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Masters (95,581) by We are lambily from USA I can't believe Kanye West gave us the most iconic moment in the music world 2020. He literally peed on his Grammy. I truly hope artists around the world join his fight against this greedy industry that takes advantage of musicians. But I have a question? Does anyone here think that Mariah is buying her masters from Sony quietly. That's the only explanation how she lost 200 millions in these few years. I heard she co owns the ones with Def Jam. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 12:50)

Re: Out Here On My Own (95,579) (95,580) by Bill from the UK Oh wow, so she did. Excellent. I can't believe the memoir is so close now. I've actually booked time off work to read it and listen to the new album haha. I am beyond excited. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 11:51)

Re: Out Here On My Own (95,578) (95,579) by Bobby A from United States She tweeted about it yesterday. They are coming soon. Lol. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 11:08)

Re: Out Here On My Own (95,575) (95,578) by Bill from the UK Really? Where did you hear this? What about my Rainbow EPs? (Thursday 17 September 2020; 10:14)

Re: Sudden weight loss (95,557) (95,577) by 123 from USA Cool sculpting. It's been reported she does this and Kris admitted on one of the housewives shows that he does it. It's non evasive and she might as well spend all that money on herself. Here is a video on cool sculpting. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 05:24)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,559) (95,576) by Lainsky from Philippines 1. Honey 2. Breakdown 3. Heartbreaker 4. The Roof 5. Fantasy 6. Emotions 7. It's Like That / We Belong Together 8. Touch My Body 9. Dreamlover 10. Butterfly (Thursday 17 September 2020; 05:01)

Out Here On My Own (95,575) by Bobby A from United States MC is releasing Out Here Own My Own this Friday. A cool video would be here recreating the talent show performance where she first performed the song as mentioned in her book. I am hoping Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis co-produced OHOMO with MC. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 02:30)

Randy / Babydoll (95,574) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Randy Timbaland had nothing to do [with] this song at all. Babydoll was produced by Stevie J. who was a part Diddy's hitmen production crew. (Thursday 17 September 2020; 00:45)

Target exclusives (95,573) by Bobby A from United States I would like to let everyone know that Target MTV Unplugged and Merry Christmas Exclusives are now available to preorder again. Get them while you can. I like to think that I am the vinyl expert on the board. I am predicting that these vinyl releases will be worth having in your collection 20 years from today. They will be worth some money. 1. MTV Unplugged - Target Exclusive 2. Merry Christmas - Target Exclusive 3. TEOM and Rainbow - Urban Outfitters Exclusives 4. Music Box and Emotions - Vinyl Me Please Exclusives 5. Mariah Carey - sold with the Exclusive Bundle - MC's store and the Wal-Mart Exclusive 6. The Rarities 7. MIAM 8. Caution Picture Disc - only a 1,000 were produced 9. Memoirs 10. #1 To Infinity 11. EMC2 - MC's store (Thursday 17 September 2020; 00:12)

Album to produce the best videos (95,572) by Will from Australia Still on a video tangent, Caution actually produced 3 pretty watchable videos, which had me thinking which album has produced the best? 1. Butterfly 2. The Emancipation Of Mimi 3. Daydream (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 22:51)

Butterfly turns 23 - my dissertation (95,571) by Randy from USA On this day 23 years ago I unwrapped the cellophane off of this CD in my father's basement and popped it in the disc changer. I was floored. I never before heard an album where every song is a single. Every verse reads like poetry. And every vocal is astounding. Rasp, falsetto, belting and whistles are all used here. My biggest issue with R&B music is artists always sing about romantic love or break ups. This Pop/R&B album includes songs about childhood pain and alienation. It is in one word stunning. I would like to wish a happy anniversary to the best album of all time by ranking and commenting on its tracks: 12. Whenever You Call - Last does not mean least on this one. This is a beautiful love song and I could see myself getting married to it. It's on my Love playlist. 11. Babydoll - This was at the beginning of Timbaland's stuttering beat craze so who better to capture that magic than his partner in crime Missy Elliot. A smooth track and I love her adlibs at the end. 10. Fly Away - I'm a closet lover of club remixes. Butterfly is Daydream's gutter twin and the dance interlude on both albums are very necessary. This gives the album a house cut. And one of the things that makes this album genius is it's ability to mix several genres seamlessly. 9. Fourth of July - Underneath the Stars part two. MC definitely has a way of making the familiar brand new. She also knows how to paint a story. This lyric and concept lasts long after the smoke from fireworks dissipate. 8. The Beautiful Ones - I love MC for doing this song justice. Prince screams on his version. Sisqó and MC wail and that makes the song more realistic. Reviewers hated this cut but I think this beats the original. Also MC never lets songs last this long. It's a slow build to a climax to a death and at almost 7 minutes I always want to relive it again. 7. The Roof - I love the story telling here. I love the sample as well. I've replaced the album cut with the longer rap versions available on the My All/Stay Awhile Maxi CD. 6. Breakdown - Mariah's use of rhythm here is ridiculous. I've replaced the album cut with the longer rap version as well. The only problem is the bird tweet after Fourth of July isn't seamless on that version as on the album's. Only die hards will know about that. 5. Honey - The saddest thing about this is that Puffy's versión should've been the original. I just hate that he removed the strings to make it sound more gutter. Mariah's 12th number one and a song she still performs to this day. I don't love that she's still doing the dance from the boat decades later. I love the two samples. 4. Outside - This is the most gospel song that's not gospel ever recorded. She sings her ass off but the lyric here is one of the things that really helped me with my sexuality. By 1997 people knew gay people but in my large family, I was the only gay person. I have 30 first cousins. Not one of them is openly gay. So I always felt different, alone, not good enough. This song put to music exactly what I felt at the time. 3. Close My Eyes - I saw too much as a child. Without going into specifics, when I was born my mother was 15. My father was 21. MC again put what was in my past into song. I will forever be grateful. This is on my Dark playlist. 2. My All - Only spending one week at number one to be dethroned by The Boy Is Mine for thirteen weeks. I love The Boy Is Mine but vocally, lyrically there is no contest. How does a pop diva sing a bare song over a Spanish guitar with words such as solitude, emblazoned, vividly. Sometimes when I'm listening to this I am still amazed this was a commercial success. And the vocal of the last hook is powerful. I think this songs deserves every bit of the accolades and fanfare of I Will Always Love You, Because You Loved Me, Unbreak My Heart, My Heart Will Go On and Someone Like You. I hate the way she sings it now - feel your body feel your body feel your body. It irritates me to my core. I also live and breathe for the classic club mix and My All/Stay Awhile remixes. This is on my Cry playlist. 1. Butterfly - Something to be said about a song that expresses your feelings about breaking up with your husband who is your boss. This is definitely the way to do it. Logically, sensitively, emotionally. Again MC was showing her vocabulary off with succumb, flourish, unbridled. I wish Sony would have released a commercial single but because Tommy was feeling small dicked and insecure he didn't give it its shot. Honestly to me this should be her signature tune. And what can be said about that vocal. The falsetto that's so sharp and crisp it could cut frozen glass. The stretched out high full voice wails are crazy. And there's a whistle over a ton of layers at the end. There are two great performances of this song. David Letterman and SNL. If you haven't seen them, they are some of the last performances by MC unassisted. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 22:26)

Vinyl Me Please (95,570) by Bobby A from United States The bundles are orderable now. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 22:22)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,567) (95,569) by Bill from the UK Add My All to my honourable mentions list. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 20:25)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,559) (95,567) by Randy from USA The best videos of all time: easily. 1. Honey 2. Heartbreaker 3. Obsessed 4. Someday 5. My All 6. Loverboy 7. Always Be My Baby 8. We Belong Together 9. It's Like That 10. Breakdown 11. Touch My Body (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 18:58)

Re: Tokyo Dome concert (95,556) (95,566) by Bill from the UK I hear the London date was particularly good. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 18:18)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,562) (95,565) by Bill from the UK Actually reading my list, Loverboy was another good "back of car" video now I think of it. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 18:07)

Car videos (95,564) by Anonymous from UK Her worst, by far, is "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life". At least "I Don't" had some sort of storyline and cinematography, and STD is a huge step up from both, albeit boring. What somewhat makes ID/STD understandable, for me, is that she's on the lower end of her career with their release, and so I expect nothing high budget. "Last Night" was her cheapest, most basic and unnecessary (car) video as a relatively current superstar. It was the start of some bad video moves. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 16:12)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,559) (95,563) by Nicky from Jasmine's Sofa In order, my top 10: 10. Don't Forget About Us (Desert Storm) 9. TGIFY (original version) 8. Heartbreaker (both versions, package deal) 7. Shake It Off 6. Honey 5. Fantasy (BBR) 4. Always Be My Baby 3. The Roof 2. Endless Love (live) 1. My All/Stay Awhile (So So Def) (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 11:57)

Re: A list, for Bill (95,559) (95,562) by Bill from the UK Yay thank you. In no particular order: 1. The Roof 2. Emotions 3. Can't Let Go 4. Make It Happen 5. Loverboy 6. Breakdown 7. All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994 and 2019 colour home footage versions) 8. Fantasy 9. Honey 10. Heartbreaker Honourable mention: Touch My Body, Always Be My Baby, Dreamlover, Anytime You Need a Friend, Vision of Love (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 07:27)

Re: Every song (95,554) (95,561) by Todd from Melbourne, Australia Now now Andypants, some of the '10s are OK. MIAMTEC I quite enjoy. It will be, however, the first time I listen to every song on Caution I think. You know, the "cohesive body of work" album. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 06:48)

Article: Fly away: Mariah Carey's Butterfly turns 20 (95,560) by Lainsky from Philippines It has been 23 years since this album came out. Yet, it remains her best work for me and album of all time. The older it gets the more it becomes relevant in my opinion and the more I love it. I have grown to like the tracks I used to skip. Now, I love it entirely. Breakdown and Butterfly remains my top favorite though, which could have easily been gone to No.1s if not for whatever reasons then. Another could have been from this era is the The Roof. These 3 singles plus Honey and My All could be her 5 No.1s from an album. This album could have been also given her 8 consecutive No.1s. Oh well, I was always after the Billboard chart back then. Just memories and could have beens from this "the true" Mariah album. Her masterpiece or the crown of all her albums in my opinion. Today, after 23 years it remains my all time favorite and enjoys listening to it more and more like a wine. We can all simply wish that she could make another something like this. Now that she's 50 and spent 30 years in the music industry, it would be great to see another masterpiece from her after The Rarities. Butterfly is Mariah Carey 23 years ago. An album that represents the real meaning of Mariah Carey today would be awesome. (Wednesday 16 September 2020; 05:52)

A list, for Bill (95,559) by Will from Australia All this talk of car videos, Mariah's ten best videos: 1. Heartbreaker (cartoon Rap version) 2. Touch My Body 3. Fantasy 4. Breakdown 5. We Belong Together 6. All I Want For Christmas Is You 7. #Beautiful 8. It's Like That 9. The Roof 10. Dreamlover (Tuesday 15 September 2020; 23:04)

Gladys and Patti Verzuz (95,558) by Nicky from Jasmine's Sofa This was epic, the best of the series in my opinion. They gave Mimi a shout out. Listening to the classics and cuts of these two extraordinary women. I had forgotten what this type of music can sound like and what it can do to you. Even lyrically. I would absolutely love for Mariah to take a few pages or a whole book from their career and give us that meaningful soul music that sticks with you for a lifetime. Their music was rarely trendy, it's all so timeless. "If Only You Knew" by Patti, "License To Kill" by Gladys, and countless others. I would love for Mimi to be the new auntie for these kids coming up. (Tuesday 15 September 2020; 21:11)

Sudden weight loss (95,557) by Malcolm from Asia Not to talk about this in a bad taste but I get curious how Mariah does it? Like just last month she's not like that compared to the Save The Day MV and her "TMOMC Unboxing". Though I'm glad that she lost the weight but the procedure of it seems unhealthy and sudden. (Tuesday 15 September 2020; 20:54)

Re: Tokyo Dome concert (95,552) (95,556) by Andrew from the United Kingdom William, what we need to do is find someone who went to one of the European legs of the Daydream World Tour and ask them their opinion on it. But where to start? (Tuesday 15 September 2020; 19:17)

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