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About jaker20 from US: You Will Never Be MC

My Mimi, get well soon (38,624) by jaker20 from US I hope it's nothing serious. Wishing you fast recovery and lots of love. I love you and take care. (Tuesday 9 July 2013; 13:32)

Before we get deep into negativity (38,561) by jaker20 from US We need to be reminded that MC is not just a voice. She's also an artist. Sure that's what she's known for, but I personally see her as bigger than The Voice. She creates great melodies, writes great songs, and is an excellent businesswoman. She can make songs where she doesn't have to belt, and that's when her artistry can really be tested. I don't see why she can't do it again. Sometimes the artistry is hiding behind the voice by screaming out loud. All her songs have this same pattern, like there's a build to the high notes in the end. Hopefully she does that less and we can test how many of her fans will stay with her. YouTube: An impromptu performance at Carlyle Jazz Club. Some belting. All live. She can do such an album, jazzy or even hip hop/jazzy, and reinvent herself, create a new genre. Lots of artists are experimenting these days. Lots of genre bending songs lately up in the charts. (Thursday 4 July 2013; 13:46)

What happened? When it happened? (38,560) by jaker20 from US Continuing with this discussion, MC's voice changed once she started touring arenas and that's during the Daydream world tour. She did have a mini tour for Music Box, but it was really this Daydream world tour that had her playing large venues for extended periods of time that changed her voice. I don't think she should be singing Emotions or Vision Of Love in front of 20k screaming fans, but that's another discussion. So by the time Butterfly was released, the change was noticeable even on the studio albums. Yes, the range is still there, we can see proof of this even during Fallon performance this year. But it's not powerful per see, as in Vanishing or Make It Happen type of power. If you make her sing those songs in a 20k crowd arena now, her voice will be drowned out. That's why her productions now are bigger to compensate, just like any other performers now do. But arena tours is where the money is, so she's in this catch-22 where she's known as The Voice, but that moniker don't work in arena tours. That is why I kept saying, when she's touring, she can do these "performer" thing where she can backtrack, lip and mix it up with live. All performers do this. But on TV, she got to be live. And when she's all live on Tv, she should do small venues, like, again, Fallon's stage and the like. (Thursday 4 July 2013; 11:17)

Mariah sounded great on GMA reheasals and it was live (38,525) by jaker20 from US So I'm not understanding why she can't sing live and sound great when it matters. First Idol, now this. It's a miracle that even with these performances Beautiful is charting at all. Which just tells you how great the song is. If she had done well on recent performances, the song would be flying up the charts. How about singing the song in a TV show which no rapper, no nothing. Just her an Miguel. Do it like how she did at Fallon. Its a short song, and her part is half. Why is this so difficult to do for her? Also, Mr. Webmaster, I know my previous post was too strong, so here it is I soften it a little. I hope you post this, and I'll move on from this topic. (Tuesday 2 July 2013; 7:37)

Why can't MC do a proper performance of #Beautiful (38,413) by jaker20 from US Why is it so difficult? Can we have at least one good performance of this song before it goes away? Which I think is inevitable given the floppiness of the promo. Why can't she do an acapella version of the song, sing it on a TV show, like she did with Fallon. Her part in the song is so short, so that shouldn't be so difficult right? There's so many remixes and covers of the song on YouTube that is bare and simple. Why can't she do that? We've established that its a great song, so I'm not really comprehending the sloppiness of her promo of this amazing song. Guys, for the first time ever, I'm really so confused. (Thursday 27 June 2013; 13:11)

Mariah oh Mariah, what is going on? (38,412) by jaker20 from US That is beyond, as in beyond disaster. Did Nick Cannon remix this fail? It sounds like something my niece remixed on his Samsung phone. I'm sad how sloppy she is becoming. Do you want to hear a proper remix? YouTube Craig Yopp cover remix #Beautiful to see a proper minimalist remix. Why. Can't. MC. Do. Something. Like. That? Why? It's so simple. As they say: KISS. Keep it simple stupid. (Thursday 27 June 2013; 13:05)

Lyric re MC videos (38,089) by jaker20 from US I completely agree with you. I have absolutely no problem with MC being sexy. She is a sexy and sensual person. My problem is that sensuality is sometimes being used to cover lack of creativity. WBT and ILT are much sexier and she actually bared more skin there, but they're also conceptual and artistic. I wish they had kept the sexiness of #Beautiful video, but with a story that is engaging. (Thursday 30 May 2013; 22:16)

Courtney, regarding medleys (38,067) by jaker20 from US She should have just sang #Beautiful in AI, instead of a medley. Her part in the song is short anyway, so she'd have slayed it. She could have sang it with a contestant or anyone else if Miguel can't make it. I mean how fun would it have been if Keith sang with her? That would be viral. And then again with GMA she should have sang #Beautiful first and give us great vocals because she'll sing the song first. MC's promo has been messy, and this pattern dates back to Bye Bye. Since then it's been messy promos after the other, from bad videos, to hiring her husband to direct mediocre vids, to no live performances to promote songs, to no big spectacle like "Its Like That" on VH1. Its been messy since Bye Bye in all honesty. Even #Beautful, such great song with mediocre video. It could have a great story or concept like Its Like That like some other lead single. It seems like she really went Bye Bye after that song. (Wednesday 29 May 2013; 8:41)

[...] (38,056) by jaker20 from US I don't know why MC keeps singing medleys. It makes her look like a has-been. She needs to promote #Beautiiful only and slay it, instead of a medley where she's great on WBT, ABMB and then a mediocre #Beautiful. If the song is a smash, then people will buy her old hits. Before people buy catalogs, they want to see her relevance first. People who want the songs already have them anyway. In the past, MC always promotes the lead single only, and the songs in the new album. I love the performances, but she's sung them so many times and better in the past. #Beautiful is a great great song, and we need one strong, solid performance of the song, say acapella so the vocals are focused, much like what she did with Fallon. She's now sung it twice and they're both not well received. Ugh, I'm not in a good mood today. (Tuesday 28 May 2013; 8:15)

Surprisingly... (38,019) by jaker20 from US Miguel isn't really that good on Beautiful as well. The whole segment was a bit of a hot mess. I think they need to sing this on a late night show acoustic. MC was great on the rest though. By the way MC's cussed when her dress popped. Well there's always a first lol. (Friday 24 May 2013; 16:10)

MC slayed GMA (38,016) by jaker20 from US All live. I don't know what some of you are going to say this time. To be honest, it wasn't perfect, there's some heavy breathing and some bum notes on the ending of #Beautiful, I think they didn't have time to rehease that song, but overall she slayed. I loved every minute of it. I loved Always Be My Baby. She's so much fun, so cute, and so hilarious. Lol and all live. I bet the haters will still find faults, but whatever. I thought she did great. I really hope she performs #Beautiful again on another show. Such a hot summer song. (Friday 24 May 2013; 15:23)

I'm just glad Idol is over (38,008) by jaker20 from US I just hope MC does not come back to that cheap show, where almost everything is staged and faked for television that even Nick Cannon is complaining why his wife got involved in it. I'm sure the Cannons have learned their lesson. I hope this teaches MC a lesson not to come back to that cheap show. To me, you can put bells and whistles, make the queen of England sing there, its still cheap. I don't know anyone who listens to great music watches that show, and from what I have read here a year ago when MC was announced to judge, I'm pretty sure few here watched it before MC joined. So if you enjoyed it, good for you. lol. Hey to each his own. I didn't watch the show by the way. I only saw MC's finale performance. IMO, AI represents everything that is wrong about current state of the music industry and celebrity, but that's another discussion. Manufactured instant popularity. Oh well, I'm just glad it's over. Great singer from AI? Lol. I'll give you a couple of good singers from that show, they're hardly great. Great singers doesn't mean anything anymore in the world of AI, they brand anyone "great" to pat their relevance in the industry. Remnants of Simon Cowell's character. I find it funny that some people claim they work on audio when they clearly don't understand the difference between lip and dubbed, then present their opinion as fact. Such ego. Oh well, the stuff of internet claims. I'm just glad #Beautiful is doing well. Lol. (Thursday 23 May 2013; 21:19)

#Beautiful went up again! (37,984) by jaker20 from US Yes. Another top 20 for MC. Hey chart, it's been a long time. Lol. Rise MC rise. I definitely think this song is a grower. (Wednesday 22 May 2013; 21:29)

Some of you went a little too far (37,983) by jaker20 from US Some of you who went on and on and on your negative parade while the rest of us who enjoyed the AI performance watch here on the sideline. Someone even label us being deaf and another needing to buy new tv, because we can't see that she lipped. How arrogant some of you are for trying to convince us. I love the performance and you can't change it. It's still her voice. Live, lipped, dubbed, still her beautiful voice. Why do you care so much about this cheap show? I don't want her to be on Idol anyway. I always said I want her to leave that silly, fake, irrelevant, sinking ratings, and corny singing show. I don't get why you guys hold it on such high esteem that she has to sing there live. Because she's a judge? Lol. She's a judge because she was paid 20 million plus publicity, increasing her market value, otherwise, she wouldn't touch that show with a ten foot pole. I'd rather her save her voice, and produce more great songs albeit in the studio for many years, than one great performance in that cheap show. She had a great one with Fallon, you all forgot that already? MC is still making great music because she saves her assets and not full blast it all the time like she use to on a weekly basis. She gets more selective as time goes on, while few to none of her contemporaries are as relevant as her because they completely lost it. Anyway, beating the dead horse. Just enjoy #Beautiful. Great song. Not enough space 1730 letters ugh. (Wednesday 22 May 2013; 21:23)

Che (37,959) by jaker20 from US Well, now apparently Miguel will be on GMA on Friday. Yay, it's on Miguel's offiical website lol. (Tuesday 21 May 2013; 16:21)

MC fans are MC's toughest critics (37,952) by jaker20 from US But I rather enjoy the music that MC just put out, because it really is a great great song. I'm just glad the song is smashing, and we should all be excited, because it's been quite a long time since. (Tuesday 21 May 2013; 7:47)

Why is Miguel not promoting #Beautiful with MC? (37,940) by jaker20 from US I would think wherever he is, on tour, etc. they could at least perform it at least once. The Idol slot was the best time to do it. Or maybe do it acapella in Letterman or Fallon. Perform only that song, and not a medley. Is the song that unimportant with them both, that she sings only snippets of it? The appeal of the song is the duel. Why aren't they doing it? I mean, when Madonna released her last single, she managed to bring in both Nicky Minaj and MIA on Superbowl. Robin Ticke performed with TI and Pharrell on The Voice and his song vaulted to no.1 on iTunes. With MC's influence and resources, why can't she do something epic like that? Remember when she debuted Its Like That on VH1 Save The Music? It was the beginning of a massive promo. Why can't MC do something epic like that to promote the song? I really believe that if you have something to promote, promote it in full force. Like how Madonna does it. It doesn't always work, but you know she's completely behind it, not half-azz a song promo. (Monday 20 May 2013; 7:58)

MC did great (37,920) by jaker20 from US I thought she did a great job guys. Quit being so hard on MC making her work her behind for you and serve you whistles all the time. How sad are you? She did great. I have to say though that they butchered the editing, for example, she did a very good, in fact, fantastic job with My All, but they showed it with the camera overhead. WTH. All of them were live, except for Hero. But even that part was part was badly edited. If you listen to the undubbed, her vocals on that part were not perfect, but again, they butchered the editing. All in all, this is one of her best vocals guys. I've been a fan for so long, I know when's she's dubbed, lipping, or singing with a track. I'm no fool. Sorry to say, but some of you are for being swayed by negative media and haters (mostly from that other girl's camp I'd rather not name). (Saturday 18 May 2013; 15:25)

Um, the radio deal was promo (37,878) by jaker20 from US I lol at the haters who try and discredit MC success. MC's impact is getting haters come out of woodwork. Lol. The Examiner is a first class MC hater. The truth is the promo deal was one day, it fell the following week as expected because of the huge clear channel spins on first day. But it's now slaying radio charts on it's own, because people are requesting it, which means the promo worked. And why not? It's a great song, got great reviews, even non-fans are loving it. So one station didn't spin it again as opposed to so many others which are. Shocking. Lol. Such ethics nonsense this article is claiming, ethics in question is why they're up MC's behind all the time. Why not list all artists who had done similar deals? Ther's not enough space in this forum for me to type them all. So others can play the game and MC can't? So lame, some of you actually get influenced by this. Are you going to complain a studio is paying tv to air their movie trailers? Same concept. Hello, news flash, apparently radio is where singers promote their songs. Such new information. Billboard is the one that's at fault with their formula, but you can't blame them, because there's no such thing as perfect formula. Haters are just scared by MC's back, they can't believe MC's slaying again after all these yeas. I hope MC does another round of clear channel deals just to show them she doesn't give a rats. How she wants to promote a song is her choice. (Thursday 16 May 2013; 11:23)

MC videos for this era (37,860) by jaker20 from US I want MC to work with world-class video directors, like newcomers who have new ideas who's going to push her. Remember "I Still Believe"? I don't particularly like the video, but it's a big production, and the video itself was a big hit even though the song wasn't. I want her to go back to those concept videos, like Honey, Heartbreaker, Through The Rain, etc. But it has to be directed by a new and talented director. No more Brett Ratner or Nick Cannon, at least for this era. What do you think? (Wednesday 15 May 2013; 8:24)

Idol duet (37,859) by jaker20 from US Stacey/Nikki, remember Ryan said there's a surprise, so anything can happen, this is MC we're talking here. Lol. Miguel is probably out of the question, but a duet with any Idol present or past contestant is certainly possible. They did a lot. I see absolutely no point of a medley, but that at least I guess is exposure. But there's still no leak about song list, so I am holding my breath for a #Beautiful performance, because the promo/exposure of the finale is huge, that's why JLo and other stars booked it. (Wednesday 15 May 2013; 5:56)

Why in the world is MC singing a medley in AI? (37,853) by jaker20 from US She's got a song to promote and she's promoting... her catalog? This is the perfect timing to promote the song. I hope maybe Miguel will have a special appearance and then they'll sing a song, like a surprise. (Tuesday 14 May 2013; 18:07)

I'm with Antone (37,850) by jaker20 from US Why would anyone say "I don't understand why everyone likes the song"? If you don't understand, then there is something wrong with you. Because, duh, you're in an MC fan forum. Feel free to post that on a general forum, but on an MC forum, obviously you're going to tick someone. That's like going to MCDonald's and say burgers are gross. Feel free to express you don't like a song, but free expression has a right place and time. And it goes with tact and timing. I myself express negative opinions on this board, but if I know it's strongly negative, I know for sure I'll ruffle feathers so I'll move on. So it's not for you, just keep walking and don't preach. Don't go on and on with the free expression rhetoric and how long you've been a fan. If I get a dollar every time someone here gets melodrama and defensive about how long they've been a fan... for real. (Tuesday 14 May 2013; 10:09)

What if MC sings #Beautiful acapella (37,836) by jaker20 from US Ala AIWFC Fallon performance? I think that's going to slay all lives. (Sunday 12 May 2013; 12:37)

"I thought we were friends" (37,835) by jaker20 from US Note to Minaj: you know normally, when you threaten to shoot someone, that means you're not friends. Lol. (Sunday 12 May 2013; 8:02)

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