Lee "great pic" (50,858)
by Ardis Logic from Earth
She looks beautiful there in that picture. Anyone know who that man is hugging her? (Friday 13 March 2015; 23:36)
1999 Rainbow interview / flower ensemble (50,857)
by Lee TS from USA
I downloaded the interview in the link provided but you have to sign up/subscribe or whatever. I'm listening to it right now and it's great. But I don't want to be responsible if you get a bug or something so be careful. I boot the outfit she wore to dinner because it did not flatter her at all. But here's a great pic of her. (Friday 13 March 2015; 23:05)
Joy Ride (50,856)
by Norman from USA
One of the things I find so remarkable about Mariah's chart toppers is that the majority of them were all her as a stand alone artist without any help by a featured artist to "assist" or aid her because she was so desperate for a hit. Her biggest hit and "comeback" (WBT) was a wholly solo effort, and so was DFAU and TMB. The songs she's had featured artists on have always been more for complimentary reasons than because they made they song - at least the noteworthy ones. All do respect, IMO, Triumphant was a disaster (a couple remixes notwithstanding). My point? That's more about her self-confidence and her tapping back into the love of it all, her ingenuity, her writing, her musicality, it's all about her more so than any featured artists. I don't believe the Beyonce collabo would be a good idea at this time, maybe as a bonus track on a re-release after she's back on top. MC shines brightest on her own. She just needs to believe again and find her groove like she did on The Roof instead of trying to be Without You MC. I'm not saying no collaborations at all, because everyone loves collabos. I'd love to see her collaborate with Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Florence Welch (of Florence And The Machine), D'angelo, Frank Ocean, Andre 3000. Most of which wouldn't automatically be associated with an MC record, but could really bring a complimentary sound/energy and could all serve as co-writers and producers, not just featured vocalists. Kendrick Lamar is a pipe dream, but would be amazing, IMO. (Friday 13 March 2015; 21:54)
Rainbow the girl power album? (50,855)
by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End
When I was putting my list together of my fave MC partnerships I was reminded of how Rainbow is the one album of Mariah's where she worked the most with other female writers, producers and fellow artists. Even the Lauren Hill collabo that never happened was supposed to be on that album. Diane Warren, Missy Elliot, Tracey Waples, Da Brat and Kandi Burruss. I wondered if it was by design or just happenstance. But then, the title and cover is also a salute to the LGBT struggle. So, it looks like it was an intentional direction by Mariah for Rainbow to encompass the many colors of equal rights that she represents. It also could be all in my mind. (Friday 13 March 2015; 20:55)
Fashion fail? (50,854)
by Ardis Logic from Earth
This latest news story is just mean. Mariah looks sweet in the outfit pictured. I'm not really a fan of the glove, but that's her thing. Here is a video of MC talking about her opinion of fashion and trends. I think she says it best. Wear what you want. Trends are stupid. Why should we be pressured to wear what is "cool" or the "thing to do"? Screw that. I'm going to wear what I want. They just want to criticize her any way they can. Rise above it MC, you are beautiful no matter what. (Friday 13 March 2015; 20:36)
Restaurant pics (50,853)
by Abraham from USA
Mariah looks so pretty. And she's definitely lost some weight. I like that white skirt. She looks amazing for 45. (Friday 13 March 2015; 19:42)
Coliseum tickets (50,852)
by Manny from U.S.
Does anybody know If the Vegas tickets are sold out? I went on axs to check prices and it says no seats available for all dates. I thought maybe their site is down or had a glitch. I'm freaking out. I was going to get the tickets next pay day. (Friday 13 March 2015; 18:15)
Yes for a Beyonce duet (50,851)
by Marissa from USA
I think a duet with Beyonce would be genius, George. Easy publicity and they actually like each other. This is the height of Beyonce's popularity and hopefully that could have a significant positive effect on MCs career. I'd prefer a club banger over a ballad though. (Friday 13 March 2015; 16:40)
MIAMTEC (50,850)
by B from USA
Swift's 1989 album was the first and only to go platinum in 2014. Selling 100,000 copies of an album today is the equivalent of selling 500,000. The RIAA needs to change their antiquated system for issuing certifications. The best selling albums of the last few years have barely sold 2,000,000 copies. Those sells figures used to be a disappointment. Mariah's MIAMTEC sold well considering the state of the industry and the lack of promo. The lead single #Beautiful sold 1,000,000 copies and peaked at #15 on the Hot 100. MIAMTEC received some of the best reviews of Mariah's career. Her career and legacy are not in jeopardy. She didn't promote MIAMTEC because of issues in her personal life and career that we still don't know about other than the divorce. (Friday 13 March 2015; 15:33)
Frank Ocean (50,849)
by B from USA
Ocean started his career as a ghostwriter for artists such as Justin Bieber, John Legend and Brandy. Shelly listen to Ocean's Thinkin Bout You. (Friday 13 March 2015; 15:15)
Shelly (50,848)
by B from USA
The Smeezingtons are a songwriting and record producing team, consisting of Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine. They produced and co-wrote Nothin' On You performed by rapper B.o.B and Mars and F You performed by Cee Lo. Mariah needs to work with The Smeezingtons and Bruno. If she did she'd score that elusive 19th #1. (Friday 13 March 2015; 15:08)
Baby (50,847)
by B from USA
Walter David Morales David Cole and Robert Clivillés of the C+C Music Factory Babyface Dave Hall Scott Storch Danja Puffy The Trackmasters (also known as Poke & Tone) Missy Elliot JD (Friday 13 March 2015; 15:00)
She means business (50,846)
by Kyle from USA
This HRC Gala is the perfect opportunity to drop a new single and get immediate feedback. She will slay this performance. She is starting to gear up promotion for the new album and Las Vegas. Now that the divorce and Def Jam are behind her, she is back and ready to silence everyone. (Friday 13 March 2015; 14:42)
A game (50,845)
by George Golden from UK
Mariah has to bring her A game now that she is back with sony. No more mocking about, she needs abig single asap. A duet with Beyonce would be amazing for her number ones album. A big uptempo number that would be a smash before people start to criticise. A song in the line of Bananarama's "Cruel summer". Now that would be epic. Just saying. (Friday 13 March 2015; 11:13)
Favourite musical partnerships of Mariah's (50,844)
by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End
1. Jermaine Dupri *Brian Michael Cox *Manuel Seal, 20 years this year 2. David Morales 3. Big Jim 4. Puffy and Stevie J. 6. The Dream and Tricky 7. Ben Margulies *Ric Wake *Narrada Michael Walden #Afanasieff 8. Walter Afanasieff 9. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis #James "Big Jim" Wright 10. Clivillés and Cole **Honourable mentions: Marc Shaiman, Da Brat, Damizza. The only position that is fixed is the #1 spot and I mainly have Walter on the list for sentimental reasons. I have no desire for them to work together again in any capacity even though she's back at Sony. I'm curious what the rest of the Lambily's lists look like. Have a go, why don't you? (Friday 13 March 2015; 5:56)
RJ112, are you listening, Mariah? (50,843)
by Stacey from USA
Thank you for posting some amazing videos. I loved the VOL performance. I think if she gives each Vegas concert that kind of effort and soul, her residency will be a smashing success. I especially loved Trey Lorenz at the end saying "take your time baby" and MC laughed back. Moments like that are genuine and show people MC is a real person. I hope with these Vegas concerts, MC learns to embrace her early works. I know Sony tried to mold her into something she wasn't, but still, those songs are loved by many and what got her started. I understand she still sings Hero, Dreamlover, VOL. However, I miss songs like LLT (the video RJ112 posted). I hope she does a mashup of some #1s with maybe a non-single track thrown in to add to the magic (aka Alone In Love or Till the End of Time, etc). Are you listening, Mariah? With MC going back to Sony/Epic, this is a chance for her to cement her place in music history, to make people stand up and listen. She is a true talent and deserves people to remember that once again. I hope someday we get all those recorded tracks that never made the album, videos we never got to see. Fans like myself that have been following MC for two decades deserve such a gift. (Friday 13 March 2015; 4:50)
Duets on new CD (50,841)
by Ethan from United States
Wow. I have no idea that my predictions came true. In the news statement, it said that there are will new surprises and duets of her classic hits. Lots of ideas for her newly updated #1s but we all have to wait and see. I hope this LA Reid's guide will not be a miss like the last time he oversaw MOAIA. (Friday 13 March 2015; 2:10)
Just a brief little reminder (50,840)
by Lee TS from USA
JD didn't work on YME or TAOLG. The original songs he worked on MIAM were Make It Look Good, You Don't Know What To Do, and Supernatural which in my opinion stood out and some of the best tracks. The last singles that were released by him was Oh Santa and Don't Forget About Us. Emancipation's success was hugely because of Mariah's work with JD. The only thing that didn't work was them "merging" and him managing her. I still enjoy their work together so if Jermaine likes it then I like it. It's definitely exciting that Mariah is moving back to Sony because it seems like a new and fresh start. My only concern is I hope L.A. Reid can get it right, because "don't they always choose the worst second singles"? No shade. (Friday 13 March 2015; 1:55)
Singing the classic number 1s in Vegas (50,839)
by 123 from USA
I don't know if she is just going to do a medley of her older hits (first three albums), but I began to worry if her voice could ever pull it off. Then I remembered this performance from not so long ago, 2013. I never thought I would ever hear her sing this song again let alone a snippet of her sounding so close to the 90s belts. It was like, woah. (Friday 13 March 2015; 1:14)
Reuben (50,837)
by Dove from USA
Re: Cover song wish (50,772). I don't listen to ABBA but looked up that song you suggested (Thank You For The Music) because I was curious. It put a big smile on my face. It's a cute, happy, sunshiny song, I liked it. (Friday 13 March 2015; 1:01)
Mariah and Idina Menzel (50,836)
by Emmanuel from Canada
In my mind, these two are going to collaborate on a song together. Why did MC tagged Idina in one of her tweets and then Idina respond immediately? I think it's a great idea because Idina seems to be on everybody's tongue lately. A collabo with these two would be epic. Also, remember how in February of 2013, she retweeted Miguel with "I cant wait to see your performance tonight" and then she retweeted the actual performance of the night. 3 months later, they announced #Beautiful. I believe there is something brewing here guys. Then again, I can just be delusional. Haha. (Friday 13 March 2015; 0:45)
Blueprint VOL performance (50,835)
by 123 from USA
This is the real Mariah. Even when singing a ballad, she is so expressive with her body. She isn’t standing there, frozen. When I first heard this, I was being so critical and commented on how she now has a rasp in her upper belts and how she doesn’t sound as crystal clear as the 90s. Days later, I went back to it after seeing some performances between 99-04, and I was so impressed as to how much more soulful she sounds when she belted on this performance. The imperfections in her voice, actually made her performance that much more emotional and expressive. The changes she made to the arrangement just made it better 15 years later. That growl at 2:29 made everyone in the audience stop what they were doing and cheer. How lucky they where to witness this. All of the Blueprint performances were so great vocally, and performance wise. I rather her sing it live instead of lipping the end of each song and sing those parts, imperfections and all. As long as she is singing like this, there is now way you can’t feel what she is singing. (Friday 13 March 2015; 0:43)
Brandon (50,832)
by Dove from USA
Adore, it's sexy and reminds me of Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye. Judging from just that song, though, it sounds like what she's already doing now. I like the sound and energy of the Bruno Mars songs you listed and the Back To Black album by Amy Winehouse. That's exactly what I had in mind for MC also, I just didn't know how to describe it. Like an updated, cool, jazz and big band music. She could do some slow jazzy numbers and upbeat ones to where she can dance to them but she doesn't need to know how to pop and lock. That would be perfect with the current smoky tone of her voice too. Then, David Guetta and Will I Am (or whoever is the hot dance person) can give us some remixes for when we go running. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 21:58)
Mara (50,830)
by Dove from USA
Mara, I'm not sure whether or not I'm bringing my son yet, but if I don't bring him, I would love to meet up with you and other MCArchives lambs for the Christmas shows. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 21:55)
100% (50,829)
by Reuben Walton from United States
It could've been a big hit if it had been promoted way more. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 20:26)
