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Re: The Ballads compilation (101,130) (101,139) by T from USA I always thought it was just a cash in album from Sony. Totally unnecessary because there was already a greatest hits. Unless it was going to go back and look completely at her more obscure ballads to shine light on her songwriting. Personally I'd rather a covers album at the time: 1. I'll Be There 2. Endless Love 3. Without You 4. Open Arms 5. Beautiful Ones 6. I Still Believe 7. Do You Know Where You're Going 8. Against All Odds 9. Didn't Mean To Turn You On 10. Bringing On The Heartbreak 11. I Want To Know What Love Is (new) (Sunday 4 September 2022; 14:23)

Re: Butterfly announcement? (101,137) (101,138) by T from USA Nothing is happening in 2022. And honestly she deserves a break after a long pandemic. We are lucky she hoped on the BE Remix and that she did a little performance at the BET awards. Let's look forward to 2023 and hope there is new original music in the cards. (Sunday 4 September 2022; 14:12)

If it was Whitney? (101,039) by T from USA I think everyone agrees that a legend with the status of Mariah Carey should be getting label investment on her projects, and not just the Christmas projects. Let me ask this, if the roles were reversed and it was Whitney Houston the one still alive, would she be treated like the music royalty that she is? Would she be respected by her label, given a proper push, money for videos, playlists and songs on radio? Would she be getting everything Mariah is not? (Thursday 25 August 2022; 15:05)

Re: The Butterfly Lounge (101,032) (101,033) by T from USA I would be okay with a retirement announcement. (After one more studio album lol.) I think first a Rarities 2 this year. New album next year. Final Christmas push in 2024 to mark the 30th anniversary of Merry Christmas. And then retirement. (Thursday 25 August 2022; 02:59)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wants to trademark "Queen of Christmas" (101,008) (101,009) by T from USA Her voice is shot. Her brand is over. She made bad decisions both health wise and career wise. Usually based on on money. She always said she learned from the Virgin deal and would never base her choices off money again but of course that didn't last. And neither did her career. What she has left is Christmas and that's what we're gonna get. It's too bad that after her second album she didn't continue in the musicianship she was displaying instead of going the super popular pop route. I know we all love Music Box, Daydream and Butterfly but then it kept going into Rainbow and Glitter and the pop indulgence was to great for her artistry. She should've left that kind of music to the Spice Girls and Britney Spears. Even if she would've completely left after #1's and came back with TEOM in 2005 it would've been better. Roc Nation did their best with little Mariah effort to restore her back a little but what does she do? Fire them after Caution under performs. At least with them we got new music, good music. (Sunday 21 August 2022; 17:00)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wants to trademark "Queen of Christmas" (101,006) (101,007) by T from USA No money in jazz. And if she's not creative anymore than there is literally zero chance in forming a band and making an album. Sounded like the Butterfly Lounge was the beginning of getting back to the music but obviously they realized it wasn't going to sell so it will never see the light of day. (Sunday 21 August 2022; 14:22)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wants to trademark "Queen of Christmas" (100,995) (101,003) by T from USA When Mariah started she had a love for music but she also knew she had the talent to become rich. Now it feels like the love for music has taken the back seat to her love of money. There's been a few examples along the way. The signing the Virgin record deal which ended in disaster. Then the $18 million American Idol disaster. Now it looks like she will only do Christmas because it's the only place she can make money now. What happened to that 17 year old with the passion to make music? I don't think LA Reid will be back but it seems like she has some kind of deal with RCA as the last two collaborations were through the label. (Sunday 21 August 2022; 03:18)

Bryson Tiller x Mariah (100,964) by T from USA Bryson Tiller is someone who is exciting the R&B/hip hop world has revealed in an interview that he's collaborating with Mariah. This could be big as his sound is quite different. He's a great artist. Interesting how's it's the third RCA artist collaboration (Khalid, Latto and now Tiller). I just hope it's not a Christmas song. Or worse, one of those MC projects that never see the light of day. (Friday 12 August 2022; 23:58)

Re: Bey snubs Mariah (100,928) (100,930) by T from USA Janet would've been nixed if Madonna had any say. I guess we can once and for all rule out a collaboration between Beyonce and MC. It's too bad but I think during E=MC2 a song would've hit #1 (Migrate ft. Beyonce & T-Pain). (Monday 8 August 2022; 00:22)

Re: Just one more time with Walter A. (100,761) (100,770) by T from USA I would say that you are right. Professionally those two are among the greatest songwriting duos the business has ever seen. I'm not sure Mariah would be confident enough with her voice at the moment however. I know she says it has repaired greatly but you have to remember that Walter last played with her when she recorded Lead The Way. (Tuesday 19 July 2022; 15:03)

Re: You and I (100,663) (100,664) by T from USA Mariah's consistent vocal decline started during the Adventures of Mimi tour. I went to two separate shows and neither of them were particularly good vocal wise. I was so let down. I wasn't surprised when E=MC2 didn't have big vocals and the start of her using auto tune on songs which continued to now. It's almost like she gave every last bit of voice she had to record and promote TEOM. I'm so glad it paid off for her, even if it cost her the most precious thing in the world. (Wednesday 6 July 2022; 14:17)

BET Awards (100,535) by T from USA I'm already seeing rumors on twitter and other places that Mariah may perform at this years awards. Honestly, can people just stop speculating. Mariah will not be performing, she will not even be attending. This is how a lot of fans get let down. We will not see Mariah again in a promotional vein until Christmas. Let it go. (Monday 20 June 2022; 17:18)

Re: Expectations vs reality (100,528) (100,533) by T from USA You have to admit, she came close. (Monday 20 June 2022; 01:45)

Expectations vs reality (100,523) by T from USA I think what we're all struggling with is what we expect and what we get. And lots of that has to do with Mariah herself. I mean, in many of those Christmas interviews just six months ago she would say that she has her E=MC2 trainer Patricia back living with her. I know I know, that doesn't mean anything but Mariah must know the link the fans will make. The last time she worked with Patricia was right before Touch My Body. It's natural to assume that she would get back into shape with that comment. Then there's all the talk about the voice and being so inspired. Linking her time out of the spotlight like the time she took to write and record Butterfly. Now we here there's no album in sight. We expect Mariah to have a Beyonce career, in reality we are getting something like Anna Nicole Smith. (Sunday 19 June 2022; 14:15)

Re: Songwriters speech (100,501) (100,505) by T from USA I think it's becoming apparent why Tommy controlled her so heavily. He didn't do it with Thalia. Of course their personalities clashed. But he had to go overboard to reign her in unfortunately. As one gets older their mental health issues get worse as well. She was probably a lot more manageable in her twenties. We were fortunate to get the work she did all those years because I don't see a lot coming out in the future. I mean, if she was completely healthy I'm sure we would've gotten at least an album every two years all through this decade. That's just who she is, a hard worker. But there is a lot stopping her from completing anything now. I still wish she would just stick to her plans and release something, whether it be SUD, or BL or even her version of Where Are You Christmas. (Saturday 18 June 2022; 13:40)

Re: Michael Buble (100,471) (100,497) by T from USA There is nothing wrong with being a legacy act, it signifies that you've actually accomplished something worthwhile to fall back on. I think that's what L.A. Reid meant for her when she resigned with Sony in 2015. However she wasn't ready for that yet and decided that she wanted to make a current sounding album. Which she did under [Roc Nation] in 2018. Maybe the sales for Caution woke her up into realizing that. I'm just wondering why she didn't pull out all the stops like the old Mariah and fight to get Caution heard. If only to prove all the naysayers wrong. She did give up on it quite fast and thus resulted in her being seen like a legacy artist who was trying to stay current. Instead of a current recording artist releasing their new project. Look at Beyonce, nobody ever questions her new releases or asks her to only sing Halo from now on. If Mariah has decided to go down the legacy/Christmas route then I wish her well. I do wonder what would've happened if she went along with LA Reid back in 2015 and embraced her legacy, skipped the Stella era, would she be taken even more seriously? Then again we wouldn't have Caution if that was the case. (Friday 17 June 2022; 23:52)

Re: Collaborations (100,451) (100,461) by T from USA With all due respect it's not the lambs living in fantasy land, it's Mariah herself. She's the one covering [Always be my baby] and [Close my eyes] in 2020. She's the one who constantly claimed the pandemic restored her old voice. She's the one living in the past, or as you put it in fantasy land. She's always trying to remind us of what was and lead us to believe that more is on the way. Those six years that everyone alludes to, the peak years, had three elements: the voice, Walter A, and Tommy Mottola. None of which are present anymore. But let's not get it twisted. Those six years were probably the best six years any artist in the history of recorded music has ever had. If Mariah wants to go current and make music for the teens she has one more chance, after that I foresee jazz and gospel albums in her future. (Thursday 16 June 2022; 14:17)

Re: Collaborations (100,445) (100,446) by T from USA I agree but LA Reid told her seven years ago in 2015 that he believes Mariah is no longer viable on the charts. So I doubt she'll ever get a proper deal or industry leader helping guide her again. She calls it the corporate morgue for a reason. This year we are only getting Christmas stuff, just like last. It's the last thing she has and lucky she does. Tommy was a genius. My only complaint is a young artist, Latto believed in Mariah so much that she let her share her song with her. And Mariah squandered it all away by acting like it was no big deal. It might reveal itself to be the last chance she had to do anything meaningful on the charts. (Wednesday 15 June 2022; 01:43)

Re: Did Mariah ever work with The Matrix? (100,418) (100,419) by T from USA I would love a Rarities part 2 with songs that we had no clue even existed. (Friday 10 June 2022; 01:17)

I think her voice is shot (100,413) by T from USA I hear fans complaining about no new album this year. And how there seems to be two Mariah's. The one who's bubbly and fun and the other who showed up at that Twitter spaces. We should all remember that she is bi-polar and you never know what mood she could be in at any given time. Look, as for the album, the old Mariah in good voice back in the 1990's could release an album every year. She could sing the phone book if she wanted to. Now it takes her a lot longer to get it all together. My only concern is that she bragged how the two year pandemic made her voice stronger. So why didn't she record then? Like the old days. I'm worried that by the time she does her voice won't be as great again. Then again, maybe she just said her voice has healed but with no actual proof we are only left to speculate. (Wednesday 8 June 2022; 13:57)

Mariah on Twitter spaces (100,412) by T from USA Last night she confirmed that there is no new surprise album about to be released. She said Lee Daniels is doing a show based on her memoir. I guess there won't be an album until next year but we can expect some good Christmas stuff this year. (Wednesday 8 June 2022; 13:26)

Re: Just an opinion AIWFCIY (100,399) (100,405) by T from USA I apologize. I didn't hear the Andy one or know that Kelly covered it. As soon as I heard about the lawsuit I googled All I Want For Christmas Is You by Doug Stone and after hearing it I saw similarities and just thought it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities that Tommy had Mariah take that song from her label mate and make it a million times better. He's not the most honest record person in the world. That's all I'm saying. (Monday 6 June 2022; 13:57)

Doug Stone or Andy Stone? (100,398) by T from USA I read articles that it was a song from Andy Stone in 1989 but I can't find it anywhere. I do see a Doug Stone titled song called All I Want For Christmas Is You 1992 which does have a ton of the same themes as Mariah's song ends up having. Even the way he sings the last line of the chorus is similar to how Mariah ends up doing it. But Doug Stone isn't even the one suing her. Who is Andy Stone? (Monday 6 June 2022; 02:44)

Just an opinion AIWFCIY (100,392) by T from USA I heard Doug Stone's 1992 song All I Want For Christmas Is You. And I have to say I could see how a gifted lyricist like Mariah could take it and make it a million times more relatable. The guy released the song on Columbia Nashville records, is it so hard to believe that Tommy having access to it, stole it and gave it to Mariah after convincing her to do a Christmas song in the first place? He is the same man that a few years later did that exact same thing in regards to Loverboy. And we blame JLo with little to no proof. Tommy took the whole concept right down to the Firecracker sample. Mariah may not have even been aware of his dirty dealings back in 1994. I hope she wasn't. (Sunday 5 June 2022; 16:19)

Re: Why does the Billboard article credit Mariah on BE? (100,245) (100,249) by T from USA Mariah should totally be credited on BER. Her original is so instrumental in the asking of the song in the first place, plus the fact that the remix is the reason imo that it even went top 5 at all, seeing how the sales skyrocketed after the remix came out. Mariah always seems to have to work overtime to allow people to see her genius. (Saturday 7 May 2022; 04:26)

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