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About Bobby A from United States: I have been a Lamb since 1990. I know Mariah. I love her music. I breathe her music.

The good times (105,829) by Bobby A from United States Just remembering the good times. (Friday 1 March 2024; 18:22)

Angels Advocate (105,822) by Bobby A from United States Why didn't L.A. Reid release it? I think it was because he put so much money into that Elle insert that he didn't want another failed MC album release under his leadership. Non-fans were just not feeling Memoirs to justify a remix album. I hope she gives us something in MC16 that will make us happy. (Friday 1 March 2024; 02:33) this is a reply to message 105,821

Angels Advocate (105,821) by jaker20 from US Its been 15 years since that was announced. If that album was actually released, that would have been her streaming monster. I'm 100% sure of it. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 23:44)

Told ya (105,820) by Bobby A from United States Shakira? Really? I would rather JD produced the whole album. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 23:16) this is a reply to message 105,819

Told ya (105,819) by T from USA Everyone claiming a Cardi song and just giving up on YAR are in for a big surprise as there is no Cardi B collaboration coming this year. She's releasing a song with Shakira on March 22nd and a solo song as well. We as fans need to focus on the things that actually happen like a collaboration with the biggest streaming artist currently in Ariana Grande. Getting YAR into the top 10 would've done wonders for the song and set Mariah up with something new to perform in Vegas. Something current and relevant. We were so close to that credit, so close to a top 10 for our MC. The remix was Mariah's new song to hold us over until Christmas, but most were too busy looking for the next new song. As for me, I'm going to continue to stream Yes, And remix and enjoy the fact that she was on a current track in 2024. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 22:17)

The age thing (105,816) by Bobby A from United States Haha. I am sorry. I didn't mean to hijack your post. I will be more mindful next time. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 11:00) this is a reply to message 105,814

The age thing (105,814) by Jamie from UK Thanks for that. I have a flight booking of hers from about 2003 which showed her true age from passport. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 10:38)

Cardi (105,815) by Bobby A from United States Maybe we still get a collaboration. This game of waiting on new music is painful. I heard from a record store owner yesterday that Taylor's new album is going to be a huge seller during the sales week because of Record Day on April 20. It is probably best that MC waits until later this year. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 10:57) this is a reply to message 105,813

Cardi (105,813) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Her new song is a solo song. No Mariah. (Thursday 29 February 2024; 04:16)

The age thing (105,812) by Bobby A from United States Oops. The url is bad because I missed a character or number when I typed it. However, if you type in my Google search - Why is there confusion about Mariah Carey's birth year, then scroll down and you will see the link - Mariah's true age is finally proven. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 23:10) this is a reply to message 105,810

The age thing (105,810) by Bobby A from United States This is why it was changed. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 20:16)

Let's be kind. We didn't know what is upon us (105,811) by Bobby A from United States It doesn't have any tracks like Nice and Slow, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Daddy's Home, Birthday and OMG. It sits right there with his album Here I Stand - in the markdown clearance bin. Bobby Ross Avila and Issiah Avila. The Avila Brothers should have had 5 tracks on the album. I can't believe their hit song GLU didn't make the album tracklist. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 21:00) this is a reply to message 105,807

Let's be kind. We didn't know what is upon us (105,807) by Tevin from USA Usher too. Even with his Superbowl performance, his album (I personally only liked a few songs) didn't do as well as his past work. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 02:27)

The age thing (105,810) by Bobby A from United States This is why it was changed. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 20:16) this is a reply to message 105,809

The age thing (105,809) by Jamie from UK So I've just noticed that when you do a search for Mariah's age it no longer gives the 1970/1969 debate and just shows her true year of birth being 1969. Wonder why they now decided to come clean after all these years. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 14:03)

Controversial (105,805) by Bobby A from United States I have to say this. MC has had many managers and I don't think those managers have truly been able to solely manage her 100%. She has always been the co-manager in every era except TEOM. She really allowed Benny Medina to manage her 100%. With the others managers she co-managed her career. Just ask JD about his experience. If she would let someone experienced like Ron Fair take control of her career, then we may see her career skyrocket back 2008-2010 status. (Wednesday 28 February 2024; 00:03) this is a reply to message 105,799

Controversial (105,799) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter I think Mariah's team consistently fails to market her legendary career. Like regular people have no idea how many, she's not just the artist with the most #1's but she's also one of the few female producers (among mostly male producers) who has a high number of #1's. They also forget that out of 19 of her #1's, 18 were written by her. Her team really fails to promote her artistry. Taylor for example everyone goes nuts over how lyrics and her songwriting and she has a course in uni dedicated to her. She even got a honorary doctorate for it. Mariah literally is ten times the writer Taylor will be and yet people barely know she writes her own music. (Come on this woman literally wrote a whole song about this guy's "honey" and how it tastes and made it sound like a romantic innocent song.) Same for the Eras tour. Taylor's reputation was quite damaged since 1989, people weren't really caring for her until the Eras tour and her strategy for it was to turn the tour into something that's "unmissable" creating FOMO around it so even people who don't like her are splurging to watch her. Taylor took the Scooter Braun feud and turned it into a money making machine while simultaneously presenting it as women empowerment movement. Mariah had a very similar situation with Tommy and Sony. Her team could have angled it at how this young girl who was naïve was systematically almost destroyed by her mentor and how she overcame it. She should have done more high profile speaking events. There's a lot they could have done position to position Mariah in an unsinkable powerhouse way early on in her career that would made her base stronger but instead her team is mostly reactive not proactive. Because of the lazy approach she's mostly now known for her ability to sing in whistle register and her Christmas music. She looks great for her age (which is 12) why is her team turning her into a legacy artist? (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 19:08)

JLo's album tanked (105,800) by Bobby A from United States How does a celebrated artist like JLo release an album that was like part 2 to her previous hit album and it debut at number 38 on the Billboard Top 200 chart? Laughable, right. We can mark her off the charts for the rest of the year. Cancel your tour JLo. We will Carey on for the rest of the year without you. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 19:42)

Controversial (105,798) by Bobby A from United States MC will always have that star power because she was such a determined new artist back in the 90s. She is a legend like Barb[a]ra Streisand. Sometimes I wonder if she didn't release an album every 2 years during those first 10 years, would her voice sound like 1992-1995 Mariah right now. I wonder has that ever crossed her mind in the past 8 years. I know she will give us something we can be proud of like her vocals on BBE. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 18:54) this is a reply to message 105,797

Controversial (105,797) by Libra Lamb from USA I think her confidence would be much higher and thus likely to release music more often, do more live performances and be in the spotlight a lot more. It's a shame we have to go so long without hearing new music but we'll always have her extensive catalogue and nobody will take that away or forget her. She should be studied in Music School, I believe some already have. The Mariah Carey course has a nice ring to it. She's unique in a lot of ways, always imitated but never duplicated. My all time favorite artist. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 18:25)

Cardi B (105,796) by Bobby A from United States I hope it is something like Ring ft. Kehlani. I love that song. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 18:19) this is a reply to message 105,795

Cardi B (105,795) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter That's good news if true. I honestly think if Mariah is taking this year to experiment and primary do collaborations with multiple artists on their projects I'm open to that too as long as it's not something she won't get credit for. I am still salty about Ariana dropping Mariah like that. I am seeing rumors of MC16 being ready almost. Can you tell I'm thirsty and starving for new Mariah material? (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 18:08)

Cardi B (105,787) by Bobby A from United States MC needs something like a Cardi B collaboration to get fans and non-fans hyped about MC16. I feel the collaboration is long overdue just like a Drake collaboration. Let's hope April gives us some huge surprises and annoucements. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 15:11) this is a reply to message 105,785

Cardi B (105,785) by T from USA This is why I'm so confused about the lambily. Some of the same people who didn't want her collaborating with Ari and now wanting a Cardi B song. Mariah must be so confused as to who actually is her fanbase and how to sell to them. Personally, I want to hear it all but maybe she should pick a lane and stick to it. If she does go the contemporary route hopefully it will be the last time and then she'll just fully make more mature music like jazz and gospel in her 60's. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 14:00)

Cardi B (105,779) by Bobby A from United States I believe it is going to happen now. The sixth year anniversary of her album Invasion of Privacy is coming up on April 6th. (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 11:57) this is a reply to message 105,778

Cardi B (105,778) by Shezz from Pk According to the insider account, their collaboration announcement is due soon. Maybe it's the lead single from both their upcoming albums? (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 09:46)

TEOM era will probably the last great era (105,777) by Bobby A from United States Yes Mimi. They come on strong and then everybody forgets about them the next week. Do you remember the following? 1. Triumphant 2. 100% 3. I Don't 4. Infinity 5. GTFO 6. Save The Day 7. In The Mix However, there is one that beats all seven of these that I mentioned and it should have had a proper video with a huge radio impact. 1. Out Here On My Own (Tuesday 27 February 2024; 01:39) this is a reply to message 105,770

TEOM era will probably the last great era (105,770) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Rumor has it Mariah has some sort of release planned before her Vegas residency, if it's a "buzz single" I don't want it haha. All her "buzz singles" are dropped and forgotten within days. I would rather a proper era. Yes it won't be close to the TEOM era but with the right team and planning I hope we get a decent one. (Monday 26 February 2024; 22:37)

TEOM era will probably the last great era (105,768) by Bobby A from United States I am not trying to sound negative, but I believe that the TEOM era will probably be the last great era. The TEOM era made people take notice of MC again. The era had everything that every artist wants: a multiple plantinum album, top charting hit singles, a sold-out tour, gorgeous and well-thought out videos, multiple awards, brillant performances, and magazine covers galore. I don't think the MC16 era or subsequent eras will give us that type of era ever again. (Monday 26 February 2024; 20:58)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (105,766) by Bobby A from United States MC posted on X Sunday. I believe she wants to be inducted this year. (Monday 26 February 2024; 12:07) this is a reply to message 105,761

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (105,761) by Tameka walker from United states Cast ballot for Mariah. (Monday 26 February 2024; 02:46)

Final Billboard placement for YAR (105,760) by Bobby A from United States I think that we should just move on now. Ariana's album is just not going to be a huge seller. She is flip flopping too much from R&B back to pop this time. Where is the Thank U Next or Positions single? It is nowhere to be found on the album. (Monday 26 February 2024; 01:28) this is a reply to message 105,749

Final Billboard placement for YAR (105,749) by T from USA I'm gutted. It did even better than I thought and still missed the top 10 by one spot. It increased 49% from the previous week. One percentage point away from a Mariah credit. Didn't you wonder why her Instagram story she uploaded a short clip of her singing the song in the middle of the week? She badly wanted to get into the top 10 again. She missed it by one spot. I know the lambs and Ari fans contributed to the raise out of curiosity. But I also know after the initial buzz the fans really let them down. Had everyone kept up the momentum for a whole week, MC would be celebrating a new top ten hit in the thirty fourth year of her career. So close. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 14:46)

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,759) by Bobby A from United States My favorite video that he directed was Boy. He made MC look so pretty with the pink and blue colors. Joseph Kahn is just a great video director. (Monday 26 February 2024; 01:24) this is a reply to message 105,757

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,757) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Yes, Brett did some of her greatest videos and then we got this. Same with Joseph Kahn and #Beautiful (also don't get me started on the missed opportunity with that song). Anyways so Joseph Kahn directed some of Taylor's videos and they were all so high quality. #Beautiful was not it. It was so repetitive of Mariah spinning around and the clear as day green screen motorcycle scenes. I really hope in her new projects they have a solid visual team. (Monday 26 February 2024; 01:12)

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,758) by Bobby A from United States Sorry, I can't find the article on the web. (Monday 26 February 2024; 01:21) this is a reply to message 105,746

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,746) by Tevin from USA RA, do you have a link to that interview? (Sunday 25 February 2024; 14:30)

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,745) by Bobby A from United States Haha. I don't need any memes on the web. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 14:27) this is a reply to message 105,737

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,737) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter We need a recording hahah. We Belong Together (RA's late night whisper version). (Sunday 25 February 2024; 01:45)

Ty Tribbett (105,741) by Bobby A from United States I often wonder what a Ty Tribbett and Mariah Carey collaboration would sound like. I love his gospel song Only One Night Tho. He came up with this song on the spot during a concert. He's innovative and has millions of fans who sing his songs. I am going tweet them both this morning for a collaboration. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 13:34)

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,740) by Bobby A from United States MC has to let him take control to do what he does best. I love the interview he gave to Entertainment Weekly how WBT came about. That is all she needs to have a hit album again. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 13:24) this is a reply to message 105,739

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,739) by Stacey from USA Same. There's a reason why LA Reid is a successful record exec. ILT, SIO, and WBT are hawt. Radio hadn't been kind to MC for years since Rainbow. But when TOEM was released, radio had to play it (aka WBT.) That song is so good, radio was forced to play it. MC can strike gold again. Just put out good music and promote it. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 04:15)

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,736) by Bobby A from United States Lol. I tried the first verse in the whisper range and couldn't make it pass the first two words. (Sunday 25 February 2024; 01:24) this is a reply to message 105,734

I hope Mariah never releases anything anymore (105,734) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Everyday I thank LA Reid for telling Mariah to go back and record with JD hahah after she had initially completed TEOM without ILT, WBT, SIO and GYN. WBT is the most perfect song, masterpiece that should be studied but would have been a mess if it was just whispers. (Saturday 24 February 2024; 23:55)

New album (105,732) by Bobby A from United States Great post Jamie. After reading your post, I immediately thought of Sza and her ability to create these radio friendly songs that receive huge radio impressions despite Sza not having a great voice. Checkout Good Days, I Hate You, Shirt, Kill Bill and Snooze. If MC can create radio friendly songs with a nice beat without heaving belting and swooping runs, then she will do just fine with MC16. I am going to feel like a kid on Christmas day when I hit the play button on my new Mariah Carey album. At this point I don't care if I hear some vocal imperfections the new album. I just want an album that is fun and has quality music. (Saturday 24 February 2024; 23:16) this is a reply to message 105,727

New album (105,727) by Jamie from UK I think she's just gonna have to go with it, I feel there's never a great time to release albums especially when you're up against all the latest trends. I think she should just release a great album and what will be will be. But we need a great promotion strategy, plenty of appearances, interviews and a lead song that's gonna grab the attention of radio. It's so much harder with the older artists to get the radio airplay that they need, but I'm hoping Mariah has a great album up her sleeve. I loved Caution, But we need some more uptempo tracks with a lighter carefree sound. (Saturday 24 February 2024; 21:58)

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