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Independent route? (105,208) by 123 from USA Usher has a new album coming out and is performing at the Super Bowl this year and using the promo of the performance to launch his new project. This will be his first project as an independent artist. I'm wondering if Mariah is contemplating doing the same thing and really taking her time to have several projects ready to go. The only issue is that major radio formats don't always play veteran artists past the age of 5. We will never really know if Caution would have been a hit as Epic only sent her singles to Adult AC and Urban AC radio formats instead of top 40 stations. Those small niche markets are where singles go to die a slow death without any hope of climbing. As an independent artist she can decide the singles and what radio formats she would send them to. Would a top 40 station play a new Mariah song? Maybe if it's uptempo but no present day Mariah ballad or mid tempo will get the time of day with major radio formats. Maybe her team can cut a deal with these stations in exchange for Christmas concert giveaways since her Christmas tours keep getting bigger and bigger. There has to be a way they can leverage her Christmas relevancy and dominance to help launch a new record and get it to chart well. Even at her commercial peak Mariah always got polarizing opinions, but it seems that present day Mariah is getting more love and acceptance than ever before. (Friday 2 February 2024; 04:32)

Daydream 30 (105,207) by Bobby A from United States Daydream 30 is coming up in 2025. I know she has some leftover tracks in the vault. I would love for When I Saw You to be recorded as duet with Nick Jonas or Zayn. I would be happy for extended versions on Long Ago and Melt Away. And I would love for David Morales to rework the Daydream interlude with new vocals and percussions from Sheila E. (Friday 2 February 2024; 00:57)

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,206) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Pretty sure they reached out to her and got confirmation she'll attend before announcing this. While Grammy's have played her dirty and honestly doesn't make much impact nowadays, the publicity is good build up to her next era. (Friday 2 February 2024; 00:52) this is a reply to message 105,204

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,204) by Norman from USA I agree she should pay them dust, but I'm guessing she'll go or participate in some capacity if Lenny Kravitz is going. He's also receiving the same award. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 23:14)

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,205) by Bobby A from United States When she attends, she should plug her upcoming album on Entertainment Tonight by saying something like she is almost done and that she knows the Lambs are going to be pleasantly surprised. (Friday 2 February 2024; 00:00) this is a reply to message 105,204

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,204) by Norman from USA I agree she should pay them dust, but I'm guessing she'll go or participate in some capacity if Lenny Kravitz is going. He's also receiving the same award. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 23:14)

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,204) by Norman from USA I agree she should pay them dust, but I'm guessing she'll go or participate in some capacity if Lenny Kravitz is going. He's also receiving the same award. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 23:14) this is a reply to message 105,203

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,203) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah should pay them absolute dust. That award show is obsolete in 2024 and Mariah does not need them to acknowledge what the whole world already knows, that indeed she has had powerful lasting impact on the whole world, even in territories where English is a secondary language. It is plain to see that she has triumphed - a true winner, after that 1996 incident the world has not forgotten. If you ask me, that "foiling" was the beginning of the end of this Grammys show. How the mighty have fallen. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 21:39)

Recording Academy Global Impact Award (105,203) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah should pay them absolute dust. That award show is obsolete in 2024 and Mariah does not need them to acknowledge what the whole world already knows, that indeed she has had powerful lasting impact on the whole world, even in territories where English is a secondary language. It is plain to see that she has triumphed - a true winner, after that 1996 incident the world has not forgotten. If you ask me, that "foiling" was the beginning of the end of this Grammys show. How the mighty have fallen. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 21:39)

Don't hate the player, hate the game (105,202) by Bobby A from United States Wendy Goldstein, Co President of AR at Republic Records, is working her magic with Ariana's releases. She is the one behind The Jonas Brothers' resurgence in the past two years. She started out Epic as an AR Assistant a long time go. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 20:59) this is a reply to message 105,199

Don't hate the player, hate the game (105,199) by Edward from USA Ariana Grande's "Yes, And" debuted at #1. Out of her 8 #1's, 6 of them have debuted at number one, she now has a tie with Taylor Swift. Drake is behind them with 5. I've been wondering why it is so easy to debut at number one these days, I dug a little and now I understand. Similarly to what they accused Mariah and others of doing back in the 90's with remixes and discounted singles, now the trend is releasing six or seven variation of the same song and discounting the variations. These songs are not remixes technically, but different variations. Besides the original they release longer versions, radio edits, sped up versions, instrumentals and the list goes on. Mariah was heavily critized for similar tactics back in the day, but I actually prefer a great quality remix even if it doesn't resemble the original than this new trend. I think it is kind of lazy. Billboard will eventually crack on these tactics, but maybe by then Ariana, Taylor and Drake will have already surpassed Mariah as the solo artist with the most #1 hits. I don't hate the players, they're just taking advantage of the rules of the game just like Mariah did, but I hate the fact that now a number one doesn't really mean anything. As for Ariana's "Yes, And", I love it. I've been working out to it, I thought she had lost it, but she still has the Midas touch Mariah used to have. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 17:39)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,201) by Will from England Didn't she say that the original version of the album was more ballad heavy, and she went back to the studio to record more songs like Money (I think Camouflage was supposed to close out the album originally, which is why she starts Money with "I can't leave it like that"), OMT and Heavenly? I think she had more than enough tracks to choose from rather than the two leaked songs from MOAIA. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 20:08) this is a reply to message 105,192

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,192) by Bobby A from United States I think MC needed two songs for the deluxe edition that was going to be sold at Target. She didn't have any extra songs from the recording sessions. MC probably thought what two songs with high profile features from the Angels Advocate remix album would make fans buy the deluxe edition. So, we got R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige. My question is why did she include America the Beautiful? Maybe she was trying to be festive for Memorial Day with it being included on the album. Let's hope MC16 has some brillant decisions. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 13:05)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,200) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The TAOLG single cover was beautiful and fit the mood of the album beautifully, I wish she would have kept it. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 18:18) this is a reply to message 105,198

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,198) by Matty from Vancouver Canada I agree. I think she should have added Triumphant (Vintage remix, with the full rain intro - that should have been the actual single imo), plus the ASAP Rocky Beautiful remix, and call it a day. I absolutely don't understand the America the Beautiful inclusion or a rehash of six year old material. My only guess is that Mary J's label and the sex predictor's labels had a contractual obligation that the songs must be included on an official release, which didn't happen with Angels Advocate, as intended. Also the album art should have been the original Art of Letting Go art (either the one where it's her looking over in the bottom right corner or the actual AOLG single artwork). The standard version that's a Emancipation/E=MC2 redo wasn't the right serve, it was redundant. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 23:37)

Don't hate the player, hate the game (105,199) by Edward from USA Ariana Grande's "Yes, And" debuted at #1. Out of her 8 #1's, 6 of them have debuted at number one, she now has a tie with Taylor Swift. Drake is behind them with 5. I've been wondering why it is so easy to debut at number one these days, I dug a little and now I understand. Similarly to what they accused Mariah and others of doing back in the 90's with remixes and discounted singles, now the trend is releasing six or seven variation of the same song and discounting the variations. These songs are not remixes technically, but different variations. Besides the original they release longer versions, radio edits, sped up versions, instrumentals and the list goes on. Mariah was heavily critized for similar tactics back in the day, but I actually prefer a great quality remix even if it doesn't resemble the original than this new trend. I think it is kind of lazy. Billboard will eventually crack on these tactics, but maybe by then Ariana, Taylor and Drake will have already surpassed Mariah as the solo artist with the most #1 hits. I don't hate the players, they're just taking advantage of the rules of the game just like Mariah did, but I hate the fact that now a number one doesn't really mean anything. As for Ariana's "Yes, And", I love it. I've been working out to it, I thought she had lost it, but she still has the Midas touch Mariah used to have. (Thursday 1 February 2024; 17:39)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,198) by Matty from Vancouver Canada I agree. I think she should have added Triumphant (Vintage remix, with the full rain intro - that should have been the actual single imo), plus the ASAP Rocky Beautiful remix, and call it a day. I absolutely don't understand the America the Beautiful inclusion or a rehash of six year old material. My only guess is that Mary J's label and the sex predictor's labels had a contractual obligation that the songs must be included on an official release, which didn't happen with Angels Advocate, as intended. Also the album art should have been the original Art of Letting Go art (either the one where it's her looking over in the bottom right corner or the actual AOLG single artwork). The standard version that's a Emancipation/E=MC2 redo wasn't the right serve, it was redundant. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 23:37) this is a reply to message 105,195

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,195) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Those would 100% be better choices than the random picks from years ago. "Triumphant" to this day remains a good song for me. It was just not the right choice for a lead single (which let's be real it was gonna be a lead but the failure to chart led it to being labelled a buzz single) at that time because people were hungry for new Mariah music and her being basically the chorus girl on the song didn't translate well to the listeners. But I love the video and the song. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 18:36)

Prized MC possession vs. item lost (105,197) by Jamie from UK No way I have that promo of Forever. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 20:49) this is a reply to message 105,187

Prized MC possession vs. item lost (105,187) by Bobby A from United States I got to thinking today of my most prized MC possession and an item that I lost. My most prized MC possession is my UK Love Takes Time single with Vanishing and You Need Me. MC looks so pretty on the cover. I don't know where I bought a UK CD single from. My guess is from a music store in the 90s that ordered import CDs. My item lost is not buying an special promo version CD of Forever and Forever live version. I don't why I left out of that music store without that CD single in my hand. The owner priced it for $4. It is worth $100 dollars now on eBay. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 00:39)

MC16 (105,196) by Ismael Seda from USA Hey guys, I haven't posted here since 2017. I'm excited for Mariah releasing music this year as we are starved for new music. I do love that throughout these past few years they have spent time doing damage control reminding everyone of the brilliance of M. I think Mariah should release an album in the vein of Blues, Soul, Jazz and Hip Hop. I think she could release a great album in the likes of Amy Winehouse, Teddy Swims. The Mimi album was headed in that direction but she was also experimental. I cannot take another JD formulaic R&B ballad. She would kill the bluesy sound. I've always loved Right Here to Dream [sic] and wish it was on an album and hopefully we finally see "I Feel It" released. Thoughts? (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 18:59)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,195) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Those would 100% be better choices than the random picks from years ago. "Triumphant" to this day remains a good song for me. It was just not the right choice for a lead single (which let's be real it was gonna be a lead but the failure to chart led it to being labelled a buzz single) at that time because people were hungry for new Mariah music and her being basically the chorus girl on the song didn't translate well to the listeners. But I love the video and the song. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 18:36) this is a reply to message 105,194

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,194) by Bill from the UK I would have added Triumphant and Almost Home personally. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 14:07)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,194) by Bill from the UK I would have added Triumphant and Almost Home personally. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 14:07) this is a reply to message 105,193

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,193) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I always thought it was because it fit the theme of the album of heartbreak and cheating etc. I wonder why she didn't just have 2 extra songs if she knew she was going to do a Target special or put the 2 Beautiful remixes there (the one that was released and the unreleased dance remix). (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 13:36)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,193) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I always thought it was because it fit the theme of the album of heartbreak and cheating etc. I wonder why she didn't just have 2 extra songs if she knew she was going to do a Target special or put the 2 Beautiful remixes there (the one that was released and the unreleased dance remix). (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 13:36) this is a reply to message 105,189

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,189) by T from USA Does anyone ever wonder what the purpose of putting the two songs from Memoirs (Betcha, Its a Wrap) on The Elusive Chanteuse deluxe edition? Was is it strictly because those two fit the theme of the album or was she actually going to put the two singles from the cancelled Angels Advocate project (UOMF, AC - which would've made more sense since they had music videos and some success), but then decided against that idea once Nicki Minaj became such a brat? (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 01:53)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,192) by Bobby A from United States I think MC needed two songs for the deluxe edition that was going to be sold at Target. She didn't have any extra songs from the recording sessions. MC probably thought what two songs with high profile features from the Angels Advocate remix album would make fans buy the deluxe edition. So, we got R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige. My question is why did she include America the Beautiful? Maybe she was trying to be festive for Memorial Day with it being included on the album. Let's hope MC16 has some brillant decisions. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 13:05) this is a reply to message 105,189

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,189) by T from USA Does anyone ever wonder what the purpose of putting the two songs from Memoirs (Betcha, Its a Wrap) on The Elusive Chanteuse deluxe edition? Was is it strictly because those two fit the theme of the album or was she actually going to put the two singles from the cancelled Angels Advocate project (UOMF, AC - which would've made more sense since they had music videos and some success), but then decided against that idea once Nicki Minaj became such a brat? (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 01:53)

Prized MC possession vs. item lost (105,191) by Billy from Greece I think my most prized MC possession is the SHM-CD of "Charmbracelet". The sound quality is amazing and lets the album truly shine sonically. For your information, SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) is a superior quality CD fully compatible with all CD players. SHM-CD utilizes a polycarbonate material originally developed for LCD screens, and the enhanced transparency of the SHM-CD results in more clarity, depth and definition of sound, bringing the listener ever closer to the music of the original master. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 09:23) this is a reply to message 105,187

Prized MC possession vs. item lost (105,187) by Bobby A from United States I got to thinking today of my most prized MC possession and an item that I lost. My most prized MC possession is my UK Love Takes Time single with Vanishing and You Need Me. MC looks so pretty on the cover. I don't know where I bought a UK CD single from. My guess is from a music store in the 90s that ordered import CDs. My item lost is not buying an special promo version CD of Forever and Forever live version. I don't why I left out of that music store without that CD single in my hand. The owner priced it for $4. It is worth $100 dollars now on eBay. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 00:39)

Shared Spotify playlist (105,190) by Todd from Melbourne, Australia I had a thought. Add your favourite MC songs to this playlist and save it to your library for an "unique" compilation. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 03:39)

Tacking on two Memoirs songs to MIAMTEC (105,189) by T from USA Does anyone ever wonder what the purpose of putting the two songs from Memoirs (Betcha, Its a Wrap) on The Elusive Chanteuse deluxe edition? Was is it strictly because those two fit the theme of the album or was she actually going to put the two singles from the cancelled Angels Advocate project (UOMF, AC - which would've made more sense since they had music videos and some success), but then decided against that idea once Nicki Minaj became such a brat? (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 01:53)

Muni Long (105,188) by Bobby A from United States Sweet. This topic got a conversation started for two Lambs to possibly meet. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 00:42) this is a reply to message 105,186

Muni Long (105,186) by Matty from Vancouver Canada What a Lamb hot spot. Hahahaha. Damn, I fly out Friday, it would be fun to meet in person Jamie. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 19:30)

Prized MC possession vs. item lost (105,187) by Bobby A from United States I got to thinking today of my most prized MC possession and an item that I lost. My most prized MC possession is my UK Love Takes Time single with Vanishing and You Need Me. MC looks so pretty on the cover. I don't know where I bought a UK CD single from. My guess is from a music store in the 90s that ordered import CDs. My item lost is not buying an special promo version CD of Forever and Forever live version. I don't why I left out of that music store without that CD single in my hand. The owner priced it for $4. It is worth $100 dollars now on eBay. (Wednesday 31 January 2024; 00:39)

Muni Long (105,186) by Matty from Vancouver Canada What a Lamb hot spot. Hahahaha. Damn, I fly out Friday, it would be fun to meet in person Jamie. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 19:30) this is a reply to message 105,185

Muni Long (105,185) by Jamie from UK Ah I stay on Peachtree when I go to ATL. I’m there Friday. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 16:41)

Muni Long (105,185) by Jamie from UK Ah I stay on Peachtree when I go to ATL. I’m there Friday. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 16:41) this is a reply to message 105,180

Muni Long (105,180) by Matty from Vancouver Canada Robert-Anthony, this is so random. I'm in ATL for work this week and staying on Peachtree St. Hahahaha Vancouver to Atlanta couldn't be farther apart, yet here I sit in my hotel room on Peachtree St. on my first night here. I haven't been to ATL in almost four years. What a random coincidence. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 06:54)

Muni Long (105,184) by Bobby A from United States I love it too, Terna. She is really Priscilla Renae who co-wrote A No No with MC. (Tuesday 30 January 2024; 13:14) this is a reply to message 105,171

Muni Long (105,171) by Terna from Nigeria Say what you want about Jermash, his writing team always hit bullseye, Muni Long's new song goes hard and is gaining traction on social media, I loved it with the very first listen. (Monday 29 January 2024; 18:10)

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