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About Terna from Nigeria: Fan since 1998 - The "Butterfly" Era. Fave Era - The Emancipation of Mimi, watching her break that Night was Everything.

Re: How is it boring when she's always done this? (72,781) (72,810) by Terna from Nigeria You even read the first sentence? As soon as I see the avatars I immediately go into an A.D.D trance where only my thumb works in clicking the next arrow, as soon as possible. No one's here for such gremlins with their negativity and weak sarcastic jokes disguised as opinions. (Friday 17 February 2017; 20:59)

I Don't on Kimmel (72,740) by Terna from Nigeria I was kinda worried how she would translate this song live, seeing as it's a song that doesn't really have a distinct catchy chorus and melody line the audience could sing along with. It's one thing singing in the studio but then another when it's time to present live. But I was pleasantly surprised she nailed it. It's better than the studio cut. Her voice was in good form especially her chest tones very firm, dark and smooth. And the cackle when YG was doing his verse made me cackle too. Lol. (Thursday 16 February 2017; 12:40)

Re: Grammys (72,703) (72,708) by Terna from Nigeria Those other two songs you mentioned were far from what you would refer to as a hit, they were lukewarm at best. "Ironic" carried that album, same as Adele's "Hello" carried 25. And compared to Daydream's singles, all those songs pale in comparison. And get your facts straight too. "Daydream" is a diamond album too. If I sound like the president of the United States of America - Donald Trump I'll take that as a compliment. (Wednesday 15 February 2017; 16:48)

Re: Grammys (72,683) (72,700) by Terna from Nigeria Exactly my point. You get it. Alanis today is irrelevant and is only remembered for Jagged Little Pill and moreso only the song Ironic. Mariah is so much more than just one era or one song. She has the most distinctive, successful eras, with classics from each one of those eras that will last forever. One fell by the way side, and the other soldiered on into greatness and royalty. There's no comparing. (Wednesday 15 February 2017; 13:50)

Re: Grammys (72,675) (72,698) by Terna from Nigeria "At that point she made one h*ll of an album." So did Mariah: "Daydream". An even bigger hit than "Jagged little pill" which only had Ironic the song that carried most of the album. Mariah 3 monster hits "Fantasy", "Always be my baby" and "One Sweet Day". The latter of which still holds a staggering record up until today. Plus the other two with their own equally impressive record breaking firsts (Fantasy's debut at No.1). So anyway you wanna spin it, Daydream was the bigger and better album. And no Mariah doesn't need an acoustic version of Daydream. (Wednesday 15 February 2017; 13:30)

Re: Glitter or current era - worst of all time (72,649) (72,653) by Terna from Nigeria You must've not experienced that Glitter era first hand. That era was everything bad, Mariah had been blacklisted passive aggressively by the industry and written off. It was cool to hate on Mariah, you belonged when you hated Mariah. And everything she seemed to do automatically went wrong. A lot can be said about that time, but I'll keep it brief with just this example of Usher saying in an interview "I'm having a Mariah Carey today" he used her name as an adjective for a bad day. Smh. So this era doesn't come close, trust me. (Tuesday 14 February 2017; 13:32)

Grammys (72,648) by Terna from Nigeria I didn't even bother with the show nor performances, Adele as usual swept through the roof with wins as expected (blah). She's still no Mariah Carey, never has, never will. To me the Grammies lost all forms of respect, and credibility the moment they robbed Mariah of her 6 Grammies. Where's Alanis today? Exactly my point, meanwhile the rejected one (Mariah) became the best of the best, a living legend (and the voice of a generation) with a body of work she can firmly boast of as the best that industry will ever see. I'll take that over any Grammy trophies anyday. (Tuesday 14 February 2017; 12:21)

I Don't YouTube comments (72,438) by Terna from Nigeria They are quite hilarious. Lol. I love that Mariah Carey (the one I chose and connected to) is still very relevant after 27 years in this fickle, ever changing music industry (here today, gone yesterday, lol) where so many have come and gone and are forgotten. She's still here, still making music, still pressing on and still got everyone anticipating and tongues wagging whenever she announces new music. Fact is Mariah's music will always be looked forward to. It's a cut above the rest. Just enjoy that fact and let go of all that hoopla it poisons everything. (Thursday 9 February 2017; 18:31)

Re: Thirsty (72,358) (72,376) by Terna from Nigeria You can pass your point across without name calling. And F.Y.I Stella has beautiful kids. You may not like them, but call a spade a spade, her daughters are beautiful. Go get glasses. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 15:54)

Re: MC copied Whitney and Aretha's runs (72,332) (72,374) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah does runs much more complicated than Aretha and Whitney (Vision Of Love, Lead The Way, Mariah's Theme) without overdoing it. And she's very unique in her vocal tone, delivery and technique. I think Morgan is just bitter. (Wednesday 8 February 2017; 15:42)

iTunes top 10 (72,074) by Terna from Nigeria To my shock and pleasant surprise, it's sitting preety at number 8 in the iTunes top ten wow. Less than 24 hours after its official release. Guess it's safe to say Mariah's World did something right. Congrats Mariah and Team Mariah. (Friday 3 February 2017; 17:30)

I Don't (my first impression) (72,009) by Terna from Nigeria The beat is hard, a plus for me already, somewhere in the song I get Rihanna's "Needed me" verses flow, but then it gravitates towards the chorus which in my opinion is the strongest part of the song. I love the I don't scream at the end though. All in all, it's a well put together slow jam and will be an urban radio hit. 19th number 1? Far fetched. YJ needs to hush though he ruins it with that "I know you love me" noise. I still like the song though but come harder Mimi. I'm rooting for you. (Thursday 2 February 2017; 23:24)

Re: Tommy Mottola (71,941) (71,963) by Terna from Nigeria Exactly, we could only speculate, but are also on the outside looking in. Only Mariah can tell that story. And since she's the one who came out of that relationship with deep steming issues, I'll be inclined to believe her much more than anything Tommy has to say. He seemed to move on unscathed. (Thursday 2 February 2017; 13:42)

Re: James Packer is in trouble, again (71,897) (71,924) by Terna from Nigeria Maybe Stella was right. The universe was indeed trying to tell them something. Lol. (Wednesday 1 February 2017; 19:42)

Re: Tommy Mottola (71,884) (71,923) by Terna from Nigeria I feel the same way about Tommy too. He did irreparable psychological damage to Mariah. Something changed in her for the worse, that free spirit she had almost childlike is not there anymore and it's traceable to Mottolla. However, Butterfly is also I guess a direct result of that time and also her strongest body of work. (Pain brings out the best in artists. Mary J. Blige anyone? Lol.) It was on Butterfly I got to know the real Mariah, and that was when I connected to her on a more personal level. I'm glad she shook Tommy off. (Wednesday 1 February 2017; 19:39)

Re: I don't even get excited anymore (71,726) (71,733) by Terna from Nigeria Yea I kinda agree, the video for Infinity fell short (its teasers were even better than the actual video) unlike in the case of TMB, where it enhanced the song and overall was entertaining. Musically and production-wise though, I prefer "Infinity" to "Touch my body" and vocally, she's also more on point on Infinity (that C#5 cuts like steel). Well we have less than 24 hours now to hear the finished song. Fingers crossed. (Saturday 28 January 2017; 22:50)

Re: I don't even get excited anymore (71,704) (71,717) by Terna from Nigeria Learn to stay away from all those expected "clips" as they ruin your first listen and instead wait until you have purchased it yourself to play, or played it on her official Vevo YouTube account. First impressions matter even when it comes to music. (Saturday 28 January 2017; 18:01)

If the rumors are true (71,576) by Terna from Nigeria At least she's on point, in terms of having recorded the song, got the iTunes version ready and shot a music video already (Vevo views). When Mariah is in this mode she always wins. I'm guessing it's the song we hear her humming, to this hauntingly beautiful chord progression, with Jermaine at the control board in that rap battle clip when the kids come into the studio. I'm kinda excited about it. Lol. (Tuesday 24 January 2017; 17:27)

Re: Charmbracelet - Through the Rain vocals (71,478) (71,482) by Terna from Nigeria True, regardless it's still my favorite song and Charmbracelet's core. And I play it ever so often just not the whole album. And I would say it's also a classic now. So many people know that song especially the younger generation, even if they don't know who sang it. (Friday 20 January 2017; 15:17)

Re: Charmbracelet (71,473) (71,481) by Terna from Nigeria I understand exactly where you're coming from especially about the vocals on "Through the rain". I noticed immediately that it was recorded without any reverb thus making it sound thin (for lack of a better term). And vocally Charmbracelet was missing her chest/mixed voice. She's either "whispering" or "shouting". No inbetweens. Those were some frustrating days to be a Lamb. But then there came "The Emancipation Of Mimi". Wow, by "We Belong Together" even before the powerful phrasing and final belt, I suddenly exclaimed "she's singing again". Haha and that was just the second track. By "Mine Again" everyone in the room just went "Jesus". Lol. (Friday 20 January 2017; 14:42)

Charmbracelet (71,462) by Terna from Nigeria It's my least favorite Mariah Carey album. Sorry guys but something's off about the vocals, and what's a Mariah Carey album without stellar vocals? It sounds like she's singing under water or suffocating, her bellowing resonating belt is totally non existent, her ease of singing replaced with difficulty (Yours), her main chest voice only makes an appearance on TTR, MSG, TTR reprise and maybe The One. The rest is struggle vocals (Have you heard the full 5 minute version of "You got me"? Horrendous.) and tired borderline irritable whispering. (Thursday 19 January 2017; 18:05)

Re: Mariah's world (spoiler alert?) (71,442) (71,461) by Terna from Nigeria Mariah and Stella. The lambily would riot and boycott Mariah until further notice haha. (Thursday 19 January 2017; 17:35)

Mariah's world (spoiler alert?) (71,441) by Terna from Nigeria They keep reminding us to watch and not miss out so I'm guessing maybe there's a surprise in the season finale episode. My guess would be one of these: She gets back with Nick Cannon (far fetched?) we've actually been seeing them together a lot recently with Roc and Roe, or she married James Parker since March and we've all just been strung along for the "breakup" ride. (Thursday 19 January 2017; 9:36)

Re: Mariah in studio (71,382) (71,390) by Terna from Nigeria That's good news. I've wanted a Dj Khaled collaboration for a while now, ever since I heard the track he did with Mary J. Blige and Fabolous. He's a hot producer. (Tuesday 17 January 2017; 16:19)

The missing chanteuse (food for thought) (71,334) by Terna from Nigeria What if "Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse" was Mariah's last album? Think about it, something about that album feels like she's saying goodbye or throwing in the towel like f**k it. I'm done with this industry and the disgusting haters and it's been like what? Four years since its release. Also the expression on her face on the deluxe edition totally rubs me the wrong way. It's no secret how the industry killed Mariah's spirit with all the envy, and conscious efforts to downplay her achievements. And seeing how she has embraced touring and live performances. Oh man I do hope I'm wrong. (Monday 16 January 2017; 11:08)

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