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Enough 10 year vocal bed rest (41,845) by Joyce from USA What a mess. She is so out of context of a pop singer these days. Seems like she is trying to broadcast elements of Marylin Monroe and push the envelope of how much of her body she can expose, she seems to be loosing touch with her music. Maybe that’s why we keep getting We Belong Together re-hashed over and over again in every new song, because there is no creative juice or drive in the honey pot. And lets please talk about “vocal rest”. How much rest do you need? If you were put on bed rest for the last 10 years, wouldn’t you be pretty weak? I surmise it's vocal pysical therapy or workouts starting from mild re-training to vigorus over a period of time. Does this make sense to anyone else? (Thursday 27 February 2014; 20:09)

The state of MC's career (41,844) by B from USA You're Mine (Eternal) and #Beautiful are great R&B songs. #Beautiful peaked at #3 on the R&B Songs chart. Mariah is an R&B singer. IDJ is to blame for the state of Mariah's career. She herself said you don't follow up Touch My Body with Bye, Bye or Obsessed with I Want To Know What Love Is. She's not stupid. She wanted Migrate released. She fought for Breakdown. I think she's rushing this album so she can part ways with IDJ. I think she'll sign with Epic and LA Reid. I think she looked classy at the BET Honors and gave a great performance. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 19:49)

Without sales (41,843) by Edward from USA We shouldn't be surprised YM(E) has dropped out of Billboard Hot 100. The song has gained some minimal airplay, but without sales it won't stand a chance. I can't confirm this, but according to some fans, it is already out of iTunes top 1000. YM(E) was the most added song on radio last week, but most stations don't seem to be playing it. At this point, three songs of the album are out #Beautiful, TAOLG, and YM(E), and I am very worried, because if YM(E) is the best she has after #Beautiful, I don't know when this album will be released. Mariah doesn't necessarily need to have another #1 hit, but she needs to at least have some moderate success for her to have a record deal. I know she must be feeling lots of pressure right now, I hope they release the album on the set date. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 19:08)

The problem with Mariah (41,842) by Tony Dicarlo from USA This is what I see being the issue with Mariah. She is too focused on herself and she is failing to see the warning signs. I mean that BET performance was all about her look how sexy I am and that just will not click with the audience. Mariah is at a point in her career where she does not need to rely on her sexuality to sell records. She has made a great name for herself by her voice and not by how sexy she looks. Sadly, her voice has taken a back seat for her sexy image, and that is a major warning sign of someone who is afraid to act their age. She needs a new record company and a new vision. She is surrounded by "yes" men, who do not challenge her. She needs to let some new producers and writers in who can produce something new and fresh. She has been working with the same, tired producers for so long and they are trying way too hard to manufacture a hit, but it comes across as something we have all heard before. I mean You're Mine is a great song, but not for a lead single from an album thats been in the works for 4 years. Cmon now. If someone like me can see that, then why can't the so called professionals see it? Mariah need to read these posting by her fans and listen to our advice. Well I still love her music, I mean I bought the last 5 singles she released on iTunes, although they were predictable. She needs to stop acting like a teenager and embrace who and where she is now in her career. Put the voice back in the spotlight, not the teenager antics. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 19:04)

Why (41,841) by George Golden from UK Why oh why can't Mariah leave this hip hop image she has been stuck with since 96? So many things going wrong. Where are the big uptempos like Someday, It's Like That, Honey etc. She needs a big comeback single. This We Belong Together type of midtempos is outdated. When Mariah came out with her first album, adult contemporary music was huge that was why she had four numbers ones from that album, because it was an adult contemporay album. Artists grow and evolve and rnb can be mixed with almost any other genre. Pop is huge now and she should go back to her pop roots with big piano ballads and big uptempo number gosh she has got a killer voice. What is going on? I think her problem is an identity issue. Nobody is going to take your blackness from you if you do a pop album. She has to realise things need to change fast, her image and music needs to change if she wants to remain relevant. Her management needs to change, bring in creative people, not your friends. Tacky videos need to end now. Bring on the big groovy tracks that will hardly get unoticed,l et go of the rappers, yes that's right. Enough already. Mariah please come back and reclaim your throne. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 19:04)

Get over the "singing live" thing #4 (41,840) by Carlos Jaramillo from USA Lets just get over it and come to terms: Mariah's voice has to be appreciated in recording now, where she can take time to masterfully paste together the few, random moments she is able to produce pitch perfect sound to a track. Why is that a problem? Its still her and "only" her. We gotta give her a break. Those whom are "real" Mariah fans and can understand the magic that was/is her voice and how immeasurably and unequivocally incomparable it was, and ever will be, to any other artist that has, or ever will live, know what I'm talking about. I don't even say this as a super fan. I say this as biological, scientific fact. Mariah Carey has won a "once-in-a-race" vocal lottery. We can sit down and tear her apart all we want and make fun of or criticize her seemingly peculiar behavior but, if you are over the age of 30 and "lived" the era of "Mariah Carey", when you saw, live, her healthy voice annihilate her competitors at the time and studied the detail of her vocal artistry and produced sound, this woman has "nothing" to prove to us anymore. You understand that we were privileged to have lived in the same era as this goddess of song. Let her go on stage and lip synch the hell out of a song. In fact, we should enforce it. The less she sings on stage, over and over again, the more "voice" she will conserve to produce and record "pitch perfect" music we will be able to listen to for years to come. Stop expecting her to sing live. It will happen less and less, understandably. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:46)

Get over the "singing live" thing #3 (41,839) by Carlos Jaramillo from USA Ever heard the song "Butterfly", Acapella version. Look it up. Sometimes it sounds like she produces two voices with one breath. At 1:45 seconds, even an untrained ear can distinctly hear it. You can literally hear the air/sound escaping through the nodules. Sounds amazing, but sad. Now, as the voice changes, a gifted vocalist understand how to manipulate their vocal mechanism to "deal with and compensate for their vocal "lacks"; to an extent. Over-drying your voice and, worse, singing and forcing high notes in-between extended whispers and all the other incomparable vocal intricacies of inflection Mariah is able conjure whilst force-drying her vocal folds with alcohol, damages the integrity of the voice, weakening its "air-support" strength. This renders the voice "inconsistent". Mariah can still sing, and "she" does everything that you hear in her songs but, its done in takes. Many, many takes. Most people know this but, dont understand the magnitude in which this audio operation aids the great majority of the artist's career. Mariah's voice does not have the "strength" to support "vocal perfection" for 4 minutes straight (I'm sure that after vocal rest she'd sound amazing, my comments are based on her current actions and way of living). She is definitely able to do a few seconds worth, which, if caught, pasted, edited and mastered, sounds like she's singing the whole thing in one breath. So, "its not that she cant sing". She just never knows when she will sound good or bad. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:46)

Promote / IDJ / BET Honors continued (41,838) by Paul from Usa That BET performance was embarrassing. The whole show was in honor of Aretha Franklin, her boobs look like a body builders pecs in that dress. Spice it up Mariah. Learn some dance moves. That performance was not classy. I felt she seemed lost in her performance, not knowing how to act. We as "lambs" need to understand that our opinions aren't the only ones that matter. I love her. I really do. That's why I'm coming here to express my opinions, I'm usually pretty quiet although I visit frequently. Mariah is headed down the wrong road with her career. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:45)

Get over the "singing live" thing #2 (41,837) by Carlos Jaramillo from USA Mariah has spoken about her nodules in the past. In fact, she mentions that she uses those nodules to produce the notes in her whistle register. So, basically she is manipulating "damaged" tissue by forcing a strong, thin, steady stream of air through it which is, obviously, causing additional friction to this already callus-built-up area of the vocal fold. A nodule is none other than scar tissue. It's an area where the voice has been damaged or suffered a form of trauma, and thicker tissue has sealed over it. That "sealing" tissue, is damaged tissue which, additional stress to that particular area will only cause that tissue/nodule to grow. If you hold your two index fingers tightly side by side, thats basically what your larynx looks like. You see where the edges of your fingers meet? its a smooth line. Now, your folds, when healthy, are the same; smooth on the edges where they meet. They flap hundreds of times per-second and the air that squeezes through each flap is what produces sound. Now, the nodules make the once-smooth edges have gaps where air escapes, making the voice sound breathy, with less timber and power. Listen to her whisper songs from Music Box, like the song "Music box", compared to the whisper songs in Butterfly album. In Butterfly, the voice is much more breathy. It actually "sounds" cooler but, it's clear proof of beginning stages of vocal damage for those whom understand it. Link. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:45)

Get over the "singing live" thing #1 (41,836) by Carlos Jaramillo from USA Its unfortunate to read everyone's take on Mariah's need to sing live and realize that 99.999% of the comments come from a place of lack of knowledge of the vocal mechanism. Mariah has not "forgotten" how to sing. Her vocal folds have to work much harder now to support the sounds she is trying to produce. If you remember back in the days, it seems like Mariah was able to hold notes a lot longer, with out taking so many breaths. The vocal cords thicken as you age and, overuse accelerates and worsens that natural physiological change. Not to mention, people don't realize whispering is horrible for the voice. It dries the vocal folds making them work extra hard to produce sound. Mariah "always" whispers, if not the full song, a large portion of the song. Then, her "whistle" register massacres her voice. Imagine that small, thin stream of air searing through her vocal cords as she squeezes out those notes between the folds. Also, Mariah is a heavy drinker. She has every right to live her life as she wishes, but when you drink and you sing, your vocal folds literally hemorrhage as you sing. Alcohol is a super drying agent to all our organs. The larynx is one of the last organs to hydrate when you drink water. Other vital organs take precedence. Mariah is constantly drying her voice. Think about how great she sounded, again, in the MCIIY. Why? She was pregnant and didn't drink, hence her chords got a break. A much needed, never before seen period of detox and relaxation for them. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:44)

Promote / IDJ support (41,835) by Paul from Usa You can promote a song until your blue in the face, but if people aren't feeling it, it's not gonna happen. I've been saying this from the get go. And everyone said I was wrong. Look past your admiration for Mariah, and think about how an average person hears YME. Most people I talk do not like the new Mariah, they want 90's Mariah back. They joke and laugh about how revealing her clothes are. IDJ and Mariah struck a deal when they signed Mariah on that she'd have full rein over her career. She hasn't exactly produced hits like she used to, so it makes sense they are not investing in her anymore. This is a sure sign that they probably will not pick her back up when her contract is up. I really don't understand why Mariah hasn't taken the advice of Prince and funded her own albums without a label. Madonna has done the same. Cut out the middle man, you know? She's really darnishing her reputation with all these crazy antics, immature interviews, sexy outfits, and lip syncing performances. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:38)

Flop totally (41,834) by David from Spain We must recognize that the song is a big flop. When will she promote as in the TEOM era? Mariah should listen to her lambs because she is changing more and more and she is losing public and fans. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 18:22)

Champagne (41,832) by Billy from England, UK I agree she needs to stop drinking Champagne. Any excuse and she's drinking it. Stop Mariah. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 17:38)

Can't beat me, join them (41,831) by Me. I am Carly from USA Mariah can't beat the young kids she needs to get on the wagon and befriend them. I think it would be hilarious if we did get a (updated) Heartbreaker/Obsessed acting moment where Mariah maybe had some of the other little divas in the land (even Nicki, Lady Gaga) as her cohorts. Imagine Nicki and so Ariana being cohorts against diva M. Oh I would die. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 17:19)

Concept video I would love (41,830) by Me. I am Carly from USA The video I would love to see, would have Mariah playing herself in a bunch of different roles (different wigs sort long). So you would have Bastille diva Mariah against normal woman Mariah. We would see Mariah in her old jobs as a kid. She is sweeping hair and the diva Mariah comes in and tells her she missed a spot. We would see the coat check girl giving diva Mariah her huge fur coat (only she would be chewing gum and smile as she hands the coat bag, putting her chewed gum in the pocket). We would have Long Island Mariah waitressing and she would be serving the awful diva Mariah food turn away and roll her eyes. I wanna see some choreography to like a Heartbreaker moment. I think people love a concept video and with Mariah doing double roles playing up the diva demands and rumors and behavior people would eat it up in my opinion. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 17:14)

You're Mine is not the problem (41,828) by Me. I am Carly from USA I do not believe that the quality of You're Mine is at all the problem, I think this is a fresh sparkling song if not the best radio release. I love the song for what it is, a smooth sweet song that makes me feel like I am sitting on the beach with a sweet drink. I also like that it takes Mariah in a nice direction away from the really overly colab whisper stuff. I totally agree that it is too quiet though to entice a huge audience. You must look at someone like JLo to see that a cute song can be huge with the right image and promo, and I can name a million others who are pretty singers who don't dance and the image is enough to garner success. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 16:54)

Singer/songwriter and other titles (41,827) by Me. I am Carly from USA I think "Singer/songwriter" would be a cool album title as would "Church street", "BPM" (I would say like whatever the heart beat is like "120 BPM"). (Thursday 27 February 2014; 16:30)

YME out from Hot 100 (41,826) by Raden Joe from Singapore Sad news. Mariah Carey's new single You're Mine (Eternal) is out of Billboard Hot 100 despite the radio success after only a week in the chart. This is not happening. But whatever it is, I still support MC and love her music. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 16:05)

TEOM era is her best "image" (41,825) by jaker20 from US Remember that promo interview with Steve Jones? That is the MC I want back. That is TEOM era. Actually most of her during that era is one I want back. Super composed, very professional, looks like a boss, a maneater. Very serious but still fun and bubbly. A mature woman who is very confident. And in spite of that exterior, she was a creative monster. Mature lyrics, creative and imaginative videos. Now she's just... unbearable. She's become, as they say, a caricature of her old self. She actually regressed to her old ways after TEOM, both in interviews and musical style and lyrically. Very strange, when you're a fan of MC for a long time, you can actually see her creative arc, and its on a downslope the past 3 years. Now I could not talk about her in the present tense. It's always the past. She doesn't have to have more number ones. I just want good music and someone who I can love without feeling embarrassed. Now everyone I know can't stand her. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 15:33)

Mimi and her people need to get it together, pronto (41,824) by John from USA I must first re-affirm my love for Mariah. I have been a huge fan since I heard "Honey" in 1997. I have all of her albums (several copies of some of them), and I used to even collect her singles. As a long-time fan, I am well aware of the high quality of music she is more than capable of. However, if Mariah genuinely wants another hit single/hit album, she needs to really start making smarter choices. If we look at the E=MC2, we can see how bad decisions (not releasing Migrate, falling of the face of the Earth after TMB) can quickly result in your demise. Especially now, when competing against the current "can do no wrong artists" such as Rihanna, Katy, and Miley. Mariah is no longer a "can do no wrong" artist like she was in the 90s. As beautiful as she is, she needs to class her image up, and stop making music videos that are softcore porn (and I'm a straight male who discovered "Honey" when I was a teenager, lol). She hasn't had a good video since TMB. YM(E) has grown on me, but I don't think it's the hit she's looking for. It's too bland. However, I will commend her and her team on the radio promo and interviews they did for YM(E), that's at least a step in the right direction. But if she wants the next single and album to be successful, a lot more work needs to be done. And I'm hard on her, because I know she can do it. Mariah Carey is music. There is no reason why she can't have another radio hit and successful album. She and her team need to get out of their own way. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 15:27)

Single falls off Hot 100 chart (41,823) by Blake from USA You're Mine (Eternal) Hot R&B Songs: #22 (#15) Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #41 (#24) Social 50: Mariah Carey #38 (#38) As expected, she's fallen off the Billboard Hot 100. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 14:58)

You're Mine, new album (41,822) by Andrew from UK I just watched the BET performance, it was pretty dire, not at all world class, or what people expect from Mariah. Like others have said, she should have maybe taken vocal rest and performed the song stripped back fully live. As for the video for You're Mine, that's pretty dreadful too. She looks awkward constantly touching her face, doesn't come across well at all. Last night I watched some earlier videos on YouTube, her videos these days are just not on the same level. All the blame cannot be put onto IDJ or lack of money. I am, and always will be a huge fan, I just feel Mimi is a bit lost in music. I was hoping this was going to be a comeback era. "You're mine" just hasn't hit the right spot. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 13:55)

On the subject of image and respect (41,821) by Tory from Australia I love how artists/singers who aren't necessarily R&B or Pop like Grimes and Ryan Adams for example, have such respect and admiration for Mariah. She is an artist who transcends all genres, I think that's pretty cool. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 12:57)

RJJ12 (41,820) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes ILT was great and I also loved the live performances, especially the TAOM tour mix, the one at VH-1 and some others I can't remember at the moment. And to think that ILT, WBT, SIO and GYN wasn't even in the first track list of the album. These four went on to become the first few singles, each with great videos. and Say Somethin' although different and I enjoy it sometimes although not much, was not a good way to start the album. When the beat of ILT starts, it's bound to make people atleast sway. By the way, the tracks you listed, out of that man of the hour reminds me of Standing O, as it has a line called "you're the man of the hour" and it's for real sounds like "4real4real" although the writers seem to be different. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 12:47)

DJ Suss interview (41,819) by Licia from USA This was a really good interview. She talks about mostly the music and it was a fun interview. You can tell her and Suss have a great relationship. You can listen to it on the featurepresentation.com. (Thursday 27 February 2014; 11:33)

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