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The truth about Mariah (88,795) by anonymous from UK As many other people have pointed out, not only will we never know the intricacies of Mariah's personal life vs what she chooses to put out for public consumption, it's also upsetting to learn that someone you admire so much may have tried to end their own life. Mariah is, as extraordinarily talented as she is, just a human. That means she's not immune to the mental traumas of everyone else. Whether she did or did not try commit suicide, we will never know. But I would honestly not be surprised if she did. She's a person above anything else, beyond the legend and the megastar, she's simply human. It's her life and business, she owes nobody an explanation about what her personal life entails. I think it's naive at best and downright insulting at worst to think that a person wouldn't think to end their own life when life gets too much and their own mind can't rationalise. Sadly, millions of people take their own lives, for a multitude of reasons. What we do know for a fact is she is very much alive, and thank god. I love Mariah so much, as much as I can as a fan who doesn't know the actual human. I try to look at life from the perspective that, we don't know each individual, even as much as it's tempting to think we do because of the very public persona. Do we all have an opinion on what we see? Sure. But just remember - however many people there are on this planet, around 7 billion I think right now, that means there are that many "realities". No two people see or experience the world exactly the same, our own reality is nothing more or less than how we see the world. Reality only really exists outside of human perspective, it's not a definite thing that definitely exists, because as humans we see things from our own limited points of view. The point of this is to say, none of us here on this board is in Mariah's circle, none of us know what's gone or has happened, and as such, we should reserve judgement or overtly emotional thinking when the topic of Mariah comes up. I personally just adore the woman, and offer my heartfelt love and support to someone who has indirectly enriched my life. (Tuesday 26 March 2019; 06:02)

"RadioANoNo" lamb-made database for "A No No" (88,794) by ADeadlyCombination from USA Hiya fine folks at MCArchives, a team of us thirsty lambs have created RadioANoNo.Club, an interactive lamb-driven online database of stations that are playing or have added "A No No". I hope this doesn't count as spam? Like I said, we're thirsty. (Tuesday 26 March 2019; 02:39)

Re: Music (88,765) (88,793) by B from USA Both arguments are valid. Personally, I hope Mariah keeps making music for years to come because her music still resonates with me. (Tuesday 26 March 2019; 01:40)

Re: Why (88,767) (88,792) by B from USA I think it will receive a nomination for Best R&B Album if not it will only further highlight the Grammy's bias towards her. (Tuesday 26 March 2019; 01:25)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,790) (88,791) by Bill from the UK Cool. But I'm right. (Monday 25 March 2019; 20:17)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,787) (88,790) by RibbonB from USA Geez, it clearly is about Nick. Lol but you tried it again. I wasn't mocking you, nor did I think you were mocking me in our previous debate on the song Thirsty. I did think you were trolling, but hey, we just have to agree to disagree on that one. (Monday 25 March 2019; 18:01)

Re: Us movie (88,788) (88,789) by RibbonB from USA Sure, there are already lots of rt's and likes. It's just so appropriate to the movie, spoiler alert. Here you go. (Monday 25 March 2019; 17:59)

Re: Us movie (88,777) (88,788) by Malcolm from Asia Can you link the tweet here? (Monday 25 March 2019; 15:26)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,786) (88,787) by Bill from the UK And yet, when I said Thirsty was indeed about Damizza, everyone mocked me and said it was about Nick, when it so clearly isn't. (Monday 25 March 2019; 15:19)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,778) (88,786) by RibbonB from USA According to a delusional black out drunk liar. Please, she would bother with a delusional nutbag like him. It's not worth her time and he's not likely to stop, which is different from a business owner who doesn't want negative attention. So yes unauthorized books and articles, books etc are written everyday about OJ, MJ, and even Mariah, Aretha, Madonna the list goes on. Silence is not approval. (Monday 25 March 2019; 10:08)

Re: MIAMTEC (88,770) (88,785) by Andrew from London, UK Because Caution is clever but altogether a bit uninspiring. There isn't a single track to propel it forward. Mariah's uptempos often gave you the feeling of being hurled into the next track, giving the album a feeling of pace. On Caution it is missing along with, really, any memorable hooks to bop along to. Imagine Music Box without Now That I Know and I've Thinking About You, or Emancipation without Say Something and Get Your Number. Then make the other tracks sound samey and then remove any vocal histrionics. Bam, you got yourself a Caution album. MIAM was at least upbeat mostly. (Monday 25 March 2019; 08:33)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,775) (88,784) by Bill from the UK We won't know what really happened during that period until Mariah's book, The Elusive Memoirs of an Emancipated, Cautious, and Imperfect Chanteuse, is released. Assuming of course she even addresses it. Personally I'm not sure why Damizza would lie, but as it's been said it's probably an exaggeration of the truth. (Monday 25 March 2019; 06:24)

Re: Marissa, Lainsky, Jaker and PW (88,772) (88,783) by Lainsky from Philippines And for that I love you Randy. I totally agree. (Monday 25 March 2019; 04:53)

Re: Marissa (88,782) by Nikki from usa I agree with you. I think her new strategy has more to do with being signed with Jay-Z than anything. MC isn't a performer and she seems depressed when she's on the road for too long. I think she needs to make up her own new strategy. So many fans want to see her live or unplugged. I think she should plan out a great concert for just one arena. Sell the album along with the price of the concert ticket. It will be unplugged, well planned, and televised, then eventually for sale. Then, make a new album and repeat. She has side businesses with makeup, perfume, and what not. She could use new songs to go along with commercials for those ventures. She could release songs to ringtones again and buff up her merch while she's at it. (Monday 25 March 2019; 04:51)

Suicide? (88,781) by Nikki from usa Mariah went on a maze of interviews to discuss that very topic after her breakdown. She went into great detail of her breakdown during interviews afterward to specifically debunk the suicide claim. She was clearly ticked because of it. I think those certain people are aware of that which is why they're spreading those rumors in the first place. According to Mariah, she stopped sleeping after If We was stolen to protect her project from further theft. After the 9th day of no sleep people were recongnizing her odd behavior which is why her mom took her home. Mariah passed out and was taken to a hospital. She was given a psych evaluation after she woke up. That's what they do when someone is depriving themselves of life necessities like food or sleep. That can kill you. She didn't know that. They needed to make sure she didn't have a worse underlying issue. MC never brought up her diagnosis at this time obviously. However, she was allowed to go because she didn't have a self-harm issue. She was just a workaholic and apparently also bi-polar, which we learned later. However, paparazzi caught her leaving the psych ward and the media had a frenzy. (Monday 25 March 2019; 04:27)

Mariah's networth (88,780) by Nikki from usa Celebrity Networth, who's been claiming Mariah's networth of over 500 million, just lowered it to 300 million this year without a word of why. Same thing happened to Shakira. I had seen a celebrity networth magazine edition this month and saw a lot of people on the cover. J.Lo and Madonna had a lot of mentions in it, I was just surprised Mariah had none. Now, they're televising Mariah's "breakdown" made of people that trash her? I'm not sure what the point is of all of this. MC is such a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe and she kept her wealth under wraps. Mariah doesn't publicize hers either. She didn't even announce how much her residency was worth in 2014. I didn't get how MC could be worth over 500 in 2011, get that AI gig, go on tour, have all those endorsements, and it only went up 20 by 2014. It's never been raised since then and now it's decreased by 200 million. (Monday 25 March 2019; 04:06)

Unauthorized (88,779) by Nikki from usa That's what it's called when someone writes a bio for you without your input or consent. You can use anybody's name and talk about them at any time. It's called freedom of speech. Many times they'll put that directly on the cover. (Monday 25 March 2019; 03:50)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,775) (88,778) by Edward from USA I remember, if I'm not mistaken, when Eric was sent a cease and desist letter from printing his little magazine that only promoted Mariah back when she was still popular, and he's in The Netherlands. So you think Mariah's people wouldn't do anything to stop such an "untruth"? Child please. According to Damizza, she read the chapter, didn't see anything wrong with it and Oked it. He talks about Mariah but he doesn't badmouth her or anything, and I'm pretty sure she happily agreed with what he had to say about Tommy and his creepy obsession with her. According to Damizza, he was a no nonse friend/boyfriend with her, and she being used ro her yes people and blind lambs appreciated that. (Monday 25 March 2019; 03:26)

Us movie (88,777) by RibbonB from USA I saw it and it is definitely thought provoking and worth seeing. Some creative tweeter tweeted a clip of the Mariah/Bianca fight from Heartbreaker to Jordan Peele. So perfect and trus. I hope he retweets. Mimi is a visionary, in this case lol. (Monday 25 March 2019; 02:30)

Official International Fan Club Newsletter (88,776) by OGmattyICE from US Hi I'm looking to sell my collection of Mariah's Fan Club Newsletters. I have most of them except missing a few from 2000 and on. What's the going rate for those I'd like to know thanks. (Monday 25 March 2019; 01:13)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,774) (88,775) by RibbonB from USA Not true, of course he can use her name. He dared her to sue him, because taking him to court would get him all the attention he craved. Her best bet was to ignore him. Just as the MJ didn't approve anyone use his name and the list goes on. Some people gain exactly what they want from a law suit. Discovery and further attention. (Sunday 24 March 2019; 23:42)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,769) (88,774) by Edward from USA Oh wow, I was just writing a post titled "Let's play the blind lamb" almost identical to yours, but you beat me to it. As much as it could hurt the herd of "the follow the leada blind lambs", whatever Damizza wrote in his book was approved by Mariah. Without her consent, he couldn't have used her name, period. And if it was approved by Mariah, she must've been Ok with it. He also talked about Tommy's obsession with Mariah and him trying to kind of recruit Damizza to spy Mariah to what he refused because it was creepy. So, before calling anybody a liar just because they say something about Mariah you might not like, remember those people, good or bad, were part of her inner circle, and while they can exaggerate and lie, they can also state the truth. The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle, and last time I checked Mariah hadn't changed her name to Mary Poppins Full of Grace. (Sunday 24 March 2019; 22:06)

Re: Mariah, Damizza, the car (88,769) (88,773) by Licia from USA I do believe she was suicidal at that time and I've always felt she suffered from some form of mental illness. My issue isn't the information that's being given, my issue is that it's coming from people who may not have her best interest at heart. They got paid, so now they're talking. Although I know that she will never admit to alot of stuff that's said about her, it's not their story to tell. (Sunday 24 March 2019; 21:47)

Marissa, Lainsky, Jaker and PW (88,772) by Randy from USA Because I have a little time let me address a few things I agree and disagree with. 1. I think MC is usually ahead of time with her choices so this eclectic/nostalgia R&B music she's making will have it's due soon. Think about Glitter. No one was interested and then when Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Madonna started making throwbacks to the 80s it was hot. A better example is The One which was ignored but it's the same song as WBT but that guitar/mid tempo R&B ballad wasn't hot in 2001 but after Usher's U Remind Me and a few others did it then MC got her due. 2. Remember Cher's Believe or Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? MC is just as much an icon. When she has something the public wants, she can be commercially viable despite her age. 3. A few of you have mentioned no one sells physical copies except Adele but I've made the argument several times that MC can out-Adele Adele. The lyrics to My All are ten times better than the lyrics to Someone Like You. Same slow heartbreak. MC for whatever reason doesn't want to highlight heartbreaking ballads/records which are universal across genres, formats and age groups. MC could write and record one in two hours but she apparently isn't interested which is head scratching to me. 4. I don't believe Damizza's account of what happened because he has an axe to grind. Now I will say that you are right PW that lambs attacked viciously in the past things that we've come to find out to be true later. When I said in 2006 she lip synced parts of the Grammy performance everyone, including the webmaster (I love you though Eric) got on me. Now the very same people have the attitude of she lip syncs get over it. Damizza however seems like a disgruntled ex because his producing career never took off and honestly to me Crybaby is a boring track. She threw a dog a bone in 99. 4. Finally Lainsky it's cool to see someone agree with me that Butterfly isn't just the best album of MC's career. It is the best album of all time and it's not really up for debate at this point. (Sunday 24 March 2019; 21:29)

Re: Music (88,765) (88,771) by jaker20 from US "is it 100% a hobby with no care of its success or failure or is it still business?" This is assuming artists make money from music which is no longer true, especially these days. Releasing new music keeps an artists' business current in the public eye, its merely promo for ancillary activities. For example, Katy Perry's Witness album flopped, but she toured for that album and that tour made her very rich. Using Paul McCartney again, he released an album barely anyone heard of, but the release of the album provided him opportunity to reboot his merchandise, do interviews, sell new vinyl materials. New music now is just a hook for other things. If Katy Perry didn't release an album, what would she tour "in support of the album" for? If Paul McCartney didn't release new music, the press won't pick up that his "catalog has been remastered, etc, etc". Some artists release new music just to promo some new merch. Look at the big picture. Besides, Mariah is an artist, I'm pretty sure she's got a vault full of unreleased materials she wants to record or use in some way. (Sunday 24 March 2019; 19:51)

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