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About Bobby A from United States: I have been a Lamb since 1990. I know Mariah. I love her music. I breathe her music.

Sugar Sweet (110,213) by Bobby A from United States I listened to Honey yesterday and wondered why a song like Honey wasn't released as 1st single or 2nd single. I know it may be difficult for MC to sing high and low notes with riffs and runs with ease now, but there are ways around it with letting the beat of a song standout more letting her voice "ride along to the beat". Songs like Take Your Time by the SOS Band and Call Me by Sky are examples of female singers letting their voices "ride along to the beat". I remember hearing these two songs on the radio growing up and instantly was hooked by the female singer's voice on top of the beat. Here is Sky's Call Me. (Wednesday 30 July 2025; 01:19) this is a reply to message 110,209

Sugar Sweet (110,209) by Jamie from UK I've been listening to it today, I really wish she had also sung the 2nd verse, it's a catchy song but I don't think there's enough Mariah on it. When I heard the clips before its release I was excited but I actually think I prefer TD especially the soul of the people remix. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 23:29)

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,207) by Bobby A from United States No, I am. I am the OG that keeps the board together. Lol. I am enjoying the conversation this week. We can agree to disagree. Hopefully, we all will be celebrating when MC drops the tracklisting and producer credits. I feel we are in for some surprises to help carry the album for some strong streaming and physical sales. I am hoping Tricky Stewart produced the Paul and Linda McCartney track. Tricky Stewart had some great praises to say about working with MC. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 21:47) this is a reply to message 110,193

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,193) by Zachariah from Croatia And I just responded to a message where she was being slammed for not staying the same. I just realized; am I the OG that everyone is being mad at? (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 15:39)

Sugar Sweet (110,206) by Bobby A from United States I can't believe Sugar Sweet is currently #83 on iTunes. This is not good. I don't think radio adds and the video next week will help Sugar Sweet debut on the Hot 100. I sure hope there are other songs that will carry the album after it drops on September 26th. I hope there are some features and samples that will be revealed to us soon. It is Mariah Carey vs. Morgan Wallen, Alex Warren, Teddy Swims, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Justin Beiber right now on the iTunes chart right now and probably will be that way in late September. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 20:48) this is a reply to message 110,154

Sugar Sweet (110,154) by Edward from USA I hope radio and people in general give "Sugar Sweet" a real chance, it is such a bop. She actually crafted a catchy hook that sticks in your head. I love the flavor Shenseea brings to the song, she reminds a little of Nicki Minaj. "SS" is definitely an earworm. I don't remember the last time Mariah released a song that got me humming the chorus spontaneously. It's definitely an earworm. If it doesn't become a hit, I don't know what will. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 03:43)

Random thoughts (110,195) by Bobby A from United States The music industry is a beast anyway. We all can agree on that. We no longer have labels like Motown Records developing artists. What we have today are a bunch of artists who sign a contract and the record label connects them with a popular producer to make them into a pop or R&B hit machine. Sometimes it works on both sides and sometimes it doesn't work. One example, when an artist from 2023-2025 became a hit machine because of a popular and successful producer is Tate McCrae. Tate McCrae had moderate success with her debut studio album, but her whole trajectory changed when Ryan Tedder co-produced and co-wrote multiple songs on her 2023 and 2024 releases. Also, he was her co-executive producer on both albums. Ryan Tedder promotes the heck out of Tate McCrae on his X and Instagram pages. Whenever Tate had a successful milestone for her singles and albums, he posted about it. She is successful today because of one hit producer promotes her every chance he gets to celebrate her successes on the pop charts. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 16:42) this is a reply to message 110,192

Random thoughts (110,192) by Dove from United States I just feel like the well is polluted in a lot of today's music in general. I say I don't like overly sexualized celebrities but I enjoy watching Tate McRae and Britney Spears performances and they're "sexy". So am I being a hypocrite? I think the reason they don't come across as vulgar to me is because they're dancers and their bodies are more athletic. It doesn't come across as "porno". (Not that I would know that, but I can imagine.) The body and dance routine is part of the art. Maybe there are really good dancers/entertainers in the urban market but I wouldn't know that because every time I take a peek over there I'm appalled. Like that WAP song I mentioned in one of my previous posts. It's not just "urban" music either - it's my people too. Sometimes I look to see what's new and I see people like Karol G with their big fake booties gyrating on the stage. I don't enjoy Madonna and her antics either. So I don't think it's about race. When I was younger I really enjoyed Brandy, Monica, SWV, TLC. Maybe they were pushed to do mainstream music, and that's why I liked it, but honestly sometimes I can't really tell the difference. If it sounds good to me it sounds good to me. In grade school I really liked Boyz II Men and MC Hammer. All of Mariah's music sounds good to me. I have really been enjoying Caution, MOAIA, and MIAMTEC lately and those are supposed to be really urban. I'm sorry my posts are so long but I've been having a lot of thoughts lately and I feel like this is the appropriate place to leave my "permanent digital glitter trail". (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 15:27)

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,189) by Bobby A from United States It wasn't just Tommy making his star singer sing more pop songs. Clive did it to Whitney as well. Whitney actually said to Clive that she wanted her 3rd album to be an R&B album. She heard the rumblings from the African-American community that she was catering too much to the pop audience and that bothered Whitney a lot. So, that is the reason why I'm Your Baby Tonight was a R&B album and subsequent albums after too. In both Clive's and Tommy's mind back then, if Whitney and Mariah sang pop songs both would reach a broader audience and maximize their album and single sales. It doesn't happen like that in today's music industry because great singers like Whitney and Mariah are non-existent today. You can sing anything, sing badly and still get a recording contract today. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 14:12) this is a reply to message 110,159

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,159) by Terna from Nigeria You get it, and I'm glad you addressed it from this angle, I just didn't want to get into it. Part of the main problem "OG's" have is Mariah's leaning towards black music and succeeding at it too - R&B/Hiphop specifically. That's why they will always have a problem with this "New Mariah", so to speak, because that Tommy version was molded to cater to a white audience. Let's call it as it is. However, that's not the real her, never really was to begin with - check "Vision of Love", that's a singer who's main and only influence is black music, gospel, R&B and hip-hop (check the debut album, isn't she rapping on "Prisoner"). What's mind boggling about these OG fans is that new Mariah (true Mariah) has now been out so to speak, much longer (all caps) than hairbangs Mariah (Music Box and Daydream) and she has pretty much remained the same since, yet they're still hooked on the curated Tommy's vision of her and think that somehow, someday she's gonna go back to pop and that image. Smh. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 05:12)

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,158) by Bobby A from United States Yes, MusicFanJ. People always point out to me my deep southern accent and I hate it. I hate the question: Where are you from? I guess that is definitely why I am able to detect an individual's accent from New York, Boston, Chicago, East Tennessee or Europe. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 05:10) this is a reply to message 110,140

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,140) by MusicfanJ from Germany Did she always had the New York accent or did she switch sometimes? It's an interesting observation. I have to watch the interviews, but I fear only a native speaker will notice. Does the New York accent sound strong for Americans from other states? I just remember an old interview with Rosie where they were talking about beeing both Long Island girls. (Monday 28 July 2025; 20:05)

Yall got me reminiscing (110,157) by Bobby A from United States Great interview. Shout out to the Butterfly era. Her New York accent was really strong during the interview. Maybe I notice New York accents so much because my former co-worker Lorraine in the early 90s was from New York and she found herself transplanted in the heart of the south in Memphis, Tennessee. I adored her New York accent. Of course MC's New York accent isn't as thick as Lorraine's New York accent. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 04:58) this is a reply to message 110,148

Yall got me reminiscing (110,148) by Haiji from United States I love all versions of Mariah, even during her darkest moments, but my absolute favorite is during her Butterfly era. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 02:38)

Yall got me reminiscing (110,152) by Bobby A from United States Butterfly was a beautiful and stellar era. Everything was on point from the album cover, single choices, videos, the remixes, the lyrics, and the public's fascination with the new Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey officially became MC on the Butterfly album. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 03:31) this is a reply to message 110,148

Yall got me reminiscing (110,148) by Haiji from United States I love all versions of Mariah, even during her darkest moments, but my absolute favorite is during her Butterfly era. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 02:38)

Article: The making of Mariah Carey (110,151) by Bobby A from United States I agree absolutely with you, Eric. I think last Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel was just a poor wardrobe choice. MC looks stunning in the photograph. I am getting from this photo a new Mariah Carey is about to emerge with Here For It All. 60 days until the new Mariah Carey is revealed to the world. I feel MC is going to be on TV and magazine covers a lot starting September 14th for the HFIA promotional blitz. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 03:15) this is a reply to message 110,147

Article: The making of Mariah Carey (110,147) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands This is the kind of looks I want to see from Mariah. I love it. (Tuesday 29 July 2025; 02:12)

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,137) by Bobby A from United States Have you noticed a change in MC's speaking voice in the past 2 months during interviews? I wonder if it is because she is just getting older or a direct correlation to her vocal decline. Her speaking voice is very raspy now and she has lost her New York accent. I noticed it first during the Apple interview when she said 11 or 12. And I noticed it again during the New Music Daily interview. (Monday 28 July 2025; 17:09) this is a reply to message 110,134

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,134) by Dove from United States It's funny that you mention that because I was thinking about it, and I started to write a post about it, but then I deleted it because I didn't want it to be taken the wrong way. But since you brought it up I'm just going to go for it and hopefully nobody gets offended. I don't even know how to start so I'm just going to bleed on here and hopefully it makes sense to someone. My mom and my dad (who raised me) are Mexican so I grew up as a poor child of immigrants and my dad was a really mean alcoholic back then. I didn't see him sober until I was an adult. We lived in a military town and there was also an Indian reservation next to our town. Also, my mom was raped by a white military guy, and that's how I was conceived. So I'm a light skinned Mexican, and technically half white, but culturally I'm Mexican. Spanish was my first language. I'm just giving that backstory to say that I don't think I'm better than anyone. I grew up in the ghetto with a clinically depressed mom and an alcoholic dad who hated me because everyone would always ask him why I was white. What happened to my mom was the worst thing that ever happened to her in her whole life. I was thinking about it and mostly the people who have big breasts, and hips, and behinds are Blacks and Latinas where I live. You can't turn on the TV on the Spanish channels without seeing half naked very young women, meanwhile the men are all old and pervy looking. I don't watch BET (or much TV anymore for that matter, mostly YouTube) but I feel like it's similar. The women are overly sexualized. I don't like it. And it's not a culture thing because the older black and Mexican artists don't dress or act that way. I think they (the powers that be) do it on purpose so that minorities won't get ahead. It's systemic oppression. Older black women are IMO some of the wisest people to exist because of all they've been through. There's a few on YouTube I like to watch and listen to. There's one lady who has six kids by five different dads and she had her first one at 16. She says that back then she didn't know better so she would just have sex with whoever. None of the dads would help her with the kids, either. Her own dad wasn't in her life so she was just looking for love wherever she could get it. She is a smart, wise, and very sweet lady. If her legs hadn't been cut out from under her so early she could have been really successful. But she never even had a chance. She's finally doing it now, but her kids, who would have benefited from it the most, are all grown up now. She said she used to work so much that her kids had to stay home alone a lot and she hardly spent any time with them. Luckily they did stay inside the house and didn't go out and hang out with other impressionable and inexperienced young kids on the street and get into other types of trouble. I'm not saying sex is bad. It's beautiful but it's also "death energy" and it shouldn't be thrown around and used so flippantly. Sex can change your whole life. If you have a child, the old you dies forever. Maybe for rich celebrities it doesn't matter because they can still survive and be comfortable but people on the bottom half of the income bracket - they're the ones who are really going feel it and suffer. And now they want to make abortions illegal. If they're going to do that they should at least make birth control free. (Also, because I know someone is going to say it, I do believe in God but I don't think God would be against abortion in all cases. I don't agree with every single thing the church says. I'm more spiritual than religious and I believe you can still be a good person with morals and a strong relationship with God even if you're not religious.) I like to watch Bj Invesigates/That Surprise Witness on YouTube. I don't agree with every single thing she says but a lot of it I do. (Most of it I do.) In this video she talks about how in 1991 music started changing because it started to be used as a "rap to prison pipeline". They want to continue using blacks and other minorities as slaves. Everyone should watch this because I always kind of suspected this but she spelled it out so clearly. I have another conspiracy theory. I think the real reason the Kardashians have kids with black men is because those kids are going to be the future influencers and they want to lead the lower income blacks and minorities astray. Mixed people look ambiguous. IMO they're the most beautiful because they get the best of the gene pools and they appeal to a larger group of people because they could be anything. We like seeing ourselves succeeding and doing great things through other people on TV. We follow them. We want to be like them. There's a movie I watched a while ago called The Joneses. It's with Demi Moore. It's about stealth advertising and how they use real celebrities and manufactured ones (like the Kardashians) to get people to buy stuff they can't afford to keep them stuck running on the slave wheel. I know this was a mess but hopefully you guys understand what I'm trying to say. I just want celebrities to be better influences on the youth who are so impressionable and just need someone to look up to. I hope I don't sound hypocritical because I do enjoy Mariah's "sexy" songs and I like sexy clothes sometimes but at times it crosses a line and it's not sexy anymore. I don't even know what it is. (Monday 28 July 2025; 15:46)

New song (110,116) by Bobby A from United States Sugar Sweet is still in the Top 30 on the iTunes chart on Sunday. Is that good for a new song after its initial Friday release? We need a JD remix with new lyrics, a R&B sample, and a rap feature from Wiz Kid or Burna Boy like next week. I think a call and response remix from Jagged Edge would be a hot remix too illustrating a man's reaction to MC taking her time to look beautiful for her man. Also, I hope Sugar Sweet receives radio ads next week too. Hopefully, some high school cheerleading squads will use Sugar Sweet during their Friday night footbball game half-time shows in mid-August. (Monday 28 July 2025; 02:10) this is a reply to message 110,112

New song (110,112) by Dave from USA Oddly enough, I liked Type: Dangerous better. Sugar Sweet feels too young for her to sing at this point and she gives way too much time to her guests on the song. It doesn't feel like a Mariah Carey song. There doesn't seem to be much evolution in her sound. I'm not expecting another Butterfly album (which was her pinnacle in terms of artistry and I doubt she could ever do it again), but she doesn't seem to know how to take a risk and do something different anymore. I think this song will fade faster than TD did (I will be delighted if I am proven wrong and it actually takes off) She just doesn't have the voice anymore for those types of songs that made her great and now, she is just another singer especially when people outside of us as her fans, notice how much she lip syncs now. (Sunday 27 July 2025; 23:12)

Andrew (110,114) by Bobby A from United States Thank you Shezz and Mimi. I am trying to be a stronger man. It is hard sometimes when I know I should speak up for myself and not take on the nice guy persona. (Monday 28 July 2025; 01:51) this is a reply to message 110,105

Andrew (110,105) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thank you Shezz you are always so kind and you are right about Bobby A, he is always too nice to really say what really went down back then. It was outrageous and unacceptable. (Sunday 27 July 2025; 03:19)

Sugar Sweet promotion (110,102) by Bobby A from United States I feel Gamma is just waiting on the video to drop and radio adds to hype up the promotion. We should see in August a late night or daytime TV performance and remixes before MC's festival performances in the UK and Brazil. I hope she and the ladies perform at the VMAs too. (Sunday 27 July 2025; 02:30) this is a reply to message 110,094

Sugar Sweet promotion (110,094) by MhieMhie from Vietnam Guys. Do check out Shenseea and Kehlani's socials. Damn, promotion is in the right direction with each has their own reel or video of their song parts. Genius. At first I thought it was the MV and was gonna feel disappointed to watch 3 girls just miming buuuuut its a part of the promo. Damn - Gamma and Mariah is gearing up for Sugar Sweet. They are not super hyping it like TD as potentially they used it to test the waters. More or less this might be a slow burn slow churn. As one saying goes "good things take time". I just want virality and reintroduction to Mariah being immortal lol. Charts, number one? Good. Top 100? Good. Not chart? Good. As I have another workout song to add in my repertoir. All is fine as long as she releases music and further cements her imprint in the world. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 15:26)

Mariah's charting power (110,100) by Bobby A from United States Chap GPT said it is possible that Apple allowed MC and Gamma to have a staggered release of full songwriting credits if it aligned with the label's marketing strategy. Well, I believe the Stereotypes, Harv, Roget Chahayed, and Bongo ByTheWay tracks may have features or samples on them like Bryson Tiller or R&B/Hip Hop samples. Who knows Drake or Brandy maybe featured on a couple of tracks. And we don't know who producers are for each song yet. I feel we are in for some surprises when the song titles and full credits are released in September. We may even see an increase in streaming numbers that day for TD and Sugar Sweet. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 22:19) this is a reply to message 110,060

Mariah's charting power (110,060) by Bobby A from United States Based upon the #5 charting postion of Sugar Sweet on iTunes today and Type Dangerous still rising on the radio airplay charts, I feel Here For It All is going to do very well during the first sales week. And we still haven't received the full tracklisting with features and full writing credits. I feel some writers were deliberately left off the Apple songwriters credits list that we saw to keep their feature status a secret. (Friday 25 July 2025; 17:50)

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,088) by Bobby A from United States I hope MC wins 100% with Here For It All. I want Sugar Sweet to be at least in the top 10 on the Hot 100 when her album drops. That would be so sweet for MC. I hope The Clark Sisters collaboration becomes a huge gospel radio hit and people start talking about it on social media. I hope one of the ballads on the album becomes a LTT moment for MC. September 26, 2025 is going be a huge day for MC filled with good reviews and TV appearances and a hopefully a GMA or Today Show performance. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 12:28) this is a reply to message 110,075

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,075) by Jamie from UK Whilst I love that Mariah is still putting out music I can't help but wonder what went wrong for Mariah. I've just heard Without You on an Instagram post which to me is the pinnacle of Mariah in 1993, you couldn't get much better than that. To now her latest single Sugar Sweet (which I don't mind) but let's be honest she can barely sing this tune and it isn't very taxing on the voice as a were her earlier hits. When I hear old school Mariah I can't help but feel sad at where we are now. A complete transformation of personality and a huge degrading of vocals. What happened? Was it self inflicted or is it just natural wear and tear of a once untouchable voice. I would love to rewind to 1993 when her career took off internationally and just remind her to stay grounded and focus on what's important. I've said this multiple times but I just don't get how we went from Mariah to MC it's such a contrast of personalities. Her early cross over stuff was cool but as I've said countless times she took it too far and I think the partying etc took a toll on her vocals and ate away at her wholesomeness. She might say and pretend that she's always been hood but I remember those early days and there was no pretence, just a natural girl living her best life. Yes we all change but we're still recognisable, I think Mariah took it too far and now she doesn't even recognise herself. Her appearance last night on Jimmy Kimmel is a far cry from who she once was, I would love to sit 1993 Mariah down and show her 2025 Mariah. I don't even think she would relate to that. I'm speaking from the heart and probably don't understand the ins and outs of the celebrity lifestyle and how it affects you both physically and mentally. But part of me wants to understand what went wrong and what happened to Mariah and why she's so affected now and her voice has taken such a turn. It's great she's still giving us music but vocally and especially personality she's a far cry from what she was. I don't even think Mariah knows herself anymore she's that affected. I reminisce of her dancing on the beach with "to be around you" playing out to her now barely able to focus or speak and can't but help to want to say to her it's ok to be Mariah again. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:14)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,085) by Bobby A from United States Oh, I thought that was Andrew posting. I hope he is well too. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 12:08) this is a reply to message 110,074

Jimmy Kimmel (110,074) by Edward from USA Bobby A, that was a different person from the UK. It's been nearly two years since Andy last posted here. I think he was dealing with some personal stuff. I hope he's ok wherever he is. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:13)

Mariah pairs leopard print slipdress with throwback hair (110,076) by Bobby A from United States MC is in love. I have to admit that the lyrics from Sugar Sweet suggest that they are about someone very special in her life. I guess when we when hear their duet, we will know extent of their relationship. I don't think MC has ever used "baby" so many times in her lyrics. It seems like she wants the ring to get married again. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:21) this is a reply to message 110,070

Mariah pairs leopard print slipdress with throwback hair (110,070) by Lambi from USA I agree I think the hairstylist and make up artist did good. Just the styling was a bit of a mismatch. There shouldn't have been any straps on the clavicles. Because it became straps + her ginormous necklace + crazy amount of hair + overly done boobs. It was way too much. Should've removed straps, add some sort of lace material to hover her boobs, put the hair completely on the back (or maybe just one side) then a more subtle necklace piece to completely accentuate and feature her neck and clavicle area. This would've been be a more polished, clean look. I noticed Mariah sports these extra "slutty" looks when she's in peak romance. She quite literally wore lingerie on Ellen in 2009, just a year after getting married to Nick. (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:25)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,071) by Bobby A from United States No, I saw him post something in the spring. He did say something nice. Andrew and I had a love and hate history that some of the newbies don't know anything about. I can laugh about it now, but that time was constant reprimanding that I wanted to leave the board. He just didn't like my ecentric personality. Lol. (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:28) this is a reply to message 110,069

Jimmy Kimmel (110,069) by Chicago Lamb from USA Wow, has Andrew hacked webmaster's account? (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:02)

Mariah's charting power (110,060) by Bobby A from United States Based upon the #5 charting postion of Sugar Sweet on iTunes today and Type Dangerous still rising on the radio airplay charts, I feel Here For It All is going to do very well during the first sales week. And we still haven't received the full tracklisting with features and full writing credits. I feel some writers were deliberately left off the Apple songwriters credits list that we saw to keep their feature status a secret. (Friday 25 July 2025; 17:50) this is a reply to message 110,044

Mariah's charting power (110,044) by Libra Lamb from USA At first listen, I was hooked. It's not going to change the world. It's just a song. It's just a piece of someone's art. I really like it but I can see how people that are tired and unhappy would want to rip it apart and poop on it, that's the case with anything. I will still listen to it and enjoy it because I actually do love Mariah. I'm only here for the music, not the opinions of people who don't matter at all. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:23)

Sugar Sweet (110,045) by Bobby A from United States I love it, but I was hoping for more lyrics, especially in the pre-chorus part, to carry the song more. Overall, great improvement over TD. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:25) this is a reply to message 110,042

Sugar Sweet (110,042) by BFF from United States I'm a little underwhelmed by the song, but I understand that its release is strategic as means for Mariah to stay contemporary. I don't blame Mariah for trying to stay current, but I think the songwriting, production and guest artists are a bit beneath her. The uptempo songs on "Caution" worked a lot better than this one in my opinion. Who knows? Maybe it grow on me. I'm looking forward to hearing the songs she produced with just Daniel Moore, the Paul/Linda McCartney cover, and the collaboration with The Clark Sisters. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:13)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,043) by Bobby A from United States I wanted Jimmy to show up and take over. I felt bad for MC when she was really being overly flirtatious at the beginning of the interview. MC became very uncomfortable in the middle of the interview when she kept flirting with MC. Jimmy would have shown some class. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:17) this is a reply to message 110,040

Jimmy Kimmel (110,040) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands I don't want to be rude, but with her breasts popping out she looked like a hooker. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:04)

Here For It All (110,017) by Bobby A from United States No maam, I never skipped a single track on TEOM. MC sequenced the heck out of TEOM perfectly. I think that is what she has done for HIFA. I have already analyzed the potential genre of the songs which we don't know the titles of yet. 1. The Stereotypes produced song is an uptempo jam. 2. Here For It All ft. Anderson .Paak 3. Type Dangerous positioned perfectly here so the album can start paying homage to every era of MC's career. 4. Sugar Sweet ft. Shenseea and Kehlani 5. The Roget Chahayed song is an uptempo jam. 6. The Daniel Moore produced song is a ballad. 7. The Harv produced song is a midtempo jam. 8. The Bongo ByTheWay song is definitely midtempo or a ballad. 9. The Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney song could be Dear Boy or My Love or Live and Let Die. 10. The Clark Sisters gospel song is described by Nostradamus on X as Amazing Grace and Ain't No Way. 11. This Daniel Moore produced song has explicit lyrics. So possibly it could be Clown 2.0 or Did I Do That? 2.0. 12. Hoping for that Bryson Tiller feature on the Amazon Exclusive CD. (Friday 25 July 2025; 01:46) this is a reply to message 110,015

Here For It All (110,015) by Lambi from USA You don't think TEOM is a no skip album? I get what you mean with Butterfly being the golden standard though. It's on another level. I want to believe HFIA is a no skip album but I already skipped T:D but I don't doubt majority of the tracks will be fire. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 22:51)

Here For It All (110,009) by Bobby A from United States I understand better today the reason why just 11 tracks because of the hype statement on Record Store Day's website. The hype statement says: "Here For It All is Mariah Carey's new forthcoming project with Gamma. This album marks the start of a bold new era for Mariah. It balances her legacy with fresh cultural relevance and pop significance." MC hasn't had an album you can listen to without any skips since Butterfly. Here For It All is going to be that no skips album. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 17:13) this is a reply to message 109,957

Here For It All (109,957) by BFF from United States You know, in retrospect, I don't think seven years has been that much of a wait in comparison to some longer breaks that other artists have taken. Janet Jackson hasn't had a proper studio album since Unbreakable in 2015. Toni Braxton took eight years between Pulse (2010) and Sex & Cigarettes (2018). Maybe Mariah will be able to get more music out now that the twins are teenagers and with Larry Jackson and the Gamma team supporting her. I'm looking forward to hearing the new music, and I'm really excited for this "Live and Let Die" cover. I love it when Mariah pulls off a random 70s/80s rock cover for us. It seems like some of the songs selected for the album were recorded earlier in the process than others, and it's clear that there were multiple sets of sessions for the album as we heard about during her interviews for the last few years. The collaboration with the Clark Sisters and the songs with just Daniel Moore seem to have been completed before the sessions with Anderson .Paak. This summer has been super hard for me personally, but having a new Mariah album to look forward to has seriously brightened up my day(s). Happy to have people like Bobby A keeping me in the loop with his X research skills (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 18:35)

Shenseea (110,002) by Bobby A from United States Yes, we will. Kehlani has a beautiful voice and her song Folded is her biggest streaming song of her career right now. I like Shenseea's song Work Me Out with Wiz Kid. By the way, Halle Berry just posted lyrics from Sugar Sweet for a call-and-response from Lambs. It would be cool if Halle Berry is in the video. Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for MC. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:35) this is a reply to message 110,001

Shenseea (110,001) by Haiji from United States I think Shenseea will be featured mostly throughout the song with no real verse, maybe the bridge, with Mariah on 1st verse and Kehlani on 2nd verse. Or maybe it's formatted with a call-and-response verse where MC and Kehlani go back and forth on the verses, MC has the hook and bridge and Shenseea is also throughout the whole song with ad-libs. We'll see tomorrow. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:02)

Shenseea (109,998) by Bobby A from United States Do you think Shenseea will sing her part first after Mariah's first verse and then Kehlani? I thought it was odd that Shenseea's name is first before Kehlani's name. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 14:02) this is a reply to message 109,997

Shenseea (109,997) by Haiji from United States She's a dancehall artist (Jamaican - Vybz Kartel, Sean Paul, Beenie Man). Afrobeats comes from West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana - Burna Boy, Tems, Wizkid). Almost similar vibes but different genres. Often understandably confused with one another since some of Afrobeats influence comes from dancehall. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 13:42)

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