she sings too much in her middle lower register which gives that nasally vocals sounds kinda like her mouth is closed and she's mumbling...yeah song does build but it takes ages to do that

viciuzurban said:

she sounds like a really young person when singing like that, I almost forgot she's almost 40

paisleypark4 said:

ur so full of contradictions i dont even know why u are arguing with me? arent u a mariah fan?

well strucutered in terms of arrangment, song structure/lyrics, voice intonation, layering, beat implementation - all parts which go to make up a song - are you mental? i stay in love is a bonafide classic guaranteed it will appear on a compilations 5-10 years from now - honestly i dont see any other artist bringing that edge to this song and b.cox is a beast - their partnership is what gives the song its structure.

slow jams? love story and for the record - sure they are not are great as her other material but still they serve their purpose.

I don't know how it went from "That Chick" being the album title, to not being a single, because I think that's the one song people agree on.

viciuzurban said:

Yes but I am also a musician who is learning, and thus..alot of the slow jams on this album are stuck in a modern r&b loop that has been used and used and used over and over again. When Mimi came out 95% of all the slow jams on it had instrumentation and classic trained vocal teqniques that recalled "Subtle Invitation", "Lead The Way", "Underneath The Stars", "4th Of July" and other classy Mariah jams. This time she didnt really use her voice and just tuned out.

Don't get mad at me because I appreciate fine cusine of music and you settle for TV Dinner r&b. I was upset that she didnt mature and went back to the way she was when Rainbow came out. Im not criticizing you, however you criticized me and like Alexander O Neal said...."dont just close your mind.."

paisleypark4 said:

that's the formula she uses hence the album name - can you not put 2 and 2 together? she didnt really use her voice? so whats those noises that came out of her mouth? For the record is very much like the early Mariah and lead the way is not very large stretch from i stay in love or incorporating the same breathing techniques and familiarities from not only her past albums but the preceding one and are you missing Bye Bye (what song does that sound like?) – either you didnt listen to the album and understand the connection and what the artist verbally said about the album or you just came to the conclusion automatically jaded on no real basis. The fusion of styles is what is tripping people – but don’t forget that it still very much the same artist- people are just getting alarmist again hoping for a Charmbracelet pt.2 and hyping it up as a bad record but really it’s where she’s at in her life, she married and having fun with life - guaranteed you won't be saying the same things you're saying now when she releases another album in a year or so which will blow everything out of the water. And finally, don't act like you know me – you make a thread inviting criticism so expect to get the same treatment - my musical palette is far-reaching than you think ranging from progressive house, classical all the way down to japanese gabba.
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Cinnie said:

just a couple of weeks ago it was annouced as the 4th single, and it went for adds last week. and right now there's a rumor that they're scarpping it and going for Migrate.

Alej said:

nooooo.

^i guess its one of the songs they want to try out, cinnie.

and i'm not sure if this has to do with it, but a few weeks ago, this version with Butsa Rhymes leaked

http://www.youtube.com/wa...jWTpXGP_xY

^i miss it, too.

you reckon they edited it out coz of the "it's mc & yj another hit" part?

Don't get me wrong, there are songs that get skipped PERMANENTLY

but then other songs, like "That Chick", I start singing in the morning while I'm getting ready.

Cinnie said:

I don't like I'm That Chick much though I know it has an old school flavour and a catchy melody. The nasly oy oy's at the beginning and her singing about ice cream is cheesy.