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Season's Greetings (37,006) by Stephen from London, United Kingdom Season's Greetings to all. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. (Thursday 27 December 2012; 21:05)

Happy Holidays (37,005) by RibbonB from USA Mariah, Nick and dem babies had a fab Christmas it seems. I hope everyone here did as well. Roc and Roe are so big and beautiful. I love dem babies. (Thursday 27 December 2012; 17:56)

Merry Christmas from Croatia (37,002) by Zachary from Croatia I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and may your problems and worries vanish away. Kiss and hug from Croatia. (Tuesday 25 December 2012; 11:14)

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone (37,001) by Edward from USA Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all my MCArchives family. It's good to know we share a common bond, Mariah's music. I hope to keep reading your post for years to come. This messageboard wouldn't be the same if we all got alone all the time, lol. Thanks to Eric for having the time and passion to keep this site up and running for such a long time. Your efforts are not taken for granted, I do really appreciate all the wonderful things that you do. (Monday 24 December 2012; 21:04)

Single ready for January? (37,000) by M from USA I have to agree with a few others on here that the hopes of the new music will be so good radio will have no choice but to play it. Bums me out when I think of singles from "Memoirs..." that never got a chance, but have 20-40 million views on YouTube; Angels Cry and Hateu. Yes I realize that many fans think the wrong singles were picked, I don't. Mariah talked about the next single being a ballad, but I was hoping for another uptempo catchy pop tune. I guess we will see what's in store for us soon. Hoping for a Touch My Body meets Daydream era. Lol. I hope Randy is right about saying "she's making a very hot record". Maybe she will name it "lambily" (TLC did this for the fans). Lol not likely I know. (Monday 24 December 2012; 17:14)

Aspen Holidays (36,999) by Carol from Spain Mariah's outfit is very unique. Not the best fashion statement, but I kinda like when she is that unpredictable. I wonder if the papparazzi go to Aspen to wait for the artists or something, because they are always on top of the event lol. I wonder if we'll see dem babies toddling around this year. I hope Nick has a better time this years, since it's been a year he had his problem. (Sunday 23 December 2012; 17:12)

Stop blaming Island/Def Jam for poor album sales (36,998) by Edward from USA At this point, an artist like Mariah needs to deliver. Due to poor album sales these days, throwing down the house in promotion is falling more on the artist's shoulders. The type of promotion we used to see in the 90's, when artists really sold albums, is not going to happen anymore, unless you have a masterpiece. We need to stop blaming Island/Def Jam records for her poor performance with the last two albums. Mariah was the one who pulled the plug on E=MC2, not the label. As much as I want her to release music, for me as a fan, I want her to be successful, not by making Rihanna-like type of music, but by making the good music we know she can make. People are buying cohesive over all good albums, not just an album with three good tracks, because people would only buy those tracks and there goes the album. Look at Rihanna, with a No. 1 song, but her album is garbage. I perused through her album, and there's not a song I could tell you I want to listen to again. (Sunday 23 December 2012; 15:35)

Nick, dem babies and candid shots (36,997) by Carol from Spain I love these candid moments Mariah and Nick share with us. How cute is it to see Nick with lamb slippers? Ha ha. I can see Monroe 's gonna be a eye stopper in a few years, because she is just looking gorgeous already. Maybe someday, Guess or Prada will hire dem babies for a campaign or something. Where do you think their second birthday will be celebrated in 2013? London? Caribbean? Japan? Well, with Mimi anything is possible. (Sunday 23 December 2012; 11:30)

Better promotion (36,996) by Carol from Spain I believe 2013 is gonna be the year of Mariah. I mean, we got Idol in January, then comes a new album and finally we hope a tour. One big part of Mariah's problems is, from my point of view, the promotion part that hasn't been handled correctly in these last few years. E=MC2 and Memoirs deserved better promotion, and they never got it. Hopefully, her management team takes her Idol participation in account and takes some benefit from it. (Sunday 23 December 2012; 11:24)

New music, whatever it is, I want it (36,995) by Carol from Spain Regarding MC's new music, like I said it before, I just hope the audiences embrace it. Whatever. Mimi needs to be herself and not follow any kind of artist. People just need to accept that Mariah is unique and always makes the music she wants. I don't want another Rhianna, another Gaga who uses controversy to sell, Mimi is way better then all of them for that. Either it's RnB, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pop, I know Mariah will give us good and well constructed tunes that don't follow any patterns for the sake of selling. At this point, i just want new a new album, really. (Sunday 23 December 2012; 11:19)

I hope for blend of Pop/R&B album a la Daydream (36,994) by Edward from USA I hope Mariah doesn't go all R&B on us again. She should know by now that she won't save that genre. By mixing it up a bit, like a Pop album with R&B infusions here and there she could potentially bring people's attention to the album. At this point is not about the high notes anymore, it's about making good catchy music. Even though radio plays what's catchy regardless of the content, I still believe catchy and quality can be packaged together in a good song, Mariah's done it plenty of times before. I have noticed that when she delivers good music and tones down the whispers, she does well. (Friday 21 December 2012; 22:14)

Radio (36,993) by RibbonB from USA Hmph, I've been skeptical of radio for the past few years and a lot of news is coming to light now that Nielson has bought Arbitron. I read an article in Madame Noire blog detailing how since 2007 Arbitron has been downplaying urban radio audiences and radio airplay. Arbitron has been sued and settled for fraud and other illegalities. I have noticed a damper and serious downplaying of R&B for the past few years and seems a lot of that has been from deliberate manipulation of actual audience numbers, especially since R&B has always been a modern music industry juggernaut. Here is hoping things get back to normal and it surely isn't all on MC's shoulders. It's just time for good urban music to get the airplay it deserves accross the board. (Friday 21 December 2012; 18:34)

The new album (36,992) by Geezy from USA by way of NYC As most if not all of the MCA community, I am excited as well. If Mariah can give us a mix of classic and current without it sounding too forced our girl should be just fine. Something tells me we are in for many surprises but good ones and I can't wait. (Friday 21 December 2012; 12:40)

Mariah's demands? (36,991) by Paul from Usa Reading the list of demands by Mariah is quite entertaining. Makes me wonder why she doesn't demand her own champagne and wine instead of Cristol. Haha, is hers not up to par? (Friday 21 December 2012; 8:02)

MC 2013 album release (36,990) by Stacey from USA I am also excited MC's album is the most anticipated one of 2013. I also get bugged with radio stations not playing her stuff, but if it is that good, they will have no choice. TEOM was an awesome album with great single choices and radio had to play them because the public was requesting them (i.e. WBT). In 2005, MC put together music that was current. We know she can do it again. (Thursday 20 December 2012; 22:58)

Bruno Mars (36,988) by Anonymous from I would love for Mariah to work with Bruno and his writing/production team. (Thursday 20 December 2012; 21:33)

AIWFCIY (36,987) by JBfly from USA AIWFCIY climbed 4 spots to 25 on the latest Billboard Hot 100 charts. I believe the song can reached the top 20 by end of the Christmas season. Though I want this song to be her 19th, I think it's to far fetched for a song this old (classic) to reach the top. You have to factor in the airplay, streaming and sales. The song is doing good on all 3 categories but not good enough. I believe the song has to sell 200k+ to even make it to top 3. What this song will eventually do is chart every year and that would ultimately give Mariah another record in the music history. And speaking of records, did you all know that Mariah leads the pack in terms of number 1 song that spent on top for 2 or more weeks? Mariah's first 12 number 1's all spent 2 or more weeks at the top. Closest artist is Usher with 9 I believe. It's so good to be Mariah right now. Merry Christmas to all my fellow lambs and fellow fans. (Thursday 20 December 2012; 7:22)

Rainbow fever (36,986) by Carol from Spain Today, while I worked, I think I hummed most of the songs from the Rainbow album. This album is just amazing and has one of the songs that showcases Mimi's whistle - Bliss. Some like it, some hate it, but this song shows that her whistle isn't something to fool around. I believe it's a very hard song to perform life, but I would love to see it live. (Thursday 20 December 2012; 1:18)

Mariah's album and Billboard (36,985) by Carol from Spain According to Billboard, Mariah's album is the most anticipated album of 2013. This only shows that she is far from being forgotten. My biggest regret is that the radio stations refuse to play her songs, because they might think she's not "fashinable" enough. I don't know, maybe I'm over reacting, but I really want Mimi's album to be top notch. I'm crossing my fingers and toes for this one. (Thursday 20 December 2012; 1:15)

Monroe (36,984) by RibbonB from USA So cute. I'm clutching my pearls right now. (Tuesday 18 December 2012; 21:10)

I Still Believe - David Morales Mixes (36,983) by Andy Tjondro from Indonesia Lambs, I'm so desperate to have this item : 5" CD- promo single from Europe, Cat #666781 0, subtitle "David Morales Mixes". Tracklisting: 1. I still believe 2. I still believe (Morales' Classic Club Mix Edit) 3. I still believe (Morales' Classic Club Mix) Anybody have this item for sale, please send me a message andy.tjondro@gmail.com, and I will make a great offer. (Tuesday 18 December 2012; 7:41)

Will/song clearance (36,982) by RibbonB from USA I'm sure the songs cleared for American Idol are songs people have sung during the audition phase. Many of them are fairly obscure and are probably being sung by lambs who are there just to meet Mariah. I hope they won be butchered too badly. I especially hope to hear competent renditions of DFAU and Vanishing. I can only imagine what someone will do to Shake it Off. Lol. (Tuesday 18 December 2012; 2:27)

Languishing - Brad USA (36,981) by Gilbert from USA Have you ever had enmity towards anyone? I got that word from Mariah's Languishing track. "And after all these years of enmity envy and tears It's a shame you don't know me at all." Meaning of enmity: hatred, animosity. Synonyms: acrimony, alienation, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, daggers, detestation, dislike, hate, hostility, ill will, loathing, malevolence, malice, malignancy, malignity, rancor, spite, spleen, uncordiality, unfriendliness, venom. (Tuesday 18 December 2012; 2:05)

Bill (36,980) by Lee from UK I also enjoy analysing Mariah's songs. I love hearing vocal layers I've never noticed before. It always tends to be older songs that I haven't listened to in a while. I love hearing new things in old songs. (Tuesday 18 December 2012; 1:20)

Still discovering (36,979) by Brad from USA One of my favorite songs to listen to is "Languishing", because there is an entire dialogue that she has which is so super whispery that you have to listen very carefully to detect. (Monday 17 December 2012; 21:49)

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