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JD's dismissal (45,912) by Marissa from USA If I were JD I would have dismissed myself from being Mariah's manager. He was the scapegoat for every single negative thing that happened from 2013-now. I feel like he had big plans but was not allowed to fully do his job. Like someone said on here, her firing JD shows that she realizes that things definitely are not working out for the best, so at least she is not completely in la-la land about the situation. (Thursday 7 August 2014; 0:17)

Huge promotion errors (45,911) by Terri from USA I think it was a mistake that MC hired JD as her manager. I think their collaboration status worked well all these years, as it was. I think JD's expertise is in production not promotion. As manager it was his job to oversee everything, he has to take responsibility. I think he was over his head this time. MC, like every artist, once she leaves the studio she relies on her staff to do their jobs. I live in Orlando FL and as of this date I have not heard one song since the cd's release, not one. The only time I heard "You don't know what to do" was on New York NBC Today's morning show in May when she opened the summer concert series and it was really good. I kept/keep waiting to hear it on the radio and nothing. That is simply unheard of and and unforgivable, a sure sign of extreme mismanagement. I still don't understand how the music is getting no airplay. If I was MC I would be very pissed and very embarassed. BTW, about her being sexy, she is demure compared to most artists out there. She does have diva-ness sewed up , but she's no more sexy than others. (Thursday 7 August 2014; 0:07)

Mariah Carey's main albums from best to worst: updated scores plus number of outstanding tracks per album (45,910) by Loris from Italy MIAMTEC: 89/100 (12) Butterfly: 88/100 (8) Daydream: 87/100 (8) Music Box: 79/100 (7) Mariah Carey: 78/100 (7) Emotions: 77/100 (7) TEOM: 73/100 (5) Charmbracelet: 72/100 (6) MOAIA: 69/100 (6) Rainbow: 66/100 (3) E=MC² : 65/100 (4) (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 23:35)

Reality show (45,909) by Dove from USA I agree that it's hard to connect with MC nowadays. The reason I like the song Side Effects is because it's real. This is her experience and many of us have felt this way in a relationship. Of course I would not want Mariah to stay in a situation where she was so unhappy and I'm glad that she got out. I don't condone her ex-husband trying to sabotage her during the Glitter era but I can understand why he would. I'm not a vindictive person myself but I've been around plenty of people who are and have seen people do some crazy stuff to hurt their exes. And these weren't bad people. I know Mariah would not risk the criticism that comes from putting yourself out there this way but I wish she would do a show on Oprah's network like the one the Judds had. I was watching a few episodes and it made me connect with them and like them. I love Marilyn Monroe and The Beatles and I always look up old interviews and books to learn more about them as people. Something really raw and transparent would be cool for the people of the future to watch to know her more as a real person. I know she probably wouldn't. Just an idea. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 23:33)

Marketing (45,908) by Dove from USA Just to be clear my loyalties do lie with MC even though my previous post makes it seem otherwise. I just like to look at things from different angles. Even MC has thanked Tommy for his support at the beginning of her career. We're all human and doing the best we can, nobody is completely good or bad. We can't underestimate the power of marketing and having the right people on your team has on commercial success. I don't have anything to add about JD except I agree with what Mimi L wrote in her post. Also, I wish MC would say what her plans are so that we can know what to look forward to or if we should even be looking forward to anything. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 23:01)

Laughable (45,907) by Carlos Belizário from Brazil Some arguments here are really silly and laughable. Some lambs are saying Mariah's iconic/legendary status are being compromised by "eternaly 12" stuff or any other bull**** the press always say. What about MJ and Whitney? They were both surrounded by many many problems and jokes and will never be forgotten. Just like Mimi. That only agregates in their "troubled genius" status. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 22:52)

Re: May from Denmark (45,906) by Carol from Spain Thank You so much for your explanation. I feel happier now, knowing he really has a such an amazing background. We learn everyday. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 21:41)

MimiLamb (45,904) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think it's great that you are able to always hold on to positive things even amidst a cloud of negative things. Not many of us can do that. I hope you understand that my post was not a diss, it was just my opinions and my reasons as to why I sided with JD. But yes, you are right, we all should remember what MC means to us. Trust me when I say this, I love the woman way too much. But some things she does also bothers me. That's all. Love and peace. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 21:07)

Adam (45,903) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter "Disrespected", that's exactly the word I was looking for but at the time I wrote my post I messed up. You are right, it's disrespectful to the fans that Mariah is all over twitter and instagram and even facebook, posting pictures randomly "in the pool", "in the tub", "at the subway" and all that but not a post about what the fans really wanted to know. She is one of those celebrities who is always on social media. But yet, it was JD who was posting about Mariah's work in his twitter and facebook. People go on saying JD wasn't promoting her properly and that he doesn't know what to do, however in my opinion JD was doing the best he could without having to force MC to go out and promote the album when she clearly didn't want to do it. JD was all over social media, he was on the radio, he was in magazine articles and on TV, on the red carpet talking about the album. That's the most he can do if Mariah refuses to step out and talk. Then the accusation that JD took MC to sing for a dictator, seriously? If MC wasn't aware of the situation then why not believe that JD didn't know about it too? Mariah would never perform anywhere she doesn't want to. I am not saying she willingly performed for them, I am saying if she misunderstood the situation, chances are that JD didn't know about it too. People loved MC because they could relate to her, she felt like a friend, now she has distanced herself so much, fans are finding it hard to connect. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 21:03)

"Jacuzzi chat with Mariah Carey" (45,902) by Me. I am Carly from USA I know it may sound far fetched but how sweet would it be to have a cable show (like comedians in cars getting coffee with Jerry Seinfeld) called "Jacuzzi chat with Mariah Carey"? It would be Mariah in her jacuzzi chatting with musicians about music, sharing stories and singing acapella. Mariah would have a different bikini every time lol. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 20:52)

Tommy Mottola (45,901) by Dove from USA I feel like he does deserve a lot of credit. He allocated a ton of resources on developing and especially promoting her when she was starting out. Other artists on the label were complaining that they weren't getting attention because Tommy's main focus was making Mariah as big as Michael Jackson. He truly believed in her talent when many other record companies didn't. He had the pull, resources, and experience to propell her to stardom from the beginning. I believe she would have still made it without him, because she is undoubtedly a unique talent, but not as far. She's a living legend. I don't think he gets enough credit. She wanted commercial success and he helped her get it. He knew what the people wanted and he gave it to them. I can't speak on their private life because I wasn't there but business-wise he got results. Maybe later her vision changed and she felt like she wasn't allowed to express herself as an individual or as an artist and so she left. Maybe he did try to sabatoge her with Glitter but maybe she broke his heart. Haven't we all done crazy things when someone breaks our heart? With his new wife, I believe he could have made her a huge star. She is gorgeous and charming. I think he learned from his mistakes with Mariah and chose not to have a big part in her career outside of giving advice. His new wife said in an interview she would rather focus on her family than work. She works for fun, that family is recession proof. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 20:29)

Agree this_is_qhm (45,900) by May from Denmark I also thought the same a couple of times, that the reason why she is surrounded by enablers since a good while is because they give her the freedom she always wanted. I think that being capable of taking suggestions and listening and accepting different ideas also is good but right now don't think there is anyone who would tell her otherwise. Maybe this new manager might help, I agree with Shelly that a new complete album should be made, also in part cause while I would have liked a re-release with some new music truth is that nothing of quality will be ready in time as her upcoming tour is near. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 20:12)

Nikki (45,899) by May from Denmark Actually Thalia is considered a legend in Latin America. She was already big before Mottola but her music career was dormant for long and she was into other projects. When he took over her career she finally became a credible true singer. She used to sing live in the beginning of her career but her lack of training on stage for live sing and movement made her end up doing lip-synch for the remain of her career as a singer. Mottola made her release her first album completely live with live taped coverage as well, her comeback was big and she had a few hits, even Obama invited her to perform at the White House for a special event. He wasn't fired from Sony for not performing well but because he was having beef with another executive from the company, and another person from NBC helped get Tommy out but because it happened around the time that Michael Jackson left Sony, the rumors ran that it was because of him, when it wasn't. Regarding Usher, it was Usher's own mother who fired Mottola, he helped Usher get his album out and was selling good but his mother wanted full control back, she is a very controlling person and wanted to manage her son back. When he was with Lindsay he helped her land some contracts when nobody wanted her anymore but to be honest, no one can help that woman, she sabotages herself every time. Then he was in a talent search, didn't go well, wrote that book that landed good reviews (who knows why, it wasn't interesting) and dedicated to his family. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 20:09)

Mimi L. (45,898) by MimiLamb from Germany Yes my post was in general and to nobody in person, if that would have been the case I would have put the name in the subject. It's just my opinion about the subject. I never said that Mariah is not making mistakes at all, because she does and plenty at that. Yes Jermaine tried again I never said he didn't. I never was against him I just never thought it was a good idea. Yes he got bashed by a lot of fans that was bad enough, he lashed out because of it himself calling the lambs dumb. But I understood because he was pushed in this position. Again I never never never said he didn't do his job right. I know that a lot get tired of me always being positive but to be honest I don't mind, I just learned to never see the negativity only. Every subject surrounding Mariah is heavenly criticized at the moment every little thing being put under a magnifying glass to a point were the positive things how little they may be are ignored or not seen, so I want to bring that positivity here and there because at the end of the day we shouldn't forget what Mariah means to us either. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 20:05)

Debut album - legacy edition (45,897) by Bill from the UK Several years back Sony planned to re-release the debut album in a "legacy edition". It was mentioned in the press and appeared on some release schedules but never actually arrived. I hope they reignite this for her 25th year. It could be remastered and include some bonus remixes from that time, The First Vision on DVD/Blu ray, and the icing on the cake would be the original legendary demo tape. The same tape which was so captivating that it made Tommy order his driver to turn his car around to find the owner of that incredible voice. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 18:14)

MC's attitude on her fans vs. social media (45,896) by ADAM from USA Mimi L, I couldn't agree more with your post earlier about JD. While we'll never know what truly happened behind the scenes, I always felt grateful for the fact JD was the one on Twitter or interviews giving us any updates about MC's music. I can't remember anyone of MC's earlier managers ever doing the same nor Mariah connecting with the fans about her music. I feel disrespected by that and that it shows Mariah doesn't care about her fans the way she says she does. Otherwise why let JD take the heat from critics and fans when she could sent a tweet or pic disputing it? We all know how she loves to gloat on Instagram in pics of herself or her kids, so it's not like she's not social media savvy. I think lambs need to wake up and see Mariah for who she really is and not make her the victim. She is clearly not communicating with her fans. She makes time to take tons of selfies, chill with B. Scott, makeup team, kids, etc why not tweet your fans to share the love and inform us what's happening with your music and tour? (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 18:05)

Mariah's enablers (45,895) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Post-TEOM Mariah loves herself some enablers. I mean right now, she's surrounded by them, most of them by her own choosing. Theory, I think this is one of the side effects of her relationship with Tommy. She was married to him for around 4 years, and under his control during the entire first decade of her career, that had to leave a scar. Now, especially with a possibly strained relationship with her label, she's overcompensating for that era by surrounding herself with people who will give in to her wishes and hardly ever say no to her. If this really is the case, then it's nice that she finally has control over things she didn't use to. But I hope she doesn't get drunk in it as she still needs some guidance, guidance she probably won't be able to receive and accept well if she chooses to remain stuck in her own bubble. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 16:59)

MimiLamb (45,893) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I know you were probably giving a general remark in your post about JD and I applaud your ability to always see the good in every situation. Despite you talking in general terms, I wanted to give my opinion on why I somewhat "sided" with JD this time. Like you said, there is no official statement but the news is already out and that's what people are reading. People will see the news and draw the conclusion that JD was dumped as MC thought he was responsible for the failure. At this point I would be surprised if MC issues a statement regarding this because lately she hardly makes any statement or even addresses the fans. Everytime there is a chaos outbreak from the fans, JD was sent out to take the hit (and heat) and he was the one trying to calm fans down with hope by telling them to wait. He was the one whom fans bashed continuously to the point of saying he is piggybacking on MC for his own benefit. Why make such accusations? For all we know he did his work out of love for MC. He was attacked until he finally snapped at a fan for being too disrespectful. Not once did MC come out to calm the fans down or ask them to leave JD alone. This time also JD released the statement saying he has no bad feelings towards MC and will continue to make music with her. Which was a very polite thing to do. He is acknowledging the situation unlike MC. Now it may be the case that he is in reality pissed but chooses not to make a public scandal out of it. He is nice enough to make a statement. What really pisses me off is that all throughout this era Mariah has been doing a great job of remaining "elusive". She doesn't address the fans, she doesn't respond to their questions, she doesn't make any proper statement about anything at all whereas she is always on social media. I think JD has talked about he album more that Mariah did herself. Basically no one is trying to make Mariah look bad but Mariah should also make an effort to not let JD take all the heat about the flop, shouldn't remain quite and let people draw conclusions. All the news about her firing JD just looks like JD is an incapable manager whereas it may be the case that it simply isn't easy to handle the legendary Mariah Carey. No, I will not stop listening to her music and no I don't hate her now but yes I am upset with how she has been handling all the recent mess and not addressing her fans directly. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 15:53)

What I would say (45,892) by Gilles from Malta I would say that Mariah is on tour. And it is a good thing. I hate TV appearances because they are dubbed and now with all the technology we do not really when it is live or lyp or when the singer is really singing. I saw Mariah in Sydney, everything was live. Now if we want to see a singer singing live we have to go to their concert. It is what it is. Regarding the album, I love it. It is very sad to realize that it is so easy to get it for free on the internet an illegal copy. Whatever most of my friends who are not big fans love the album and they even bought it. Now as a fan I think every fan should buy it. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 15:27)

Mariah's lambs turning on her (45,891) by Ty from USA It would seem as though Mariah's lambs did not buy the cd. From horrid record sales to constant complaining. Blaming Jermaine? No Mariah chose to not promote this cd for whatever reason which after I'm told Def Jam pulled the plug. She went over budget. She needs to stop playing games and sit on a stool and sing her butt off. From the ablibs she still has vocals. It's still magic left in that voice. Her lipping is old and it's tarnished her legacy along with that Idol hot mess. In death Whitney's legacy remains iconic but Mariah to the world at large is a joke. The eternally 12 mess has made her seem crazy to normal adults. Maybe it's a wrap for her. This era should have been [...] all the talk shows and Grammys. The cd is worthy. Maybe an unplugged or acoustic night of ballads may save her. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 12:05)

Thankful for Mariah / underrated acts (45,890) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I just remembered again that Mariah's approaching her 25th year in the music business. And she didn't just passively wait for time to pass by, the longest gap between any of her albums was over 3 years, and she has released some songs within that period. Like Madonna, she has clocked in a long time of musical contributions, among other endeavors. As much as I criticize her at times, I'm still grateful that she is where she is now. Like what if she decided not to be a singer? What if she didn't work with the right people most of the time when she was starting out? What would music sound like these days if she wasn't around? Sure, she worked her ass off, but she also was very fortunate, and so are we to have her. I mean there are a lot of talented singers out there who sadly can't quite catch a break and still maintain a low profile. Who are other relatively less known artists in R&B whom you think should be bigger right now? I can think of mostly females, namely JoJo (hit it big when she was a teen but now only releases mixtapes which are awesome and available online for free), Chrisette Michele (actually a Grammy winner and her latest album is in some ways just like MIAMTEC, classy and excellent), and my latest obsession King (in all caps, a female trio mentored by Prince himself that has so far only released an EP and a 2 other tracks but are so soulful, like a jazzier Destiny's Child). What underappreciated acts do you listen to? (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 11:11)

JD / management (45,889) by MimiLamb from Germany Everybody is saying Mariah fired JD and bla bla. There is no official statement to that yet. For all we know they parted ways because they both agreed it's better. Hold your horses before you start blaming it all on Mariah until we know for sure how and what. Just because sources say it went a certain way doesn't mean it went down like that. We all know they love to make it sound worse than it actually is. Billboard wrote for instance: "Mariah and I enjoy working together and will continue to make great music together in the future." Doesn't sound like there is bad blood or their friendship is over now does it? But again it's just a source. I never thought it was a good idea to hire JD as her manager mainly because they are friends for so long, but like me a lot of other fans said let's wait and see. Do I blame JD for this era? No because we don't know what went down. But I'm not going to sit here and blame everything on Mariah either. I think there are a lot of things contributing to this. Ofcourse Mariah has a responsibility but I'm not going to burn her at the stake. I will never let go of my positivity and see the big picture instead of looking for a scape goat when I don't know the whole story. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 7:45)

MC should turn up and turn it up (45,887) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines I also agree that it's gonna take more than a management change to get Mariah's career back on track. I always thought it has been unfair how most people automatically blame the label/manager/team for every failure when it's clear that Mariah also has a part in this. I don't know what her everyday life is like or how she juggles her family duties with her career responsibilities, but it's obvious she hasn't promoted MIAMTEC as persistently as she usually does for an album. If there's anything we've learned from this travesty of an era, it's that when one promotional aspect/strategy is off, it messes up the whole system. If this is true for most artists, the it's even more so for Mariah. She may still be very much capable, but she's also past her prime age-wise. She can't just rely on hype because obviously, hype can be misleading and doesn't necessarily translate to commercial success anymore. If the artists half her age are hustling 24/7 to stay in the game, then she should double that amount if she really intends to be in it because she's older. Firing JD was a sign that she still somehow cares about success, especially since she still prides herself for her commercial achievements and in fact still uses them to promote herself. Yes, we can say it's the music that should matter above everything, but unfortunately that doesn't speak for itself anymore. And you can't be a mainstream artist and not expect any commercial success. If you believe in your art, then the world deserves to hear it, and that very rarely happens on its own. So for this to totally work, everything should come together - the music (no problem there, as she's pretty consistent with quality), the marketing, the performances, and most importantly, her image. She must step up to it, be all in, and make sure everything else that's going on around her is at least on par with her own expectations and efforts. Not to say that she hasn't done anything recently or that having a family isn't a valid excuse to slow down - she has, and it is - but she has to be more observant and realize the the industry isn't what it used to be anymore and adapt accordingly. The unforgiving train has accelerated exponentially, now travelling at the speed of light and won't stop for anyone who won't bother to hurry and catch up. Harsh reality. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 7:38)

RJJ12 and Abraham (45,886) by Dove from USA Thank you so much for your kind words. You both made my day. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 4:49)

Too much credit where it's not due (45,885) by nikki from usa People have been talking about Tommy Mottola and Benny Medina a lot lately. Having a manger is going to improve your career than not having one and lately the latter has been the problem. Mariah's the real deal she simply needs to be seen to be selling. If Mariah's career floundered during the 2000's because she wasn't with Mottola, then what's his excuse for complete failure? Praising him would make since if he "created" a new artist of the 2000's, but the exact opposite is true. He got his butt fired. He tried making his new wife a star. Ever heard of her? He even made a magazine nationally syndicated in her name using his own fortune. It bombed. He took over Casablanca Records to resurrect Lindsay Lohan's career. How's that going? The next one should've been easy. Famous Usher fresh off his Confessions success looking for new management to keep his momentum going. He hires Tommy and Benny. They crashed and burned his entire career. In 2007, J.Lo took Benny back and Marc Anthony took Tommy to manage him. Marc fired Tommy in 2009. Benny helped get J.Lo a few hits and endorsements, but these never translated into album sales, her acting career took a dive. By comparison: movies, modeling, perfume empire, nail line, jewelry line, and winery followed by 20 million album sales, 3 #1's, 5 top 10 hits, and 2 of the biggest tours of her career. I think Mariah made out like a bandit. (Wednesday 6 August 2014; 2:55)

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