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So Mariah may not be crazy after all (44,785) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was checking buzzfeed because well I was bored and once you get into buzzfeed you may end up being there for hours clicking from one article to another starting with "47 things about blah blah blah" to something as stupid as "The when will you die quiz". Ok so I didn't take the quiz about death. Anyways so there is a article making fun of how MC tried to pass off a picture from 1997 as a current picture, and I was like "oh lawd" people are catching on. But then I realized (with the help of one of the commentators) that our darling MC wasn't really trying to say it's a recent pic, in fact it can clearly be seen that it's a hard copy of the old picture on a table or bed or whatever and the corner of another picture can be seen on top of her picture. So maybe she was just sharing her old pictures with her kids. You all can check it out, if you care. It's called "Mariah Carey tries pawning off photo of herself from 1997, forgets the Internet exists". (Sunday 15 June 2014; 21:37)

My Top 5 (44,784) by Jamie from UK 1. Faded (One wonders why You're Mine was given single treatment when this TEOM-esque gem existed.) 2. Supernatural (It's so beautiful, I can really feel her joy and love for her children.) 3. Meteorite (It's a fresh sound from MC and reminds me of the underrated Almost Home.) 4. #Beautiful (Would've been higher up if it was longer.) 5. Thirsty (Ugh you're thirsty. My summer anthem. I like to blast this one in my car.) * And then there's 4 more songs I enjoy, and I don't care for the rest. I'm probably the only lamb in the world who doesn't love YDKWTD lol, Wale's voice irritates me. "I'm sorry but it's true." *sung in Charmbracelet voice* (Sunday 15 June 2014; 20:55)

Where's the good songs? (44,783) by Raphael from Brazil This whole era is a mess. Where's the good songs as single? Make It Look Good, You Don't Know What To Do, Meteorite, Dedicated, Faded, Cry. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 20:02)

Thirsty (44,782) by Raphael from Brazil I'm so disappointed with Thirsty. I thought that it would be like Touch My Body. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 19:59)

Thoughts (44,781) by B from USA I love the new album. Yes, I agree MC needs to get out there and promote this masterpiece. YDKWTD needs to be a single yesterday. But even if she doesn't I'll still support her because she continues to give me the music that I want. Her music is and always has been the soundtrack to my life. Before #Beautiful was released a guy told me I was kind of beautiful. When Loverboy was released I had a sugar daddy (I was 16 he was 24). When WTB was released I had broken up with my boyfriend. I could go on and on, lol. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:20)

Top 5 (44,780) by enwar00 from usa I just can't yet. But here are some of my thoughts on some songs if you wanna read. I already mentioned Faded is my fave, and nice to see it getting love here, even at the top of other lambs lists. I do still also love Dedicated. I will say that there were 3 songs that had to grow on me. Cry, I used to skip it and thought it was so boring so I always started the listen with Faded. But that's not the case anymore and I pick up different things to like each listen. Make It Look Good, I'll be honest this was just meh for me at first, but now I think it's excellent and it may actually be in my top 5 now. Love when the guy sings with her, same thing with Dedicated when the guy is singing alongside her, I just love that. And Meteorite was different than what I was expecting, I guess from what I had read, so I felt underwhelmed, but it got me with more listens and sometimes I just wanna hear that song. The chorus does get stuck in my head, and I especially love the last minute, possible top 5. I agree that this could sound even better with club mixes. Now there's a couple I'll skip occasionally, Camouflage and Heavenly. Also, if I'm honest, I have mixed feelings about Thirsty. I feel like it somehow messes the old school mood of the songs around it, but it's ok by itself. I do love YDKWTD, but preferred its live band sound from GMA. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:19)

Me. I am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (44,779) by B from USA 1. Faded 2. Dedicated 3. #Beautiful 4. Make It Look Good 5. You Don't Know What To Do 6. Thirsty 7. Meteorite 8. Supernatural I love this album. Has anyone read the Top 40 review. Is this album destined to be a forgotten gem? t's her best album since TEOM. I agree it really is. My five year old nephew loves Supernatural. It's too cute he makes me rewind the NBC special so he can hear it played during the home video of MC and Nick with dem babies. BTW, when I bought my copy I took all five Walmart had and put them in the front of the electronic department where new releases are supposed to be. They had MC's new album buried in the back. Blasphemy. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:14)

Pablo (44,778) by B from USA I love Side Effects and Breakdown. I think those songs are lyrical masterpieces. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:03)

Mariah's Instagram video (44,777) by Ken from USA Did anybody else find it really funny how it sounds like she slams her fist on the table for the kids to say happy father's day? (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:02)

What is a flop (44,776) by B from USA J.Lo's new album A.K.A. only sold 30,000 copies, 20,000 less than Me. I Am Mariah. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 18:00)

Re: nikki (44,774) by R&B Junkie from Poland Yes. This is a body of work, an artistic journey. Now, when we all know all this lack of hit singles, we should understand the title. This album is so elusive, you cannot hear it on the radio nor watch videos on TV. Some people are obsessed with chart success. Wouldn't they love Mariah if her earlier work had been such non-promoted undergound albums? I love the voice, the sound, the concept from the very first day. This woman is still giving us her talent. In this context, sale figures and trashy Billboard articles does not matter. BTW, my top 5: 1. Dedicated 2. YDKWTD 3. One More Try 4. MILG 5. Beautiful (Sunday 15 June 2014; 17:48)

Pablo (44,773) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You are not alone buddy, I love E=MC2. It's in my top 3 Mariah albums. I don't think I skip any song while I am listening to the album and Side Effects is one of my favorites too. I think each and every track on that album was pure perfection. Could have been a huge success for her had she not disappeared in the middle of the promos. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 16:32)

Top 5 (44,772) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) Faded - Amazing. Always somewhere but you're not there for me. 2) Thirsty - While I agree that it may get lost in the crowd of recent songs, I still think it's a great song and with a great video would have done pretty well 3) YDKWTD - Makes you want to get up and bust a move. 4) Make It Look Good - Love the intro, love the "lip, hip, dip" part and in general I love the song, it sounds different and fresh. 5) Money - It's such a fun song, the chorus is just so catchy. I had to leave YME out of the top 5 although I adore both versions, but I have been listening to it for months now, so yes backseat for now, but a great song nonetheless. Least favourite - Meteorite. I tried time and again to like this one, but it just didn't grow on me yet, but that's fine, a lot of other lambs seem to enjoy it a lot. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 15:39)

iPod Blue for Mariah (44,771) by Pablo from Spain So the gay guide to Bilbao (northern Spain) has a list of 10 new songs for the month, and it has "Meteorite" at #10 on the list. It has a comment that either this or "You Don't Know What to Do" need to be a single now before the album is completely forgotten. Just excited to see Mariah mentioned as she is more or less only known as "Didn't she have that Christmas song 20 years ago?" in Spain unfortunately. Anxious as everyone else to see some more promotion for the album. Also, I think I must be the only one who loves E=MC2, it's my second fave album of Mariah's after Butterfly. "Side Effects" is my second fave song after "Breakdown". Love "Migrate" and "I Wish You Well." It's probably the album of hers I listen to most today, other than MIAMTEC, which is still listened to because it's new. I love MIAMTEC, but E=MC2 will always be one of my faves. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 15:37)

J-Lol (44,770) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Off topic and I might get things thrown at me for writing about Miss Lopez but eh whatever. So JLo released 3 video teasers for her album, probably taking the Beyonce route of having multiple music videos if not videos for each track on the album. I was just checking it out and she has a song called Emotions, which basically almost made my ears bleed. Then ofcourse is Big Big Booty which is about well her BBB. And then the super annoying I don't wanna worry no more. Why any label would want to spend so much money on a talentless artist like her is beyond me and it's not like she is young either, she's the same age as Mariah. Unfair world. Sigh. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 14:49)

Badr - Top 5 (44,769) by Bill from the UK 1. Make It Look Good 2. Make It Look Good 3. Make It Look Good 4. Make It Look Good 5. Make It Look Good But seriously, after MILG my order would be "Beautiful", "You Don't Know What to Do", "Money" and "Dedicated". (Sunday 15 June 2014; 14:30)

Top 5 - Badr (44,768) by Adam from US I really do love this album. I liked Badr's post about Top 5. So I thought I'd post my top 5. 5) "Thirsty" 4) "Meteorite" 3) "Make It Look Good" 2) "You Don't Know What To Do" 1) "Faded" It's hard to have a top 5 right now, because I still really enjoy them all. I am not a huge fan of "One More Try", but it's not Mariah, I never really cared for the original. The only song that I've skipped and not listened to has been "Camouflage" and I don't know why. I think I've been too upbeat listening to the others, lol. I really do wish they'd release a single. It needs something to make people buy it. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 13:57)

Mariah's photo (44,767) by Ken from USA Maybe she was looking through old photos with dem babies? I don't think Mariah will ever address this though. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 11:48)

Bad promotion (44,766) by Liz Archer from Sweden I am never going to get hold of that bottle (not that I am interested in its content) but its just a bad idea. I doubt that bottle is going to be available internationally, so its really not a very good promotional tool since it's only for the US. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 8:51)

Mariah (44,765) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The picture Mariah posted with Nick and dembabies for Father's Day is so cute. Mariah looks beautiful. Nowhere near 44. And about the picture that two fellow lambs have been saying is from 1997 or 2008, if it's true what on earth is going on? I thought it was recent because I probably missed the pic on Oprah but are you guys sure? Then it's really weird. If not then MC is really getting her great looks back. Plus apart from that she still looks great in the black gown and the new family pic, so I am happy for her since she is usually so image conscious. At this point I am trying to take JD's words that there is still a plan for Chanteuse and so I will try (try dahlin try) to not complain about the lack of promotions. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 5:44)

The Elusive Chanteuse (44,764) by Badr from USA I have been listening to Mariah's Elusive Chanteuse album, and I'm enjoying it. I was just curious to know what your top 5 favorite songs are, and perhaps your least favorite one. My top 5 includes: 1. #Beautiful 2. One More Try 3. You Don't Know What to Do 4. Heavenly 5. Money Least favorite song: "Supernatural" is simply cheesy, imho. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 4:31)

Play Mariah's promo game (44,763) by nikki from usa Ok, so you release an album as a body of work. You sacrifice sales by not promoting it or releasing singles just so the album will be listened to as a "whole". Now, that it's out how will you promote it? If it's supposed to be a story then will each song have a music video that leads into the next like a music video movie? An entire concert with a themed backdrop? A tour? She could sing the album one song at a time per talk show. Start on Lettermen with Cry and end on BET with Heavenly. Or maybe, she'll do that without the talk shows and have different backdrops where she sings it live: start at The Carlyle and end at an ancient cathedral. We'll need her beverage just to see all this shit. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 4:30)

How to solve a problem like Billboard (44,762) by nikki from usa Since firing Roger, they seem to be over run by complete chauvinists or Madonna fans it's hard to say. They're asking the opinions of people who've briefly worked with other artists and Vanessa Williams? She was famous for 2 years and fell off the planet 20 year ago. I met Mariah for 42 seconds, maybe they'll interview me next. "Provide her with material." Apparently, none of them are aware MC co-writes and produces her own music since the dawn of time. Basically, their advice is to retire or put herself out to pasture because she needs a man to make her a star. Amazingly, not one of them mentioned any common sense reason such as not bothering to promote the album, pushing it back 5 times, or promoting a single didn't come into play. I can see why those men aren't known for much. As far as I'm concerned this is in the same vein as calling a song a ''radio flop" that was never sent to radio. If Mariah had done her usual promo, didn't have 20 push backs, had label support, and her album flopped then you might think MC's lost her shine. But, under MC's circumstances no one's album would've done well. I get it now. This is a "body of work" and an "artists" album. Sacrificing sales for her art. This just supplies more fuel for a future tour-like promo. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 4:05)

Did I Do That (44,761) by Skip from United States Lol to Bill from UK. I have never liked "Did I Do That?" either. Although I will find myself singing lyrics from it now and then. "Conversations painfully weak, you were much better off when you didn't speak." I love that. But yeah, the song. Not so much. But seek out the DJ Stylz Remix of that song, it actually makes the song good. Production is everything. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 4:04)

My opinion (44,760) by B from USA E=MC2 sold a million copies and was certified platinum. Memoirs sold half a million copies and was certified gold. I think this system needs to be changed to reflect the current state of the recording industry. Albums don't sell like the used to. (Sunday 15 June 2014; 2:13)

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