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About Bobby A from United States: I have been a Lamb since 1990. I know Mariah. I love her music. I breathe her music.

Christmas show (107,537) by Bobby A from United States I really want to see MC's Christmas show in Austin, Texas this year. There are still reasonable tickets still available. I might not get this opportunity ever again to see one of her Christmas shows. I am only hesitant about going because of the Sunday concert date and the horrible I-35 traffic in that part of Austin's university area. Libra Lamb are you ready? Who else has purchased tickets? (Thursday 24 October 2024; 00:40)

Next single has to hook them (107,532) by Bobby A from United States Big Energy was missing something for me. It did not have enough of MC. Whatever she releases as the first single is going to have to be reminisce of Fantasy, Dreamlover, Heartbreaker, Honey or ABMB. The song has to hook the young people during the first five days of its release. (Sunday 20 October 2024; 19:17) this is a reply to message 107,531

Next single has to hook them (107,531) by Shezz from Pk I think Fantasy already had its revival moment with Big Energy. I doubt she'd go there again but reworking an old classic would be great. And stop limiting your posts RA. (Sunday 20 October 2024; 08:52)

Next single has to hook them (107,529) by Bobby A from United States I have kept my word about scaling back my messages to only 2-3 messages per week. However, I had to make a post about this one. I was at my high school's football game and the crowd went crazy when Fantasy ft. O.B.D. played on the field. The young people today could make Fantasy a hit again in 2025 if MC remiangined it to a new sample for a stadium jam ft. Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne. MC has to hook these young people with one of her old songs if she is going catch radio's attention next year. Maybe Fantasy is the song that could do it. What are the Lambs' thoughts? (Sunday 20 October 2024; 00:27)

Podcast (107,527) by Bobby A from United States MC seems to be feeling good about her life right now. She's more relaxed, funny, and ready for the holiday season. I have a feeling her next "It's time" video is going to be her best one yet. (Saturday 19 October 2024; 17:06) this is a reply to message 107,525

Podcast (107,525) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter The podcast was a cute moment. The hosts were certified lambs and I think their love for Mariah kinda put Mariah at ease. Nowadays during interviews she's mostly bored or goes off tangent but this interview she was calm, checked in and answered properly. She seemed a little nervous almost trying to see if the hosts are actually genuine in their compliments but once she realized they were, she let her personality shine. The interviewers matched her humour (I think Mariah's humor is seriously underrated). Nothing ground breaking really came of the interview, I think we scared Mariah into constantly stating she's no longer going to say "soon" when it comes to releases because the fans get agitated. Mariah sounded really humble when they talked about her impact in shaping the music industry and genre blending. She really is a legend. It's crazy how she set so many trends and I think she doesn't get enough credit. It made me sad when she said she was more confident performing back in the day than she is now. Probably because she could rely more on her voice back then. She talks about working on new things and I wonder what it means, like are all previous projects scrapped, is she still working on previous projects? What I wouldn't do to know the insights haha. (Friday 18 October 2024; 18:24)

Someone's Ugly Daughter (107,524) by Bobby A from United States It just may be MC's next Grammy award. Great things are coming in 2025. I just know it. (Friday 18 October 2024; 18:21) this is a reply to message 107,523

Someone's Ugly Daughter (107,523) by MusicfanJ from Germany I can't wait too. It's really special that Mariah recorded that type of music while she was on top and broke every record. The "Daydream princess" was rocking. I hope we will here something from the hidden songs soon. (Friday 18 October 2024; 13:32)

Liam Payne (107,519) by Bobby A from United States RIP Liam Payne. I can't believe he is no longer here on earth. (Thursday 17 October 2024; 00:28)

WBT AMA's voice teacher critique (107,515) by Bobby A from United States Jaron M. Legrair, a voice teacher, has been become very popular during past year with his YouTube video critiques. In his video, he breaks down MC's WBT performance and he gave a really good critique. We already knew MC is brilliant at reimagining her songs and Jaron picked up on that aspect during his critique. (Tuesday 15 October 2024; 02:02)

AMAs performance (107,513) by Bobby A from United States Spot on, Mimi. Mariah isn't the only artist who receives a lot of criticism when she doesn't live up to what the industry praises her for. For example, Katy Perry's latest album is a far cry from her albums Roar and Prism. Pink [sic] has lost ability to write great catchy pop rock anthems that helped propel her career. Ed Sherran's [sic] last album was boring and lacked his catchy melodic pop gems that we have heard from him in the past. Beyonce stepped into country music without really thinking about the repercussions from the country music industry. There were more criticisms from male country singers than were anticipated. (Monday 14 October 2024; 04:41) this is a reply to message 107,512

AMAs performance (107,512) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think the problem lies in the fact that everyone and I mean everyone including industry big shots are always talking about how insane Mariah's vocals are and everyone really focuses on how her voice is unparalleled that she kinda feels like she can't make mistakes. We know Mariah is self conscious so she probably feels like people will think less of her if her voice isn't "perfect" and we've seen that happen too. The ridicule she faces everytime she makes mistakes and people declaring it "her voice is over", "she's not what she used to be" and all, I guess it gets to her because again Mariah lives for the validation. I mean this woman spent the last 30 years of her life determined to only be photographed from one side because someone told her in the 90s that that's her good side. Mariah's voice is her identity and I think she's not ready yet to modify it. I'm ok with that, she's been trying to sing more and more live. I do believe most of the AMA performance was live if not fully because she isn't also great at lip syncing so much ahah we've seen it be very visible in some concerts. All I want is new music Mariah, feed us lambs lol. (Sunday 13 October 2024; 01:53)

AMAs performance (107,510) by Bobby A from United States In 2024, we have talked about MC lip syncing until the topic is making us all blue in the face. Lol. MC is going to do MC. There is not anything anyone can say or do that we will make her stop lip syncing. Let's go into 2025 optimistic about MC bringing something new. I really feel MC will own 2025. Maybe TEOM-Daydream 8.0 is on the way. We all know she has had 7 years to create some brilliant music. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 23:29) this is a reply to message 107,509

AMAs performance (107,509) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain I don't get confrontational easily, but I wouldn't like old evils to take over the message board again. The thing about lipping is just that it's so easy for me to see because I'm pretty observant and I also have a master's degree in Mariah. Being a real lamb takes up a lot of time and that's how I got my degree, you know? Me entiendes, colega? Lol. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 23:03)

AMAs performance (107,504) by Bobby A from United States MC would be smart to release a triology set in 2025 that includes MC16 (Q2), a jazz or gospel album (Q3), and The Butterfly Lounge (Q4). Surely, she has enough recorded material for three releases next year. Maybe a trilogy title like: Love, Blessed, and Beautiful. Who cares if they are not platinum sellers in a Taylor Swift record breaking sales era. (Saturday 12 October 2024; 01:27) this is a reply to message 107,503

AMAs performance (107,503) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I kinda am hoping she's getting TEOM celebration out of the way this year so she can focus on new material next year. Wishful thinking haha. Another theory is that she's doing TEOM early because it's MC 35 next year. (Friday 11 October 2024; 21:00)

AMAs performance (107,500) by Bobby A from United States I just want MC16 next year. (Friday 11 October 2024; 14:30) this is a reply to message 107,499

AMAs performance (107,499) by Shezz from Pk I personally don't like going down that rabbit hole anymore. It looked partly lipped but she looked great, worked on a new arrangement, everyone loved it - job well done, no need to over analyze it I think, on to Mariah season now. (Friday 11 October 2024; 06:54)

Merry Christmas 30 (107,490) by Bobby A from United States Look again on X. She doesn't look cross eyed anymore. Her team edited the cover. I think MC looks gorgeous on the covers. (Thursday 10 October 2024; 04:34) this is a reply to message 107,489

Merry Christmas 30 (107,489) by Jamie from UK Just seen Mariah has posted about two physical singles on AIWFCIY with two new covers. The first one is cute but the second one she looks cross eyed. Not sure I’ll be buying these to be honest. I hope we get more surprises for MC30. (Wednesday 9 October 2024; 21:22)

Robert Anthony (107,488) by Bobby A from United States Thank you, David. (Wednesday 9 October 2024; 13:54) this is a reply to message 107,475

Robert Anthony (107,475) by David from USA I come on this board often; I comment very rarely. When I do comment, it's usually to note the negativity and nastiness of Mariah's "fans" here. Robert is always positive and civil - and he's respectful to Mariah even when perhaps giving constructive criticism. We could all learn from him and, as far as his frequent posts, this board would be dead without him. (Tuesday 8 October 2024; 15:06)

AMAs (107,474) by Bobby A from United States First, MC sounded and looked amazing last night. Second, I am not going anywhere anytime soon. However, I am going to scale back my posts until another fabulous Mimi moment like last night brings us back to get together in delight. I was clinging to MC's every note last night. I even heard those subtle transition notes on the second verse. (Tuesday 8 October 2024; 01:09) this is a reply to message 107,473

AMAs (107,473) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I rewatched the performance multiple times and it just warms my heart to see Mariah slowly but surely gaining her confidence back. I also loved the different arrangements she did in some parts of the song. How is this song almost 2 decades old but still gives people goosebumps? What a modern classic. Mariah looked like a true glamorous Hollywood diva. I'm so happy for her. She's been going through such a difficult time in the past few months and the fact that she's finding peace in her music, performance and fans is amazing to see. Not to mention the GP can't seem to get enough of her. She'll truly always be a queen. (Monday 7 October 2024; 21:23)

AMA's anticipation is high (107,455) by Bobby A from United States Is that really the sentiment amongst the board members? Okay, I hear everyone loud and clear. Going forward, I will limit my posts. I don't want you to get to that point and you say "I don't know him." (Sunday 6 October 2024; 22:33) this is a reply to message 107,454

AMA's anticipation is high (107,454) by Edward from USA Robert-Anthony just tends to have a lot of feelings. When the board goes quiet, he panics and jumps in with a random topic just to keep the conversation alive. But don’t take him for granted, one of these days, he might get himself a boyfriend, and the frequency of his messages could drop to just four or five per day. Then you'll end up missing him. We love ourselves some Robert-Anthony. (Sunday 6 October 2024; 20:10)

AMA's anticipation is high (107,450) by Bobby A from United States MC said during an E. News interview that she is starting her performance with an intro with DFAU and then will go into WBT. I am suspecting she will include ILT, IWYK, and end with a huge choir moment with FLB. (Sunday 6 October 2024; 14:31) this is a reply to message 107,448

AMA's anticipation is high (107,448) by Shezz from Pk Yes, I can't wait. So it looks like she is doing a medley. I am so happy she's rearranging them and being creative. That way even if it's not fully live at least it'll be something new with some effort behind it. I don't know if it's deliberate or not but all the performers seem to be old schoolers. Not one current pop artist. J Hud seems to be the youngest of the lot. I understand it's for their 50th show but all the nominees are current acts. Ps. I love love love Mariah's look for the AMA interviews. (Saturday 5 October 2024; 18:30)

AMA's anticipation is high (107,447) by Bobby A from United States I am so excited for MC's performance on Sunday. I know she is going do well. I really feel she is going to have a huge recogition before her performance. By the way, why is everyone so quiet this month? (Saturday 5 October 2024; 13:17)

Article: Mariah Carey starts Christmas season early (107,446) by Bobby A from United States MC is such a comedian. She knows how to make us laugh. (Thursday 3 October 2024; 21:59)

DFAU (107,444) by Bobby A from United States Right. I am trying to figure out how many awards shows has MC done an orginal/dance remix type of performance. I know the Heartbreaker/Love Hangover performance was released on a maxi CD single as well. If she does that type of performance for DFAU, it would be really cool. This is definitely the AMAs to record on your DVR to watch later during the holiday season. (Wednesday 2 October 2024; 23:24) this is a reply to message 107,443

DFAU (107,443) by jaker20 from US This reminds me of Toni Braxton's remix performance of Unbreak My Heart remix, and also Mariah's own My All version at Diva's Live where she switched the end from ballad to upbeat, dance remix. That's what she should do with DFAU. Lambs don't seem to consider this song as one of her best, but I personally love it. But I would love a good twist. (Wednesday 2 October 2024; 22:45)

DFAU (107,442) by Bobby A from United States Thanks, Mimi. That is what she should do for DFAU. It was #1 on two Billboard dance charts in 2006. Many people will think it is new version for the ceremony. MC could record new vocals just like she did for Portrait earlier this year and use for the ceremony. Oh well, her performance will be a surprise to us all on Sunday. (Wednesday 2 October 2024; 11:57) this is a reply to message 107,441

DFAU (107,441) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So basically she did a mashup of the original with the Morales remix. Like she does a mash up for WBT with WBT desert storm remix during some performances. You can find the mashed up version on her Spotify, under the My All EP. (Wednesday 2 October 2024; 04:07)

DFAU (107,439) by Bobby A from United States It might be just DFAU so that she is able to put on a great performance about six minutes long ending with the Quentin Shelter remix. I am just hoping for a dance performance of DFAU. Someone enlightened me in my old age, the dance version of My All that MC performed on the VH1 Diva's special, was that a version she sang just for the special or is that one of the My All 12 inch remixes? I can't remember and my MC records are mixed in with my vinyl records scattered all around my apartment. (Tuesday 1 October 2024; 23:04) this is a reply to message 107,438

DFAU (107,438) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes off the promo but also in Mariah's statement she says she will be performing "a song". (Tuesday 1 October 2024; 13:53)

DFAU (107,436) by Bobby A from United States MC will probably include DFAU in the medley since it did help MC sell a million more copies of TEOM. I just hope she doesn't open the ceremony. I want her to have this huge introduction and performance somewhere in the middle of the ceremony. It just seems right for a female artist who is the Diana Ross of our time. (Tuesday 1 October 2024; 12:24) this is a reply to message 107,435

DFAU (107,435) by Shezz from Pk Mimi L. are you basing that off the promo Mariah posted featuring DFAU? Billboard and another site reported a medley - I think she'll definitely do a medley. She has so many songs to choose (based on her celebration tour) from it - could be really fun: It's like that Shake it off We belong together Circles Your girl Don't forget about us Fly like a bird Or as you said, maybe a mash up. I hope she gets creative. (Tuesday 1 October 2024; 07:38)

(107,434) by Bobby A from United States I guess we will know how worse her voice has gotten. Thank you for your response, Shezz. I am going to move on from this topic about MC's voice. (Monday 30 September 2024; 23:57) this is a reply to message 107,430

(107,430) by Shezz from Pk Robert Anthony, I think we are forgetting the live performances she was giving early last year. I made an effort not to see them because they made me uncomfortable. And if MC is one thing, she's self conscious and cares how she appears. I think she made a conscious decision after that that she'd rather fully lip and only look bad to the handful of us who notice rather than sound bad and off key to the entire world. To the average listener, the vocals she's recorded for this year's live shows seem very much live. Do I wish she could still sing live? Yes I do. Am I going to renounce my lambily passport if she keeps lipping? Never in a million years. I'm more interested in the music she releases to add to her catalog that I'll be listening to until I'm old and have no teeth. Will I care then whether she lipped or sang live 40 years ago in Beijing or Rio or Vegas? I think not. There are much bigger issues in the world to lose sleep over. (Monday 30 September 2024; 11:41)

(107,429) by Bobby A from United States No, I am not trolling. Lol. Can a Lamb have hopes and dreams for MC to sing live without backing tracks? I have really had a concern lately for MC using backing tracks during live shows. The audience would really embrace her current voice, if she wouldn't make a big thing about it by using backing tracks so much. (Sunday 29 September 2024; 23:30) this is a reply to message 107,428

(107,428) by Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States Are you trolling? (Sunday 29 September 2024; 20:40)

Reflections (Care Enough) (107,427) by Bobby A from United States I did some research on Phillipe Pierre. He is Haitian and has written mostly for Haitian bands according to his Discogs page. MC is his first major artist he has collaborated with. Maybe Mary Ann or Melonie Daniels introduce Phillipe to MC through one of their friends. (Sunday 29 September 2024; 19:58) this is a reply to message 107,425

Reflections (Care Enough) (107,425) by BFF from United States It is really unique amongst her ballads. The liner notes indicate that she composed it with someone named Philippe Pierre. I've never heard her mention him in any interviews before, and I wonder how that collaboration came about. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are credited as co-producers on it. (Saturday 28 September 2024; 19:13)

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