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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.

Mariah's priorities (111,199) by Randy from USA

No surprise in Brazil. I'm always surprised that people are so upset though. It's become a joke on Instagram and TikTok. "Go ahead Mimi give us nothing and everything at the same time." I think Mariah's priorities are ranked in this order. #4 Her vocals. #3 "The music" or being a songwriter in the studio. #2 The lighting. #1 Looking great: "the hair, the makeup, the ensemble". Whenever she walks out on stage, myself and everyone in the general public says the same thing, " wow she looks great." But we never leave the performance with "she sounded great". And as for HFIA, Stacey and Bill, I agree with the "sh*t" being out of place. And she mentions God in the next line. Listen I say bad words but they fit the moment. GTFO is my anthem. But on HFIA, "sh*t" didn't belong with the mood of the verse. I really like the song though, outside of that. And if you've followed my career as a columnist on this board, y'all know I don't like anything. P.S I kinda thought we were getting "Mi" this week as she alluded to it at the end of her "finish the lyric video". Oh well.
(Monday 15 September 2025; 13:32)

JD interview on The Breakfast Club (111,106) by Randy from USA

He starts talking about her at 30:00 on YouTube. It was a little enlightening. He claims she wants to go full out hip-hop. At one point early on she brought Cream by Wu-Tang to him and said I want to sing over that. He also said that she wanted to "rap" more over We Belong Together. I think he meant sing more with fast wordplay. He insisted on her sing that last note We Belong Together. He also said she can sing flawlessly when she wants to. She doesn't want to highlight how well she sings anymore. That kinda makes sense. I have noticed since she started having problems with her voice she wants to put emphasis on her being a songwriter or she thanks God for the gift of making music. She never wants to talk about her voice. MC doesn't want to put the effort into singing at a high level. He also says the audience wants the new Mariah records to sound like the old Mariah records. He says it's a struggle with all artists. They all want to change their sound despite the success and the brand that got them to the top. It was very interesting. In all the hoopla of promotion I thought yall may miss out on this.
(Thursday 11 September 2025; 12:42)

VMAs (111,031) by Randy from USA

Mimi L, I kinda liked the ensemble. I thought the boots were kind of clunky though. I think she looked terrific and I thought her movement was standard, she's done less movement before. My problem is (as always) that someone considered one of the greatest vocalists of all time can't seem to sing live but even then, she's miming better than in the past. Her eyes were on that teleprompter though. You could tell she was reading the whole time. That's a new phenomenon with her. She wrote these songs. She's lived with them. Hell, they're part of pop culture. She probably just needs it for the arrangement and to not miss her mouthing cues. But that hurts her interaction with the audience. Maybe, just maybe, if she'd just sing. I know I know. It was too cold in there. It was too hot in there. She didn't get 8 hours sleep. Her humidifier quit without giving two weeks notice. She has nodules. But overall I was still able to hold my head high as a fan. At this point I'm glad for just that.
(Monday 8 September 2025; 18:35)

The tracklist (110,791) by Randy from USA

Hate to not be my normal "negative" self; but the tracklist has me excited. It sounds interesting. I hope she kept the vocals simple and I'll be able to understand the lyrics. This will also be the first MC album I won't have on CD. I threw out my CDs and my shelf system last month.

(Friday 29 August 2025; 00:53)

The men in Mariah songs (110,748) by Randy from USA

I'm fascinated by so many Mariah references and the songs she wrote them for and I kinda like she plays coy when asked. It's clear that Butterfly (backwardly), Can't Take That Away, Side Effects, Petals (the patriarch) are about Tommy. Clown and Obsessed are about Eminem. My All, The Roof and Honey are about Derek. The Impossible, Cry, The Art of Letting Go and Faded are about Nick. I Don't is about James Packer. GTFO is about Stella. That sums up the men. I wonder who is the boy and girl in Petals (they're bonded thru despondency) and is the knife chipping away at her is Walter A? I still believe he was at that table and said nothing and that's the falling out. Finally, I am 90% sure that Thirsty is about Damizza and not about Nick. And I Wish You Well, Alison, Brenda K Starr? What are ya'll thoughts?
(Wednesday 27 August 2025; 22:48)

I am in the minority on Caution (110,719) by Randy from USA

My favorite song is GTFO and I think the first four songs make the album. Its second half is lazy. Stacey I love you like a freeze-pop but Giving Me Life sounds like a Me, Myself and I knockoff. It also kinda irks me as gay slang that she got from Kristofer Buckle. I'm gay yall don't have a cow. At least, I was gay last time I checked. The Distance has real cheerleaders on a slow song? When I think of cheerleaders on a song Toni Basil's Mickey, Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl or MCs Up Out My Face maybe. All uptempos and it seems out of place on The Distance. One More Gen is boring, I barely remember it. Eighth Grade's hook is stuck in my head but it's not great MC material. Finally, Portrait to me is the second worse introspective MC song, barely better than I Wish You Well (which I've been telling you all for years is a rant, not a song). If MIAMTEC is my "I Don't Know Her" album, Caution is my "I Don't Know Her, But I've Met Her" album. I hope I know HFIA.
(Tuesday 26 August 2025; 19:04)

Mariah is getting the Vanguard Award (110,630) by Randy from USA

I'm kcufin thrilled. I think Paula Abdul is over dude but Mariah's best videos to me are Someday, Honey, My All, Breakdown, Heartbreaker, Through The Rain, We Belong Together, Touch My Body and Obsessed.
(Thursday 21 August 2025; 22:17)

Back to chart obsession (110,532) by Randy from USA

Jaker for once we agree. People will love a song and then when it doesn't do well, it was a bad single choice. Mariah does it too. One of my favorite songs is Through The Rain and Mariah has bad talked that. Although during the promotional tour, she said it was an anthem. The same with Bye Bye, which I love. Mariah talks about how that was a bad single choice, but she promoted it everywhere. No one knows whether a song will be a hit because if they did, everyone would have number ones. I knew the first time I heard Type: Dangerous and Sugar Sweet they weren't hits. Cool songs. Not hits. Can I bring Adele up for the fifty million time? Why does only Adele understand that a heartfelt ballad as a lead single will go to number one because it reaches across generations and music delivery formats? I was disgusted to watch Hello make 25 go diamond and Easy on Me make 30 sell in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, and for as much as I love those two songs, I'm sitting by thinking, Mariah does ballads better than anyone. And yet she keeps churning out modern r&b. Final thought and it's still a repeat. I don't know what Mariah or Gamma thought releasing these songs so early on an album so short. Was there a plan B if the songs didn't work? Type Dangerous shoulda came out the last week of July and Sugar Sweet shoulda came out the last week of August for a September 26 release. But quiet as it's kept, I kinda think Cardi B is gonna struggle. The music audience is fickle. We will see. That's all.
(Sunday 17 August 2025; 01:10)


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Do you all think? (110,475) by Randy from USA

She'll push the album date?
(Thursday 14 August 2025; 03:33)

I've been quiet ... Sugar Sweet (110,351) by Randy from USA

I've been really busy lately but I've been reading comments in the background. I feel as tho Mariah and Gamma made a big gamble with all this promotion and putting out these two singles. They're not bad lead singles like You're Mine Eternal. It's just that they're not undeniable hits like Touch My Body, You Don't Know What To Do (could've been). Neither of these said hit on first listen to me. They're cute songs but not comeback material. And now they may be heading for a flop. Caution debuted at #5 and at the rate this train is going I don't even see that. They have three options.
1. Release something fire, enough of this muddled opaque blah music. But that will mean we have heard a quarter of the album. And I'll be pissed if that Barbara [sic] track makes the album.
2. Push the album back which will piss the hardcore fans off.
3. Release the album now and see how people feel about it and maybe do a re-release if it flops and this time release something fire that's undeniable to the ear. This roll out is horrible because it's almost as if they believed one of those songs was a hit and would carry interest all the way to 9/26. Did they not take the MIAMTEC singles and Caution singles and their chart performance into consideration? Oh and I'm curious to know how Type Dangerous and Sugar Sweet are doing overseas. Artists always complain Americans are fickle. How's her Japanese fans reacting to the music?
(Wednesday 6 August 2025; 13:46)

Article: The making of Mariah Carey (110,177) by Randy from USA

Absolutely stunning photos... and yall know by now, I don't like anything.

(Tuesday 29 July 2025; 11:32)

Article: Mariah Carey's "new era begins" with album out July 23 (109,758) by Randy from USA

Bobby A. Why'd you use that title? I got all excited like "wait, what did I miss?" But since you brought it up MIAMTEC came out May 27. The original release was July 23 the year before. And I'm glad you all like the album but for me it is her worse. I got it the day it came out and was more disappointed than I was when I lost my virginity. Caution was much better and is growing on me. I play GTFO constantly and even used it on my TikTok as the soundtrack for me quitting my last teaching job.
(Tuesday 15 July 2025; 20:42)


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Unpopular opinions (109,663) by Randy from USA

I think Bye Bye was a worthy second single and Migrate isn't an undeniable hit. I think the Candy sample is better than Firecracker for Loverboy. I think #Beautiful is really boring. MIAMTEC is MC's worst album by far. Did I Do That is a great song. Through The Rain is better than Hero. Right To Dream is the best lyric Mariah has ever written. GTFO is the best song on Caution. The Wind is boring. Memoirs is the closest album to a follow up to Butterfly. Whitney held back on When You Believe because she knew MC in her 1998 voice couldn't keep up. Mariah is at fault for the Nicki Minaj beef. JLo had no idea about Firecracker and didn't deserve MC's smoke. Mariah and Eminem went on a few dates and messed around once. Mariah was embarrassed by her performance at Divas 98 and that's why she keeps hinting at Celine over singing in Aretha's presence. I think Type Dangerous is boring. I think Oh Santa is a great song because of its insane amount of energy. Mariah has potential as an actress. The performance of You and I for Stevie Wonder is boring. Mariah has had vocal problems since she left Tommy and maybe that sequestering her in the castle kept her very sensitive voice protected. At the present rate Mariah will sound like Dionne Warwick sounds now in her late 60s.
(Thursday 10 July 2025; 03:50)


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A few more possible albums titles (109,615) by Randy from USA

I'm a Horrible Piano Player. Mic Unplugged. I'm a Songwriter. Dangerous Lighting. I'm a Melodically Driven Individual. The Collaborations of Mimi. Glitz. It's All About The Ensemble. E=MC to Infinity. I Needed 8 Hours of Sleep To Make This Album. Me. I Am Mariah. But Trey & Mary Ann Are Out Shouting Me. Butterfly Ring. Ok I'll stop. Wait, how bout The Emancipation of my Bad Side? No?
(Friday 4 July 2025; 22:31)

Heavy songs (109,602) by Randy from USA

Jaker20, I think Portrait on Caution is heavy so she'll do at least one. Languishing from Memoirs is heavy. Most of yall hate it but Memoirs to me is the closest follow up to Butterfly. I remember Mariah saying in the promos for Glitter, I'll never abandon my ballads they are a part of me. We will get something heavy on the new album. Any word on an album title yet? Dangerous? No MJ did that. Overhead Lighting? Anniversaries? Hey, it's one word. Beauty School Drop Out? The Reinterpretation of Mimi? How about, The Mimi Theorem, a2 + b2 = c2? Maybe, Mariah Nunez? Me. I'm Still Mariah. The Songbird Supreme. Ok ok I'll stop,
(Friday 4 July 2025; 14:15)

No slapping anything on the album (109,587) by Randy from USA

No. No. No. No. No. We are not slapping covers on the end. That's how we ended up with One More Try at the end of insufferably long MIAMTEC. That's the brilliance of Caution. It's short. I hate The Distance, 8th Grade, One More Gen and Giving Me Life. I have a feeling any more songs woulda dragged the album. And woulda been another title/concept from slang. Charmbracelet MCIIYou and MIAMTEC are my least favorite MC albums. I feel like pruning could've helped all of them.
(Thursday 3 July 2025; 18:19)


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Summer fun songs (109,572) by Randy from USA

Jaker20 we never agree on anything but I could not disagree with you more on this topic. I actually would rather an album full of heavy, self introspective songs. I listen to Languishing, Anytime You Need A Friend, Close My Eyes and Through The Rain constantly these days. I appreciate Touch My Body for the melodically driven verses and the camp video. Shake It Off is fun also. Songs like that are needed. But so are songs like My All, Petals and Vanishing. I think we're getting both on the new album. I wanted a heavy Adele-like album with songs like Hello, Easy on Me, Million Years Ago and Someone Like You. That's not where MC is. I don't even think that would sell for Adele at this point in today's musical landscape. But some of us are heartbroken or want our hearts broken. Not everything can be light.
(Wednesday 2 July 2025; 20:15)

One Heart, One Voice (109,512) by Randy from USA

It's not that I am against something wholesome. The song is just bad. When you look at Mariah duets, Mariah and Boyz II Men, Mariah and Dru Hill, Mariah and Busta, Mariah and Whitney. This song is not on any of those level. When you look at Mariah songs about hope, Hero, Anytime You Need A Friend, Can't Take That Away, Through The Rain, Fly Like A Bird. This song is not on any of those level. Mariah's bar for a duet or a song of hope is so high she can't just release anything and expect we get behind it. You fine with mediocre? Go on, celebrate, jump up and down, attack me. It's not going to make the song inch closer to what she's capable of. In addition, I have an attitude with songs that say a lot but don't say anything. Ima write one for you right now. There's a chance to win. If you look within. Find strength to fight. It'll all be alright. There's a universal truth. You should've learned from youth. If you would just hear it. You can't crush the human spirit. Pretty good huh? Ima pitch it to Miley Cyrus, Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks for the next multi-generation song.
(Saturday 28 June 2025; 05:17)


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One Heart, One Voice (109,495) by Randy from USA

I don't like it. Here's the thing. I knew it would be a ballad from the 90s. I knew it would feel "crowded". And I do think it's genius how he interchanged them throughout the verses. I am a Mariah Carey fan and what's most important to me is a lyric. Then the vocal. Then the arrangement. The lyrics are both banal and generic. It's not a song that needed to be written. It's been written before. I feel as though this is one of the songs sung before a Super Bowl national anthem with young girls from around the world tryna count steps with lame choreography. It belongs at the end of a really bad movie where the credits are more entertaining than the plot. My favorite person on this board woke me up out my sleep with a text for this? It's just Another Trite Hope Song rackin my brain like crazy.
(Friday 27 June 2025; 16:40)

The video is equal parts cheesy and brilliant (109,318) by Randy from USA

I like the animated pieces dispersed throughout and laughed at the hating ass hoes. Yea, she looks great which seems to be her talent these days. This is her third trip to a Casino in a video. Can we do something different? And was Kristofer Buckle necessary? Whatever he's done makes him look like the doll in Saw. The worst part of the video was when she motorcycled under the truck.
(Saturday 14 June 2025; 21:45)

Just enjoy the music (109,187) by Randy from USA

I'm glad you brought that up. I'm scrolling through TikTok and I saw a clip of Damizza's latest interview and it was disgusting what he said about her. His timelines about Glitter and the breakdown were all wrong. Not just because of what she has stated in her book, but because I was a rabid fan through that period and lived through it. He also overstated his importance in her career. He wasn't managing her, Louise McNally was. He actually said she flew private jet to convince Em to be in 8mile and she disappeared into his bedroom. I truly believe something happened between those two but nothing as sleazy. Eric I'm tryna hold back here but kinda look the other way. Damizza is a loser douchebag poser that resembles uncooked chicken and vomited pasta. A real creep.
(Sunday 8 June 2025; 21:32)


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MC16 wish list (109,005) by Randy from USA

Well, I know it ain't gonna happen but since I have a little extra time. I'd like an Adele-like album. No rap. No r&b. No vocal layering. No wall of background singers. Just her and piano or her and guitar. Some love songs mixed in with some hope songs mixed in with some introspective songs. Imagine a quiet album with songs as stripped down as Languishing, Close My Eyes, My All, With You, Camouflage, Vanishing, Music Box, Looking In, Reflections, Petals, Cry, Portrait. And for the voice. Maybe keep it down to what can be replicated live even if the venue is too cold, too hot, missing an umbrella holder, short circuits ear monitors, has no running water for humidifiers, only let you in with less than 7 hours sleep. And only use the whistle twice. Yeah, that would be a dope album.
(Tuesday 3 June 2025; 20:34)

Happy anniversary (108,924) by Randy from USA

You know that's an interesting premise. And I'm ready to get off this stroke, medication, vocal nonsense. I feel like Music Box and Daydream are siblings with the same highs and lows. Each has monster hits (Dreamlover, Hero, Without You vs. Fantasy, One Sweet Day, Always Be My Baby). Each has a weakness (I've Been Thinking About You vs Long Ago). Each has a club song (Now That I Know vs. Daydream Interlude). Dave Jam Hall, Babyface and Walter make appearances on both. I think the reason Music Box is slightly weaker is Now That I Know sucks as much as I've Been Thinking About You so it has two weak tracks and Daydream has Looking In. There's no introspective, non-romantic love track on Music Box. Looking In is the precursor to Close My Eyes, Outside, Petals, Languishing and of course, the best Mariah Carey song of all time Right To Dream. So yea, to me Daydream is the better of the two but Music Box is no slouch. I still play tf out of Anytime You Need A Friend from Tokyo Dome and the Jermaine Dupri remix of Never Forget You. Oh and I do a nifty sing along to the male part of Everything Fades Away.
(Saturday 31 May 2025; 14:26)


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Aussie interview (108,859) by Randy from USA

I just watched and I have to say, this is how I see MC. She's not normally this stiff but she has been in the past. And once again, she looks absolutely gorgeous. Isn't that her brand now? Isn't that the purpose? Isn't that what's spotlighted now? Having people say she looks good is the goal. Because there is absolutely nothing else going on for her right now. But to be honest I am shocked at all these alarm bells going off. I watched the interview thinking this is her on a bad day and it's happened before. Where's the fire? You all speak of strokes, medication, grieving and I'm like, she's been like this, off and on, since 2014. But ok.
(Sunday 25 May 2025; 15:24)

You all are killing me (108,820) by Randy from USA

I don't get it. This is MCs voice. It's what it has been for a very long time without all the background tracks, background singers and music. There's no slurring, stroke or sycophants letting her do whatever. I was thrilled yesterday because it was finally unvarnished truth. It was honesty. I mean besides the lashes and hair. And she didn't sound bad. I'm really upset at y'all response because basically it means you would rather have the lies and deceit. Maybe Special K was right. No matter what she does she can't win. I hate that we live in a world where whatever choice you make you'll find harsh criticism.
(Thursday 22 May 2025; 18:04)

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