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About Robert-Anthony from United States: I have been a Lamb since 1990. I know Mariah. I love her music. I breathe her music.

Robert Anthony (106,234) by Robert-Anthony from United States Thank you, Shezz. I am going to try to keep hope alive. I hope we will see some type of new release this year. Until then, I am ready for a summer vacation. I have eight more weeks until I can get a break. (Saturday 20 April 2024; 11:37) this is a reply to message 106,231

Robert Anthony (106,231) by Shezz from Pk You are the happy glue that holds us all together here and makes us hope and wait for good things to come. Don't you dare lose hope. MC will deliver us new music this year. Keep on believing. (Friday 19 April 2024; 20:37)

Hard truths (106,225) by Robert-Anthony from United States This explains those hard truths. (Friday 19 April 2024; 17:14) this is a reply to message 106,223

Hard truths (106,223) by Brandon from USA No artist is perfect. Every artist has things that they are good at and things they need work in. For example, Celine and Whitney are polished, dynamic performers but couldn't write a song to save their lives. Janet and Ciara are great dancers but lack in vocal prowess. Mariah is no different. She is a dynamic, prolific composer, songwriter, producer, etc. but she is not a great performer. She has said herself numerous times in interviews that she is a studio artist and more comfortable in the studio. She also has said that she had to learn how to perform while she was famous and just figure it out. Unfortunately after all these years, she has done nothing to improve her stage presence and performance style. In my opinion, she has gotten worse and some lambs are blinded to it. I've seen her live in person so I know. She is stiff as a board and I don't understand why. I get my hopes up every performance that her inner performer would jump out and she would amaze us but it's the same thing every show/tour. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's still with us but this latest iteration of MC ain't it. My two cents. Thoughts? (Friday 19 April 2024; 16:35)

Hard truths (106,224) by Robert-Anthony from United States I truly feel MC never had that "Wow" stage presence. She just wasn't groomed and polished that way. Early performances show MC whose whole stage presence materialized for the audience to focus only on how she used her voice. Tommy never allowed that "Wow" performer element to materialized for MC like singers we would say had that "Wow" stage presence early on during their careers. Singers like Michael Jackson, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Prince, Teddy Pendergrass, Usher and Fantasia. These artists could give you a show that you walked away from the venue thinking on the way home, "Wow." (Friday 19 April 2024; 17:01) this is a reply to message 106,223

Hard truths (106,223) by Brandon from USA No artist is perfect. Every artist has things that they are good at and things they need work in. For example, Celine and Whitney are polished, dynamic performers but couldn't write a song to save their lives. Janet and Ciara are great dancers but lack in vocal prowess. Mariah is no different. She is a dynamic, prolific composer, songwriter, producer, etc. but she is not a great performer. She has said herself numerous times in interviews that she is a studio artist and more comfortable in the studio. She also has said that she had to learn how to perform while she was famous and just figure it out. Unfortunately after all these years, she has done nothing to improve her stage presence and performance style. In my opinion, she has gotten worse and some lambs are blinded to it. I've seen her live in person so I know. She is stiff as a board and I don't understand why. I get my hopes up every performance that her inner performer would jump out and she would amaze us but it's the same thing every show/tour. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's still with us but this latest iteration of MC ain't it. My two cents. Thoughts? (Friday 19 April 2024; 16:35)

Someday (106,222) by Robert-Anthony from United States Emotions is another heavily played MC song in stores. (Friday 19 April 2024; 14:36) this is a reply to message 106,220

Someday (106,220) by MusicfanJ from Germany The same here. I often hear Mariah while shopping. It's always such a nice, good feeling. Songs which were played in stores: Hero, Fantasy, Make it happen, ABMB, It's like that, We belong together, Thanx for nothin', Endless love. And we all know what happens during December. (Friday 19 April 2024; 12:27)

A 2am surprise (106,221) by Robert-Anthony from United States Has MC ever given the Lambily something like a 2 a.m. surprise on a release day? Taylor Swift is a marketing genius. She knows how to keep her fans excited and broke at the same time. Lol. I guess this is just a different time of Friday release days and using the digital music boom for an artist's advantage. A Tuesday release day unannounced double album would not have had the same effect in 1995. Some record store clerk would have spoiled Taylor's surprise. Oh well, she will dominate the Grammys again next year. (Friday 19 April 2024; 14:34)

Troll (106,215) by Robert-Anthony from United States If you are not who we think you are, you sure have been hibernating for good 15 years then. Lol. Quiz: When is Randy's birthday? (Friday 19 April 2024; 00:41) this is a reply to message 106,214

Troll (106,214) by C from United States Troll? Umm, I've been a lamb since before she even was calling us that. I've flown to see her a dozen times. My 25 year MC collection takes up an entire room and has its own IG. How intellectually lazy of you to attempt to summarily dismiss my comments as trolling simply because you disagree with them. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 23:45)

Troll (106,213) by Robert-Anthony from United States RJ., you may be right. Wow, he is just like Sheila on The Bold and the Beautiful. You never know when she may resurface again even after death. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 22:10) this is a reply to message 106,212

Troll (106,212) by RJJ12 from USA Is that troll back under the name C? Please get rid of its new alias. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 21:46)

Las Vegas (106,208) by Robert-Anthony from United States I think MC is just not able to move her voice along notes like she was use to doing. And she is thinking more in her head about executing each note unlike in the 90s when those notes came out with effortlessly. Therefore, her hand is not moving as much as she is singing. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 10:10) this is a reply to message 106,200

Las Vegas (106,200) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Honestly I don't know, could be a lot of things. One could be just out of fear, my aunt had an accident where her shoulder got dislocated, it fully healed but some trauma or something led her to never raise her hand any more above a certain limit. Let's not forget she fell multiple times. One was when she was pregnant with the twins and just flat fell on stage, then the #Beautiful incident. She probably is just scared of falling in public again. But from the footage I saw of the show, she's moving around my herself instead of using 2 men to move her around, which is a start. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 00:35)

Las Vegas (106,207) by Robert-Anthony from United States I feel that we just want the album she has said continously that she is working on. I think MC is just telling us things to keep the new music narrative going on and on. We are not getting a new album any time soon. The Las Vegas shows and Christmas is all we are getting this year. Her heart is not into producing a body of work like 20 years. That studio spark is not in her eyes anymore. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 10:02) this is a reply to message 106,205

Las Vegas (106,205) by C from United States As if Mariah hasn't been whoring out that same damn Christmas song and album and re-selling it each year? The hypocrisy. (Thursday 18 April 2024; 02:27)

Las Vegas (106,196) by Robert-Anthony from United States I forgot that her accident was during that time. I just watched her 2005 BET Blueprint performance. That hand was just a movin in the air while she was performing ILT and WBT. Mimi, why do think her hand doesn't move as much now? I will let you respond, then I will tell you my reasons why. (Wednesday 17 April 2024; 02:49) this is a reply to message 106,193

Las Vegas (106,193) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It's the lack of promo after the the initial promo. She was getting ready to release the remixes along with the remix video and broke her arm. By the time she was healed the momentum was gone. (Tuesday 16 April 2024; 20:39)

Las Vegas (106,192) by Robert-Anthony from United States Maybe I used the wrong word to describe what seems to me was the start of her popularity and decline on the charts. #Beautiful should have done better on the Hot 100. What caused it to stall at #15 on the chart? It had all the right elements for a monster 6 weeks at #1 type of song. (Tuesday 16 April 2024; 18:30) this is a reply to message 106,175

Las Vegas (106,175) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I wouldn't say her popularity declined during MIAM. In fact #Beautiful could easily have been her next top 10 hit but after the accident she dropped all promo. Same with the rest of the roll out. Her delaying it due to the title being leaked, then releasing random singles with no proper treatments and no promo. People were still interested in her during this era, she just vanished. (Monday 15 April 2024; 13:39)

This year (106,189) by Robert-Anthony from United States This year is really going by really fast. Forty-five days until June 1st. I can't believe summer is almost before us. What are your summer plans? I am going to take a road trip across the Midwest to D.C. with Zayn's new album playing which comes out May 17th. Maybe I will revisit Rainbow during my trip. What MC album or another artist's album will you revisit this summer? I have to do something that is exciting and exudes the summer feeling before Mimi brings Christmas back. Lol. (Tuesday 16 April 2024; 03:12)

Las Vegas (106,183) by Robert-Anthony from United States I was thinking today that MC pushed her voice really hard from 1990-1995 recording back to back albums in the studio. After those years, she continued to push her voice with more use of the whistle and breathiness tone. I am just wondering if it were those two factors that caused MC to lose her ability to even sing like she did before 2003. I know I am beating a dead horse with her loss of vocal abilities, but it is really sad that she has to sing to pre-recorded tracks at a live show. Monica or Deborah Cox would never do that to their fans. (Monday 15 April 2024; 22:34) this is a reply to message 106,181

Las Vegas (106,181) by Nick G from Germany Mariah becomes more and more of a parody of herself. Instead of a voice, we are presented her wig collection. And the two minutes where she sings live sounds like she's sitting on the toilet. Sorry I know Mariah is a diva, has an expensive lifestyle and needs money. But it's not right to exempt the fans like that. (Monday 15 April 2024; 18:28)

Las Vegas (106,173) by Robert-Anthony from United States I was scratching my head after watching Xavier's video. The facade of a total package artist is front and center now. Maybe we will never see MC16 released. This is what MC used to be through the eras 1-7 1. Debut - mesmerising 2. Emotions - insane vocals 3. Music Box - mature artist 4. Daydream - confident artist 5. Butterfly - transformation 6. Rainbow - versatile artist 7. Glitter - trendsetter 8. Charmbracelet - lackluster album, vocally on point world tour 9. TEOM - the return of the voice 10. E=MC2 - still on top 11. Memoirs - sales decline 12. MIAM - popularity decline on the charts 13. Caution - critically exclaimed album and tour, high Spotify numbers, vocal decline 14. 2019-2024 - queen of Christmas, MC16 delayed constantly (Monday 15 April 2024; 10:41) this is a reply to message 106,172

Las Vegas (106,172) by Bill from the UK I'll always love Mariah, but a grand total of 2 minutes of actual live vocals from a 2 hour show is appalling. Mariah fans love to mock J. Lo, but Mariah herself is no better. I think I'm finally done with her now. There's nothing more to say. Good luck y'all. (Monday 15 April 2024; 09:03)

Uhmmm Mimi's deep cuts are MIA (106,170) by Robert-Anthony from United States I get it now. I guess she has to keep a few surprises until the start of the shows. (Monday 15 April 2024; 00:05) this is a reply to message 106,167

Uhmmm Mimi's deep cuts are MIA (106,167) by Will from England The theme of the show is how she got to TEOM, from her debut and through he career to show why TEOM was and is an important album. From what I've seen there are spoken parts that are played between songs, almost like the audio book. Speaking of the show, I've been highly impressed by the presentation of the set, and how it's all put together. Her voice is supremely better than when we all saw that clip of VOL from a while back. The discussion of what is pre-recorded or lipped is tired and old - she is singing live what she can throughout the show and it sounds great. We just have to adjust to the new singing style that she is adopting and it's working from what I can see and hear. As for deep cuts, plenty of deep cuts from what I've seen. Set list is roughly and order may not be correct: VOL Emotions Make it happen Can't let go I'll be there Dreamlover/remix Hero Without you Fantasy Butterfly Babydoll The toof My all Breakdown Close my eyes Looking in (there have been some reports of a Glitter/Charmbracelet medley but I suspect that's when she is off stage) I wish you knew It's like that Shake it off Your girl Circles Say something We belong together Fly like a bird That's quite a good set list, I can only dream she decides to take this internationally. (Sunday 14 April 2024; 19:11)

MC would be surprised (106,165) by Robert-Anthony from United States I am here this morning in a popular Austin, Texas record shop called Waterloo Records. They are already sold out of the Cowboy Carter vinyl. Sales clerks are discussing different track variations between what was sold on her website compared to the physical release. Customers are calling and asking if the Cowboy Carter vinyl is still in stock. I wish the hype right now about a Beyonce release was MC. I really feel MC underestimates how the public would receive MC16. Lambs and other non fans are hungry for new Mariah Carey music. She would be surprised that it would probably do better in sales than Caution. It has been 6 years too long now. (Sunday 14 April 2024; 17:29)

Uhmmm Mimi's deep cuts are MIA (106,164) by Robert-Anthony from United States I knew she was going to pull something like this. Knowing how she can become so fixed on an "anniversary", MC just wanted us to get hyped about TEOM all over again. She is not as predictable with her actions like she was 25 years ago. She spoiled us releasing new albims every two years, letting us have a glimpse into the recording process and her collaborator choices. It is going to be another boring Mimi summer for us filled with lots of guessing games and insider accounts. (Sunday 14 April 2024; 14:20) this is a reply to message 106,160

Uhmmm Mimi's deep cuts are MIA (106,160) by Shezz from Pk Mimi L. from the setlist I saw (not sure how accurate it was), it seemed like she was doing an "eras" show - going along chronologically, closing with TEOM. In some ways that does seem odd that she's leaving out some great stuff from later but then that was last great "era". E=MC2 fizzled out too soon after TMB. (Sunday 14 April 2024; 05:40)

Article: Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey are dating? (106,157) by Robert-Anthony from United States I guess we will know it is true when TMZ is able to take some pictures of the couple together and broadcast them on their show. By the way, he owns a home in Paris and a recording studio in the Bahamas. (Sunday 14 April 2024; 00:34) this is a reply to message 106,155

Article: Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey are dating? (106,155) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Friends become lovers all the time. Although I'm not saying it's 100% true but they would make quite a power couple. (Saturday 13 April 2024; 22:38)

Article: Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey are dating? (106,154) by Robert-Anthony from United States I think it is true. He is a legend, established, loved his late mother, a musical genius, sexy and their Grammy moment earlier this year said it all. (Saturday 13 April 2024; 18:28)

Las Vegas (106,150) by Robert-Anthony from United States Are we surprised that she is using backing and pre-recorded tracks? However, she looks happy and beautiful and that is what counts. As for her being stiff, MC hasn't moved the same since her accident during the MIAM era. Maybe she will get back in the studio during May through July and create some TEOM magic. (Saturday 13 April 2024; 13:49) this is a reply to message 106,147

Las Vegas (106,147) by Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway I can't decide whether Mariah is actually singing some parts or the vocals are all pre recorded. In Without You, I think she sings to a back track first, but sings live some parts of the chorus, it's hard to tell, she has gotten much better at lip synching. She is still very stiff, but she moves a bit more freely than in the last few months. The stage was really nice though. (Saturday 13 April 2024; 11:38)

No new music until 2030 (106,140) by Robert-Anthony from United States You may be right, but I hope not until 2030. If she would just say new music is on the way when I work through some things on the business side, then it would ease our minds. (Friday 12 April 2024; 11:31) this is a reply to message 106,138

No new music until 2030 (106,138) by "MariahHater" from Hell I think we will never see any new music until 2030. All will just be anniversary releases. I mean it's technically fine but I don't think there is something wrong for craving a new album since it has been 6 years since the last proper album. With the residency extending, cements that after it it will be Christmas shingalingngalingadingdongding again. I never felt so dry as a lamb. (Friday 12 April 2024; 03:59)

The Emancipation of Mimi (106,136) by Robert-Anthony from United States It would be cool if MC performed TEOM from the beginning to the end and then a few extra hits and fan favorites. That is what I would do. Also, it would be cool MC was a special guest on Missy Elliot/Busta Rhymes/Ciara tour on a select dates. Timbaland will be joining them on some dates. (Thursday 11 April 2024; 01:56) this is a reply to message 106,135

The Emancipation of Mimi (106,135) by Tevin from USA Same here. (Tuesday 9 April 2024; 06:04)

Article: Fans suspect Mariah is "teasing" a new era of music (106,134) by Robert-Anthony from United States Mimi, something big is on the way. Did you hear MC sing Circles today? She hasn't posted singing her songs in two years. Her confidence is at an all time high this year. (Tuesday 9 April 2024; 03:37) this is a reply to message 106,133

Article: Fans suspect Mariah is "teasing" a new era of music (106,133) by Libra Lamb from USA I hope you're right, but I'm not getting excited until Mimi herself announces new music coming soon. (Monday 8 April 2024; 21:00)

Against All Odds (106,127) by Robert-Anthony from United States Why did MC chose to cover this song? I have always thought this was MC still wanting Derek Jeter. I would love for her to find love again with another man who plays sports. I promise this is my last message until after the eclipse. (Monday 8 April 2024; 02:38)

Article: Fans suspect Mariah is "teasing" a new era of music (106,125) by Robert-Anthony from United States MC is getting ready to make us so very happy soon. The fact that she is playfully engaging with one insider account and posting beautiful pics every week says a new era announcement eminent. (Monday 8 April 2024; 00:15) this is a reply to message 106,123

Article: Fans suspect Mariah is "teasing" a new era of music (106,123) by Zachariah from Croatia Glitter 2 in making? (Sunday 7 April 2024; 20:02)

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