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Paul D - Mary J Blige, America the beautiful, and E=MC2 (44,570) by Justin from USA - Los Angeles I couldn't agree with you anymore. She covered the song exceptionally well. I honestly am interested in buying me some Mary J Blige music. I also really like Mariah's version of America The Beautiful. It almost sounds like it came straight out of the Charmbracelet era. Speaking of eras, Mariah really looks like how she did in the E=MC2 era in the hot tub pic. (Sunday 8 June 2014; 1:50)

Loris / promotion (44,569) by Edward from USA MIAMTEC is a great album, but it is Mariah's album. She's collecting money from it, then she should be out there promoting it so people know it is out there. Delaying an album means that all of her scheduled promotional appearances have to be cancelled and if possible, just if possible, reschedule. I don't care about IDJ anymore, obviously they lost faith in the project, it is evident. TEOM was a great album, but promotion and great PR made a huge difference. I don't see that happening now. Many people couldn't get their physical copies of the album because they just sent a few copies per store. This great body of work will go down as a flop. I'm not a happy fan. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 21:31)

MJB on It's A Wrap (44,568) by Paul D from USA I really love Mary J. Blige's parts on It's A Wrap. I always knew she could sing, but she really did this song major justice. I wonder if she'll ever pay tribute to Mariah by doing a solo cover of one of Mariah's songs. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 21:31)

Loris from the UK (44,567) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia The absolute worst fans ever hunny. They've begged, cried, and practically harassed her on every social media outlet over this album coming out, then when the album drops 57k. Yes indeed, I don't want to hear any complaining from anyone that didn't support this album. These lambs ain't loyal. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 21:02)

Only 95.000 worldwide (44,566) by Loris from Italy 20 milion fans on Facebook and only 95.000 copies sold of MIAM? She has the worst fans. Especially because the album is an outstanding, flawless masterpiece in the realm of r&b genre. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 19:51)

Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan (44,565) by G.G. from USA I blame Mariah, Jermaine and Def Jam for the commercial failure of this album. But, since Mariah's name is on it, the general public will lay all the blame on her. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 19:33)

Opinions (44,564) by G.G. from USA It always makes me laugh when I see people on here telling others what they should or shouldn't say. If Mariah doesn't care about sales anymore, then she's in the wrong business. If you have too many albums that sell as poorly as this one, your label will drop you. Period. She obviously cares about sales and charts, otherwise she wouldn't insist on being introduced as the best selling female artist and having 18 #1 singles. MIAMTEC has sold 15,000 copies in its second week. That's a 70%-80% drop. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 19:31)

Thomas (44,563) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes you are right, it was something regarding her family and she completely ignored it. Which is fine because it's her personal life. I was just saying the interviews sounds repetitive because Mariah's team has input on some mandatory questions they need to ask her. So just blaming the interviewers on asking the same thing and thinking Mariah gets bored of it is not exactly right. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 18:36)

Randy (44,562) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You have your opinions and that's fine. I will agree that yes at the end of the day it's up to MC to decide what she does and doesn't do. But starting off your post with "Some of you need a life outside of MC" isn't really polite the last time I checked. You make it sound like, well I'll just speak for myself, that I am the guy character Mariah plays in Obsessed. I have been talking about Mariah not promoting because obviously Mariah wanted this album to be perfect and obviously she expected it to do well on the charts so she took so long. I was confused as to why she is sitting back and letting it sink. Why are you so sure that she doesn't want to promote it? She was booked on The View and I am sure many other shows but those had to be cancelled because the album kept getting delayed. We are all aware that the promotion strategies need to be planned months in advance, that includes booking the spots on shows. So it's possible that since the album kept getting delayed, maybe when she wanted the appearances she couldn't get it because other people have already been scheduled to appear there. We can all sit here and assume. Anyways I have nothing against you, all I say it that the least you can do is not go around telling people they don't have a life or that they are obsessed and that you seem to be one of the rare ones who can balance out your feelings. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 18:32)

Here's a tip (44,561) by B from USA Listen to this album while buzzed. I did and it's amazing. Seriously. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 17:26)

Hello (44,560) by B from USA Enjoy the music. I know I do. It's one of the best albums of her career. Stop complaining about this, that, the other because Mariah came through for us, her fans. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 17:23)

So my question Mimi is this (44,559) by Randy from USA Would you rather see MC do what she wants to do or what the fans want? Would you rather see MC make the music she wants or what the fans want? In the NBC promo, she says that people don't understand that she is a human being. I even sometimes have a hard time with the vague line of commercialism and art. Hell yeah, I would love MC to do an unplugged album of introspective songs but she doesn't work for me. Especially at this point. She works for herself. So I love MC enough to just accept whatever happens and console myself with the other 13 albums she's produced and countless interviews and appearances she's done in 24 years. If she wants to go on a talk show, she will. If she doesn't want to, isn't that her choice? What I love about this argument is MC is going to do whatever she wants regardless of what anyone on this board wants. This is the first album she's executive produced alone. I think she is running the show regardless of what anyone wants and I applaud her as one human being to another. And just to clear something up dahling, I wasn't rude; I was telling the blunt truth. Sometimes I forget that that is not envogue. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 17:23)

Mimi (44,557) by thomas holt from Denmark I think the question Letterman asked her was something concerning, how her relationship was with her family. And we all know she's not talking to her sister. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 17:07)

Marcel (44,556) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes that's exactly what I also wanted to say. I am more than sure that the interviewers still get a guideline about what they can and what they must ask her. Even if they forget, Mariah brings it up herself into the the conversation so that's why the interviews are repetitive. Secondly if they even ask a question that she doesn't approve of she gives a very vague reply or talks about something completely different. Like in the NBC special she was vague about what's going on with her and Nick and in the Letterman interview he asked her something personal (I forgot what) and she completely ignored it and went on to talk about the album name generator app. About the promotions, it is her album and she should promote it. I don't care what people say, I for one am baffled that why spend so much time and effort on a product and then let it sink? Then why didn't she just release the album she had readied by 2012 or even 2013 and leave IDJ. Come on. Mariah has delayed the release dates because she wasn't happy with the track list, then she didn't like the way that her title got leaked and all that. If she didn't want a hit, then why bother? And if she wants a hit then why not work for it? Also, as fans, it's one thing to be fine with the way the album is performing but people shouldn't stop other people from expressing their opinions. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 14:12)

MIAMTEC Japanese edition (44,555) by Me Iam Nick from Gemany Today I got the Japanese edition of MIAMTEC. There is another booklet inside with the whole lyrics. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 13:53)

The lectures (44,554) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly, it really pisses me off when some people here go on telling others how to feel about MC and how much of a fan (from 0 to Lamb) can a person be and how one should get a life outside of MC just because some of us are complaining about the lack of promotions. Who are you to tell people to get a life? Do you know the others personally? It's your opinion whether you like the album or not or whether you care about promotions or not, so stick to it, don't tell others to shut up. If I have an opinion, I will come and say it, so please don't tell me that I am obsessed with M, I love her and care about her as an artist and I don't think it's a crime to hope that she gets back on the top, regardless of whether it happens or not. As for her being filthy rich and that she doesn't need money, well buddy no one is talking about her bank balance, but if she wants to remain a relevant artist she'll have to maintain a minimum level of success, whether you agree or not. As for interviews, it's part of her job, she needs to do it and it's not just that the interviewers that ask her the same questions. You can be more than sure MC has a lot of control over what they ask. There are times when she herself brings up the common topics (biracial parentage, difficult life, when she started singing) without the interviewer asking her. Her new fans might not know about it, so she repeats them. Anyways my point is, don't go around telling others how to feel towards M. You don't need to be rude. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 13:01)

Promotion next week (44,553) by thomas holt from Denmark So what are the hopes for this, I wonder. I (like many other people here) finD it really odd how nothing is going on with this album. Even though memoirs underpeformed, she still promoted it all over the US and in the UK aswell. Do you think we will get more info on promo next week maybe? (Saturday 7 June 2014; 9:47)

IDJ (44,552) by Bill from the UK Has it been explicitly stated anywhere that Mariah is desperately unhappy with the support her label have given her? I know she had a hang up about Migrate not being released, but on the main they've pretty much let her do what she wants creatively. A lot of people here are saying she's glad to be out of her contract, but how do you know? She may turn around and sign for another three albums. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 9:07)

Nikki / MIAMTEC is great, the rest is a mess (44,551) by Edward from USA Nikki, I never said anything about Mariah's career being over during Charmbracelet or ever. The game is just way different now than it was in 2005. Albums have been steadily declining since then. Mariah once was young and she was catered to, just like Rihanna and Katy are being catered to these days. It is the way it is, nobody stays at the top for ever. The voice change for whatever reason (smoke, weed, alcohol, age), people get older, fans also grow older. When I stated "Even if it has to take her 1000 sessions to put a song together" it wasn't meant to be taken literally. I meant that I would still buy her music no matter how she puts it together and when. I would never write her off, but unless she does something different, she'll be getting the same results. I love MIAMTEC, the product is great, the rest is a mess, and when I say a mess, I mean it... literally. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 6:03)

Almost there Randy (44,550) by Marcel from Montréal, Canada The only thing that I remember being a bit different was that back while on Rainbow/Glitter/Charmbracelet interviews, interviewers weren't allowed to ask Mariah what they wanted to. MC used to give them a sheet with the questions you had to ask, the questions you could and the questions you could not ask at all and you also had to sign a legal agreement not to disclose that. IDK if that changed in the last decade but I guess it hasn't and that's why her interviews are repetitive: you have to ask her about being biracial, a songwriter, had been controlled by the bad guy, how successful she is and her No. 1's. I guess she added Nick and the baby's to the equation. So, the interviews are always the same because of her. I can't get why she's sharing pics in the park and by the pool with her babies (nothing wrong in a way) when she'd be promoting the album. IDJ is not the one to blame, they're waiting 2 years for the album and MC kept on pushing it back, how could they "promote it" not knowing when it was coming out? Also, MC's been kind of openly bad-talking IDJ so. Oh yes, she is a mom, that's why she cannot work capital lol. I truly feel she's concerned on other stuff right now and it must be her ending relationship to Nick. Even on NBC interview he almost didn't appeared and the 5 seconds he got she didn't even turn her sight on him. Maybe that's why she's not promoting. Her body seems as well to be showing she's in a bad place mentally. Sadly this album has the potential. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 4:03)

Nikki / for clarification / great album, but... (44,549) by Edward from USA Nikki, Mariah signed a 20-million contract with IDJ for 4 albums (Charmbracelet, TEOM, E=MC2, MOAIA) with an option of a fifth album (MIAMTEC). Holidays compilation (MCIIY) don't count as regular albums. After MOAIA she decided to go with the fifth album option, but then LA Read, who was Mimi's main support, left IDJ. IDJ secured a clear channel airplay for #Beautiful plus its accompanying video on 2013, things were taking off, lack of promotion for #Beautiful, delays came, Mariah didn't think the album was ready, she had the accident, more delays, TAOLG(yes, Mimi called it a single) and YM(E) didn't perform as expected. Great album, such a messy delivery. From a business standpoint, IDJ must've wanted to be done with this album. By the way things are looking, they might not even recoup what they have spent so far. So, I'm glad she's completely done with IDJ and ready to move on with her endeavors. I hope she gets Mr. Medina for her next album. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 2:53)

MC and promo (44,548) by Randy from USA I agree. Some of you need a life outside of MC. I have to admit, I loathe this album. The webmaster can tell you, I have been critical of her "live" performances. But I can't understand for the life of me why some of you are insistent on and repulsed by her lack of promotion. If she doesn't want to sit with an interviewer, fly or go to every venue possible, isn't that her choice? They ask her the same 5 questions all the time. She's a songwriter. She's a mom. She's biracial. She's loved music since an early age. She's finally free. We never get anything new. She has enough money now where MIAMTEC could sell 5 copies and it wouldn't make her a damn bit of difference. Let the woman do what she pleases. In 2008, I thought she was heading into an unplugged, singer-songwriter kind of mode with Right To Dream. When she released MOAIA, I said "OK. At least she gave me the gift of Languishing." I could care less and probably she could to about what the fans want. It's about her, the artist, the human being. As a teacher, yeah I want my students to like and support me but I can't live for them and she doesn't live for you all. If she wants to go on one talk show and drop an album with one song that's only thirty seconds that's her business. Do you care for her beyond idolization? She needs to do what she wants and I, as someone disappointed can accept that, it's her life, her career, her choice. Maybe that's why I'm a fan and not a lamb. Or maybe too many of you are obsessed. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 2:40)

Really? (44,547) by nikki from usa "Your audacity is too much to be believed." Edward, my man, that is the same speech you gave during Charmbracelet about MC's career being over. Then, TEOM comes around and you "knew she could do it". And 1000 takes to make a song? Did she and Buble have 1000 takes to record "All" on stage? Or Jimmy Fallon's outtake for the lambily on The Art Of Letting Go or her Christmas song? What about the Carlyle performance, that certainly wasn't planned. What has happened so drastically between then and now? More importantly, why would MC be so ecstatic to tour if she can't sing live anymore or needs 1000 takes to get it right? (Saturday 7 June 2014; 2:17)

Why? (44,546) by Danny Braden from Uk I don't get some of the comments on this board. What is the constant obsession with comments like "we need to accept this" or "it's time to realise she won't have another hit"? First of all why feel the need to try and make that a fact instead of an opinion and secondly I thought her fans had more respect to count her out. I'll give up when Mariah does. I think some of her fans are a bit old now. That's the problem. Everyone is so negative about her career now including her fans and I won't use the word lambs. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 0:54)

Promotion (44,545) by NYHotShotta from USA Mariah and IDJ may be having a bad relationship but Mariah needs to be promoting this album still. Mariah had a bad relationship with Sony and in that she took 3 months to record Rainbow and just wanted to be done with the whole thing but she still heavily promoted that album. I think she needs to release more singles, music videos, and take better interviews where she talks more about the album and less about everything else. Also, it sucks that the WMA might not ever air and we won't be able to see her perform Meteorite. (Saturday 7 June 2014; 0:20)

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