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)
UTS (50,828)
by Andrew from UK
Think it's great that the new signing coincides with lambs saying that while MIAM is a fine collection, they want a new sound. Hopefully Mariah is listening and the Dupri et al. business is merely about the residency. It's nice to realistically feel that there may be a positive future. As well as an Underneath The Stars video? Did I pass out for 20 years? I almost pissed my pants, mate. Is that a rumour or real? (Thursday 12 March 2015; 20:15)
Unreleased songs (50,827)
by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia
Now that she is back to Sony, I guess it's the perfect time to release all her unreleased recorded songs from 1990 until 2000. For example, Where Are You Christmas, left off songs from Glitter (Turn You Loose), and I'm sure she has couple of left off songs from her debut album as well as from the epic trinity albums Music Box, Daydream and Butterfly. Just imagine how the vocals would be. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 19:34)
A retrospective album with extra bonus songs? (50,826)
by Cgee54 from Usa
It would be smart for Mariah and Sony to cash on some of the material she didn't or couldn't release in her golden years as a retrospective album of some sort or release her debut album as a legacy version with extra songs and demos. Maybe even the first "Vision of love" video which was scrapped would be nice to see and then release a new studio album. I think she will be in a better place now that she moved back to Sony. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 19:30)
So's to Nikki, TheVoice and Abraham (50,825)
by Baby from Dreamville...Where There's No Beginning & There is No End
Nikki, there is no need to apologise, especially over someone like Thirsty. He had a lot of people fooled. Even though I never warmed up to him, I wanted to believe he was making Mariah happy. He reminds me of that woman, Heather Mills, who married Paul McCartney and tried to take him for all he was worth not four years later. I remember watching a documentary featuring Paul and Heather and knowing just from the look on Mick Fleetwood's face during his "positive" commentary on Heather, that he meant just the opposite of what he was saying on camera: he didn't believe it was genuine at all. I bet there were also people in Mariah's camp who figured out Nick from the get-go too. But I guess no one thought she'd marry him so quickly without warning. At least Mariah was smart enough to have a prenup even in her temporary insanity. It's like that you all, people will take advantage of your heart whether you're McCartney, MJ or Mariah. Meanwhile, Thirsty is on Instagram posting emo quotes and looking like twelve years a slave. Karma. It's like that you all. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 19:27)
Back to Sony (50,824)
by NHYTG from nyc
I hope Mariah's return to Sony will mark the end of a messy era, looking back it's clear that Mariah and Universal haven't been a great combination for whatever reason. After all Mariah has had only one huge successalbum with Universal. I hope rejoining Sony will bring back (some of) the grandeur of 1990-1999. She deserves to get back her relevancy, people's respect and recognition of her talents as a singer and songwriter. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 15:14)
Epic, Sony and MC.com (50,823)
by Warrior Butterfly from USA
She not featured on there pages as an epic artist. Maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 14:51)
Mariah going home to Sony-Epic (50,822)
by B from USA
This is the kind of headline she needed. She was out and about looking stunning and now this announcemen. I think she's gearing up for a huge comeback. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 13:29)
Back to Sony (50,820)
by G.G. from USA
Hopefully we'll finally get to see the Underneath The Stars video. Fingers crossed. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 9:59)
New to MCA (50,819)
by Nilah from U.S.A
Hi lambs. My name is Nilah and I am new to this website. I heard about this website through the grapevine and I decided that I should check it out. Hopefully we can share some ideas and have a good conversation. (Side note: I really want Mariah to work with Sia because Sia has hits under her belt and her latest album is simply amazing.) (Thursday 12 March 2015; 6:41)
Mariah needs to return to pre 1997 (50,818)
by Jared from US
I like the idea of performing a #1 in Vegas. However the #1's album to me means it will flop. She has enough compilations of her music. Really her fans can create their own playlist with #1's. I wish that Sony would release a 25th anniversary of her debut album with extra remxes of "Someday", "There's got to be a way" and demos of her other sings. Plus it would be neat to hear a list of songs she was going to add to the album but later scrapped them. Also should be done for Emotions and MTV Unplugged EP. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 6:17)
Daydream, Mariah's next step (50,817)
by Stacey from USA
This album is pure genius. Daydream will always be my favorite album. It's hard to believe its been 20 years since that album was released, and yet, the sound of the album could dominate in today's market. Mariah needs to believe in herself again. It seems like she's lost a bit of confidence to me. Daydream in particular is evidence of MC taking a chance and it paying off: i.e. Fantasy Remix with ODB. No one else had infused pop and hip-hop the way MC did, but they sure knew what winning formula to follow afterwards. It's that same kind of thinking that needs to happen again. She may fall flat on her face with a new idea. And she may have the "next big thing" in music like she did with Fantasy. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 6:10)
Your Mine remake (50,816)
by 123 from USA
I like this version of Your Mine. I believe if Mariah would have taken a more throwback 90s, organic sound, it would have made the song better. Listen and let me know what you think. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 5:20)
Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions (50,815)
by 123 from USA
When I heard she was going for a throwback sound on the new album, I was excited. When I would listen to Amy Winehouse, I would think, Mary would sound good singing these songs. It was an A+ idea, with an F in execution. None of the songs are really memorable except for the Disclosure produced song "Right Now", and even that song doesn't stay in your head except for the beat. This is just one prime example that even if someone changes their sound, if they dont have great songs, it's not going to work. I do believe that regardless of the direction, Mariah will make sure she has some great songs. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 5:16)
MIAM / new album direction (50,814)
by 123 from USA
Its interesting to read people's opinion about the album almost a year later. Everyone agrees that it was a solid body of work but more of the same and nothing new. I also don't listen to it as much anymore except for my faves (YDKWTD, Faded, Dedicated, Meteorite). The vocals were the best she has had since TEOM and MCIIY but they sounded over processed on some songs, such as the high belts on One More Try. They sounded studio enhanced, abnormally high and thin on that song. I'm fine with maybe taking out the raspiness of some belts if she wants them to sound smoother. Fine touches here and there. Just not notes that don't sound real. You're Mine was overproduced. Too many synthesizers and sounds that an actual instrument can't replicate. Had they kept it simple, used actual instruments, it would have came out so much better. I hope that she finds a balance and does more organic sounding songs/throwback along with a few contemporary producers thrown in for some uptempos (Timbaland, DJ Mustard, MikeWillMadeIt, and Disclosure). She can mix genres as well, like jazz and hiphop. Which is the sound want her to do this go round. Along with a few jazz ballads. (Thursday 12 March 2015; 4:46)
