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Forget about Walter in the new album (40,309) by Edward from USA Judging by what Mariah told Andy Cohen about "All I Want For Christmas Is You", we shouldn't expect any collaboration with Walter for the next new. She threw some shade and basically said she gave 50% of the rights to the song just because someone else was playing the chords of the bridge that she was singing to them. Reading the Inlay of the Merry Christmas CD it clearly states: Lyrics: Mariah Carey, Music: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. So, when Walter statement about co-writing the song is very misleading. He may have gotten 50% of the song, but he clearly didn't add anything to the lyrics. He put to notes on the piano the melody that Mariah, not him, was singing to him, and he was co-producer, but he didn't add anything to the lyrics. I'm happy she said it because I was also in shock when he stated he co-wrote the song on several interviews. (Thursday 26 December 2013; 4:47)

Not lipped but definitely dubbed (40,303) by Edward from USA ZachMC, I think she sung live, yet they dubbed the performance. Those are two complete different things. I hope her voice is tired from being in the studio too much. I wouldn't like to go to a concert where Mariah is talking half way her performances because she can't hold the notes. I rather see her retire than seeing people walking out of her concerts, because as I said she cannot compensate with other things. I just happened to be looking for her concerts on YouTube, and I found her full 2012 concert in Morocco. I thought that Mariah was assassinating her own songs. I was in shock! At this point in time I think she should change the name of the album, and release a double disc album. Like "For the soul" with ballads, and "For the body" with more groovy songs. While on a break, I think she should collaborate with hot artists to keep her name in the air and possibly score another no. 1. (Wednesday 25 December 2013; 21:09)

Last album or break? (40,291) by Edward from USA I think Mariah is about to pull the plug on music for while after this new album is out. The problem is that the older she gets, the more they'll discriminate on her. Taking a break in her 40's is not necessarily a good idea in the music business, especially when these new pop acts are popping from left and right. I was watching her 2012 Morocco concert online, and it was painful to see. I don't personally think Mariah is in a good place vocally to handle a world tour. Her performance with Buble was great, but it is evident that it was dubbed. I wouldn't like to see the day people start walking out on her concerts, since all she got is her voice, and there's not way to mask that. I rather see she takes a break, concentrate on improving her voice, and then come back. Some of my friends say that she should've left after TEOM, on a high note. (Tuesday 24 December 2013; 5:14)

The pregnant woman (40,167) by Edward from USA It is so weird that many female artist have reported bad voice changes while being pregnant, yet Mariah voice changed for the better. What wasn't Mariah doing during her pregnancy? Oh, she said herself she wasn't drinkng alcohol or even splashing at all. So, for those who prefer to be blinded by their own fanatism, it is ok, but for some people with objectivity and common sense it is evident that not-drinking was a huge factor. The pregnant woman was slaying her performances left and right, One Child in Washington was a vivid example of it. Is Mariah an alcoholic? Maybe not, but just like when she quit smoking to regain her range, she doesn't seem to want to give up her "splashes" that sometimes get her drunk. What will the excuses be when people start walking out of her future concerts like they did to Whitney? Oh, maybe it is because she is a mother and have family now, another excuse. (Tuesday 10 December 2013; 16:35)

How many years? / lame excuses (40,157) by Edward from USA How many years does Mariah need to rest her voice to be able to deliver a great performance? Mariah is a human being, I know that, but she is a singer by profession. Why do we have to hold on to our seats everytime she is going to sing live? Some even say that now she is a mother, well there are many mothers out there who have it worse than her. Instead of making lame excuses for her bad performances, I rather remain silent. Mariah has vocal chords issues, and she should find a way to deal with it. I hope she finds some sort of viable solution to enhance the state of her voice, since the new album is supposed to be full of old Mariah type of moments. She'll need to deliver should she want this new era to be good. We, fans alone, won't make a difference. She needs new fans, and to regain some of the lost ones should she want to have a record deal after this album. Sales like Memoirs won't cut it, since she isn't having multiple platinum singles like Rihanna, Katy Perry or Miley Cyrus. (Tuesday 10 December 2013; 2:10)

At this point / tour (40,101) by Edward from USA I don't even know how Mariah could carry a full concert with all these inconsistent performances. It is like her voice continues to deteriorate even further. At this point the whistle register doesn't cut it on its own anymore. I can't imagine her singing a full concert without lots of lipping to the tough parts. Eversince #Beautiful came out things have been very rocky performance wise. As for IDJ is concerned, saddly Mariah is not bringing the money as Justing and Rihanna are bringing it. (Sunday 8 December 2013; 0:39)

Really? Where is Mariah? (39,969) by Edward from USA At this point I think there are serious issues between Mariah and her label. I have the feeling something's up, and it is not good. Mariah drops a new single, comes back to complain about a mistake that most didn't notice, and disappears into thing air leaving us all rolling our eyes. I am concerned because even if Mariah has a great album ready to be released, all this mess has being killing the momentum. Why didn't she just release TAOLG as an album cut, why call it a single when it hasn't gotten the single treatment? Four effing years, and some dare say that she knows what she's doing as if she can't do no wrong! (Sunday 24 November 2013; 4:57)

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)

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