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About Randy from USA: MC is my favorite artist of all time and I love her songwriting skills on her introspective songs. My favorite album: Butterfly. My favorite song: Right To Dream.

Re: Full of grace (101,456) (101,457) by Randy from USA

Or Stacey that interview on Good Morning America with the stripped down Vision of Love in 1990. When it was #2. Every time I see that I am flabbergasted by the voice and the control. And the fact that she has on black stockings and church shoes.

And I get that a lot of people say, how can you expect her to sing like that thirty years later. The wheels started to fall off long before that, just a few years later. Don't believe me. Check out The View Vision of Love performance from 1998. Yet, we would kill for that 1998 voice, even now. I think the problem is... she set the bar so damn high.
(Saturday 15 October 2022; 14:43)


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What MC albums have you never bought? (101,438) by Randy from USA

I thought about this the other day. I do not have #1s to Infinity, even though I bought the Infinity single. I also never bought The Ballads. Are the liner notes to either worth the purchase? What MC albums have you never bought?
(Wednesday 12 October 2022; 01:53)

Am I the only one (101,427) by Randy from USA

Who replaces originals on MCs albums with remixes or other versions? For example, on the debut, I switched out the album version for the video version of Someday. On Butterfly, I replaced Honey with the Bad Boy Remix, Breakdown with the Mo Thugs remix, The Roof with the Mobb Deep extended rap. On MOAIA I've replaced Obsessed with the Gucci Mane version, Up Out My Face with the Nikki Minaj remix and Angels Cry with the Neyo duet. What upsets me with Fantasy is I can't mix the dramatic intro with the whistle into the Bad Boy Mix which has the both hooks and ODB. I don't know how you guys put Everything Fades Away at the end of Music Box. That's blasphemous to me.

It doesn't go there lol. I do love that song but Music Box should end on All I've Ever Wanted. How have y'all redone your MC albums.
(Saturday 8 October 2022; 17:25)

Re: Just a thought, let's be kind (101,400) (101,409) by Randy from USA

I think some of the frustration with us on the unkind side of the board is the amount of effort used to cover up the deterioration of her voice. It's amazing that for someone who had one of the best voices of all time, an epic instrument could still go out on stage as if nothing happened. The ear monitors, the humidifiers, the wall of background singers, the endless advertising that she's a songwriter, the lighting, the ensembles. She is about any topic other than being a vocalist. She wrote a whole book and hardly mentioned her voice. Now a long time ago, Stacey asked me, but how would you have her address it? I don't know. But she puts a ton of energy into not addressing it. She puts a ton of excuses into why she doesn't sound good. I love MC and to hear you guys tell it, it's like I want her to be taken out back and beat with a stick. I want her to be happy and live a long life but MC, Just a thought, let's be honest.
(Wednesday 5 October 2022; 18:27)

Re: Is it too early? (101,377) (101,380) by Randy from USA

You know what's funny? My birthday is December 19 so when this time of year comes it's like the dreaded anticipatory wait. But I'm with MC. The day after Halloween, open the floodgates. Before then, I don't take nothing out of the closet, buy anything or listen to any Christmas music.
(Saturday 1 October 2022; 14:43)

The numbers are so confusing (101,363) by Randy from USA

So now it's 70 million sold. And she's the top selling female artist. But MC often runs around saying 200 million sold. Madonna just said on Jimmy Fallon she's sold 400 million. I wish there was a definitive number and place to know. Are we talking worldwide? Or just US? Singles or albums? Soundscan or pre-Soundscan? It's infuriating. I have seen Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Madonna, MC and Barbra Streisand all state they were the biggest selling female artist of all time.
(Thursday 29 September 2022; 00:50)

Re: Mariah's certifications (101,349) (101,354) by Randy from USA

My issue is that she's sold 9x platinum of Mariah Carey. Probably more than Daydream which was certified Diamond at 8x platinum. Yet Daydream has been certified and the debut hasn't. Sony needs to just present it for the certification.
(Tuesday 27 September 2022; 23:59)

Mariah's certifications (101,342) by Randy from USA

I'm gonna ignore Terna. All I really want to know is where is her Diamond award for Mariah Carey so she can have three Diamond albums?
(Tuesday 27 September 2022; 01:45)

Re: Global Citizen (101,324) (101,332) by Randy from USA

Thanks for not beating me up. What no one ever understands about me, I want Mariah to win. She looked so good. She hasn't aged over the last ten years. I would love for her to just sing where she is and do lyrically driven music. Right To Dream etc. I played the out of GTFO in my classroom the other day during my planning period. She's a genius. That's why the bar is set so high. Wait. What was the subject again?
(Monday 26 September 2022; 10:18)

Global Citizen (101,323) by Randy from USA

No one's gonna agree with me but I thought it was mediocre. I believe much of Fantasy, Honey and Heartbreaker was prerecorded. I believe the last chorus of We Belong Together was prerecorded. She was flat on Hero and her background singers were intentionally loud. Even though there are no background singers on the original version of Hero.

I thought she looked amazing though. And she didn't need anyone to walk her around the stage. My grade: C-
(Monday 26 September 2022; 01:20)

Bye Bye (101,306) by Randy from USA

For the last time, as an executive assistant director specialist on this board, I am warning you all to stop talking about Bye Bye. I think it was a great single choice. I love the electronic bobbles and tidbits that Stargate used in the background. And MC's vocal adlib on that final chorus is

. I still scream it to the top of my lungs every time I hear the song even though my whistle sounds like a tea kettle. I never knew it. Every day of my life I wish. I wish. I wish. I wish. As time goes by. If you all continue talkin bad about Bye Bye, I am going to revoke your right to use air quotes and dahling. I freaking love that song.
(Saturday 24 September 2022; 03:19)

Top of the Pops - Honey 1997 (101,278) by Randy from USA

I've never seen this performance. At first, I was thrilled it wasn't lip synced. Until she got to the high ad-lib "I Can't Hardly Wait. Gotta Have Another Taste." It's interesting to hear her voice so husky but she still had use of some of her high full voice notes. I wish she had thugged it out and hit that adlib. 1997, even though she looked like she struggled thru performances, was one of my favorite vocal years because she had some rasp but still could sing in her belting range pretty high.
(Wednesday 21 September 2022; 00:31)

I would be pissed (101,180) by Randy from USA

Yo. What if she released Butterfly?
1. Honey Bad Boy or JD remix
2. Butterfly
3. My All/Stay Awhile remix
4. The Roof Mobb Deep remix
5. Fourth of July
6. Breakdown Bone Thugz remix
7. Babydoll
8. Close My Eyes
9. Whenever You Call with Brian McNight
10. Butterfly (Fly Away)
11. The Beautiful Ones
12. Outside
13. The Roof with Brandy (bonus)
14. Close My Eyes (new version, bonus)
Sounds like something MC would do right about now to avoid promotion and singing.
(Sunday 11 September 2022; 05:12)

Art vs. artist (101,163) by Randy from USA

Matty. I love you for the post and I'm sorry that you've been through something undeserved. It took me years to get back to listening to MJ after the Martin Bashir interview because of so many subtleties I picked up on during it. As far as R.Kelly, I was never a fan but he wrote some of my favorite records, including Kelly Price's Friend of Mine Remix with Ron Isley, Changing Faces GHETTOUT and Whitney Houston's I Look To You. It's easy to cancel an artist and deem them a monster. Monsters are made by the many ravages and miseries associated with life. It wasn't until a very close 17 year old family member did something with a child, videod it, and received a 20 year sentence that I was forced to think about cutting someone off. That 17 year old was touched himself. It's an ugly cycle that gets repeated too often. And as a society it's so taboo to discuss. We keep focusing on punishing predators instead of researching what makes them that way in order to prevent it. I listen to R.Kelly, Mystikal, MJ, Elvis. The music was made and not listening to it does not reverse what's happened. I already had the records so the money made has probably already been spent. A lot of music holds an emotional meaning to me, probably for the nostalgia. I think all of this hurts MC too. I don't think she has any responsibility to remove collaborations or connections with artists as predators tend to do things in the dark. I doubt R.Kelly, Mystikal or MJ were parading any of this in front of her anyway. It's complicated but again, we don't have these conversations so I appreciate you for posting and of course Eric for allowing us to be raw here. God bless us all.
(Thursday 8 September 2022; 11:36)

Re: Toni Braxton (101,144) (101,146) by Randy from USA

I love some of Toni's album cuts. On The Heat there's a song called Fairy Tales and on Libra there's a song called Shadowless. Both of those get me emotional every time I hear them. Cue the "real fans" asking why are we talking about another artist on a MC board. I am sad we are not getting a Butterfly anniversary something.
(Tuesday 6 September 2022; 09:57)

Re: Happiness (101,110) (101,111) by Randy from USA

Let me say this. I have been very hard on MC. I want her to make a lyrically driven album that is a la Close My Eyes, Languishing, Right To Dream and Looking In for the entire album. No songs about romantic love. Just songs about life. Her voice. A piano. A guitar. But to speak on what makes her happy? She's given us more than enough, if she never ever makes another album. We destroyed Britney Spears. We killed Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Prince. When I criticize MC it's because she created a titanium standard. But I'd rather her be happy than cater to her fans. Eat. Drink. Be merry and hibernate until Christmas if that's what keeps you alive.
(Wednesday 31 August 2022; 10:09)

Re: Nicki Minaj thanked Mariah (101,101) (101,104) by Randy from USA

Delusionals hate when I come with analysis and facts lol I am very very calm. And I still love MC but wrong is wrong and Ima call it when I see it. I hope you guys are right about a Butterfly 25th although the fact that it's two and a half weeks away with no official press release makes me think it's not happening. Butterfly is my favorite album of all time by any artist and it was the moment I switched from Whitney being my number one to MC being my number one.
(Tuesday 30 August 2022; 15:08)

Re: Nicki Minaj thanked Mariah (101,094) (101,097) by Randy from USA

Because they had worked together. They did the Up Out My Face remix. Mariah was signed to American Idol for $18 million. Then Nicki was signed later for $12 million. Nicki then said she was told, Mariah doesn't want you here by staff and crew. Nicki said "No, I know her. That's not true." When they began filming, Mariah was sniping and being shady and petty. Which is why Nicki flipped out. I wouldn't have believed Nicki's version of events if Mariah hadn't kept reiterating that she (MC) expected to be the only female judge like JLo was. Mariah said that fifteen million times. I didn't understand why she was so bothered by someone who clearly idolized her. And ima be honest. Nicki gave better criticisms. But "real fans" will say the show edited the fight or didn't give MC enough time to talk so it seemed like MC didn't have good criticism. I'll tell you this. MC was beat to the gods in makeup hair and wardrobe but yet she didn't have enough time to give good criticism? Nah. Nicki won that round. Now Madonna started that feud talking about "the country that buys MC albums acquitted OJ Simpson". Eminem started that feud by saying they had a relationship. I do believe he jacked off on her stomach and she acted like his semen was nuclear waste. That's so MC. But that's his fault. JLo I have an issue with. I think that was Cory Rooney who stole the idea he heard of "If We" for JLo's I'm Real. And Tommy stole Firecracker as a sample for the album version of "I'm Real". I don't think JLo had a lot to do with it but MC still hates her.
(Monday 29 August 2022; 22:52)

Nicki Minaj thanked Mariah (101,091) by Randy from USA

At the VMAs last night. I always hoped they would be cool again. I loved Nicki on the Up Out My Face remix. Out of all the beefs MC has, this one I felt was MC's fault. Now I eagerly await all the "real fans" to reply I'm negative, why am I talking about Nicki on a Mariah Carey board and my personal favorite, you don't even sound like you like Mariah, why don't you just leave?
(Monday 29 August 2022; 15:49)

Re: Nick Cannon (101,050) (101,054) by Randy from USA

Let me be clear, Nick has made some poor choices. But let's not sit here and pretend that these women aren't lining up to have his children just because he has money. What kind of mother, knowingly wants to have a baby with a man with ten kids and five different mothers? Yea the money is nice. But you really are settling for a comfortable lifestyle in lieu of your child having their father in their life. At this point, now that his philandering is public knowledge, any new baby mammas are just as disgusting as he is.
(Friday 26 August 2022; 12:29)

Re: If it was Whitney? (101,052) (101,053) by Randy from USA

I agree with most of what you've said here. But I really feel MC would be best served by doing an unplugged album that focuses on her songwriting and worn voice. Songs with very little instrumentation like Through The Rain, Cry, I Wish You Well and her great songwriting would be amazing. Take all the effects off her voice so she sounds human and not like the speaker at a drive through. Do something a la Adele. Clean. Dark. Beautiful. Universal. She has to stop with the r&b/hip hop. Even Jay-Z stopped rapping in his 50s.
(Friday 26 August 2022; 12:25)

Re: Mariah on Meghan Markles' podcast next week (101,025) (101,029) by Randy from USA

And let me guess what the 30 minutes will be: 20 minutes them talking about both being biracial, 5 minutes talking about Mariah's good side, lighting and her ensemble choice, 4 minutes talking about the topic "people don't know this but I write all my songs unless I'm doing a cover or something", and 1 minute talking about MC's future projects. I'm so excited I can hardly wait.

(Wednesday 24 August 2022; 22:29)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey wants to trademark "Queen of Christmas" (100,995) (100,996) by Randy from USA

When I saw this, my first thought was is Stella back? "My job is to make Mariah money."

(Friday 19 August 2022; 04:48)

Re: Still here (100,960) (100,962) by Randy from USA

Jaker this is the most pleasant argument you and I have ever had. Billboard named her number 4 on their top artists of all time. People can manipulate what they want. But publications with assets to lose that are respected know the power of MC. Look here.
(Friday 12 August 2022; 05:41)

Re: Still here (100,956) (100,959) by Randy from USA

It's crazy because I used to worry about Rihanna beating Mariah's record of number ones. I don't think so now. I don't think Adele's 30 will go diamond. It's just a different time. What scares me most, jaker, is that none of these records or sales or Billboard won't mean anything anymore because the next generation doesn't care and no one will track sales because there are none. I've been a chart nerd since Casey Casem used to be on the radio. Yo if y'all wanna watch something interesting watch Madonna, Janet, Whitney, MC, Madonna and Celine's album chart positions in the USA here.
(Thursday 11 August 2022; 23:58)

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