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Re: Someone make a list (97,651) (97,653) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Andrew you think Mariah's a liar, a manipulator, a singer with a steadily deteriorating voice, an artist who has no originality left (or basically someone who's new work doesn't excite you anymore), then why are you still invested in her? Because you liked her in the past? That's no excuse, it's like an ex lover being an aggressive stalker. Or you think writing all these negative things would suddenly impact Mariah's approach to her personal/professional choices? It won't. Then what is it? It seems kind of pointless that nothing Mariah does whether professionally or personally excites you, yet you keep coming incessantly. (Sunday 21 March 2021; 21:48)

Re: Tommy Mottola, a monster? (97,562) (97,563) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Tommy is absolutely a huge reason why Mariah is as big as she is today. I think Mariah has every now and then admitted it too. Not only his experience but also he had huge hold during his reign at Sony and he ensured Mariah was top front and centre. I know Mariah hated being covered and singing cheesy songs and also she was kept away from being a "celebrity", but these did put the focus on just her voice and singing. That being said, I want to also bring forward that we shouldn't forget that Daydream onwards had Mariah not taken the steering wheel in terms of what kind of music she made and her change in image, she wouldn't be relevant today. She would have been left in the early 90s regardless of her immense talent. Now she's known as a revolutionary, setting trends and credit for that goes to her. So yes while Tommy played a huge role in the starting years, post 1995 Mariah is the reason she's still considered such a force in the music industry. If she was still making the music Tommy made her write, she would not have come this far. This is also true now when fans complain that she doesn't experiment more with collaborators or music styles and is stuck in her mid 2000s formula. But if someone can mix it up, it's Mariah. (Wednesday 10 March 2021; 01:14)

Re: Cover (97,536) (97,540) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm ashamed that I didn't mention "Butterflies". I love that song. My favourite track from "Invincible" is "You Rock my World". I miss MJ so much. A collaboration between MJ and MC would have been a dream come true. I know there were rumours he did background vocals for her on an unreleased song. But I would want a full on collaboration. Alas it's too late. (Wednesday 3 March 2021; 19:37)

Re: Top 5 best album openers (97,510) (97,512) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter 1) It's Like That 2) Heartbreaker 3) Fantasy 4) Betcha Gon' Know 5) Migrate (Sunday 28 February 2021; 02:51)

Re: Cover (97,508) (97,511) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I love the whistles. It's everywhere true, but when you hear the words "whistle register", it's almost always followed by "Mariah Carey". When people say "Mariah" they follow it up by the whole "finger on ear phone, other hand in the air simulating musical note" move that Mariah does right before she lets out a whistle. It's her signature, and an artist always keeps their signature. She's very creative with her whistles, the way she uses it to sing words, express emotions, use it as a background layering, heck even have a whole interlude of just whistles. She's done it all. I love it. I'll be honest, I don't have a lot of ideas about the vocal analysis aspect, I see a lot of fans dissect how her voice changed and what went wrong. As a layman in this aspect of things, I only understand what sounds good to me and one of the first things that mesmerized me when it came to MC was not only her beautiful raspy honey coated voice but her whistle. I've never heard anyone else do it before and as a kid I was awestruck. So her whistles are always special to me. (Sunday 28 February 2021; 02:46)

Cover (97,497) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If Mariah was to cover a song for her next album what song would you guys pick? I'd go for either "Speechless" or "You're Not Alone" both by Michael Jackson. (Saturday 27 February 2021; 14:08)

MC30 (97,478) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Why did the releases just stop randomly? Are they planning on stretching it until Mariah's anniversary? (Wednesday 24 February 2021; 22:30)

Re: Mariah and Cardi interview (97,474) (97,477) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Ya I also feel like that song would be perfect for the Cardi collaboration. The song is fun and savage and just has that boss lady energy. It's SIO's older sister haha. (Wednesday 24 February 2021; 21:13)

Re: Mariah and Cardi interview (97,470) (97,472) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Oh gosh, I'm the opposite haha, I love ANN. I thought the word play was funny/cute and I liked the vibe of the song. I still play the original, I wish it had the whistles. "Infinity" on the other hand I haven't played in a while. But regardless yes, I would like Mariah to collaborate with some fresh collaborators whether they are new singers or songwriters to kind of get a fresh sound. I know with the right people Mariah can adapt to their sounds because she literally can do anything musically. All she needs is that inspiration. (Wednesday 24 February 2021; 15:27)

Mariah and Cardi Interview (97,462) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Do I smell a song collaboration in the making? At the very end Mariah asks Cardi if they can do a song together, and she says yes. Now I have to say I'm surprised Mariah did this interview especially since last time Mariah was vocal about wanting Cardi to be on the "A No No" remix and then Cardi declined it. And in Mariah's world I would have assumed that would put her in the "I don't know her" box haha. But I'm glad that Mariah still "knows" Cardi. And from what Cardi said, that she sometimes doesn't like meeting celebs she loves because she doesn't want to be hurt by them and have their image tarnished in her mind forever. So it could be that Cardi was quick to decline ANN because she's a Mariah fan. I'm undecided about Cardi. I like her because she's outspoken and confident and doesn't take shit but sometimes I also find her annoying. But I would be here for a song with MC and Cardi, something that is empowering to women. (Tuesday 23 February 2021; 20:57)

Re: Raindream? (97,359) (97,362) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha so "she done already done had herses" is line RuPaul picked up from a fast food restaurant employee. The story goes that after a night out at a club RuPaul went to a fast food restaurant and someone was about to pick up a bag that didn't belong to them. That's when the employee behind the counter said "she done already done had herses" basically meaning "she had already gotten her bag, this isn't hers". Also I didn't start watching the UK version yet but they once had a Mariah episode in the US version. Where they were told to kind of be like those televangelists recruiting people to join their beliefs and one team chose Mariah, the other chose Britney and I was shocked at how little they knew about Mariah. It was a disaster. The only other time they mention her to my knowledge is during the US all stars season in one episode and I didn't watch that yet. (Saturday 13 February 2021; 14:09)

Re: Angels Advocate / Up Out My Face for #MC30? (97,342) (97,345) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think she's putting a hold on Memoirs era for this week. Usually we have updated videos by Monday and list of EPs, track lists and cover arts released by Wednesday every week before the EPs are finally released on Friday. We got none of that this week. She's probably focusing on the Valentine's performance this week and maybe will resume next week. (Thursday 11 February 2021; 22:33)

Re: Angels Advocate / Up Out My Face for #MC30? (97,343) (97,344) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think we can be pretty certain that it won't be released because she really isn't releasing any previously unreleased material. At max we will probably get the Obsessed, UOOMF and Angels Cry remixes (feat. Gucci Mane, Nicki and Ne-Yo respectively) because those were the only ones released. I won't even acknowledge the BGK and IAW remixes on MIAM. Those 2 are the most uninspired remixes and horrible cut and paste jobs. R Kelly's verse doesn't even make sense in the song with contradictory story lines. (Side note: if R Kelly wasn't such a sleaze I would have loved to have the TMB R Kelly unofficial free style on streaming because that's really good but oh well he's a disaster.) I don't know why she chose those 2 out of all options, maybe it fit better with the dark, gloomy and betrayal themes of MIAM but ya completely lack lustre. I do really enjoy the H.A.T.E.U. So so def remix and the Ribbon remix that was leaked and it would have been great to have those but I don't think we'll get it. As for Skydiving I think Liron pretty much said Mariah doesn't have it. Also she was on a different label during MOAIA so that creates another layer of barriers. I will be surprised if she does make those available though. (Thursday 11 February 2021; 22:29)

Re: E=MC3. Two towsun' twenny one. Watch it. (97,304) (97,306) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I was listening to the album today and I gotta say I don't remember when I actually listened to a whole album without skipping a song. Each song, even the weaker ones are good on this album. And surprisingly still sounds fresh. Like if they released this album today it would sound current. (Saturday 6 February 2021; 02:25)

MC30 E=MC2 (97,302) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I wonder why BB was completely left off the MC30 celebrations. I was thinking they'll include the Akon remix. Also "Side Effects" was left off, and I was hoping for the Busta remix. I know SE wasn't a single but neither was "You're Girl" and "I Only Wanted" but those received EPs. (Friday 5 February 2021; 19:01)

Re: Migrate or I'm That Chick (97,299) (97,301) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Shezz, thanks love. I was wondering where you were. Missed all of you too. Clearly I couldn't stay away for long haha. (Friday 5 February 2021; 18:19)

Avatar (97,298) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Good lord what is going on with the avatars haha. Are we all being defaulted to the same display photo Eric? (Friday 5 February 2021; 05:39)

Re: Migrate or I'm That Chick (97,293) (97,294) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I agree. Followed by Side Effects to close the album. It's weird that ITC wasn't even released as a single at all because E=MC2 was originally named "That Chick" with ITC being the first single. Don't know what LA Reid was thinking. "For The Record" could also have been a good closing single. I always had this vision of her doing the FTR music video and in the part where she references her old songs (like ABMB, My All, UTS, WBT, CLT and Honey) she could've paid homage to her iconic videos. That would've been amazing. (Thursday 4 February 2021; 23:14)

Re: Migrate or I'm That Chick (97,290) (97,292) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I'm also just going to put this out there, but not releasing and promoting "Cruise Control" was a huge miss. That song is way ahead of the trends and was catchy and sexy. I feel like E=MC2 is the album which shows Mariah's songwriting range and and it's sad that it didn't get the attention it deserved. I mean it was a hit but it could have been massive especially riding off the TEOM wave. What I mean by songwriting range is basically she had everything in this album - the ballads, the uptempos, the Jamaican flavor for CC, the club songs, and everything in between. So people who only think Mariah writes love ballads and sad songs would've gotten to see that's not all she is capable of. Also Mariah was looking amazing, all eyes were on her for her transformation. It was just set for success and then they release BB as the second single. Don't get me wrong, I think BB is beautiful but it was definitely not the right second single. (Thursday 4 February 2021; 21:02)

Re: Migrate or I'm That Chick (97,290) (97,291) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter It's funny that now that you post this I'm thinking ITC would be my choice too. I usually like "Migrate" but I just quickly sang the chorus of both in my head and I would have to agree ITC is more catchy and would've probably gotten the attention of the young audience. Not that "Migrate" wouldn't do the same but ITC just has a catchier feel to it. E=MC2 had so much potential. The single choices just messed it up. (Thursday 4 February 2021; 19:07)

Re: Mariah Carey's sister sues over tell-all memoir (97,274) (97,276) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Funny how Alison is calling Mariah out for putting "unsubstantiated" claims in Mariah's memoirs when Alison has made many allegations against her family including Mariah and their mother (of abuse and cult involvements) and never gave any proof of that. Also I don't understand what she means by Mariah never gave Alison a chance to "respond to the claims". It was an autobiographical book, simply put its "Mariah's story about her life". It wasn't a documentary that required other people to put in their views or versions. She could've just put in a statement to the press denying the claims instead of having to try to profit out of it. (Wednesday 3 February 2021; 00:25)

Re: She who mustn't be named (97,273) (97,275) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Hahah you mean she's going to bury them further. I hear she claims she's working with an "A list singer-actress" for a project. I wonder who she means. (Wednesday 3 February 2021; 00:14)

Kelly and Ryan (97,270) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Mariah is scheduled to appear on Kelly and Ryan on 12th February. Does anyone have any idea what this is about? Is Ch Cha giving birth again? Hahah I'm kidding. Honestly though, I'm very intrigued. Is Mariah actually going to drop a surprise song/project? Is this her version of "Someone's Ugly Daughter"? When her memoirs was released her nephew teased she has 2 surprises for us. One was the Chick album, the other was never revealed. People thought it was "Skydiving". (Tuesday 2 February 2021; 14:21)

Re: Mimi L. (97,257) (97,258) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter RJJ12, you are too sweet and I've missed you too and thanks for always having my back. I've always loved your posts and I thoroughly enjoy your perspectives. Hoping to post as much as I can and looking forward to seeing your posts too. I'm glad to be back. And it feels great to know that my fellow lambs actually still remember me. (Saturday 30 January 2021; 23:31)

Re: Mimi L. (97,253) (97,254) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Haha thanks. I actually completely stopped writing a while back for quite a long time because I had a lot of personal stuff going on (nothing bad just a lot of changes) so I was focusing on it but I used to always check the message board and see all the familiar and new names posting. I've missed writing here and sharing my love for Mariah with other like minded people. Glad to be back and glad that my account didn't get suspended or anything haha. (Saturday 30 January 2021; 13:28)

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