i'm turned off by it. the photo itself is gorgeous but the overall design is ugly.

Album cover?

Single and video? Very cute. Mariah get on my nerves about 95% of the time, but this song and vid are fun.
[Edited 3/18/08 21:48pm]

PricelessHo said:

And so far, the music is ugly too

also, the E=MC2 is in the wrong place. it's like a kid's design on paint. ugly ugly shit

i actually love both songs. TMB still sounds fresher than ever to me, and Migrate is down right gorgeous

Migrate sounds like something she's been wanting to do forever, in terms of singing style (not singing nor rapping)

theodore said:

You guys really think it's ugly? Such strong words. I don't mind it. Certainly easier on the eyes than Hard Candy.

JackieBlue said:

God, anything is easier on the eyes than Hard Candy.

It's a decent photo. Maybe they could have found a pose that was a bit less Mimi, but whatevs, I can't really complain. It would actually be an appropriate shot if the album was titled Sweet Soul Oddysey and was not filled with watered down midtempo crap (at least from what we've heard).

They don't need her name or the album title on the cover. Just the photo. Would have been classier that way.
[Edited 3/19/08 6:52am]

Rap-up.com claims this to be the official tracklist

1. Migrate featuring T-Pain (Danja)
2. Touch My Body (C. "Tricky" Stewart and Tarius "The-Dream" Nash)
3. Cruise Control featuring Damian Marley (Jermaine Dupri)
4. I Stay in Love (Bryan-Michael Cox)
5. Side Effects featuring Young Jeezy (Scott Storch)
6. I'm That Chick (Stargate)
7. Love Story (Jermaine Dupri)
8. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time (DJ Toomp)
9. Last Kiss (Jermaine Dupri)
10. Thanx 4 Nothin' (Jermaine Dupri)
11. O.O.C. (Swizz Beatz)
12. For the Record (Bryan-Michael Cox)
13. Bye Bye (Stargate)
14. I Wish You Well (James Poyser)
[Edited 3/19/08 7:42am]

so i take it as this photo is part of the booklet

what i don't get about the cover though is why the trouble of shooting it on the rooftop of a building if it ended up with a plain background?

so that hat photo is out of the question now?

the hat photo turned out to be the TMB single cover.

ALLURE Photoshoot





full interview available at Mariah Daily Journal
[Edited 3/19/08 8:45am]

The first photo makes me think of an enchanting chanteuse. A lady who should not be singing songs featuring T-Pain and Young Jeezy.

PricelessHo said:

This is a beautiful picture. This should have been the cover.

She looks tired in the last one.
[Edited 3/19/08 10:09am]

Those pictures

PricelessHo said:

JACK JUNIOR IS HOT!

Official Tracklisting

1. Migrate featuring T-Pain
2. Touch My Body
3. Cruise Control featuring Damian Marley
4. I Stay In Love
5. Side Effects featuring Young Jeezy
6. I'm That Chick
7. Love Story
8. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
9. Last Kiss
10. Thanx 4 Nothin'
11. O.O.C.
12. For The Record
13. Bye Bye
14. I Wish You Well

Parade magazine photos & interviews available at Mariah Daily Journal now.

A few problems, and as always i criticize Mariah out of love, but WHY cant she ever get good photos for albums, the Parade photos are a MILLION times better than the album cover, and yet her album cover is shit. Another would be the music, though its not out yet im more worried about this record than past ones (not commercially, because who cares) but from a standpoint of any form of maturity or growth in anything. Its scary that the new Danity Kane album is the best so far and most interesting were the other females seem to be aiming for an even younger audience than Danity Kane is, scary thought, but true. The DK lyrics on the new record are at least more mature, but, really should they be considering Mariah is about 15 years older than them, i realize Mariah wants to have "fun" but you can do both. But like i said of the three divas, it seems Madonna will do the most interesting record, kind of what i guessed would happen, but like last year, a total surprise blows me away with a record.

Macy's Stars Ads

In the photos below, fragrance designer Mariah Carey listens to the "song of a stiletto" by designer Carlos Santana.



Macy's Inc. is hoping the star power of Carlos Santana and Mariah Carey will help attract shoppers this spring even as a bleak economic climate straps consumers with high gas prices and a slumping housing market.

The national retailer's spring campaign will also feature its first celebrity ad in Spanish.

The Spanish version of the spot featuring guitarist Carlos Santana and R&B singer Mariah Carey will debut Sunday, with the English version and another ad with Calvin Klein model Gabriel Aubry rolling out in network primetime next week.

The new stars for the national TV ads will be joined by domestic entrepreneur Martha Stewart and tycoon Donald Trump, holdovers from Macy's earlier celebrity campaign.

The new ads continue the whimsical tone of the earlier ads. They show celebrities primping their designer lines as if in preparation for customers, while gently poking fun at their public images.

In one ad, Santana is playing his guitar while talking with Carey about how shoes inspire beautiful music. He plays music inspired by the stilettos in his line of shoes at Macy's, then another short burst of soul music illustrating Carey's designer fragrance, while she hums along.


In the other ad, Aubry draws the attention of every female as he moves through the store. Martha Stewart, readying her own department, drops a plate upon seeing him. Carey follows Aubry with her eyes as he proceeds past her fragrance counter to the Calvin Klein section, where he looks up to find a horde of admiring females staring at him.

"They are going to be very similar (to earlier ads), but with a few less celebrities so we can really highlight the brands, especially some that customers may not know we have," said Martine Reardon, Macy's executive vice president of corporate marketing.
Source: Associated Press

this excerpt from Parade really caught my attention as i never viewed it that way before:

"I never really felt famous. Even when my album Music Box was out, I didn't feel that thing other young singers or songwriters who are just starting out feel when they become famous. I see other people who have one hit and they're already thinking they're the biggest star in the world. But I didn't feel that because of the relationship that I was in and because I think there was a concerted effort to keep me from feeling too empowered.
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[Edited 3/20/08 6:49am]

PricelessHo said:

Nice clothes.

even though it'll still be clear to tell it's about him but it's the 1st time she directly states that song X is about this or that.

"Some of the songs on the new album discuss a certain time of my life that was so intense. I grew up with such dysfunction that I was just used to it. I assumed that I didn't have a right to be a happy in a personal life. If I had a career and all these other things, I thought, 'you asked for it, you got it.' But I look back at it now and I feel that part of that was my fault, for allowing the relationship to linger -- or, dare I say, fester -- for so long. I knew that I needed to be singing and expressing myself, or I never would have gotten through that period. I do believe that I learned a lot from him, and that he really did believe in my talent and I am very grateful for that. On my new album, the song 'Side Effects' says, 'Kept my tears inside, 'cause I knew if I started I'd keep crying for the rest of my life.' It's really true. At that point in my life [during my marriage] I didn't cry because I had to be so emotionally cut off to deal with it."

I REALLY love the picture in BLUE!! she look like a real woman smart and elegant

Sorry, I had to post this....

Touch My Record

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

I know that you’ve been hating on it
But I think it’s cool
During my ‘emancipation’ I was all up on you
But now I’m trying to mimic me
Emancipation part two
I’m always singing the same thing
just don’t put me on mute

There was marijuana up in here
When I recorded this skanky
song of an excuse (excuse)
There was marijuana up in here
the producer of this s**t
was high too (high too)
Cause if you have something original
that you think I can record to
IT WON’T BE ALLOWED!
I’m all about predictable-ness
Like a ‘Fantasy’ part two
The Hot 100
For the 18th time

Touch my record
In the I-tunes store
Purchase it for a dollar
Request it a little more
Touch my record
Let me get ahead
I just want a fake
record I can break
Touch my record
You know you love my tricks
Come on give me a #1 I don’t deserve
So touch this record

Boy you can put me on blast
Like a brand new Fergie
I’ll hold that #1 tighter
It’s my favorite dream
I want you to repress me
Til’ the competition is clean
I’ll sky rocket faster
If Rihanna’s nowhere to be seen

There was marijuana up in here
When I recorded this skanky
song of an excuse (excuse)
There was marijuana up in here
the producer of this s**t
was high too (high too)
Cause if you have something original
that you think I can record to
IT WON’T BE ALLOWED!
I’m all about predictable-ness
Like a ‘Fantasy’ part two
The Hot 100
For the 18th time

Touch my record
In the I-tunes store
Purchase it for a dollar
Request it a little more
Touch my record
Let me get ahead
I just want a fake
record I can break
Touch my record
You know you love my tricks
Come on give me a #1 I don’t deserve
So touch this record

Why is this going nowhere
You know that it’s not fair
They should change their policy
Allow me to sell this for free
It almost worked with ‘Loverboy’
My fans they bought plenty
Touch my record

Touch my record
In the I-tunes store
Purchase it for a dollar
Request it a little more
Touch my record
Let me get ahead
I just want a fake
record I can break
Touch my record
You know you love my tricks
Come on give me a #1 I don’t deserve
So touch this record

i read that earlier in FOMM

VoicesCarry said:

@ whoever made that.