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About Randy from USA: MC is my favorite artist of all time and I love her songwriting skills on her introspective songs. My favorite album: Butterfly. My favorite song: Right To Dream.

No Rainbow (39,081) by Randy from USA I agree Will. I've often wondered the same. If #1s and Rainbow had not been released, I can guarantee you the Glitter soundtrack would've been #1 and its lead single whether it was Heartbreaker or Loverboy. I remember when Charmbracelet came out, my boyfriend at the time said, "She needs to go away and let us miss her for awhile." By the way, she looked amazing on Wildnout. (Friday 23 August 2013; 0:04)

Bye Bye and Unplugged (39,042) by Randy from USA Once again, I have to go against the grain. I love Bye Bye. I still listen to it and belt it at the top of my lungs when she gets to the final chorus. In fact, my niece and nephew hit the power windows and wave Bye Bye when it comes on to all the passing cars. The real surprise is that when I play it every year for 8th grade graduation, I'm a teacher, the students know the song. It's not as strong as One Sweet Day and it's not her best lyric, but the production and vocal by her and Stargate is awesome and I'm tired of you all bashing it as a song and a single choice. MC making an unplugged right now would be a disaster. I'm not critical of MC albums or single choices, I tend to like them all anyway. Her live performances, for the most part, are awful. She is considered one of the greatest voices around. The smoke and mirrors, and lip syncing have kept her reputation safe. If she puts it out here, while she can still hold a tune, her voice is not what it was and it will be the final nail in the coffin. (Sunday 18 August 2013; 16:26)

I saw The Butler last night (39,033) by Randy from USA Mariah needs to continue to pursue small roles leading up to an Academy winning performance. Her scene in "The Butler' was amazing, even though she didn't speak. I want to see her win a Supporting Actress Oscar, so I hope she keeps putting that vulnerability we see in her music on film. By the way, I enjoyed the movie, so will you. (Saturday 17 August 2013; 18:35)

Jeanette (39,008) by Randy from USA Memoirs was an awesome album. You can't deny the metaphors and lyrics on Up Out My Face, Obsessed and It's a Wrap. The lyrics on Languishing. The catchiness of Obsessed and Becha Gon Know sounds like nothing she's ever done before. I'm tired of people bashing that album, which had no guest stars so she wasn't trying to be hip. And that ended on ballads. (Thursday 15 August 2013; 23:32)

Commodore (39,002) by Randy from USA Finally, someone agrees with me. #Beautiful is the most boring first single she's ever done and it does not scream "I'm irresistable, radio play me." I don't think MC or Island/Def Jam will be worried about Gaga or Perry, unless one of them are under Universal's many imprints. Are either? (Thursday 15 August 2013; 1:52)

Edward / Keshawn (38,967) by Randy from USA Edward, it's the video version that everyone has heard. It is different from the album version. Keshawn, you just scared the s*it out of me. What if MC decides to try to hit #1 by recording one of those pop/electric/dance songs that are popular now? Eww, I hate them. (Saturday 10 August 2013; 9:20)

Zachary and Edward (38,957) by Randy from USA Zachary, I agree with you about Right To Dream. It's an awful vocal but probably her best lyric ever. Who else could make a sad song about having hope? Genius. Most lambs slept on that one. Edward you broke my heart with Someday. Here's the thing. I hate the album version but the black version. Excuse me, the R&B version is sick. Whenever my 90s playlist comes on and I hear that sick beat intro with the synthesizer/bass, I go off in my car and have to start it over and turn it up. And Touch My Body is genius. The melody in the verses is sick. People are always shocked that I know the words because they go by so fast. Thank God I Found You is a throw away. Non-fans don't know that song. It was driven by lambs buying the single only. It was not played on the radio at all. But the Make It Last remake is epic. That's all. (Friday 9 August 2013; 5:45)

While we're waiting for the album, let's play a game (38,927) by Randy from USA Which Mariah single are you shocked didn't make it to #1? Give your reason. Ima have to go with Can't Let Go. The lyric, the vocal and the production is amazing. And it was so different from her first 5 #1s. Then on top of that, it was kept from #1 by Color Me Bad's All 4 Love? I don't even know that song and I was listening to pop and r&b heavy at the time. (Wednesday 7 August 2013; 1:35)

I don't believe a lot of this (38,905) by Randy from USA I don't believe that's the tracklisting. I don't believe that's the album cover. It's no official word from MC and I think that what we're getting may be the album as it was before the delay. (Monday 5 August 2013; 4:38)

Special K / Melt Away (38,871) by Randy from USA I have a theory here, it is a stretch. You have to go with me on this one. You know that Babyface co-wrote and co-produced this song. Daydream came out October 3. The Waiting To Exhale Original Soundtrack album came out November 14. He wrote and produced the whole soundtrack. I believe he may have wanted Melt Away for that soundtrack and film. Clive and Tommy weren't having it. Clive probably didn't want MC's songwriting ability to upstage Whitney, especially since the first single was hers and the buzz was centered around her. She was an executive producer in addition. Tommy wasn't allowing MC to sing on any other label, especially if it could cut into her album sales. What do you think? (Thursday 1 August 2013; 1:23)

Will and Stephen (38,778) by Randy from USA The period between Charmbracelet and TEOM (from December 2002 to April 2005) was 2 years and 4 months. Merry Christmas II You was released November 2010, which was 2 years and 8 months ago. Now before you all start with the "she has a family", I know all the reasons for the delay. Will, I agree that MC has put out a few duds (Triumphant was awful, #Beautiful bores me to tears and is nowhere near the lyrical ability of her best love songs). So I'm just going to console myself with her past records. I just wanted to change the direction of the conversation on this board. Wouldn't it be cool if she didn't have to worry about selling records or breaking records anymore and just could make the music she wanted to? Or is her creative freedom how we got Triumphant? Does she need others to step in (like LA Reid did for TEOM)? (Tuesday 23 July 2013; 14:57)

Where's the album? (38,775) by Randy from USA While everyone is talking about live performances, deterioration of the voice and what not, has anyone else noticed we're in the longest period between albums? And I know you guys will give me the excuse "she's making sure it's quality". MC has given us a lot of quality albums in a lot less time. Of course she's not wonder woman and her priorities are different, but I could care less about promotion. I want the music. Like she said during Glitter, making music wasn't what made her exhausted, it was the politics, traveling and promotion. I need a MC fix. Sigh. Oh well, of course she does have thirteen other studio albums I could listen to. (Tuesday 23 July 2013; 7:23)

Finally, triumphant (38,572) by Randy from USA This is why we're fans. Everytime we think it's over, she comes back and proves us wrong. She sang. Live. I didn't get to see America The Beautiful. But #Beautiful was live and so was Hero. I thought it was interesting that Nick said that #Beautiful was from the upcoming album "The Art of Letting Go", so that's the album title lol. (Friday 5 July 2013; 4:43)

Will from England (38,516) by Randy from USA I disagree with you totally. Yes I am sure Celine Dion lips sometimes and so does Beyonce. Whitney never did. She would go on stage and sound horrible. She would apologize and give an excuse. To me that's a soldier. Check her performances at Divas 2004 and GMA in 2009. I suffered from ear bleeds and embarrassment and had to see my therapist lol. Whitney did that because her legacy was her voice. What is Mariah's legacy? Her voice. What's so odd, and I agree with whoever said this earlier, she seems to be able to sing in candid moments or whenever she's onstage in concert. Why is it so difficult on television? That is when it counts. The audiences are non-MC fans. I love MC. Lord knows I do. But, she is a singer. That is her job. That's what made her famous. I am a teacher. If I do not teach, I get fired. What happens when a singer doesn't sing? And final point. This is Mariah Carey. If you ask anyone about her, they mention the voice. It's Mariah Carey. Ciara sang live. So did Tamela Mann. Effortlessly. It is Mariah Carey. That's why we're making a big deal. She should be able to sing live. I'm going to say it one more time at risk of the webmaster editing the post. It's Mariah Carey. (Monday 1 July 2013; 18:54)

Trickery and deceit (38,490) by Randy from USA I love her. But more than the lack of promotion, rappers in her songs and her body baring clothes, this lipping is what's going to kill her career. Die hard fans have been crying foul since 99 and the Rainbow era. My Facebook and Twitter lit up from non-fans during the BET Awards about her lip-syncing the same way it did during American Idol. Whatever is going on with the pipes, she needs to record songs she can actually sing live. If the world's best vocalist can't sing, what does she have to fall back on? There's plenty of pretty girls in the music business under 40. (Monday 1 July 2013; 3:26)

Calm down girl (38,444) by Randy from USA Lol. I'm not being insulting, but half of you sound like you're going to slit your wrist. Now I've been critical of MC, especially over live, critical performances that she's lipped or sounded awful, but keep in mind that MC has never given us a bad album. I personally feel like #Beautiful is her worst lead off single ever. It's so boring. But I believe that any album she puts out will be top quality. I know I differ with you guys in that I loved Memoirs and I didn't think Bye Bye was a bad single choice. I know we agree she puts out the best albums even if we don't always like certain songs/single choices. I still believe. (Friday 28 June 2013; 16:32)

Stephen from UK (38,376) by Randy from USA I agree with you on the quality of the music, but honestly, TEOM was not seamless. Remember, when she brought an album, with Say Something as the first single to IDJ, LA Reid told her to go back and work with Jermaine and they wrote the three big hits together. I will say that MC is more than capable of putting a great album together by herself. Remember that Glitter was all her and we agree despite its poor sales performance it was an awesome album. I am not a big fan of #Beautiful, but I did like Memoirs a lot. So I trust her and IDJ should also. She needs to leave that label and most of you will agree on that, even though you may not agree with my viewpoint. That's all. (Wednesday 26 June 2013; 1:49)

TAOLG / Heartbreaker / If You Should Ever Be Lonely (38,329) by Randy from USA I still feel like there is another single that is going to be released before the album and it's going to be a killer. She's just trying to gain interest and reintroduce her iconic brand. As for the remix you all keep touting, I hated it in 99 and I hate it now. Mariah's best mash-up to this day: My All/Stay Awhile. Whenever I'm in my car and that comes up on several of my iPod shuffle playlists, I blast it and sing it to the top of my lungs, and I don't care if I'm in the hood, aka the West End of Atlanta or the ritzy neighborhoods, Alpharetta or Vinings. My All/Stay Awhile is undeniable. (Saturday 22 June 2013; 0:41)

The Art of Letting Go (38,294) by Randy from USA I like the title. It means we'll have introspective ballads like Petals, Right To Dream, Outside, Languishing, Looking In, Vanishing, Close My Eyes, Twister etc. Those are my favorite songs by her for the most part and I'm intrigued more than I was after the #Beautiful release. I hope Triumphant (Get Em) doesn't make the tracklist and #Beautiful is the weakest track because it bores me to tears. I wonder what work she's doing with Miguel now. I'm bored with this collabo and I want her to shine without tapping a current artist as if she's trying for a hit. She's ridiculously talented as a songwriter and I want her to shine all by herself. That's all. (Wednesday 19 June 2013; 0:03)

Blake, single choices, album title (38,174) by Randy from USA Blake, it's so funny to me that even as fans we disagree sometimes. I loved Loverboy and Obsessed and their accompanying videos. Why Loverboy was not a hit, I have no idea. The sample was hot and so was the vocal and to me it's one of MC's most vibrant videos. In addition, I didn't like the "Firecracker" sample Mottolla ripped off of her so I guess I was the lone one that was shocked when that tanked. Be careful when you guys ask for something fresh, because #Beautiful is fresh and sounds nothing like any other MC record and yet it bores me and many others to tears. I would like to hear, and no one's going to agree with me, a scorching ballad. Something like Beyonce's 1+1 or Melonie Fiona's 4 AM. Of course with MCs lyrical capabilities, it would be light years beyond those two songs. But the production and melody on those two songs are amazing and I'd like that instead of a repeated melody. Have you guys ever heard the instrumentals to Touch My Body or We Belong Together (boring). Finally, I would die of happiness for a one word album title. I know I'm asking/wishing for a lot. MC is more than capable of delivering, so I'll hold my breath. (Friday 7 June 2013; 16:53)

Ballads (38,148) by Randy from USA My favorite songs are Butterfly and My All. They are just lyrically and vocally amazing. I'm surprised no one mentioned Through The Rain. I loved that there is no background or vocal layering on that song. I was pissed that everytime she performed it live, there was a wall of background singers, since it wasn't like that on the record. Additional favorites are Never Forget You, Vanishing, Lead The Way, Outside, Close My Eyes, Petals, Right To Dream, Looking In. This could really go on and on for me lol. (Tuesday 4 June 2013; 8:15)

Lip sync, dub, pieced together, vocal rest and other excuses (37,902) by Randy from USA I'm going to be diplomatic as I can when I say this, because I am angry. We are not talking about Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears or Ashlee Simpson. We are talking about Mariah Carey. She is considered the best singer in the world by many. A little thing such as singing a live medley of her hits should not be problematic. There are lots of excuses on this board running around and my problem is that when I look at performances from 1990-1997 I can see the talent even if there are mistakes. I'm in MC's corner, hell, I was making those excuses for her on Facebook last night when my friends were blasting her. But seriously, why can't she perform 100% totally live when it counts? I want to be able to say her name amongst non-lambs without a snicker in the room. I'm still not able to do that. Furthermore, I think this is a case of "can't do" not "won't do" like a few of you think. My theory is the voice is shot and that is why in interviews during the last ten years, she has been focusing on getting others to know that she's such a great songwriter to steal attention away from the vocals. She blushes when people compliment her voice and it's in a way that lets me know she lacks confidence in them. I still love MC, but I'm tired of smoke and mirrors. (Friday 17 May 2013; 22:18)

Heartbreaker (37,885) by Randy from USA You know a few years ago when MC was promoting WBT on every show, I would be excited and tell my ex. His remark was, what is she lip-syncing to, the album track or the scratchy track meant to make you believe she's singing live. On AI last night, she used both. And once again my Facebook is lighting up from non-fans. And once again I'm stuck doing damage control. I am so disappointed. It's not the lambs that will get Mariah press off of her breasts and her antics; it will be her voice and the music. If she is ever going to hit Aretha Patti Barbara legend/icon status, she has got to put those live performances out there when it counts. This was a huge miss. I am mortified. (Friday 17 May 2013; 3:20)

Mariah airplay (37,869) by Randy from USA Airplay and sales have been manipulated for a long time and not just MC. However, I am let down that IDJ made a deal for radio airplay. One of the reasons MC is not an icon to most regular people is because her fans push her songs to #1, not the general public, in my opinion. This is why I gained another whole layer of respect for the webmaster when he refused to let a link be posted that would gain #Beautiful streaming views. I remember when TGIFY came out in stores. The Make It Last Forever Remix was sold out so that was a #1 based on mostly sales and not airplay. No one but us knows that song. I want MC to come out with a song that everyone, not just lambs, support. One that gets airplay because people like it. #Beautiful doesn't cut it and I knew it the first time I heard it. I still believe IDJ has something up their sleeve. There's a lot of time left because we don't have an album title or release date yet. Last thought: I don't know why people are up in arms about airplay and why Billboard still counts it as much as it does in its tabulations. No one listens to the radio anymore. (Thursday 16 May 2013; 0:38)

Excited and nervous (37,634) by Randy from USA I am excited for this new era. She has been on vocal rest so I'm hoping that she can give live non disputable, non debatable performances when it really counts. And as for American Idol, I agree that she should leave the show. I love what Wendy Williams said. Give them the money back so that it appears that you didn't need the show, it was beneath you and it was a mistake. I have a feeling when she leaves, because it's painfully obvious it isn't going to work another season, American Idol is going to rip her to shreds. Last thought: I hope that IDJ stands by the single no matter how well it does on the charts and doesn't release a bunch of music pre-album or push the album back. (Saturday 27 April 2013; 14:18)

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