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Mariah Carey (44,993) by CHAZ from USA I really miss Mariah Carey. I could care less about Mimi, the Imperfect Angel, and now the Elusive Chanteuse. Her image is shot. She's a laughing stock to the public. I'll always defend her, but reality hurts. (Sunday 22 June 2014; 0:12)

GG getting personal (44,992) by nOVA from USA There you go getting all personal, attacking me personally. My point stands. Mariah has faced incredible discrimination from birth and now 20 years in the game fans question her usage of ebonics in her lyrics? Yes, to me that smacks of racism. A lot of young people today don't realize radio even in the 80s predominately played white artists. [...] so to speak. Perhaps you need to examine why ebonics bother you so much. But that would be getting personal. (Sunday 22 June 2014; 0:04)

Blah blah blah (44,991) by Roman from USA I just don't get what it is with all the negativity. Of course you can have your opinions and no you don't have to like everything Mariah does but some of you are so fickle. It amazes me how bent out of shape some of you will get over a photoshopped cover. It's really not that serious. Nothing against JLo but let's be real, she knew very well what was going on back then. I'm not even blaming her and I'm sure she's not that same girl. So it's great that she wants to be friends with our girl and who's to say Mariah is holding a grudge just because she hasn't spoken about JLo. And big deal if she doesn't want anything to do with her. Life is to short. Sit back and enjoy the music. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 23:58)

Lamb O Chop (44,990) by Bill from the UK You've got to take a step back slightly and listen to yourself. Mariah uses a sample without permission, it's inspiration. J.Lo uses one with permission, which Mariah also wanted to use, and she's a thief. You indicate the sample stealing that Mariah did in the 90s was Tommy's doing, yet the Loverboy scandle is both Tommy and J.Lo's. Mariah knew exactly what was happening with Emotions and Make It Happen just like Jennifer did with I'm Real. Stop trying to paint a picture of Mariah being the innocent party here when she isn't. Take your blinkers off. I'd understand Mariah being peeved if it was an original song/idea but it wasn't. Jennifer used a sample Mariah wanted to use, and she's still not over it 15 years later. I don't like Jennifer or care for any of her songs or rate her as singer, actress, or anything else, but it infuriates me seeing people behaving so blindly here. What goes around comes around and Mariah got it. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 23:57)

YDKWTD single cover (44,989) by Jay from USA It isn't scary or "eww" and there's nothting wrong with MC's face, it's just a really bad photoshop job. It's almost like Def Jam gave a classroom project to a class of middle schoolers and this is the end result. And can we stop wih the JLo comments? I mean, she has an album to promote so she may or may not say anything to protray herself as humble. "I don't know her" so I can't say whether or not she is humble. But I highly doubt we'l see Mariah and her walking down the street giggling like school girls or their twins ever having a play date. It's okay for people not to be friends. On a lighter note, has anyone had any luck turning the Butterfly drink into a alcoholic mixed drink? No? Am I the only one who bought it? (Saturday 21 June 2014; 22:30)

MC is definitely losing it (44,988) by jaker20 from US That cover is terrible lol. Just as bad as the album cover. The song is great, and deserves something more creative than MC wearing another swimsuit. That is partly why people don't pick them up, because they are embarrassed by the image they are buying. Why is not able to do creative covers apart from this Maxim/Playboy style poses? It's so 90s, so old fashioned. Creative does not mean sensual. With all the money she has, she can afford a great cover artist to do something more creative. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 22:18)

Stealing ideas and sampling (44,987) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Nothing's wrong with using samples of a song that everyone already knows, and it is called" inspiration" when can recreate something familiar with completely original elements. Ofcourse you need permission first or else you'll have to pay the price. In which justice has already been served. However that's still different from taking part in stealing an idea before the person that thought of it first gets to use it (for the sake of sabotaging that person's career). That's called being a "snake". You all may think it's "silly" or it is a "petty" situation or whatever, but Mariah had every right to be pissed and to take it personal. How is it "getting a taste of her own medicine" when Tommy was probably behind those songs not being properly cleared himself. More like she got a taste of "Tommy's medicine", but go ahead and try to keep justifying J.Lo and Tommy's wrong doings just to bring Mariah down if that's what makes you all happy. For the record: I'm not saying Mariah is perfect, by any means. I'm just saying I can understand why she has an issue with certain people and scenarios they were involved in. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 22:11)

Ok (44,986) by Lee from USA But why is everyone caring about the single cover? As long as the music is critically acclaimed, it shouldn't matter too much. Ain't she promoting it like she was supposed to for the last 2-3 weeks that her CD's been out? And what's the point of being relatable to everybody? We can't just go up to our favorite celebs and go drinking and dancing with them. I have seen artists hold grudges all of the time, and it doesn't mean they are not likeable. Elvis hated the Beatles, but it didn't make him less liked. If Mimi was holding a grudge, then Nick should have been cursed out for having her on his radio show. She didn't give a shit then, and probably don't give one now. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 22:02)

Carlos and Nova (44,985) by TR from USA Uhh Carlos, did you say "99.9% of white people talk proper English"? Have you never been to the south? And let's please stop referring to "talking White", or inferring that non-whites can't or don't speak properly. It's racist. Knowing how to speak Standard English or proper English is determined by education, not race. With regards to Mariah's lyrics, I think it's quite clear that she's using slang and thugging up her lyrical grammar for relevance or because she thinks it's cute (sometimes it is, i.e. "gooder" - I mean we know not to take that seriously). She speaks properly, albeit oftentimes incoherently, in interviews. Pre-Butterfly, her lyrical grammar was adult contemporary (Hallmark). Post-Butterfly, she got more street/urban, so her lyrical grammar needed to reflect that, otherwise the songs would be called "Go Away From My Vicinity, Sir", "Honestly, Honestly", "I'm The Girl", "I'll Love You For A Long Time", "I'm Sure You Are Going to Know", and "You Have Me". Hahahaha. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 21:51)

Re: Randy (44,984) by Ty from USA Randy, I agree. I love it also. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 20:50)

You Don't Know What To Do artwork (44,982) by Billy from England, UK That single cover is so horrible. I mean it only takes 5 minutes to take a picture, she should have just taken a new picture. I would be so embarrssed if I was her with that pic lol. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 19:36)

Tweets (44,981) by S from Mariah just tweeted that she wasn't the one who chose the cover for YDKWTD. She also tweeted that she and the kids are watching Frozen for the 9000th time. Anyone else here who'd love to hear her sing Let It Go? (Saturday 21 June 2014; 19:33)

You all are gonna hate me for this (44,980) by Randy from USA But I love the single cover. It should've been the album cover lol. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 18:36)

ADAM (44,979) by Bill from the UK That was a good point about Mariah getting a taste of her own medicine. I hate to say it, but Mariah knowingly used samples of tracks without giving credit, and the "lambs" need to recognise that. Emotions was clearly based on The Best Of My Love (by a group called The Emotions, what are the odds lambs? ). Everything from the backing track, theme, and vocal arrangements is obviously based on that tune. Settled out of court. Make It Happen also took its entire instrumentation from I Want To Thank You by Alicia Myers. It is exactly the same, except in a different key. Mariah sought clearance for the sample, didn't get it, used it anyway, and again settled out of court. And now these acts of thievery are apparently "inspirations"? Please. Wake up. By your way of thinking, maybe J. Lo was "inspired" when Tommy played her the original Loverboy and wanted to use the same sample. She got permission to use it from the writers just like Mariah did but beat her to it when it came to getting the song out. The YDKWTD cover looks odd. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 18:26)

MC-JLo (44,978) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Adam, I was just about to write the Mariah quotes you just posted. So yes that's what JLo was referring to. This debate (MC-JLo) lead me to YouTube where I found an audio tape where Jennifer called in to Nick Cannon's show and even there before Nick brought Mariah up, Jennifer went ahead and congratulated them on the twins, then Nick asked for advice which she gave. She also said there is no beef and all and that she is a big fan of Mariah. There are more interviews of her where she addresses Mariah in a positive way. I am not saying she is saying all these because she adores M. Even if she says it just for the sake of it, still makes her a better businessperson, whereas MC should really have done that. The contrast between their interviews makes it look like M is still in the past, while painting JLo in a positive light. This is showbusiness, image is everything. And the whole "JLo knew or didn't know about sabotaging Mariah" debate is pretty silly, like I said, even if she knew, why should she care? She didn't even know Mariah. Do you really expect her to put Mariah's career before hers when she never even met her? That's really silly. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 18:19)

New single you all (44,977) by mustaffa from malaysia Guys can we please stop talking about JLo now? The new single is here and lets celebrate the re emergence of the best album of 2014. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 18:02)

Hold up (44,976) by B from USA She said something like if I had the luxury of not writing my own songs I'd get 8 hours of sleep a night and something about being able to see how soulful and deep J.Lo was/is by looking in her eyes. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 17:57)

Let's be honest: this photoshoot sucks (44,975) by Raphael from Brazil Ew ew ew. Her face is so weird. I think the only photo that is good is the cover of The Art Of Letting Go. She looks beautiful and skinny and her face looks like her face. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 17:56)

J.Lo (44,973) by B from USA J.Lo was hardly a new artist when the loop for Firecracker was stolen. She knew what was going on. She's not stupid. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 17:54)

YDKWTD (44,972) by Ty from USA I'm absolutely thrilled that You Don't Know What To Do is the next single. Instead of worrying how airbrushed it is/looks, let's think of it like this: most of the general public (especially many lambs) wanted this to be a single. Now, everyone and their brother needs to hear this song. It is by far her best single in almost a decade, and could be her 19th #1. I'm sure she has some sick promo up her sleeve and some killer remixes for it. And the song is already #2 in South Korea. Had my iPod on working out this morning. Really in the zone with her new stuff. Song that got to me today: AYDR (from Emotions). Much love. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 17:49)

Mariah on JLo (Allure Magazine) (44,971) by ADAM from USA The catty comments JLo was referring to on WWHL from Mariah back in the day were regarding an Allure magazine spread. I've pasted the comments below: When writer Vanessa Grigoriadis, who was doing an Allure cover story on Mariah, mentioned that she had interviewed J.Lo recently, Mariah didn't hide her cattiness. "I bet it was really intellectually stimulating," said a mocking Mariah. "I bet you could just see the depths in her eyes, she was so soulful." The Post reported that when the Allure interviewer mentioned that Lopez claims to get eight hours of sleep every night, Carey reportedly snapped: "If I had the luxury of not actually having to sing my own songs, I'd do that, too." I think these comments were clearly derogatory and shows JLo is a more secure person by stating she's past it and would like to be friends. Very classy. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 16:53)

We're still on J.Lo (so I have to) (44,970) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia One thing I can say is J.Lo ain't stupid hunny. She knows how to say all the right things in an interview and you all eat it up like ice cream on a "sunny summer day". I'm not buying that she was completely obvious to what Tommy was doing. Maybe she turned a blind eye, but she had to have some knowledge. As for trying to put Mariah in the same catorgory of stealing someone's ideas and sound, I don't even need to get into how that's a stretch. Inspired and stealing is two diffrent things. Now we're comparing Mariah's dating history to J.Lo's. Okay sure Mariah's relationship with Tommy could've been scretchy from the begining, but she was a teen and I'm sure it was mostly Tommy's doing. Nothing compared to J.Lo's man eating ways. She left her first husband as soon as she made it big, She quickly married Cris Judd almost immediately after breaking up with Puffy, then she broke up Marc Anthony's marriage (and expected theirs to last). But I guess that's all okay because she just "loves love". We know Mariah is an imperfect angel, but lets not try to bring her down to J.Lo's level. All in all I don't hate the woman, and neither does Mariah. I'm just saying she's not perfect either. They have different personalities and experiences in life that has formed who they both are today. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 16:47)

You Don't Know What To Do artwork (44,969) by Ken from USA I didn't think MC's team could do worse than the deluxe cover, but they haver really messed up the photoshop there. I know it's all about the music not the artwork, but for Mariah she should have way better artists editing photos. Doesn't project the right image having such a shoddy job on the editing. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 16:46)

JLo vs Mariah feud (44,968) by Hana from UK Oh come off it lambies. There was never a feud between JLo and MC. In an ancient video where the interviewer asked Mariah what her thoughts on Jennifer Lopez were she said: "I don't know her." Why are people trying to spin that into a negative by suggesting she "shaded" JLo is beyond me. She said nice things about Beyonce because they personally knew each other. Mariah was only telling the truth, the media wanted to sell papers and the lambs and JLo fans jumped on the bandwagon. In fact Mariah gave JLo a standing ovation on American Idol after her live performance. There is no beef. Maybe there was that whole issue with the sampling, but JLo isn't directly at fault, there are many other key players in the industry holding the strings. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 16:04)

YDWTD (44,966) by Lainsky from Philippines Just happy this was released as an official single. I hope the video will be in the likes of Honey, Heartbreaker or It's Like That and this song will propel the album sales and the single itself. Meteorite should be next then One More Try, Heavenly and lastly Dedicated or Faded. And oh let's pray that this become her 19th No.1 single. Yes I still care about the chart when there's a chance. (Saturday 21 June 2014; 15:35)

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