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Edward (37,338) by TJ from Norway He he. "Fly like a birth". I would love to see that music video. A great project for MAD TV. Hehe. I love it. (Tuesday 5 March 2013; 19:43)

The Emancipation of Mimi success (37,337) by Edward from USA For a long time I've wondered about what made TEOM so successful. It wasn't only the fact that Mariah was actually singing, but that the album had a 70's retro feel to it, hence it catered to a wider audience. When thinking about "Mine Again", "Get Your Number", "Fly Like a Birth", "I Could Be Your Girl", and "Circles", we can the feeling soul on those songs, and it was actually a throwback for those people now in their late 40's, 50's and early 60's who were probably teenagers and younger adults in the 70's. I noticed that even people who didn't actually like Mariah much enjoyed at least a few tracks from this album. The album used many oldies' samples that, even though they didn't sound quite like the songs they were borrowed from, they acted as a subliminal reminder for those who ever enjoy those songs at the particular time they were released. Also the ballads were more raw, and the little imperfections here and there made Mariah sound more soulful and real. I hope she could replicate that magic again, since people are starving for good soulful quality music. (Tuesday 5 March 2013; 4:45)

Mariah and Beyonce and Rihanna (37,336) by Andrew Lo from Philippines I just want to express my concern or should I say I should be concerned the same way all lambs should be. Bey and Rihanna have almost 43 million likes on Facebook, while Mimi has barely reached 10 million. Is this something we should be concerned about? Just a thought. Are Bey and Rihanna bigger than Mimi? Is it a current thing? But Bey has not had a number 1 since 2009. Rihanna has amassed 12 No. 1s from 2006-2012. Rihanna is big at the moment, but can she sell 200 million records in the next 10 years and have another 7 no.1s to be the artist with most no.1 in the history of recorded music? I am just thinking. I have nothing against Bey and Riri. Just thinking. (Tuesday 5 March 2013; 4:13)

Mariah on fire (37,335) by Anonymous from Almost Home is No. 9 on the Billboard R&B Songs chart and she is looking beautiful and classy. She has really upped her game. Her image as of late while doing press and in the video for Almost Home. She looks fabulous, her voice is still the voice, and she slapped some class on that ass to quote Mr. Cohen former Island Records president . Any real fan knows what I'm taking about lol. I think this era is going to rival The Emancipation Of Mimi era. For the first time in a long time I'm excited for a new album from Mariah. (Sunday 3 March 2013; 20:09)

Judging style / promotion for AH (37,334) by Matthew from USA At first I didn't like Mariah's judging style, because it seemed as if she would be the one judge who would be afraid to say anything negative. But I'm starting to really get her style. She stays positive, but if you read between the lines, you can tell when she didn't like a performance. If she hated it, she will talk about a past performance she liked. She and Keith are my favorite judges now. As for Almost Home, I think she needs to perform the song. But I don't think she should perform it on Idol. Since she is critiquing other people's singing on that show, she would need to be perfect. And Mariah usually doesn't do well when she has to sing her tracks that have a lot of heavy production (think Triumphant). If it were a ballad or a song that has live instruments, I would say go for it. She knocks those out of the park consistently. But I'm just scared I guess. If she sings on Idol, then she needs to be perfect, or when she goes back to her chair to judge others the media won't let her live it down. (Sunday 3 March 2013; 9:36)

Stacey (37,333) by enwar00 from usa That is so funny, because the next cd I listened to earlier was cd 2 of The Remixes, and of course My All/Stay Awhile came on. I was actually going to post how much I love love love the Make it Last remix. (Sunday 3 March 2013; 5:59)

My All/Stay Awhile, Stephen (37,332) by Stacey from USA On the subject of old school, I sure do love this remix. I also love it even better when she gives us fans the no-rap version. It's one of my favorites. Stephen, I hear you. It's a nice effort, perfect for a Disney movie. I will say it didn't grab me on first listen. I had to give the song a chance. The bridge still sounds disjointed. Ultimately for me, I'm just glad to hear that voice. I hope that's the kind of voice she brings to the new album mixed with some hot beats. (Sunday 3 March 2013; 3:09)

Old school CD (37,331) by enwar00 from usa I'm listening to the My All/Breakdown single with the different mixes on it. I still love it, especially The Roof. (Saturday 2 March 2013; 22:52)

Style (37,330) by nikki from usa I'll give Mariah this: she's honest. She said she'd be more of a mentor than a judge and she's brought that. Even if she thinks a performance sucked, she won't say it, she'll tell them where they shined the best in the past and gives advice. If all else fails she just talks about how their high points made her feel. You can tell she's not okay with critique as much. I've tried to give Nicki a shot, but she's too green. Nicki's value is for entertainment and nothing more. Mariah's helpful but most people view that as boring. Actually doing the job would come across that way I guess. Nicki seems more interested in who acts like her or prowling for her baby daddy then being useful. I don't even find her criticisms constructive. This is supposed to be about vocals, not performance, and her "favorite group" is the one who couldn't harmonize or remember the lyrics. She did the finalists a huge injustice. By constantly insisting on "performance", they started to concentrate more on performing than their vocals. That got too many talents sent home early. I don't really get Randy's judging style, Nicki is too green, but I give Keith and Mariah the medal for most constructive and helpful of the judges. (Saturday 2 March 2013; 21:49)

Mariah on Kelly and Michael/Almost Home (37,329) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom She looked gorgeous and came across really well. I know I'm late, but Almost Home is just okay to me. Doesn't really get me going if I'm honest. (Saturday 2 March 2013; 12:37)

Yehey (37,328) by Andrew Lo from Philippines For an artist on her 23rd year, it is somewhat splendid to see Mimi on the charts again, when the likes of Rihanna has 2 songs on the charts. Mimi has disproved the saying of "have beens". You cannot see Celine or Barbra chart with their songs. But with Mariah, it's just amazing. But I kind of feel sad because the song has only been downloaded 18,000 times. Does she have 18,000 lambs only? I am really sad, because even the lambs don't download it. And yes, she should sing that live on Idol, perhaps next week on the day the movie goes out along with the video. Such a historic week next week. March 8 is a Friday. I can't wait. (Saturday 2 March 2013; 1:33)

Almost Home (37,327) by Stacey from USA Some were jumping the gun calling the song a flop long before other factors like the movie's release and video premiere happened. If the song tanks after those two things, then yeah, maybe you can call it one. I hardly think that's going to happen. Doing a lot of promotion once the video and movie drop would help things a ton. Plus, she should definitely sing the song live on AI. Once people hear that song as the ending credits roll, the song should rise on the charts. All of this is good news for her upcoming album. Now this is a buzz single type song to get people ready for her album drop. (Friday 1 March 2013; 22:54)

Live performance of Almost Home (37,326) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia If obtaining number one is the goal, then Mariah needs to do as many of live performances that she can gets. She just missed her opportunity to perform this song live on the Michael & Kelly show. I hope she would perform on the Jimmy Fallon show. (Friday 1 March 2013; 21:01)

Almost Home (37,325) by Gilbert from USA Need I say more? I knew this song would reach its potential. We just needed to give it time. Congratulations to Mariah. I believe there will be more impact once the music video and movie are released. Way to go. Hits take time. Love you MC. (Friday 1 March 2013; 19:56)

Congrats to a queen (37,324) by RadChad from United States I hope once the video premieres it flies up the Hot 100. On a side note, MC has been looking strikingly beautiful on Idol these past couple weeks and I'm loving her judging style as well. I'm happy we finally get to see what the panel is really like without all the extra editing. (Friday 1 March 2013; 19:11)

Almost Home (37,323) by Anonymous from Almost Home has already charted on some Billboard charts and is expected to chart on even more next week, so it's a hit lol. (Friday 1 March 2013; 18:19)

Almost Home (37,322) by Ryan from the Philippines Congrats Mariah. This is just the beginning. You are almost home. (Friday 1 March 2013; 17:18)

Mariah's dress on the showing of American idol 2/27 (37,320) by Delilah Salgado from United States Thank you for bringing class to the American Idol stage. Can you please tell me who designed your dress for the 2/27 showing of American Idol? There is a white overlay material at the bust line, absolutely breath taking. I am and will forever be one of your biggest fans. Thank you. (Thursday 28 February 2013; 6:49)

Nick is right (37,317) by lashonda collins from usa Nick is right. Almost Home is a soundtrack tune and it may do very well. "Prince of Egypt", the lambs remember how well that movie did along with "When You Believe". I hope that it gets put on her new album as a bonus track though. Wouldn't Disney make a killing? Because reguardless of how good this next record is, it's going to sell at least a million copies. I wonder how that whole thing works. Would Disney let her do that? (Tuesday 26 February 2013; 13:20)

Almost Home is a soundtrack song (37,316) by Nick from Canada How many soundtrack songs dominate the charts? This is just a song for Disney. She might get a Golden Globe nomination, Oscar nomination and maybe even a Grammy nomination for Song for Visual Media, but I am in no way expecting this song and sound from Mariah to dominate any popular music chart. It might do well in Adult AC. Let's not put unrealistic expectations on this track. I adore this song for one reason and that's the purity with which Mariah sings it. I personally don't care if Mariah hits #1 or not anymore, because I feel like she has accomplished more than 99% of all musical artists and will go down as one of the most talented and decorated vocalists, songwriters, and producers of all time. I just want to hear "the voice" minus that annoying whisper register. I want to be taken back to the days of Emotions or Music Box when her voice was strong and could do no wrong. "Almost Home" comes close for me and thank you Mariah for that. (Tuesday 26 February 2013; 3:47)

Fans can "push", but not make success (37,314) by nikki from usa I disagree, nothing's changed. If American Idol is anything to go by, Mariah's still the music staple. There are still kids in their teens and 20's who support her and her older fans grew up to have kids of their own who are fans. This doesn't change the fact that Mariah Carey has never had any success without the general public backing her up. Mariah can have 10,000 hardcore "lambs" buying 10 copies of everything she puts out, and that will still be only 100,000 sold. That doesn't even put a dent into Mariah's sales. The only thing that can do is "push" her sales over the gold, platinum, or multi-platinum line if she's already almost there due to the general public. Triumphant wasn't released to pop radio by Def Jam, only Hip hop stations. Yet, it topped BET for several weeks and still went to #1 on the Dance Charts due to the remixes. Memoirs had a top 10 hit and her second Christmas album had 2 #1 seasonal hits as well. She's still racking up #1's. I think everyone's jumping the gun with this Disney song, because it was leaked early and wasn't originally intended to be out this soon. Any promotion for it wasn't scheduled until later. The general public knows MC's coming out with a new song, but so far the media only hinted toward a clip of it. So, I doubt the majority know anymore than that for right now. Relax. (Monday 25 February 2013; 20:59)

Chase (37,313) by TJ from Norway I feel every word that you wrote. This is how I feel it. I have been on this board writing messages since the beginning. There have been many ups and downs over the years, and many "fights" on this board. Many new fans have written here, telling people that some fans are not a real fan, me included. Well, I am still here, that's more than I can say about them. When I was 14, Mariah was the only singer for me. She still is my favorite, but I love so many genres in music, and I always hope that Mariah's music will evolve as she gets older. I am not always sure about that last one. I like this new song. This is so much more what I wish for, than Triumphant. (Monday 25 February 2013; 20:17)

Hmm (37,312) by Giselle #1 Mariah Critic from USA Almost Home is a good song, perfect Disney song in 2013. I love it and I bought and I don't care if others don't like it. I'm more excited on the album. I'm hoping it has a mature sound, Mariah's fans are grown adults now and it's time to ditch songs that are targeted towards teens. I'd rather do a banging album that's mature and kinda 60's, 70's retro R&B/Pop, as long as her hearts in it. Mariah hasn't been into a album since "TEOM''. E=MC2 was her last great album and she and her team and IDJ just dropped the ball. I noticed Mariah started going down a slump when Benny left right after TMB. I kinda wish Mariah would mix things up and try other producers, She needs a new sound and a new look. There were songs that were released that I wish Mariah wrote like Kelly Clarkson's ''Stronger''. (Monday 25 February 2013; 19:19)

No more negatives (37,311) by jaker20 from US Sorry I was just venting. Anyway, let's just enjoy the music, because it's really a great song. (Monday 25 February 2013; 15:10)

Mariah Carey Almost Home (37,310) by Andrew Lo from Philippines I could not agree more. It's Mimi's job to release good material. In fairness to Rihanna and Katy Perry, I don't get the wow factor with their bubble-gum songs, but I have come to like some of their materials. But when it comes to Mimi, we always expect something great, so hard to be Mimi, because she is D-standard. What is really wrong in the equation? Why would she release a song on February 19 and never would even she promote it elsewhere? Is she tired? Then why would she even bother releasing a song in the first place? She should go out and make people know about her song. Just go out and sing it live. Don't expect people to guess "Oh mariah has a new song". She's 43 and most probably her fans would be at the same age I would guess, so amidst all their busy lives with their families, their children, their crappy marriages or whatever, they deserve something from Mariah. I want to see her on TV. She is not Rihanna, 31 or something, who has all the energy in the world to come to Victoria's Secret and sing Diamonds and go to X Factor UK and get wet seeing diamonds, but atleast do a little bit of promotion. She needs it. Badly. I can't wait for March 8, the release date of her video and again, the live shows on Idol. She cannot not sing that there, otherwise, why would she even be there? Almost Home is an amazing pop song. It's a big song. I am very objective, I like it because it's amazing, not because it's Mariah's song. Others will too, just do something about it. (Monday 25 February 2013; 10:10)

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