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Fashion post (55,664) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah actually looked great in the jeans-black tank top-cream cardigan thing she wore just 2-3 days back. Although I could do without the cardigan but she looked great nevertheless. She also looked great in the gray tank top and jeans she wore to the beach the other day. But that silver shiny top she wore 2 days back was bad. I am with B, Licia and Marissa about how Mariah's fashion choices are what's mainly wrong. Ditch the long gowns. Go for knee length dresses, jeans-tee combos and less of the boobs. We have established that the boobs are nice and shapely, now they can rest covered in expensive material. I'd give more fashion advice to Mariah but then "one of us has got to pick the phone up" and/or Edward is going to fashion-post shame me again. Haha joking. (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 11:58)

Marissa (55,662) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks. I too had at one point this year put behind the hope of another hit so I get where you are at right now. We have all been through multiple hypes of the next #1 only to be frustrated with the roll out and messy unsure plans. But I do believe, (as I'm sure you do too) that Mariah still can get hits if she really tries. Honestly if a song like JLo's "Booty" can crack top 20, and Britney's "Pretty Girls" can hit top 30, don't you think YME and "Infinity" could have charted higher if they were given more exposure? WBT would not have been such a big hit no matter how beautiful and brilliant the song is had it not gotten the exposure that it got in 2005. And to think that it was 10 years back when people still bought music and people were rooting for a comeback and now its 2015 when current artists are struggling and people have small attention spans, it is absolutely essential for the promo to be on point or else it's difficult to chart. Plus the song needs to be refreshing and the video needs to be good for it to manage to climb into the top 10. With her current team, she may be able to achieve that, but the planning needs to be done well. Let's not have a major roll out for an album cover and then wait for a month after the song to release the video. (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 10:51)

Licia (55,660) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Thanks and girl don't even get me started on the re-release marathon. Haha I think we already went on a rant session about the re-release of the original Christmas album a while back. I am still not into re-release because it already got re-released a couple of times and secondly it's clear that this album is the last album that the GP needs to be reminded of because if one Mariah album consistently sells for sure every year, it's the Christmas album. L.A. is living in the past. I can't deal with this man. (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 9:26)

Dear Mariah (55,651) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I've said this before but I'll just say this again in the hopes that if Mariah's team reads this board, they will take this into consideration. Please don't jump into another era until you are sure that you can give it your all and by "your all" I don't mean that just the writing and singing but what comes before and after the making of the album too. The last few eras have been really messy and we can trace it back to 2009-10 with the "will she, will she not" release the remix album for Memoirs. Two remix videos released but not pushed. Bad single/video choices. We can even go back and say that the decline started from post TMB 2008 when Mariah eloped, but I'll leave that out since she did start trying again from the initial stages of Memoirs. Things went bad after L.A quickly left behind "Obsessed" instead of pushing it more. Since then (with the exception of MCIIY) we had one bad era after another. Each era getting the fans excited with hopes of the next chart topper only to leave them frustrated with delays, absurdly bad single choices (it's like they intentionally are leaving out singles the public are demanding) and extremely bad album/single roll out and promo plans. I won't even get into the disastrous videos. With 2015 we again went crazy with hope for "Infinity" which was apparently going to be the next WBT (not musically but success wise) at least that's what everyone thought when the hint was dropped with the two song titles side by side. But then we ended up with a bad roll out and a video that came over a month after the song and a song which although is good, it was never #1 material. Anyways, I just want to say other than "infinity" Mariah's new team has proven to be very competent and great at turning her image around so I hope she takes advantage of it. I just want to say please, please, please have all your ducks in a row before you announce your next project. If you need time, take it, but continuously taking up projects and dropping them when they don't succeed is going to only cause more harm. Just to clarify, Vegas is not in my list of projects that has gone wrong. I think Vegas did her a lot of good and improved her voice and confidence. I am writing this plea as a fan who loves you and adores you and wishes to see you back on the top of the charts where you belong. I need you to shut people up one more time. I need the Mariah who said "if they counted me out, they'll just have to count me back in". (Tuesday 4 August 2015; 0:17)

Licia (55,644) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha I know right? She needs to start with a clean slate. I am even fine if the remix turns out to be French's track on which she is featured (since we were semi ready to wait for new music). As long as it's a new song, I'm fine with it. But still no more Christmas stuff (for me). I think having 2 successful Christmas albums with possibly the most famous modern classic of a Christmas song and earning (rightfully) the title of the queen of Christmas is enough to last for a lifetime. Looking forward to the movie, but that's about all I want with the season. (Monday 3 August 2015; 14:43)

B Scott (55,641) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter B Scott tweeted that he is on his way to meet Mariah. So MC's fans started asking what is Mariah doing in the studio. B Scott replied with "Remix". Please Lord let this be the remix of a new track which MC has already recorded. In that case I'd be happy that she is getting everything ready at once. And please let it not be an attempt to revive "infinity" with a remix, it won't happen. Just let it die, with no goodbye, Detail (the producer) now matters, we both paid the price (ok the last line didn't go but whatever). Anyways, I also hope this is not the umpteenth remix of AIWFCIY or "Oh Santa". Please Lord, new song. (Monday 3 August 2015; 11:13)

Music videos (55,635) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Nowadays a music video is almost as important as the song itself. I think a lot of the bad songs do good on charts because the video goes viral and the streaming counts. I hope when M makes her next video, she takes note from her iconic videos and do something either big and fun (we all know she has a great sense of humor) like "Heartbreaker", "Honey" and "Touch My Body", or have a continuing story line like ILT and WBT combo. (Honey and HB also had a good storyline.) Or go artsy and simple yet sultry like "My All" where she can be sexy but not awkward like YME. No more videos like "Infinity" where there is no proper storyline (she looks gorgeous though but that's not enough for people to stream) and a waste of a potentially hilarious segment (with the 3 suitors). I think the key to avoid the awkward glamor shots and Mariah's favorite "touching the body" moves is to keep her busy in the shots with a storyline. Because in ILT/WBT there is a great balance between the "touching" and the story/choreography. YME is so heavy on the touching, there is basically no story, which is also sad because the location of that video was hot tamale. That video could have been a "My All" 2.0 had they laid down a storyline to go with the gorgeous locations and Mariah's gorgeousness in general. Another TMB like video would go viral because it's funny and sexy. Also I demand the return of Agent M. Get her a darn new mission so that we can get another iconic moment. (Monday 3 August 2015; 2:08)

Luke (55,631) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You are playing with my emotions now man. Stirring up hope in my little heart. I want Bianca to make a major return. (Sunday 2 August 2015; 23:36)

Future (55,628) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was really happy to see Mariah working in the studio. I honestly was sad because I thought that maybe we won't get to hear anything new for like at least a year (if not two) from now. Because from Mariah's end she really didn't need to push herself to make a new CD. She could have just gone off to Australia and enjoyed life and taken her time to record. So I am happy that she is dedicated enough to not leave her fans hanging. I am not a fan of French, but I am still open to the collaboration. Plus I like Justin and if he actually decided to record on spot after hearing the song, it must be really that good, because he doesn't really need to do it. He has his own album coming, he has millions of fans and he recently had a big hit with Diplo. So the song must be good for him to jump in it voluntarily. Most importantly I am really happy that Mariah is probably not jumping into the direction L.A. Reid wanted her to go, because really she still has a lot to give in the form of original songs, she can do L.A. 's ideas later. If she is indeed making an album (or an EP) I am excited. If she is open to more collaborations, I'd like one with Beyonce, Bruno, Robin Thicke, Kanye, Gaga, Michael/Janet. Or just go ahead and surprise me, I don't care, I just want new MC music. Preferably atleast 2 club bangers and of course classic ballads. (Sunday 2 August 2015; 21:33)

Licia (55,618) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha I second your "Sweet baby Jesus please don't let it be a Christmas song". I really hope not. For me personally, I hope it's an uptempo feel good song, which good lyrics and a good sing along chorus. (Sunday 2 August 2015; 15:27)

Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (55,612) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Aren't you always such a delight? You haven't even heard the song and you are already hating on it. How do you even know that it'll be anything like "Bitch I'm Madonna"? Also people have different opinions about who can sing and who can't, yours is not the ultimate truth. Anyways, you no longer really surprise anyone, because people know you just come here to be shady and rude. (Sunday 2 August 2015; 10:43)

RaeRae / Marissa (55,591) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I too have wondered what has become of RaeRae. She has been around MC like since forever and now suddenly since this year she hasn't been seen with her even worse. I don't know about Stella taking RaeRae's place, but Stella has really turned Mariah's image around and for that I'm really happy that people are now hating on Mariah less. Her image had taken such a downward spiral, I thought it'd be difficult to get it back but Stella managed to do it within a few months and not just that, she has gotten Mariah all over the news (which unfortunately over exposed her love life) but still at least she has so many projects lined up including surprises. After a series of bad managements, Stella and the Chamber's Group has finally gotten Mariah on track and the attention that she deserves as a legend. RaeRae on the other hand only brought hideous choreography in Mariah's shows. She limited Mariah only to the same 3 moves for every song. Anyways, I think someone mentioned earlier on that RaeRae is probably spending time with her daughter who is grown up now. But still no picture at all is a little weird. But oh well. Stella over RaeRae for me. (Saturday 1 August 2015; 20:36)

The hate for Justin Bieber (55,578) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I get why a lot of people hate Justin. Some are turned off my the constant stories about him being a douche, the others only relate his name to his most well known (or as Justin says "the song with the most dislikes on Youtube") song "Baby", which was a childish song but the kid was just 14, what do you expect? Haha. But anyways I did hear a lot of his songs from his recent albums or collaborations and I can say that he has matured as an artist. His voice is no longer screechy and the sound of his music has matured too. Plus he has a good singing voice. Even Mariah thinks so. Because she said that he had to sing on a difficult key for AIWFCIY and he got it done. Yes that song is definitely not his best moment. But he does acoustic versions of his albums and there one can clearly hear he has a really good voice. Now if we compare him to Mariah, he'll fall flat, but I think it's unfair to compare everyone to Mariah (after all she is labelled the songbird supreme for a reason and if everyone could sing like her, then really what's the point?). So yes, just saying that he maybe a douche bag in some cases, but he is certainly a good singer. Plus everyone can relax, he won't probably have a big role in the song. It was supposed to be a MC-French collaboration, Justin just came over unexpected, MC played the song for him and he liked it a lot so he went in and put down some vocals for it. Apparently the vocals will be included. (Friday 31 July 2015; 22:35)

Ardis (55,576) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You can call it the "As of yet untitled" era. Like Mariah said, when asked about the name of a new album (I don't remember which it was) and she said "It's as of yet untitled, but that's not the name." Lol she was being thorough just in case people thought the actual album is called "as of yet untitled". (Friday 31 July 2015; 21:47)

MC + French - JB (55,569) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So I'm a little confused. JB is in the photo with Mariah and she tagged him but he is not tagged by Stella or French Montana or DJ Suss One. Neither did he upload that picture on his instagram but everyone else did. So did he just randomly walk into the studio while they were recording or what? Come on now, take Bieber along, his matured voice is quite sexy. What's weirder is that Stella tagged Tamar Braxton and wrote "#disneymagic" and how she doesn't want to grow up. Someone help me connect the dots. Also I love the denim on denim Mariah is wearing here. I love "CasualRiah". (Friday 31 July 2015; 15:22)

Lack of movement (55,567) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah was never a dancer but what made up for the lack of dancing was that she used to run on stage and move around a lot so one could really feel the emotions she was trying to portray through the song (example Grammy 2005, one out of many). I agree that nowadays sometimes she is very careful. With the exception of the Jamaican concert (where she did the sexy impromptu rock star moves), she usually seems to stand really still during her performances. While that is fine for songs like "Hero" and "VOL", for the more uptempo and mid tempo numbers, I wish she'd move more. I understand her possible fear of falling though, starting with the fall in Singapore when she was pregnant, then the life changing one she had in 2013 and all. But I think she should just switch to better shoes, maybe wedges and all for performances, which are safe and more comfortable. Plus they make cute wedged sandals nowadays so that shouldn't be a problem. Or she can go down Beacon route and just take of the sandals (mid way through a song, not missing a beat) and run through the stage like her life depends on it. This was another fall by the way, she tripped down the stairs but the diva that she is, she makes it look graceful. Notice how she didn't even stop singing when she tripped in this video. I love this woman. (Friday 31 July 2015; 11:09)

Mariah's instagram (55,565) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah posted this picture on instagram. Now I need an explanation as to what is "coming soon". I don't mind Bieber (I like his singing voice so hate me, don't care), but what on earth is French Montana doing with Mariah. Ugh I don't like French but if this means that we are getting more Mariah music soon then I'll accept French too. But seriously what is going on? Is this Justin's new single? The one that is supposed to come out in 29 days? Which is supposed to be a "uptempo, fell good, uplifting, summer song"? Or is this a new Mariah single? Mariah mama talk to me. (Friday 31 July 2015; 10:54)

MC (55,535) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah was at the Hallmark red carpet talking about a Christmas movie that she will supposedly direct and star in. Not sure if it's the same movie as the RatPac one since she said she won't star in the RatPac one and that she is going to be an executive producer, not director. Anyways, I just saw the pictures and wow she is serving simultaneous Rainbow and E=MC2 era beauty. She seems to have lost weight too since she looks thinner both from the frontal shot and also from the side shot. The shot from the front is serious Rainbow/E=MC2 era vibe. Mariah just looks so much younger when she wears short dresses and shows some legs. But please none of that Chanteuse tour champagne 2 piece which exposed her undies but more of the length that's just above her knees. I hope she puts away the longs gowns for a while. They tend to age her most of the time. (Thursday 30 July 2015; 10:57)

Official release (55,523) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I really hope Mariah is recording the Vegas shows and release the whole show on DVD or whatever. The set is so elaborate and this is the first time she is singing all her #1's at one go so it's epic. I also think that if these low quality phone videos sound so good, one can only imagine how great she must sound live and recorded in professional recordings. I think the phone videos don't really capture the entire greatness that is her voice, so I need them professional video MC. Plus I wonder what happened to the documentary. (Wednesday 29 July 2015; 9:58)

Blue and Mariah (55,510) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So back in the day, I was a huge fan of the UK band "Blue". I loved all their songs and I loved that they co-wrote their songs. Had a major crush on Duncan. So it surprised me when I saw this article from 2013 which says that Duncan and Mariah went on one date. Apparently they went on an informal date once and then ran into each other a couple of times. I always wanted a Blue and Mariah duet. Just to see how it would go. Lee and Mariah hitting the high notes, Duncan with his sexy voice, Antony's buttery tone and Simon's hunky voice. In the interview Simon also mentions that they'd love a duet with Mariah. I didn't love their last two albums since their re-union and I guess commercially a duet between them won't really do much but I'd still love to hear them collaborate since well my other collaboration dream (MJ and MC) is now impossible. (Tuesday 28 July 2015; 20:10)

The last show (55,500) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Someone uploaded the full videos of the last show of Vegas (July leg). I didn't check them out yet but for anyone that wants to see them here is the link to the channel. (Tuesday 28 July 2015; 9:23)

Andrew (55,499) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter You have to type in the date of the show along with the performance and "Vegas" as keywords. I have not seen a single complaint regarding her voice in the July leg. I too was worried, like Licia, that her voice may not be in good shape after being on board and visiting places with different climates and also because she seems to have rehearsed just a few days before the main show. But she seems to be in great condition vocally at the moment. Plus I used the word "slay" with good reasons man, I am actually envisioning her riding a horse with her sword (the voice) out and killing anyone who comes in her way with the strength of her talent. She really is slaying now. (Tuesday 28 July 2015; 9:09)

Licia / cardboard cutouts (55,476) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Licia, I completely agree with your post but just wanted to let you know (in case you didn't) that those big cardboard cut outs seems to be a regular thing for the hosts of the parties at 1-OAK club. Scott Disick is usually the host and I have seen in a couple of places that when he is in the club, big card board cut outs of his face along with his girlfriend Kourtney's are usually waved around. Same with when Kim K and her family goes there, their cardboard cutouts along with the person they are dating are usually waved around the club when they make appearances there. So it's not just Mariah and James. I am just writing this because I saw others on other boards also find it creepy. Which I can't blame them since I don't get the point of it but it's a regular thing there. (Monday 27 July 2015; 16:08)

The media overkill (55,474) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I am a little irked by the over exposure of the Carey-Packer relationship. I am all for her controlling how the media portrays her but to always have to put the stories of their relationship out is a bit too much. I have been reading on various boards that Mariah's vocals have improved drastically and that she has been slaying each show. I wonder why none of that is being highlighted because first and foremost Mariah is famous for her voice and it was her voice that was attacked tremendously around the world last year (along with her mental state). So now that we have established that she is not a crying mess, dying for Nick, why not tackle the other more important issue, which is that MC is still the most powerful voice in the industry? Why not capitalize on her winning vocal moments that she is delivering. Yes one video was leaked months back to TMZ showing her hitting the high notes but that was months back. Why can't we be bombarded more with leaks of her vocal ability rather than her personal life? I am not asking them to completely stop with the relationship stories, but there should be a good balance of stories regarding Mariah and it should highlight her talents more than her personal life. (Monday 27 July 2015; 16:01)

Nikki (55,431) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm here for a Honey/Heartbreaker/Fantasy 2.0. I need some uptempo Mariah songs. Songs that people can get up and dance to. Combined with those epic videos. Mariah if you're listening, make it happen. Leave the Migrate 2.0 or 3.0 (since we got Thirsty) behind. I like "Migrate" but I love "Heartbreaker" and "Fantasy" more. Plus I adore the remixes of Honey. I may actually love the So So Def remix of "Honey" more than the original. (Thursday 23 July 2015; 22:24)

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