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About Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter:

Re: Bleh (55,808) (55,814) (55,823) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol Licia I love how you are still in denial and hoping we are getting "punked". Trust me, I am hoping for the same. As for "Triumphant", I adore that song. One of my favorites. This song is a mess. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 17:53)

TMZ (55,821) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol so this is what TMZ said about the article. I mean on their Facebook "Click here for the premiere of 'Why You Mad' with Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, French Montana & T.I. This song is gonna be huge." I am dead. Since when does TMZ "premiere" songs and I laughed hard at them pushing the song by declaring it will be huge. I will be happy for Mariah if the song does become a hit because she needs one right now. Plus like I said it's possible to do it via deals and a well planned promo plan. But the song remains below Mariah's standards. Maybe there is a reason they are so confident about it, let's wait and see. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 16:45)

Re: Justin (55,812) (55,817) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha Lee darling, I love you too and while we'll have to agree to disagree about Justin, however, I agree with the rest of your post. Your shade was so heavy, you basically buried Eric Hudson haha and I am with you 100%. If this is what he has to offer for Mariah, then I am not interested in them working together in the future. J.D. remixes are gold. This song like you said is not memorable and why bother releasing a remix (for a 3 month old song) when it's not a killer track. I don't get the point. "Whyyy?" *said like MC* (Saturday 8 August 2015; 15:30)

Bleh (55,808) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am bracing myself for Triumphant deja vu meltdown. Although I do love Triumphant and I think the song flows real well. This song, on the other hand sounds to me like 4 different artists had booked the studio for different time slots to record their individual songs. So each of them recorded a verse of their songs for that day. At the end of the day some staff thought it would be hilarious if they take the recordings from each artist and pass it off as one song and call it a collaboration. Ugh no, just no. What happened to the Mariah who made remixes like "My All-Stay Awhile", "TGIFY (MIL)" and so many others. Even the "Beautiful" urban remix was amazing. Justin is the only good thing about this song really. *ducks while the lambs throw stones at me* (Saturday 8 August 2015; 12:44)

Remarks on the remix (55,805) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) I liked Mariah's re-sung parts in the first verse and chorus. 2) Justin sounds really good. Blends nicely with Mariah. 3) I wish they kept her rap, that's my favorite part of the song. 4) T.I.'s part near the end was overkill. I would have preferred an additional Mariah verse (preferably the rap) instead of T.I. I feel like with the addition of T.I. the song just has a lot going on which is distracting. 5) Why did they get rid of the "ooh aah" parts? I think it would have sounded beautiful had they layered the "to infinity ee ee" part with "ooh aah". They'd sound good layered together. 6) Not a fan of the ending. I need a classic Mariah high note at the end. 7) I'll probably have to let this grow on me too, like I had to do with the original. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 12:16)

Why You Mad (Infinity Remix) (55,804) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So apparently the remix has been renamed "Why you mad". Here is the full version of the song in HQ. It also features T.I. Since TMZ is sharing the song, I am guessing MC's team gave it to them, so we can listen to it guilt free. (Saturday 8 August 2015; 11:41)

Re: High school reunion (55,782) (55,789) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Agreed. I didn't like that. Plus I also cringed at her repeatedly bringing up the concert she gave at her high school and mentioning how she got Jay Z there and all. It was not necessary, she could have just said "I probably won't be able to make it" or a vague "I don't know, we'll see". One can argue that she just said that because she doesn't like TMZ staff (or paps in general) because they hounded her during her divorce, but hello she had the option of just not talking to them at all like she used to and also her team has definitely been working with TMZ recently to get her image on track. So I really see no reason as to why she needed to be haughty while answering this simple question. Stella was probably trying to dilute the mess a little, but really it has to be Mariah who needs to change these. (Friday 7 August 2015; 21:43)

Remix (55,777) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If they do intend to release the remix, they should actually make an effort to help it chart better instead of passing it off as a "just for fans" remix. I mean as odd as the trio is as collaborators, this could really help them push "Infinity" a little higher. Work on a great video, as much as I love the simple videos of DFAU (Remix), and My All/Stay Awhile, those won't work for this song particularly. So work on a good video. Throw in a Justin dance number, that will get the teenagers and "tweens" to stream the video and gush over it. Montana isn't big but a lot of his songs are played on the radio so Montana can work on the radios picking it up. Nevertheless have a radio deal. Make Justin put in a tweet/instagram post to promote the song. Mariah's team should work their magic the way they have been doing with everything else. Perform the song at the VMAs (although I think that won't happen). Just get the darn song out there. Don't waste more recordings by basically giving it away without an effort to capitalize on it. The original song was more or less a flop commercially, if the remix tanks because of low promo, then I honestly will be pissed. (Friday 7 August 2015; 12:19)

B (55,774) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter B you can try this YouTube link. The recording is very low quality so nothing is clear, but Mariah's verse is pretty clear. The vocals are definitely re-sung but sung more or less like the original, with a few changes. (Friday 7 August 2015; 11:08)

Working! (55,767) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes, it's definitely working now. Yay. Phew, I was having a semi panic attack thinking where will I discuss/rant about MC now. Haha joke. Thanks for fixing it Eric. You are the best. Sorry for bombarding you with all the error related messages. (Friday 7 August 2015; 2:06)

Layout / Eric (55,766) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Lol what nonsense, I swear this site is playing with me. Every time I try to post my real message it fails, and then when I write a complaint that I am not being able to post, it immediately works. P.S. Eric I know it's not your fault. You did a great job on the lay out. It looks so sleek. I have been trying to send a thank you message for a long time but it's not posting. So I'll try to sneak the message in under this complaint. Just wanted to say that thank you so much for keeping this site up and running. It's definitely not easy to go through all our messages, some of which are quite long, and censor the irregularities haha. We probably don't show our appreciation enough, so here is a big fat thank you all the way from Asia. (Friday 7 August 2015; 2:03)

Layout (55,760) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Eric, I am still having the problem with the "new message" option and also there is a problem with the "reply" button now too. I have not been able to use it since my last message. [Webmaster: It's already very late here in the Netherlands, so I will check it tomorrow. But it would really help if you tell me what the problem is.] [Update: I think I know what went wrong, thanks to RJJ12, and I think the problem is solved now.] (Friday 7 August 2015; 0:47)

Re: Remix (55,746) (55,751) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter She did re-sing the verse. I think she probably re-sang the chorus too but exactly like the original. However the layering makes the "infinity ee ee" less grating. I want to hear the HQ version. (Thursday 6 August 2015; 19:46)

Re: Nice (55,747) (55,750) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Sorry Will for using your message to write this but Eric I have been having problems submitting my messages. Is something wrong? [Webmaster: I just posted two test messages and everything went ok.] (Thursday 6 August 2015; 19:43)

Infinity remix (55,744) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ok so I heard the remix. Very low quality but you can hear it here. I'll have to say even from LQ version it sounds better than the original. Although the chorus is similar to the original, she did layer it with something so the "Infinity ee ee ee" doesn't sound so harsh. The first verse is French, then Mariah comes in with "why you mad verse" skips the "frito rap" and goes straight into "close the door, lose the keys". Then comes Justin with his verse. Yes I am happy Justin has a verse and not just background vocals. Justin's new song is making headlines and impacting BB without even being released. So he still has a lot of pull fan base wise. I wonder when they plan to release it. I mean they said "coming soon" but that can mean anything. (Thursday 6 August 2015; 13:25)

Roc is like any of us (55,742) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I saw this gif of Roc and it is hilarious. Honestly this could be any of us when we see Mariah haha. Trying to lounge on her booty while someone drags us out and we kick and scream. It's cute. I know a lot of people got angry and said the kids were misbehaving or that the kids should have been left at home but really they are just kids and Mariah brought them because it's a career milestone for her and she probably wanted to share her day with the kids. I wouldn't even blame Nick for this, it's no one's fault really. Except for maybe the entourage, who could have done a better job but maybe the kids were screaming and they didn't want to get fired for denying Mariah's kids anything. It's not that big of a deal, the ceremony went smoothly. Roc seems to be very attached to his mom because even when she was sitting in the audience, he was all over her, touching and grabbing her and all that. Roe is more shy and composed but you can tell even she wants to hold on to Mariah because she ran to her every chance she got. I think it shows that Mariah indeed is close to her babies unlike what many people think that she just leaves them with the nannies all the time. I had a big smile on my face when she picked up each kid and they both yelled "I love you mommy". 25 years in the business, over 200 million records sold, more #1's than any solo artist, but I think Mariah's biggest achievement is getting the 2 awards she got in April 2011. (Thursday 6 August 2015; 12:46)

Remix update (55,741) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Apparently the remix was played at the after party tomorrow. Someone uploaded a poor quality version of the remix but I can't seem to download it. People who heard it seems to like it. Anyways so far we know that the remix is complete and the video is almost ready. (Thursday 6 August 2015; 11:51)

Sunglasses (55,724) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I love how everyone was yelling "no sunglasses, we want to see your eyes" when she was trying to put on her sunglasses while sitting on the floor and she actually gave the sunglasses to Kristofer and posed without those. I don't know why she hides her eyes behind the glasses because she looks perfectly gorgeous without them and her eyes are beautiful. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 22:25)

Gorgeous (55,723) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I can't deal with how flawless and gorgeous this woman is. I mean look at this shot, just wow. This is another gorgeous picture. She looks so gracious sitting like a mermaid. My gosh, if I look half as good as this when I reach her age, I shall consider myself lucky. Slay Mariah, you are beautiful. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 22:18)

Walk of Fame (55,721) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Just finished watching the live stream. Mariah looked great, the dress wasn't my favorite but I can live with it. I loved the speeches that were given and how they were personal and gave anecdotes instead of a formal speech. Mariah is going to be on Empire this season. Lee confirmed it during his speech. I almost choked laughing hard at Roc randomly running in from no where (multiple times may I add) and basically rolling around on top of Mariah. Mess haha. But oh well, overall the ceremony was cute, Mariah looked great, I'll go now look for official photos. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 21:30)

Licia, Stella Lewis, Marissa (55,716) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Licia, haha I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point. I'm like what is happening, is Mariah trolling us because her fans are mean to her, or were they just partying and playing random songs. Because really I don't see the point of an "Infinity" remix. Stella, lol you are right, they do seem out of it and when Mariah came out with that huge shell I was like wait what did I just see? Marissa, there is a video in the works. If you check out French's instagram, he said the video will be out soon. And yes, she does look divine in the instagram videos. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 16:11)

Infinity remix, why dahlin' why? (55,703) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So these instagram videos have me worried. We can clearly hear "infinity" being played while Mariah and French are fooling around. I really hope she was just playing it for no reason and that it's not the song they are working on. This is the video. There is another video of them fooling around too and that's French rapping and we can hear MC's voice singing on the track. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 13:42)

B (55,687) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Finally someone is excited about the song. Ugh I thought I was the only one looking forward to it. I see the Beliebers are really rooting for this collaboration. The lambs not so much. I think this would be a great exposure for Mariah too, since like you mentioned that he has a huge fan base who adores him. Justin has many times mentioned Mariah as an artist he respects and listens to. I hope he actually has a verse in the song or at least the chorus and that he is not just doing background vocals. I am not a fan of French, but I am open to new surprising collaborations as long as the song is good. (Wednesday 5 August 2015; 0:04)

Walk of Fame (55,682) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh wow I completely forgot. I am wondering what she'll wear. I hope it's not a full length gown though. I want them legs out in the open. I'd like die out of happiness if Mariah decides to wear a pant suit. It will be formal, classy and sexy. She can wear a low cut blouse underneath. A sexy black or deep navy pant suit with a silky blouse. Other options I'd like her flowing knee length dresses. This is probably the first and last time we will see Mariah sit on the pavement so we gotta have them pictures dahlin'. (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 22:43)

Eminem (55,672) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I don't think Eminem ruined her. If anything "Obsessed" got Mariah a lot of new fans. Teenagers and all who thought the song was cool. She got more street cred with that song and people thought that she was cool to come up with such a flawless diss. When Mariah used the line from "Mean Girls", that line became a household line. People used it and back and forth and even now it's still used and Mariah is credited not the movie. Mariah's fandom has been getting smaller ever since she ditched what people call her "classic" sound and moved towards R&B. Some of her older listeners slowly left her. I don't think it has anything to do with Eminem. Obsessed cracked top 10. It went to #7 and would have climbed even above that because it was truly a catchy pop song. What ruined Mariah was one bad decision after another with her release strategies until a point came where everyone just thought that it's too late now. She jumped back up with #Beautiful but yet again due to unfortunate events it died. This is not a shade at Mandy, this is just my opinion. (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 21:40)

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