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TAOLG / IDJ (39,955) by Edward from USA The way I see it, TAOLG is one of those songs Def Jam didn't agree to back up as a single material, but Mariah went and released it anyway. That's why we haven't seen any type of promotion on IDJ's part. Nobody has huge promotion anymore. It made sense when artists sold millions of albums, but now if you are selling a million is a huge success. If we think about it, the clear channel deal to play #Beautiful must've cost way more than what they got from single sales. And for Mariah making music for the fans, I don't think so. If it were that way, she would've become a free agent a long time ago. IDJ is in it to make money. She should've release TAOLG as an album cut, she instead called it a single, and a single that doesn't perform on the charts is a flop, as simple as that. Pushing the album back so many times might have a "Leona Lewis Glassheart" effect, when the album comes out, people might not be interested anymore unless she can produce a monster song. I can't believe how messy this era has turned out to be. Four years to release an album, and it seems to be we keep getting half cooked singles. (Friday 22 November 2013; 17:33)

Sales and radio impressions (39,817) by Edward from USA According to my research TAOLG hasn't been properly released to radio yet. Sales should pick up a bit when they start playing it. Unless TAOLG turns to be a slow burner, we shouldn't lose our sleep expecting it to top the charts. I hope radio programmers give this song a chance. It is not only beautiful, well sung and retro, but it is way different from everything playing out there now. I also hope that Mariah and her team would be on point to promote this one. (Friday 15 November 2013; 5:26)

The teaser that never was (39,792) by Edward from USA According to Mariah, the teaser we got to hear on her Facebook page, before TAOLG was released, didn't have anything to do with TAOLG. Now I'm so curious about that song. Mariah high notes were out of this world on it, and the feel of the music was very Buble hence my statement about Mariah taking Buble's direction. I am so excited about this album, E=MC2 was a good yet forgettable album to me, just like Memoirs, but TEOM was not. She's going retro, but not TEOM direction. Duets with R Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Nas, and a possible Whitney's cover. I can't wait. (Thursday 14 November 2013; 4:47)

Stephen, TAOLG review (Inside Scoop) (39,791) by Edward from USA Stephen, didn't I say Mariah was trying to pull a Buble on us? Confirmation: Mariah is confirmed to be on Buble's Christmas special and she'll sing with him AIFIY. I'm really happy about that. Buble, just like Groban, sells millions of records even when he hasn't had big hit singles on Billboard Hot 100. They sell quality, and artistry. The fact that Mariah is somewhat taking that direction musically makes me very happy. TAOLG has grown on me tremendously, and I love the fact that there are not scratchy or strained vocals on it. Mariah sounded strained on TEOM, especially on Mine Again. TAOLG is flawless vocally with her current voice. I didn't like the intro at first, but now it is ok with me, once she gets into the second verse, she kills it. Mariah is making a statement here, just like Butterfly, TAOLG is Mariah freeing herself from control, pressure, fair-weather friends, expectations, and trends. We wanted something different, we got something different. As I said, I rather she puts out an album with quality music than a whole bunch of poppy songs for the sake of being popular like E=MC2. Whether it becomes popular or not, Mariah is bringing back good music, and I'm happy about that. I want her to be successful, but at this point, I rather have artistry and quality over forgettable #1's. (Thursday 14 November 2013; 4:33)

Stephen / TAOLG teaser / MCIIY (39,573) by Edward from USA Stephen, I agree with you 100%. When I heard TAOLG teaser, I thought it was in the same vein as "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" from MCIIY. Just like you I think that given the fact that it is going to be released around the Holidays, that type of sound is just right. I was sad when "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" didn't do anything on the charts, since I love that sound for Mariah. When I first heard TAOLG teaser, I was like: Is Mariah trying to pull a Michael Bubble on us, which would be great, lol. (Monday 28 October 2013; 4:00)

New album release date / Ariana Grande (39,409) by Edward from USA I don't think it is a good idea to release the album at this time of the year either. I think Mariah would be focused on her Christmas stuff, and the attention wouldn't be on the album. A new single by the end of November would make sense though, provided the single was successful. It would give Mariah a nice window for a second single, and then the album by March. In the meantime, I am so happy for Ariana's album, I listen to it regularly because it is the closest I can find to Mariah. It also reminds me of when Mariah sang fluidly and without struggle. Ariana is talented, but I'm afraid she's already been labeled as a Mariah-wannabe. Her second single flopped badly, and her album is fading out slowly. I hope she could get a couple of hits from it. (Saturday 5 October 2013; 20:14)

JD to manage Mariah in times like these, really? (39,390) by Edward from USA I don't understand why Mariah keeps picking people with basically little to no experience managing an artist of her caliber. Mariah, this is not time to take chances on the management department. Keep JD in the studio where he belongs. And I hope JD's annoying voice is not all over the tracks you may have produced with him. (Thursday 3 October 2013; 17:49)

AIWFCIY vs Whitney's IWALY and Celine's MHWGO (39,381) by Edward from USA It's a fact that "I Will Always Love You" is Whitney's signature song, and "My Heart Will Go On" is Celine's, but it's not less of a fact that "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is definitely Mariah's, and unlike the other two, "AIWFCIY" will still be listened to by future generations to come two hundred years from now. Mariah Carey is the only diva who reigns for at least a month once a year, not Whitney or Celine. Two hundred years from now, people most likely won't talk about Mariah, Whitney or Celine, but they will sure hear the voice behind that Christmas song, and for those who, out of curiosity, want to find out the story about voice, they'll have the internet to find out. So, when all of us have been long gone, Mariah will still reign supreme. (Thursday 3 October 2013; 1:19)

Matt Summers / #Beautiful (39,373) by Edward from USA Matt, I made a comment stating that I wouldn't be surprised if she pulled #Beautiful out of the new album. I said that because, even though #Beautiful was moderately successful and went platinum, it also brought with it lots of bad press with the lip-syncing and bad performances, and to make matters worse she gets a dislocated shoulder while desperately filming a video for a song that was already dying for lack of proper promotion. As I had stated before to Stephen, Mariah is very superstitious, and based on that, maybe, just maybe, she might decide not to include it in the album. But that's just my opinion. (Wednesday 2 October 2013; 4:27)

Steve / Babydoll (39,365) by Edward from USA Steve, that's exactly what I meant, a hip hop track doesn't have to include a rapper, Shake It Off was Mariah only. Most fans think that everytime Mariah is in the studio with a rapper it is because the rapper will be on the record. I like when she brings in rappers, but mostly for the non album version like Obsess. The thing is that some rappers don't bring anything to the song. I am happy she's working with Nas, he put a nice touch to the TGIFY remix, and his rapping is mellow enough to blend with a ballad. (Tuesday 1 October 2013; 4:21)

Mariah's new album, collaboration (39,358) by Edward from USA It's been 4 long years since we had an album from Mariah. It is a long time. I like the fact though that she knows that after all this time people are expecting quality and not a rushed project. I don't care much if she throws a few hip hop tracks in the bunch, but not all of them with featured rappers a la Babydoll. I think she must've recorded more than 200 songs by now, so we'll definitely get a deluxe version of the album. I just hope she changes the album name, since she didn't personally talked about it. This album needs to be on point, but I don't want a collection of nice sounding singles like E=MC2, that album was good, but there wasn't a distinctive theme on it. TEOM on the other hand had this retro sound that catered to not only the young but the not so young due to many of the old samples that she used. (Monday 30 September 2013; 1:41)

Mariah / promotion (39,324) by Edward from USA I think Mariah has to come to the realization that her name only won't do in terms of promoting her new music. It is sad to say it, but if she wants to have a hit, she is going to have to work for it as if she were a new artist. Just putting a single out there with a basic video won't help. Streaming is part of the success formula of any song out there, so now is the time for Mariah to put out concept videos like Honey, Heartbreaker or Butterfly. Many people in the music industry don't like Mariah. She won't be able to ride on just her name alone. I hope she gets ready to promote the next single hard even if she has to have dem babies, dem nanny and Nick singing backup for her. All remixes should be ready as well. Last minute singles or remixes didn't work for her. Having everything ready this time around would allow her time to concentrate on promoting and touring. Mariah produced a good album while on a risky pregnancy, so the excuse that she now has a family is just another excuse for me. (Wednesday 25 September 2013; 19:00)

Stephen / #Beautiful video (39,310) by Edward from USA Stephen, Mariah is very superstitious, and since she had an accident while filming the Jeezy remix of #Beautiful, I can almost assure you that that video won't ever see the light of day. It is like Glitter, it is pretty evident that Mariah acts as if that album or movie never existed. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't include #Beautiful in the new album. Yes it went platinum, but many negative speculations about lipping came to the surface, and I think she wants to detach from the Triumphant and #Beautiful failed attempts at starting a new era. (Monday 23 September 2013; 3:05)

How Mariah's voice has changed, same topic, but... (39,300) by Edward from USA We have talked about Mariah's voice deterioration so many times that I don't even want to say anything about it anymore, but I have noticed that most of those who have expressed their opinions lately are new faces here, I mean new posters. So, it doesn't really bother me. I have coming to this messageboard for 15 years, and sometimes we run out of topics. (Sunday 22 September 2013; 2:43)

Almost Home not on Oz soundtrack (39,243) by Edward from USA It is so weird that "Almost Home" was part of "Oz: The Greatest" movie soundtrack, but they didn't include it on the soundtrack album. I have never seen anything like that. When I went to Amazon.com to purchase a copy of the soundtrack, I was shocked when I didn't see it on the tracklist. Another annoying thing to me was to hear the song played not at the beginning, but right at the end of the movie credits, just when everybody had just left the theater. (Wednesday 11 September 2013; 17:19)

Celine / Mariah / competition / motivation (39,239) by Edward from USA I don't see anything wrong discussing Celine's music here either. It is not like people here are putting Mariah down or anything like it. I would love to see Mariah, Celine, Tony Braxton release good music and be popular again. They all had great albums, Mariah just happened to adapt better as music was changing, and that's why she could keep being relevant. The 90's were the days, such good music. I think the competition among Celine, Mariah, and Whitney brought us excellent music. I fought for and defended Mariah against those who said Whitney or Celine was better, but I also enjoyed their music, especially Celine's. She has never said anything shady about Mariah, and I appreciate that. (Wednesday 11 September 2013; 5:45)

New album / Ariana Grande's "Yours Truly" (39,200) by Edward from USA After being frustrated without news about any music from Mariah, I decided to give a listen to Ariana Grande's album "Yours Truly", and I have to say there are some good songs in it. She has a retro song called "Tattooed Heart" which would be the equivalent of Mariah's "Forever" that I think it is beautiful and very well sung. I'll be listening to her music in the meantime untill Mariah put some music out. She's not as powerful vocally as Mariah was during the 90's, but she sings beautifully and reminds me of Mariah back then. Compared to all the garbage music out there, she's a breath of fresh air. I like the fact that she's not hitting whistle notes in her album. I think those belong to our beloved Mariah. She's trying to find her own voice. (Wednesday 4 September 2013; 3:52)

Eric the Webmaster / nail polish / really? (39,186) by Edward from USA Eric, I couldn't have said it better. Nail polish, for our eleven fingers, for Christmas, really? I haven't gotten to understand what is the use of putting a single out when an album is not complete or at least ready for sequencing. At least #Beautiful brought some attention to this new era, but the benefits from that single in terms of promoting the album are fading away. Should she include #Beautiful in the new album? If it is not released before Christmas, I guess not. I don't want talks about freaking nail polish, lipstick, perfumes and so forth. What the hell happened to the freaking music? (Tuesday 3 September 2013; 6:02)

What is your favorite Mariah's OPI nail polish? (39,140) by Edward from USA I was thinking, we could all buy the OPI polish in all colors while waiting for The Art Of Letting Go, and paint our ten or eleven finger nails with different colors, then we can associate each color with an album cover . Mariah, at least give us a damn release date, even if it is next efing year. We know by now this album won't happened if a new single is not out for at least one and a half months. I am really frustrated with the way they (Mariah and her team) are dealing with this new era. Four freaking years to get something decent out. I know many of you enjoy playing the songs and albums game, but for how long? She'd better come out with a masterpiece, lol. (Thursday 29 August 2013; 18:01)

Who pulled the plug on E=MC2? (39,047) by Edward from USA I think Mariah pulled the plug on E=MC2, and then IDJ follwed. Around that time the attention shifted from the album to Mariah and Nick's marriage. I don't blame IDJ for Migrate, since I clearly remember when Perez Hilton, who was a heavy Mariah hater back then, critized her for the rumored release of Migrate as the second single, and Mariah's answer to him was that she knew what she was doing, that she had been doing it for a long time. With the success of Touch My Body, impressive first week sales, an album full of potential singles, surpasing Elvis #17's, it was a great time for this album to shine, but they stucked to the formula uptempo then ballad, and when that didn't work, everything went down-hill. E=MC2 was praised as an album that played like a greatest hits, but the single choices were not well calculated. By the time they probably thought of releasing Migrate, the damage was done, since the attention wasn't on Mariah anymore. Mariah was very happy and in creatively in control back then. For me E=MC2 was just a whole buch of potential singles put together, but it wasn't an album with a specific concept like TEOM or Daydream. Memoirs was cohesive, and even though I enjoy about 6 tracks from it, but too R&B for my taste. I don't think it is fair blaming IDJ alone for for what happened with E=MC2. (Monday 19 August 2013; 1:18)

Jeanette / Mariah shouldn't fade away (39,001) by Edward from USA Jeanette, I agree with you that Mariah has lost touch with music for some reason. Things get more complicated with each album, not even with 20 people writing a single song. I don't agree with you stating that Mariah should fade away. I just think she just needs to regroup and go back to basics. I think she should trust her ability to write a song alone or with not more that one other person. Mariah wrote "Looking In", "Butterfly", "My All", "Outside" and many other great songs on her own, she was just assisted by Walter mostly with the music and production. I hope she had worked with Stevie and R Kelly, those two are great lyricists. I think whatever they may have put together with Mariah is quality stuff. Mariah has the luxury to have a studio in all the places she uses as living quaters. Even when dem babies are taking a nap, she could be popping music left and right, lol. (Wednesday 14 August 2013; 19:21)

Rashidi / new video (38,987) by Edward from USA Rashidi, it didn't make sense releasing the Jeezy remix video even around the time it was being filmed, since #Beautiful was already deflating rapidly on the charts, especially on airplay. So, having it released now doesn't make much sense, unless she includes it as a bonus or something once the new album/single is out. I think we need to have new music instead of beating on an already rotting dead horse. It worries me that some of the events that were lined up with the release of this album are just passing by, like the release of The Butler. This movie is going to be a big event, since Oprah and some other big names are acting on it. As much I love #Beautiful, I think it shouldn't be on the new album should she releases it next year. If only she came out with some extra acoustic versions of some of the songs of the new album as a token of appreciation for having people waiting so long. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 19:45)

With Gaga and Perry, don't expect an album this year (38,986) by Edward from USA Katy Perry and Lady Gaga are both releasing albums in August and November respectively. I doubt Mariah's going to take the chance to get her efforts drowned by their albums, so I don't see an album release happening this year. My only concern is the fact that people get tired of waiting, and their attention shifts towards other things. I keep repeating the case with the Leona Lewis album. She put a single out, it didn't work out, and then they pushed the album back for a whole year. By the time the album got released, even though she had some great music and vocals on it, people weren't interested in it anymore. Now the focus is on Katy Perry and Gaga, and maybe it's going to keep being so until the end of the year. How could Mariah put out two epic albums basically in two years (Daydream and Butterfly) where she wrote most of the songs by herself? Now she's almost four years in working on this album, and everything has been a total mess in terms of coordinating the proper release of this album. (Tuesday 13 August 2013; 18:49)

Randy / Someday (38,960) by Edward from USA Randy, I haven't heard those versions of "Someday" you talked about. If you are willing to share them with me so I can have my own epiphany , I would really appreciate it: b_terius@yahoo.com. As for Thank God I Found You remix, I agree it was epic, one of my favorites. It is sad Billboard changed its rules. Remixes that sound completly different from the original now chart as different isongs, that's why the #Beautiful remixes are very similar to the original. (Friday 9 August 2013; 15:05)

Songs that should've gone to #1 (38,953) by Edward from USA I think the follow songs should've gone to the #1 spot: "Can't Let Go", "Make It Happen", "Endless Love" with Luther, "Without You", "Anytime You Need a Friend", "All I've Ever Wanted", "All I Want for Christmas", "Underneath The Stars", "Forever", "Butterfly", "Whenever You Call", "Shake It Off", "One and Only", "Migrate", "Obsessed". Mariah and Luther were perfect, and the video for the song at one of his concerts was epic, minus Luther's sweat of course, lol. I would replace "Someday", "Thank God I Found You", "Touch My Body" with any song from the former list above anytime. (Thursday 8 August 2013; 16:49)

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