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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.

Butterfly (36,352) by Randy from USA I'm glad some of you mentioned the anniversary of this masterpiece. I will never forget that day 09.16.97 when I brought the CD home and opened the cellophane. I already loved Honey but then I heard Butterfly, My All and the rest of the tracks in secession and I was amazed. I couldn't believe an album had been made that had no filler tracks. Everything was different and yet belonged and connected. This album set her apart from Celine and Whitney at the time because wow they had great albums, neither have had anything that compared to this one. This was also the first time I took MC seriously as a songwriter and her themes of alienation and loneliness apparent on Close My Eyes and Outside made me feel like there was someone who felt the way I did about my family and how society treated me for being different. I love this album and though I still love MC and have loved Rainbow, Glitter, E=MC2 and Memoirs, I am still waiting for Butterfly's true follow up. (Tuesday 18 September 2012; 1:43)

The performance (36,271) by Randy from USA It was better than I expected. Her falsetto wasn't shaky and flat and she sang in full voice in some parts and it wasn't lipped. However if you want to compare this to 1995 Daydream at Madison Square or even 1997 Butterfly/My All @ SNL. This is a sad fall from grace and what makes me laugh hysterically: some fans still say the voice hasn't changed because she can still do whistle notes. I miss the days where she refused to do them because she didn't want them to be a gimmick. Now they're her saving grace to the argument 'she's still got it". (Thursday 6 September 2012; 3:48)

Rants and faves (36,151) by Randy from USA Favorite Lyric: Right To Dream (from Tennesee) Favorite Vocal: Lead The Way, Never Too Far, Vision of Love Favorite Album: Butterfly Favorite #1: My All Favorite Uptempo: Heartbreaker Underrated Single: Loverboy (Album Version with Cameo) (Monday 27 August 2012; 2:19)

Video/MOIA/new material (36,081) by Randy from USA The video is great in my opinion. Especially if you keep in mind that labels don't shell out as much for them anymore as there is no MTV or VH1 anymore. I'm tired of people attacking MOIA. That album was awesome. Languishing can't be denied as one of her moments of genius that will never see radio. Yes, I knew Triumphant was going to be a flop as soon as I heard the title. I thought MC was going to put out one of her introspective ballads with the million dollar words and sparse instrumentation. She wasn't going for a hit. She was going to talk about motherhood and marriage. And then I heard this song. It's a blatent attempt to bring r&b/hip hop back but she needed something a little fresher and interesting. I know that she is going to put out something else. She would have to or the album won't get released. Labels don't release albums nowadays unless your song is getting played. Anyone think this album might be a rush job to get off Universal/Def Jam and follow LA Reid. She's done it before. Rainbow anyone? (Wednesday 22 August 2012; 22:57)