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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 evolution of Mariah Carey (110,088) by Bobby A from United States I hope MC wins 100% with Here For It All. I want Sugar Sweet to be at least in the top 10 on the Hot 100 when her album drops. That would be so sweet for MC. I hope The Clark Sisters collaboration becomes a huge gospel radio hit and people start talking about it on social media. I hope one of the ballads on the album becomes a LTT moment for MC. September 26, 2025 is going be a huge day for MC filled with good reviews and TV appearances and a hopefully a GMA or Today Show performance. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 12:28) this is a reply to message 110,075

The evolution of Mariah Carey (110,075) by Jamie from UK Whilst I love that Mariah is still putting out music I can't help but wonder what went wrong for Mariah. I've just heard Without You on an Instagram post which to me is the pinnacle of Mariah in 1993, you couldn't get much better than that. To now her latest single Sugar Sweet (which I don't mind) but let's be honest she can barely sing this tune and it isn't very taxing on the voice as a were her earlier hits. When I hear old school Mariah I can't help but feel sad at where we are now. A complete transformation of personality and a huge degrading of vocals. What happened? Was it self inflicted or is it just natural wear and tear of a once untouchable voice. I would love to rewind to 1993 when her career took off internationally and just remind her to stay grounded and focus on what's important. I've said this multiple times but I just don't get how we went from Mariah to MC it's such a contrast of personalities. Her early cross over stuff was cool but as I've said countless times she took it too far and I think the partying etc took a toll on her vocals and ate away at her wholesomeness. She might say and pretend that she's always been hood but I remember those early days and there was no pretence, just a natural girl living her best life. Yes we all change but we're still recognisable, I think Mariah took it too far and now she doesn't even recognise herself. Her appearance last night on Jimmy Kimmel is a far cry from who she once was, I would love to sit 1993 Mariah down and show her 2025 Mariah. I don't even think she would relate to that. I'm speaking from the heart and probably don't understand the ins and outs of the celebrity lifestyle and how it affects you both physically and mentally. But part of me wants to understand what went wrong and what happened to Mariah and why she's so affected now and her voice has taken such a turn. It's great she's still giving us music but vocally and especially personality she's a far cry from what she was. I don't even think Mariah knows herself anymore she's that affected. I reminisce of her dancing on the beach with "to be around you" playing out to her now barely able to focus or speak and can't but help to want to say to her it's ok to be Mariah again. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:14)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,085) by Bobby A from United States Oh, I thought that was Andrew posting. I hope he is well too. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 12:08) this is a reply to message 110,074

Jimmy Kimmel (110,074) by Edward from USA Bobby A, that was a different person from the UK. It's been nearly two years since Andy last posted here. I think he was dealing with some personal stuff. I hope he's ok wherever he is. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:13)

Mariah pairs leopard print slipdress with throwback hair (110,076) by Bobby A from United States MC is in love. I have to admit that the lyrics from Sugar Sweet suggest that they are about someone very special in her life. I guess when we when hear their duet, we will know extent of their relationship. I don't think MC has ever used "baby" so many times in her lyrics. It seems like she wants the ring to get married again. (Saturday 26 July 2025; 01:21) this is a reply to message 110,070

Mariah pairs leopard print slipdress with throwback hair (110,070) by Lambi from USA I agree I think the hairstylist and make up artist did good. Just the styling was a bit of a mismatch. There shouldn't have been any straps on the clavicles. Because it became straps + her ginormous necklace + crazy amount of hair + overly done boobs. It was way too much. Should've removed straps, add some sort of lace material to hover her boobs, put the hair completely on the back (or maybe just one side) then a more subtle necklace piece to completely accentuate and feature her neck and clavicle area. This would've been be a more polished, clean look. I noticed Mariah sports these extra "slutty" looks when she's in peak romance. She quite literally wore lingerie on Ellen in 2009, just a year after getting married to Nick. (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:25)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,071) by Bobby A from United States No, I saw him post something in the spring. He did say something nice. Andrew and I had a love and hate history that some of the newbies don't know anything about. I can laugh about it now, but that time was constant reprimanding that I wanted to leave the board. He just didn't like my ecentric personality. Lol. (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:28) this is a reply to message 110,069

Jimmy Kimmel (110,069) by Chicago Lamb from USA Wow, has Andrew hacked webmaster's account? (Friday 25 July 2025; 22:02)

Mariah's charting power (110,060) by Bobby A from United States Based upon the #5 charting postion of Sugar Sweet on iTunes today and Type Dangerous still rising on the radio airplay charts, I feel Here For It All is going to do very well during the first sales week. And we still haven't received the full tracklisting with features and full writing credits. I feel some writers were deliberately left off the Apple songwriters credits list that we saw to keep their feature status a secret. (Friday 25 July 2025; 17:50) this is a reply to message 110,044

Mariah's charting power (110,044) by Libra Lamb from USA At first listen, I was hooked. It's not going to change the world. It's just a song. It's just a piece of someone's art. I really like it but I can see how people that are tired and unhappy would want to rip it apart and poop on it, that's the case with anything. I will still listen to it and enjoy it because I actually do love Mariah. I'm only here for the music, not the opinions of people who don't matter at all. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:23)

Sugar Sweet (110,045) by Bobby A from United States I love it, but I was hoping for more lyrics, especially in the pre-chorus part, to carry the song more. Overall, great improvement over TD. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:25) this is a reply to message 110,042

Sugar Sweet (110,042) by BFF from United States I'm a little underwhelmed by the song, but I understand that its release is strategic as means for Mariah to stay contemporary. I don't blame Mariah for trying to stay current, but I think the songwriting, production and guest artists are a bit beneath her. The uptempo songs on "Caution" worked a lot better than this one in my opinion. Who knows? Maybe it grow on me. I'm looking forward to hearing the songs she produced with just Daniel Moore, the Paul/Linda McCartney cover, and the collaboration with The Clark Sisters. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:13)

Jimmy Kimmel (110,043) by Bobby A from United States I wanted Jimmy to show up and take over. I felt bad for MC when she was really being overly flirtatious at the beginning of the interview. MC became very uncomfortable in the middle of the interview when she kept flirting with MC. Jimmy would have shown some class. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:17) this is a reply to message 110,040

Jimmy Kimmel (110,040) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands I don't want to be rude, but with her breasts popping out she looked like a hooker. (Friday 25 July 2025; 13:04)

Here For It All (110,017) by Bobby A from United States No maam, I never skipped a single track on TEOM. MC sequenced the heck out of TEOM perfectly. I think that is what she has done for HIFA. I have already analyzed the potential genre of the songs which we don't know the titles of yet. 1. The Stereotypes produced song is an uptempo jam. 2. Here For It All ft. Anderson .Paak 3. Type Dangerous positioned perfectly here so the album can start paying homage to every era of MC's career. 4. Sugar Sweet ft. Shenseea and Kehlani 5. The Roget Chahayed song is an uptempo jam. 6. The Daniel Moore produced song is a ballad. 7. The Harv produced song is a midtempo jam. 8. The Bongo ByTheWay song is definitely midtempo or a ballad. 9. The Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney song could be Dear Boy or My Love or Live and Let Die. 10. The Clark Sisters gospel song is described by Nostradamus on X as Amazing Grace and Ain't No Way. 11. This Daniel Moore produced song has explicit lyrics. So possibly it could be Clown 2.0 or Did I Do That? 2.0. 12. Hoping for that Bryson Tiller feature on the Amazon Exclusive CD. (Friday 25 July 2025; 01:46) this is a reply to message 110,015

Here For It All (110,015) by Lambi from USA You don't think TEOM is a no skip album? I get what you mean with Butterfly being the golden standard though. It's on another level. I want to believe HFIA is a no skip album but I already skipped T:D but I don't doubt majority of the tracks will be fire. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 22:51)

Here For It All (110,009) by Bobby A from United States I understand better today the reason why just 11 tracks because of the hype statement on Record Store Day's website. The hype statement says: "Here For It All is Mariah Carey's new forthcoming project with Gamma. This album marks the start of a bold new era for Mariah. It balances her legacy with fresh cultural relevance and pop significance." MC hasn't had an album you can listen to without any skips since Butterfly. Here For It All is going to be that no skips album. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 17:13) this is a reply to message 109,957

Here For It All (109,957) by BFF from United States You know, in retrospect, I don't think seven years has been that much of a wait in comparison to some longer breaks that other artists have taken. Janet Jackson hasn't had a proper studio album since Unbreakable in 2015. Toni Braxton took eight years between Pulse (2010) and Sex & Cigarettes (2018). Maybe Mariah will be able to get more music out now that the twins are teenagers and with Larry Jackson and the Gamma team supporting her. I'm looking forward to hearing the new music, and I'm really excited for this "Live and Let Die" cover. I love it when Mariah pulls off a random 70s/80s rock cover for us. It seems like some of the songs selected for the album were recorded earlier in the process than others, and it's clear that there were multiple sets of sessions for the album as we heard about during her interviews for the last few years. The collaboration with the Clark Sisters and the songs with just Daniel Moore seem to have been completed before the sessions with Anderson .Paak. This summer has been super hard for me personally, but having a new Mariah album to look forward to has seriously brightened up my day(s). Happy to have people like Bobby A keeping me in the loop with his X research skills (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 18:35)

Shenseea (110,002) by Bobby A from United States Yes, we will. Kehlani has a beautiful voice and her song Folded is her biggest streaming song of her career right now. I like Shenseea's song Work Me Out with Wiz Kid. By the way, Halle Berry just posted lyrics from Sugar Sweet for a call-and-response from Lambs. It would be cool if Halle Berry is in the video. Tomorrow is going to be a huge day for MC. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:35) this is a reply to message 110,001

Shenseea (110,001) by Haiji from United States I think Shenseea will be featured mostly throughout the song with no real verse, maybe the bridge, with Mariah on 1st verse and Kehlani on 2nd verse. Or maybe it's formatted with a call-and-response verse where MC and Kehlani go back and forth on the verses, MC has the hook and bridge and Shenseea is also throughout the whole song with ad-libs. We'll see tomorrow. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 15:02)

Shenseea (109,998) by Bobby A from United States Do you think Shenseea will sing her part first after Mariah's first verse and then Kehlani? I thought it was odd that Shenseea's name is first before Kehlani's name. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 14:02) this is a reply to message 109,997

Shenseea (109,997) by Haiji from United States She's a dancehall artist (Jamaican - Vybz Kartel, Sean Paul, Beenie Man). Afrobeats comes from West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana - Burna Boy, Tems, Wizkid). Almost similar vibes but different genres. Often understandably confused with one another since some of Afrobeats influence comes from dancehall. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 13:42)

Mental state (109,979) by Bobby A from United States MC will have her first post album announcement TV interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday with guest host, Fortune Feimster (The Mindy Project). Let's see how confident and funny she is with Fortune Feimster. MC has been in L.A. this week filming the Sugar Sweet video. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 06:14) this is a reply to message 109,971

Mental state (109,971) by ADAM from USA I'm also highly curious what the album rollout interviews will look like. I think she has some sort of mental tick. She has not shared with the public, but I think she's had some sort of a stroke or physical laps that makes her unable to answer things in depth or recall easily. Anytime we have seen her when she answered something. It's all premeditated and not natural. I wish you just come clean and therefore you'd have the sympathy of the public and also some truth with your fan base instead of this plastic veneer and all these can terrible answers to questions that we don't care about. I think she's such an interesting figure and has so many stories that she could talk about But she is so guarded and not truthful. I really want the best for her as I feel like this is her last era of music. Hoping for the best - btw I'm obsessed with Sugar Sweet using AfroBeats it's such an ear worm of a jingle and will sound great blasting from anyone's speakers. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 02:05)

Sugar Sweet (109,975) by Bobby A from United States It's official that Sugar Sweet ft. Shenseea and Kehlani will drop Friday. This is the song that is going to do much better than TD on the Hot 100. While we wait for Sugar Sweet, let's take a look back at one of MC's biggest 2nd singles on the Hot 100. Love Takes Time spent a total of 26 weeks on the Hot 100. It was released on August 21, 1990. It peaked at #1 on November 10, 1990 and stayed there for 3 consecutive weeks. It is going to be interesting to see what Sugar Sweet does on the Hot 100 in today's streaming world. (Thursday 24 July 2025; 04:28)

Physical copy (109,965) by Bobby A from United States Jamie, go to recordstoreday.com and do a search for MC and a East coast major city zip code. There you will find vinyl record shops who will preorder the HFIA vinyl and possibly order the CD for you and ship to the UK. Also, try Vintage Stock's website and Comeback Vinyl in Atlanta and Grimey's in Nashville. Those three may ship overseas too. Also, I will help too if you can't get the variant that you want. (Wednesday 23 July 2025; 23:20) this is a reply to message 109,926

Physical copy (109,926) by Jamie from UK Do we think the physical copy will be available in the UK too? (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 17:26)

Here For It All (109,937) by Bobby A from United States My impatient self just couldn't trust MC, her team, and Gamma. Her team via Mariah Alerts on X played a game with Lambs today to find Here For It All billboards around L.A. this afternoon. Everything seems to be coming together. Type Dangerous had its biggest streaming increase in awhile on Spotify today. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 23:19) this is a reply to message 109,717

New album (109,717) by Shezz from Pk Bobby A, Edward is 100% right. Even if she released Fantasy right now it really wouldn't do much. Secondly I think we need to trust their process. They have a plan plus they're probably still working a few things out. I'd rather she finish everything right than announce the album prematurely and then delay it later. Plus she's not going to have a mega pop star roll out. 6 weeks ago we thought she was done, that she'd never release anything again and that there was something gravely wrong with her. A week later she gave us a brand new single and said MC16 is on its way, did numerous radio appearances and BET, performed at Capital FM, released one of her better videos in the last 15 years, rpartaked in a confused chaotic song with Barbra, Walter and Ariana and then just released a remix ep with some pretty good remixes. All in the last 5 weeks after being mostly out of action for 7 years. Cut MC and Gamma some slack. She knows what she's doing. The next single will be out soon and so will the album announcement. No amount of promotional blitz will make it perform along the level of the current stars but the music will be there for you to enjoy regardless. (Sunday 13 July 2025; 18:13)

Here For It All (109,934) by Bobby A from United States I am wondering now if the rumored Bryson Tiller collaboration is on the Amazon exclusive CD potentially being that 12th track. That would surely entice more hip hop and R&B fans purchase that version of the CD. Everybody is saying on the social media JD's absence on a Mariah Carey album is the first time in 16 years. I feel he won't be out completely. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 21:18) this is a reply to message 109,898

Here For It All (109,898) by Haiji from United States Looking forward to hearing what Shensea and Bryson Tiller bring to the album. I'm thinking she's remaking a Paul M. song as a thank you for not getting upset when she beats The Beatles' record lol it would be wild if she actually beat the record or even tie it with that song but I doubt that. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 01:35)

Cover art (109,925) by Bobby A from United States I love the Amazon cover better that was released today. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 16:15) this is a reply to message 109,904

Cover art (109,904) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Update - they uploaded a clearer photo of the Amazon version and yes not feeling it. She melts into the dark instead of standing out. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 03:25)

Amazon CD pre-order (109,924) by Bobby A from United States It has only been digital only, complete edition lately. Maybe I am wrong. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 16:12) this is a reply to message 109,922

Amazon CD pre-order (109,922) by Lighty from China Is that even a recent trend? TEOM already had that Ultra Platinum Edition back in 2005. They've been doing this kind of thing for a really long time. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 14:24)

New album credits (109,920) by Bobby A from United States Wow. MC collaborated with mostly new songwriters again for HFIA. Now I understand why MC didn't release the song titles on yesterday. I didn't expect so many songs with Harv, Felisha Fury, Anderson .Paak and Rae Khalil. My two biggest surprises are the Kehlani collaborating with MC and the Bongo ByTheWay production. His producer tag is so funny when you hear it. It is said really fast like Mustard on the beat is heard on With You. I am really hoping MC covered My Love by Paul and Linda McCartney. Listening to it last night made think that MC could turn it into a power ballad like Without You. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 14:04) this is a reply to message 109,903

New album credits (109,903) by Haiji from United States So this is what I found. Once again, not sure if this is official. 1. TBA! Mariah Carey • Ray Romulus • Jonathan Yip • Luke Milano • Jeremy Reeves • Jeff Baranowsky • Felisha King Harvey 2. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson • Jairus Mozee • Jason Pounds 3. Type Dangerous! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson • Jairus Mozee • Jason Pounds • Eric Barrier • William Griffin 4. Sugar Sweet! Mariah Carey • Bernard Harvey • Felisha King Harvey • Kehlani Parrish • Chinsea Linda Lee • Donny Flores • Mikhai Wesley Miller 5. TBA! Mariah Carey • Rogét Chahayed • Alissia Benveniste • Brandon Paak Anderson • Kenya Rae Johnson 6. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II 7. TBA! Mariah Carey • Bernard Harvey • Felisha King Harvey 8. TBA! Mariah Carey • Rogét Chahayed • Alissia Benveniste • Brandon Paak Anderson • Uforo “Bongo” Ebong • Kenya Rae Johnson 9. TBA! Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney 10. TBA! Mariah Carey • Karen Clark Sheard • Jacky Clark Chisholm • Dorinda Clark Cole • Daniel Moore II 11. TBA! Mariah Carey • Daniel Moore II (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 03:14)

Amazon CD pre-order (109,919) by Bobby A from United States There seems to be a trend these days after an album has been out a couple of months the artist releases a new single and then a complete or deluxe edition. Teddy Swims did it with his single God Went Crazy to release I've Tried Everything But Therapy the complete edition with an extra six songs. Coco Jones released her debut album Why Not More with bonus digital tracks. Also, she removed one song and and added different songs both for the Target exclusive vinyl and standard vinyl releases. Gamma may give Here For It All a deluxe or complete edition this November for the holiday season. Maybe that is the reason for just 11 tracks for the initial release. It all just depends how the album sells and how successful the 2nd and 3rd singles are on the Hot 100. I believe Sugar Sweet is going to give MC TMB radio and streaming numbers for the next of couple of months. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 13:29) this is a reply to message 109,908

Amazon CD pre-order (109,908) by Max from Germany The days of bonus tracks are over. I mean, everything's digital these days anyway. What's the point? Most listeners don't have CD players anymore. If Amazon or JP have exclusive tracks on HFIA, then please use familiar material and not new songs. I also hope that we actually get 11 new tracks and that there isn't "Yes, and" or "Made for Me" on the album. I'm really happy that it's happening and wish MC all the best for the album. Sugar Sweet keeps getting stuck in my head and I'm also excited for the title track. There was The Voice again. (Tuesday 22 July 2025; 05:46)

Here For It All (109,892) by Bobby A from United States Type Dangerous is track 3. Sugar Sweet is track 4. I think Type Dangerous was chosen as the first single until her team and Gamma figured out how they were going to launch the album after MC had completed the recording sessions. (Monday 21 July 2025; 21:15) this is a reply to message 109,887

Here For It All (109,887) by John from USA So cute reading the responses of people online saying, "We're here for it." I'm definitely excited. I have high hopes for the album, with Anderson .Paak co-writing and producing and LA Reid executive producing and overseeing the process. I just wish her vocals are not going to be as overly-engineered as those in MIAMTEC. Even if she had to record one line at a time, and sleep with humidifiers all around her bed each night in between lines recorded, I'll take those than the tinny vocals we've had on that album. All that said: Type Dangerous is an odd choice for a lead single though. I mean, I want it to be cohesive, and I can't imagine how that song will fit in the entire album. (Monday 21 July 2025; 19:56)

Here For It All (109,891) by Bobby A from United States We have some dedicated Lambs on X doing all of the in depth research. I think the goal of HFIA was to collaborate with new songwriters and producers a genre blending album. Here is what I have found out on X: 1. New producers and songwriters - Roget Chahayed (Jack Harlow's First Class and Miguel's Skywalker), Bongo ByTheWay (Keyshia Cole's Vault and Jasmine Sullivan's Girl Like Me), Alissia Beneveriste (Mary J. Blige's Heart Without Heartbreak from her album Good Morning Gorgeous), Harv, Felisha Fury, Luke Milano, Kehlani, Mikkai Wesley Miller Rae Khalil, and Anderson .Paak. 2. Sugar Sweet ft. Kehlani and Shenseea - 3:42 song length - 07/25 3. The Stereotypes and Luke Milano have track 1. So you know it must be an uptempo banger. 4. The Clark Sisters collaboration is on track 10. I am disappointed that Twinkie Clark wasn't a part of the writing session. Hopefully, she is singing on the song. Mariah and Daniel Moore produced it. 5. There is a Paul and Linda McCartney cover. Maybe it's their song "Dear Boy". 6. There still may be track 12 on the U.S. CD and vinyl variants and track 13 on the Japanese edition. (Monday 21 July 2025; 21:10) this is a reply to message 109,884

Here For It All (109,884) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Great title. I too am concerned a bit about the date. The album was supposed to be a summery album so releasing it at the end of summer is interesting. It also has very few tracks like 11 if I'm not mistaken will they have to release more songs to tie up to the album release. I'm surprised it's not in August because that's perfect timing and doesn't she have some big shows lined up for August. Plus August wouldn't have too much competition. I'm sure they have a plan and I hope they stick to it and don't push it further that will kill momentum. I'm excited for Sugar Sweet next week and hope we have a solid music video and some fun remixes. (Monday 21 July 2025; 18:34)

Here For It All Grammy consideration (109,890) by Bobby A from United States Sadly it will miss the August 29th cut-off. (Monday 21 July 2025; 20:45) this is a reply to message 109,881

Here For It All Grammy consideration (109,881) by Chicago Lamb from USA Will this be delivered in time for Grammy consideration? Mother is due. (Monday 21 July 2025; 17:15)

Sugar Sweet (109,874) by Bobby A from United States You're very welcome, Haiji. (Monday 21 July 2025; 16:06) this is a reply to message 109,867

Sugar Sweet (109,867) by Haiji from United States Thank you, Bobby. (Monday 21 July 2025; 03:31)

Here For It All (109,873) by Bobby A from United States Here For It All will drop on 9/26. I love the album title and cover. It sums up MC's extraordinary career for the past 30 years. (Monday 21 July 2025; 16:06)

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