction to change things drastically. (While maintaining who she is.) That can mean go completely neo soul new age R&B, or even "hardcore" A/C. Just something that is not expected and will turn people's heads again. I would even take EDM Mariah if that means she excites people again like she used to in the old days. (Thursday 13 April 2017; 14:13)

Mariah and Beyonce (74,432) by T from USA Can this please happen. (Wednesday 12 April 2017; 14:34)

New album producers (74,431) by T from USA I would like Daley, Pharrell, Babyface, and Timbaland. Producers with a vision. Co-writers that can tell a story with their pens. (Wednesday 12 April 2017; 14:33)

MC and Walter Afanasieff. Butterfly 2.0 (74,388) by T from USA She's back with Sony, it's Butterfly's 20th anniversary, she's releasing a new album after a very tumultuous time. Can't she let bygones be bygones and get back in the studio with her most successful songwriting partner? Plus he's Russian. Get at him Stella. A Butterfly 2.0 album would need Walter A, The Dream, Timbaland, David Morales and The Weeknd. Duet with Beyonce (as her Dru Hilll moment) and there you would have an R&B moment that just may rival the first. (Tuesday 11 April 2017; 14:51)

Daley and Mariah (74,107) by T from USA You want to hear current great R&B music with the most amazing lyrics and arrangement? You want to hear a direction that Mariah could definitely go and have all success in? An artist named Daley (who has defended MC on multiple occasions) is doing just that. Check out "Love & Affection", "Time Travel", "Be", "Until The Pain Is Gone". And picture Mariah singing lyrics like these. It will instantly transport you back to Daydream Mariah and the artist we all knew and loved. Let me know what you think. (Sunday 2 April 2017; 16:07)

Re: The fateful fall (from grace) (73,946) (73,959) by T from USA That fall will go down as the moment Mariah lost her storied career. I've been saying this all along. Hate to place blame but it seems like Nick Cannon is the curse to Mariah's career. She should've never been on a table dancing without some serious caution measures in place. I hope she wasn't tipsy. Had the injury never happened she would've been promoting #Beautiful full stop and the album would've came out in 2013 at some point. To me Mariah as an active recording artist (who could compete and be relevant) is 1990-2013. After that it's just Mariah hanging around as a semi-legacy act. It's starting to get embarrassing. And it's a shame because I think if she didn't fall and break her shoulder she would've had another few years as a major force in music. (Sunday 26 March 2017; 14:49)

Mariah Carey covers album (73,422) by T from USA Mariah has so many amazing duets (Luther, Whitney, Dru Hill) that I always thought Sony could put them all on one album and sell it as a duets album. But I also think an album that would sell incredibly well would be a covers album where she compiles all of her covers and then maybe does one new one to release as a single. It would a change of pace and might let her be seen in a fresh light for a second. If she did this what would be that 1 song you would want to see her cover in the studio? Maybe "With You I'm Born Again" or "You & I". 1. ? 2. I'll Be There 3. Without You 4. Endless Love 5. Open Arms 6. The Beautiful Ones 7. I Still Believe 8. Do You Know Where You're Going 9. Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now) 10. Didn't Mean To Turn You On 11. Bringing On The Heartbreak 12. Help Me Make It Through The Night 13. I Want To Know What Love Is 14. One More Try (Tuesday 7 March 2017; 14:26)

Re: If you could (73,395) (73,396) by T from USA Talking pure vocals. Like would you want 20 year old Mariah covering The Roof or maybe One More Try For Example? (Monday 6 March 2017; 16:07)

If you could (73,392) by T from USA If you could get Mariah to have done only one song from Butterfly, TEOM and MIAMTEC on her debut album (to make it a 14 track album) instead (with her 20 year old voice) which one song would you pick? I would pick: My All, Mine Again, and Make It Look Good. (Monday 6 March 2017; 14:50)

If you could (73,391) by T from USA If you could get Mariah to have done only one song from Butterfly, TEOM and MIAMTEC on her debut album (to make it a 14 track album) instead (with her 20 year old voice) which one song would you pick? I would pick: My All, Mine Again, and Make It Look Good. (Monday 6 March 2017; 14:50)

Re: "No one wants albums anymore." Wrong, girl (73,356) (73,362) by T from USA Mariah changed. At one time it was about the music, it really was. But she was also a poor girl who felt the power of what money can bring. Somewhere around the time of around Rainbow/2000 her priority changed. It became about making money. $80 million to sign with Virgin, $18 million to do American Idol, countless perfumes, makeup lines and side projects and now an E. Network show. These things are not music descisions, they are money considerations. So now in an industry where albums don't make a lot of money it doesn't surprise me that she doesn't want anything to do with one. Singles are quick and easy and you can make a fast buck, period. At one time it used to music that was Mariah's inspiration, now it's money. A real musical act would never keep Stella around. (Sunday 5 March 2017; 1:03)

Re: Her new Instagram pic (73,344) (73,349) by T from USA Her biggest pics get around 100k likes. Imagine this more natural looking Mariah pic gets 200k. It would be a bold statement to her and the people running her account. (Saturday 4 March 2017; 19:21)

Her new Instagram pic (73,342) by T from USA Okay, so the majority of people on here and other asking for Mariah to tone down the diva glam, to go back to the more natural Mariah that they used to relate to. Now is your chance to tell her directly how you feel. She posted a natural pic of her on Instagram, gone is the diva lashes and hair, makeup and jewels. This is the Mariah from days gone by in that pic and if everyone "likes" it and it gets more social attention and likes then some of her more outlandish publicity stunt pictures then maybe just maybe she'll realize what the people really want from her. Get to liking that picture. (Saturday 4 March 2017; 13:56)

Re: Memoirs one of Mariah's all around best albums (73,304) (73,306) by T from USA Maybe Memoirs would've been beyond "Perfect" if she included the song she worked on with Timbaland at the time. It would've broken up the one critic people have of being too samesy. Plus shortening it to 12 tracks would've given it a better punch. A track-list like this would've made it rival Butterfly in terms of epicness: 1. Obsessed 2. Betcha Gon' Know 3. Hate You 4. Candy Bling 5. Ribbon 6. Skydiving 7. Inseparable 8. Standing O 9. It's A Wrap 10. More Than Just Friends 11. Angels Cry 12. Languishing (Thursday 2 March 2017; 16:28)

I Know What You Want (73,300) by T from USA This past week I was thinking about Mariah's big comeback to the commercial success she had in 2005-2010. Everyone (including me) links her success to We Belong Together. But even though WBT was the song that actually sealed her legacy for good and helped sell TEOM ten million copies world wide, I think there was a song before it that actually brought her back to peak commercial performance. I'm talking about IKWYW in 2003. The song was so hot and went Top 10 in about twenty countries world wide, not to mention #3 on the Billboard 100 and the UK at a time she couldn't buy a hit. I'm convinced that this song is what set up her comeback. WBT sealed it. But It's Like That benefited from her new found commercial success and I think Mariah herslef knows that because she still performs it over other songs in her live shows. (Thursday 2 March 2017; 12:36)

Re: Mariah and Stella in a relationship? (73,290) (73,293) by T from USA Them being in a "relationship" was a joke, but in all seriousness Mariah is more committed to Stella then she has been in any other of her romantic relationships (excluding Nick). (Wednesday 1 March 2017; 23:24)

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)

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)

New song in March (73,246) by T from USA I really now believe that the song coming in March was the one Epic wanted to "rush out" in the new year. It must have something to do with the tour she was going to go on with Lionel. LA Reid's plan is to make Mariah a more legacy act (he even suggested a covers album at one point). Mariah doesn't want to go that route and hence sidelined him with releasing "I Don't". But now with the tour coming she was going to release the song the label wanted all along I do believe. It will be interesting to see if it ever does get to see the light of day because now Mariah can argue there is not more tour, at least not yet. PS. People think Pharrell is the mystery collaborator. But that article clearly states that they talked about their kids. And by the way they were talking about them it seemed like Mariah and Pharrell haven't spoken in quite some time. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 15:54)

Re: Mariah Carey may be dropped by Epic Records (73,234) (73,241) by T from USA There are so many (fake) stories floating around that it's hard to know what's real and who to believe. So was that Stella who leaked the rumors that LA Reid wanted to rush a single out after NYE, but really it was Mariah/Stella who wanted it released? And did she just use LA's name to gain more credibility? Or is the song she's putting out in March the one he was championing? Or maybe he didn't want to rush a song out at all, and it's all lies. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 13:32)

I don't think we'll ever get another full album (73,240) by T from USA Epic/Sony would be the only label to push her to make another album. But she knows the industry isn't album driven but single driven these days. Unfortunately it's bad timing for us the fans who would want an album because as time goes by and she becomes less and less in demand the chance of getting an album is going to be lower and lower. I have a feeling that MIAMTEC will be her last full studio album. But maybe it's a good thing to only release songs for the fans now as there is a lot less pressure (from the industry) and maybe just maybe one will become a decent hit. And if not she can always just release another one. She's earned the right to do whatever she wants now. She's not a 20 year old up and coming artist. (Tuesday 28 February 2017; 13:29)

ABC screws "La La Land" "Moonlight" (73,193) by T from USA So there is talk that Warren Beatty was purposely foiled with the best picture presentation and given the wrong envelope on purpose to create a viral moment. This would be the third "screw up" from ABC producers since Mariah at NYE. It's obvious that people get their news through social media now and viral moments are what makes news, do you think ABC is going to keep this strategy up to keep people talking? (Monday 27 February 2017; 13:23)

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