theodore said:

Man I tried to like it just because you guys were all feeling it..but only the only songs I like are the uptempo ones and I Wish You Well. And Yall KNOW its true. Watch after this next album yall gonna agree.

jackie, your siggy

PricelessHo said:

paisleypark4 said:

To me it’s no different than any other MC album. Some songs are good, some are not and it’s always been like that so I’m not really fazed one way or the other.

Will it be in my Mariah Top Five a year from now? I don’t know. It’s just another album in a growing discography.

JackieBlue said:

personally mimi was ballad focused and consisted of more filler than e=mc2. the collobartions on mimi were sketchy and mismatched. e=mc2 finds the right balance, its doesnt always get it right but it gets the mix right. its a fun record. just take it as it is. its more club-orientated and will cement ur swagger for a night out if u have it blazing out of your stereos. its an album that gets better each time and one that grows on u which has enough pop sensibilities, sounds fresh and great layering- something she hasnt done to a big extent as this- experience? yeah u could put it to that conclusion - at first i was hesistant to embrace touch my body but as it has a charisma about it that catches u unaware when u find yourself singing along. her next project wll be the genius masterpiece that everyone hoped for.

viciuzurban said:

Alot of people said Mimi had filler tracks but I can't easily distinguish them as I've been able to with others, but then, I love that album unabashedly.

I do find this album quite fun. At the risk of sounding corny, it makes me feel good when I listen to it. It’s really that simple. I agree about TMB. I don’t even resist it anymore.

we know most of those dissing the record are having it on heavy rotation so its alright

viciuzurban said:

Im glad that you like it...and I can understand WHY people do. its just that james Pyser set a standard with me on Emancipation of Mimi.

He really made Mariah SING. Now on this album she is using her regular vocal and he ditched him for slow JD track that all sound like remakes of We Belong Together and Dont 4 get About Us. And not only that mariah worked out with Pharell on a very Princey track (Say Something) and had a fabulous David Morales Mix with it. It's Like That is not as good as Migrate, however that also had another fab. mix from David Morales. Im just not liking this album...there is so much more she had done in 05.

JackieBlue said:

IMO for me filler tracks on mimi were - your girl, i wish u knew, stay the night, i wasnt a big fan of say something either, to the floor needed better mixing for me, joy ride didnt work for me seeing there was an already similar track in circles. mimi was very meaty and drag on. e=mc2 is very straightforward emphasis on fun, party tracks with confidence, assurity brimming. working with different producers was the route to go, as i think jd is a one dimensional type of producer. however as i indictated earlier in my review there are some minor missteps.

I-D Magazine Photoshoot by Vincent Peters




LOVE.
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there are quite a few killer remixes floating around...the touch my body club remix from dj seamus haji and paul emanuel is crazy, also contributions form craig c and subkulcha

u can check it on his myspace...hit me up if u want the link


www.myspace.com/djseamushaji

anyways check the following-

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

check out this male version of “love story”


check this out this migrate rock version

http://www.youtube.com/wa...GQoS1I7dCk
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paisleypark4 said:

have u check the james poyser produced "i wish u well" if u havent refer to my review

viciuzurban said:

Love these tracks especially Say Something. To The Floor was definitely filler although I could get with it.


Right now, I just need her to come out and confirm that she did NOT elope with that little boy. Please say it ain't so or we will be getting a big ole heartbreak album the next go round.

JackieBlue said:

as i said before its all a pr stunt and it has been confirmed that that is the case. cannon is a known player.

viciuzurban said:

Okay I must have missed that. I was not on board with any of it until my friend emailed me in a frenzy saying they were ALREADY married. Okay. I can carry on now. Everything is rainbows and unicorns again.

viciuzurban said:

those are like the best on the album

PricelessHo said:

Totally

On Demand Studio clips:
Love Story:


Migrate:


Bye Bye:

PricelessHo said:

WOW. That's the figure Mariah had back in the early days (except the boobs). I just pray she won't get skinnier, I don't want her to go down that road. But she looks magnificant. It's hard to believe she's almost 40.

thanks jackie! watching them now

aww i love how she's standing with one leg bended over the chair at the ending of Bye Bye.

More from On Demand:

Up Close Part 1:


Up Close Part 2:

look how happy she is on that interview!

aight... y'all can have a hay day with this...
Lefsetz opinionated, that's his game. Fodder for discussion.

Celebrity Access - May 1, 2008
Lefsetz Letter

Mariah Madness

I challenge you to sing three of her songs. Hell, I challenge you to NAME three of her songs!

Let's see... There's "Vision Of Love", a teenager demonstrating melisma for all to see, unleashing upon us countless copycats with vocal training, but no ability to write meaningful music. Then there was "We Belong Together"... Histrionics on steroids, if that concept is even possible. Then... There was that video of her being a bad girl in the bathroom, directed by Brett Ratner. And the one of her on the roller coaster. Oh yeah, and the one of her shaking her mini- tits, before she got that porn star boob job, in the school hall. But what were those records again? And what were the verses of "Vision Of Love" and "We Belong Together"? In both cases I can only remember the single line from the chorus.

Hell, I'm no Elvis fan. But rather than tote up the reasons why he's no match for the Beatles, I'll tell you I can sing UMPTEEN of his hits. From "Hound Dog" to "Suspicious Minds". Maybe because they're classic songs, hits no matter who might have done them. Maybe because I was subjected to many on Top Forty radio again and again. To say that Mariah has eclipsed Elvis' string of number one hits is akin to saying that some quarterback playing Arena football has got a better passing record than Dan Marino... THAT'S RIGHT, THEY'RE DIFFERENT LEAGUES!

Elvis was competing against everybody, when the whole world was watching.

The whole world isn't even listening to music anymore. Hell, there are hundreds of cable channels and multiple video games with a greater visceral effect than ANY of Mariah's hits. Music counted because that's where the innovation was, that's where the flavor was. What exactly is Mariah Carey saying? I'm an uneducated twit who loves junk food who must be supported by the public because I demand so?

And we've got a mainstream media lapping this stuff up. Hyping Mariah like someone cares. Well, SOMEONE does, but not many. She's a sideshow for those lost in the twentieth century.

Not only are many not paying attention to music, a great percentage of those who do ARE NOT LISTENING TO TOP FORTY RADIO!

That's the only place Mariah counts. It's like she's the star shotmaker on an NHL team. Interesting if you're into hockey, but most people DON'T CARE! Saying 500,000 people bought her record the first week out is like saying 1 in 600 people voted in an election... HUH? That's how few care about Mariah. In a country of 300 million, she doesn't mean DIDDLY SQUAT!

But that's the main asset a major label has today. Its media relationships. With favors traded for years, labels can count on a sycophantic media wined and dined into pledging fealty to run nincompoops like Mariah Carey up the flagpole. Come on, her album is a train-wreck. It's like having Quincy Jones, Trent Reznor and Tiny Tim make a record. It's like having the body of an Aston Martin powered by a four-banger with a manual transmission out of a Ford Focus. E=MC2 isn't a record, it's a PRODUCT, constructed by an industry that's lost touch with what the consumer desires. People don't want flash, they want SUBSTANCE! Something meaningful, that they can sink their teeth into.

Enough with the lowest common denominator tripe. Didn't we learn that a great percentage of the public is fed up in last week's debate? I mean if they're booing at a debate, what do you think they'd do if Mariah Carey took the stage? Laugh? Leave? No one who is not a fan gives a crap. And we're lucky, she's running for President of a club we're barely aware of, that we don't have to pay attention to.

Ooh... In an era when the Raconteurs and Elvis Costello release instant albums, sans endless hype, we've got a paint by numbers album massaged into nothing over YEARS marketed for months so that a big first week SoundScan number will be achieved. If this is the game you're playing, I hope no one is watching your expense reports, that you've got a blank check. Because you're wasting tons of money on one act who's only as good as her last record. Yup, Mariah is one stiff away from playing theatres, at best. Hell, she doesn't kill on the road, she doesn't play ten arena dates in one town, that's the classic rock acts. And, don't tell me it's apples and oranges, she's constantly comparing herself to Elvis and the Beatles, but the Eagles can do ten times her live business, and they didn't even have TEN number one singles, never mind the twenty Mariah's going to achieve to become BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES!

But when the Eagles reigned the first time, it was about the album, about FM, about the MUSIC! The trappings were close to insignificant. Band made record, then raped and pillaged on the road, little girls sacrificing their virginity to musicians who wrote songs that changed their lives. If you want one night with Mariah, based on the vapid music she's released, then you must not be married, you must only visit prostitutes, because you're not CAPABLE OF HAVING A MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION, the underpinning of a great relationship!

Mariah is a cartoon. But she's no match for Veronica. And she's certainly no Betty.

But I don't read comic books anymore. Oh sure, there's a Comic-Con, but it's easy to ignore. Just like Mariah Carey and her music.

Friends are contacting me asking me I heard about Mariah and Nick.

Sorry but I’m beginning to think it’s true. Too many reports saying Yay and little to no one is saying Nay, most of all MC. If it is true, I guess it’s too late to tell her ‘he’s a playa slow it down’ so I’ll stick with 'I wish her well'.

Love the I-D bathing suit. It reminds me of the classic swim wear.

ETA: PricelessHo! I read you post in the other MC thread and I’m over it. This is just silly. There’s other stuff I want to say but I won’t say it lest I come off as a nutjob.
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jackie, is the Cannon guy that bad? i've never heard of him before btw

PricelessHo said:

Check your org notes.

man when is the bye bye video set to premiere so this charade can all go to dust

Ring the Alarm! I'm working on a new MC compilation and I can't find her debut album anywhere!

JackieBlue said:

Her debut album