Mariah recreated the covers of Mariah Carey (front and back) and Butterfly. She did not recreate the Glitter cover. On the back is the cover of the Obsessed single. Where did you get that she recreated the Glitter cover? (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 16:34)
Mariah Carey, the lyricist (50,781)
by B from USA
From the start of her career Mariah Carey has written the majority of the lyrics to her songs by herself. Starting with The Emancipation of Mimi she began co-writing lyrics with others and the results are hit or miss. Mariah now is the time for you to get serious. Time to write more songs like Outside, Looking In, #Beautiful, Side Effects, Breakdown, The Roof, and Always Be My Baby. I think she writes her best song lyrics when she's by herself writing in her cute little Hello Kitty book. Does anyone else understand what I'm trying to say? (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 16:27)
I'm still here (50,780)
by Marissa from USA
Here I am Shelly lol. I have just been observing lately on the board. I am annoyed with Nick suing and his whole post-divorce/separation behavior but figured I had nothing new to add to the discussion, so I've just been enjoying hearing others' opinions. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 16:00)
Brandon (50,779)
by Dove from USA
I'm so glad you're still here. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 15:46)
Shelly (50,778)
by B from USA
Daydream and Butterfly are very similar. Fantasy and Honey, Underneath The Stars and Fourth Of July, I Am Free and Close My Eyes, Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix) and Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise), and Looking In and Outside. The album share a similar structure, formula, and sequencing. Mariah needs to revisit and update this formula for her next studio album working with new producers like Happy Perez, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Frank Ocean, and Miguel. She also needs to embrace Pop or she'll only be relevant in R&B. Mariah Carey is a genius Pop songwriter and if she wanted to she could easily write another Fantasy or Honey. She needs to work with Calvin Harris has an Urban EDM producer. JD is no longer a hit maker and hasn't been since 06 or 07. She also used a similar formula for TEOM, E=MC2, and MIAMTEC. Say what you want about bad performance but nobody can make an album like Mariah Carey. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 15:17)
Re: Shelly, evolution (50,770) (50,777)
by May from Denmark
I agree with you in that, at least with this last album, I felt no real evolution at all. The music is beautiful but there were melodies I felt I heard them before, perhaps is because she was trying to give the fans what they wanted. I really loved the Emancipation because the whole 70s felt like a true new vibe, the orchestra sounded amazing, even the B sides were amazing. E=MC2 was fun, and I take it as that, there were a few truly good songs that I enjoy to hear up to this day. But with Memoirs I felt that she wasn't really trying much, she gave us again a lot of the same, when she said she was coming to her roots, I thought she meant something like the first albums. The songs I liked the most from that album are "Betcha Gonna Know", HATEU (so beautiful, pity the video was so boring), "The Impossible", and "It's a wrap". The rest for me were overproduced fillers, I can't stand listening to "Ribbon", I feel without all the heavy arrangement and effects it's a great song. Mariah needs a touch of freshness but keeping her signature. I thought she was going to venture to do music with someone different, yet she is again with JD. Hopefully they will do something wonderful, that could be ready for her Vegas show and that she could release worldwide for publicity, so we all get to enjoy it in high quality and not from a phone record. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 14:38)
Make It Look Good and YDKWTD (50,775)
by B from USA
E=MC2 was Mariah and JD hitting a wall creatively. Then they made the two tracks above which restored my faith in their chemistry and magic in the studio. I just hope he doesn't include any you already know what it is or grunts on any of their future songs. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 13:48)
Shelly (50,774)
by B from USA
I'm Brandon. I had the webmaster delete my other account. I started a new one because I was missing some of my fellow lambs including you, Edward, and Abraham. And this is the only Mariah Carey messageboard that counts. I just wish I could block some people's posts. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 13:45)
Open Arms for the nostalgia (50,773)
by Lee TS from USA
I've recently come across this performance and it quickly became one of my top favorites. I love everything about this, it's pure perfection. It's so simple yet so enchanting. She's so gorgeous here and it looks like she came to life from the Daydream/Fantasy poster and started singing. I know she'll probably never sing this one diddy again but yeah, this is a moment for me. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 10:46)
Cover song wish (50,772)
by Reuben Walton from United States
MC should cover the ABBA song "Thank You for the Music". Thoughts? (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 9:15)
MIA lambs (50,771)
by Dove from USA
Where are Edward, Brandon, and Marissa? (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 6:13)
Evolution (50,770)
by Dove from USA
I was also hoping for an evolution out of rap/R&B. I know MC, and a lot of people on this site, are fans of R&B and rap and I respect that. But I just don't feel it as deeply myself, just like I don't really connect with country music or generic pop. It's looking like we might be getting more of the same of what we've been getting for the last ten years. MC's worst is still better than anybody else's best, so I will still buy and support. Who knows, maybe there can be growth and evolution with JD and Big Jim Wright, we may all be pleasantly surprised. I just can't give up now, I will continue to have faith that what's coming next is going to take our breath away in the best possible way. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 6:11)
Re: Daydream (50,691) by Abraham (50,768)
by Dove from USA
IMO the magic from the Daydream album has never been recaptured. Each time a new album of hers comes out, even if I think it's very good, it can only be as good as Butterfly for me because Daydream was perfect IMO. (Music Box and Butterfly are tied for second.) I always hoped there would be another album someday as good or better than Daydream. Maybe with an up tempo, pop/rock, acoustic sound and MC's lyrics, melodies, and voice singing songs with more evolved themes giving us a mature insight into her life and experience. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 6:08)
Covers album (50,767)
by Dove from USA
It would be super awesome if MC did a cover album of really great songs from different genres. (Happiness is a warm gun?) Maybe she wouldn't love the songs but how long could it take to just go in and record them? Then she can save her energy to write for the type of album she truly likes, loves, and connects with. She's already rich, she doesn't need the publishing royalties for every single song. Right? (Sidenote: my suggestions for covers is in post 49,866.) (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 6:04)
Jon (50,766)
by Dove from USA
I'm here. Thanks for thinking of me Jon. You made me feel appreciated. I appreciate you too. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 5:59)
Andrew (50,765)
by Manny from U.S.
I'm just curious, when will you be satisfied with anything Mariah does? I'm only saying. Last year, she released an album. She toured Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. She came to the US to do 6 Christmas concerts. Now, she will be performing at Las Vegas. There is an interview where she says she has been singing those whistle notes since she was like in 5th grade. That was 35 years ago. I would recommend you to look up what happens with vocal nodules. On YouTube, there are good videos that show their effects on the voice. For us to think she can sing the same as in the nineties is just wishful thinking. She has vocal damage and sings through those nodules. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 3:57)
Nick Cannon (50,764)
by jaker20 from US
I said it when they got (secretly) married, I said it when they had babies, I said it when MC's career was flopping and I'll say it again now. Nick Cannon is a user and he was in it from the very start. And you all attacked me back then in 2008 and have been called a hater all throughout their marriage, which I always thought was a sham he got MC to buy. There's no love there, just fools who believe he loved her. This man is a social climbing loser. No one knew who he was, and MC was instrumental in getting him ATG and a career at all. Without her, he'd still be a nobody. I guess now you should all give me an award, I can smell a social climbing user from a mile away. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 1:42)
Vegas promotion and PR (50,763)
by Emmanuel from Canada
Alright so there is a couple more weeks before she hits the stage. When will she begin to promote it? She needs to be on Jimmy Fallon, Letterman, Ryan Seacrest, The View, Good Morning Amerca. It's time to hustle. Convince the general public why you still are the greatest who ever did it. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 1:42)
Where is Shelly? (50,762)
by Jon from Netherlands
With all the fighting and bickering Shelly run away. Come back. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 0:41)
TheVoice (50,761)
by Luis from Spain
Have I just read that MIAM sold well? Sorry, but that's not true. It was a flop everywhere. Both Mariah and Def Jam let it die because they predicted it would flop so badly. Good album, though. Anything else is fiction. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 0:40)
Hi lambily (50,760)
by Hana from
Huge Mariah fan here. I've recorded a short cover of "Love Takes Time", I hope the lambily like it enough for me to record a longer video version. Cheers, do check it out. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 0:28)
Amazing cover of "Can't Let Go" by My Midnight Heart (50,759)
by MC1989 from Spain
Wow, I loved it. (Wednesday 11 March 2015; 0:17)
Divorce (50,758)
by Lee TS from USA
Oh dear it's getting ugly. But how does one sell a house without the other one knowing? Doesn't Nick have to sign off on some papers or something unless Mariah bought the home herself. Now this makes Nick look bad because it's clearly about the money, what a jerk. I hope Mariah has an iron clad prenup and protects herself. (Tuesday 10 March 2015; 21:43)
Nick suing Mariah?! (50,757)
by B from USA
What the hell? Is he serious. Like he hasn't enjoyed the perks of being Mr. Mariah Carey. Didn't she sign her NBC deal shortly before or right after Nick was chosen as the new host of AGT? She also performed on AGT and let him use her name for publicity. Before his relationship with MC he was a d-list celeb who was fading fast. Hopefully WildNOut and that BET "reality" show is canceled. I haven't liked him since he told the world he hit it first when asked about Kim K, told the media they had been living apart for months, and released that song about having blank checks from Mariah. (Tuesday 10 March 2015; 21:39)
No more Cinderellas / my apologies to Baby (50,756)
by nikki from usa
Just talking the facts here. Nick isn't suing Mariah, he's suing the biz manager for not keeping him in the loop. It's impossible to sell a home without his signature unless he wasn't involved in the original purchase. That means MC bought the house and Nick was along for the ride. He has no entitlement of being in the loop. By California law he's entitled to half the profits, but he filed for divorce in NY. That will be interesting. But, none the less, he can't talk profits until the divorce is finalized and they're still in the midst of that. Since Nick was going on about how they were going to spend the holidays together, then filed for divorce while MC was in the middle of Christmas concerts, and they didn't spend the holidays together; it looks like he was the one who blind-sighted her. Nick achieved most of his success after marriage and used his association with MC frequently. He made a huge stink about not spending his wife's money, but clearly he wasn't entirely paying his own way either. He didn't have the money for his Ncredible start up in 2010 which means he got that from Mariah. Now, he's whining to the media about not being kept in the loop on a sale he wasn't apart of? Baby, in the past I said you were too hard on Nick, but you're right. He does appear to be 2-faced and thirsty. MC, stop dating guys who use you to build empires for themselves. Next time, aim for someone already accomplished and not in entertainment. (Tuesday 10 March 2015; 20:16)
