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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.

Nothing Is Impossible (111,780) by Randy from USA

The reason MC means more to me than Whitney, Janet and Madonna, my other favorites, is her supernatural ability to pen how I've felt or how I'm feeling. Creepy, right? Whitney was my favorite singer until I heard Outside on Butterfly. The 17 year old lone gay male with 13 aunts and uncles and 27 cousins. Not one of them, to this day, are gay. Or at least out about it. MC's music was something special to me. Songs like Close My Eyes, Can't Take That Away, Petals and Through The Rain all meant a lot to me and as an r&b fan I was tired of romantic love as a subject matter. That's how a black man ended up with Jewel, Sarah Mclachlan, Paula Cole and the Dixie Chicks on my CD shelf. My point is that I get why Mariah refuses to tell us who or what certain songs are about so that we can have our own experiences with them. Lately Languishing and Right to Dream are my go to MC fare as I lost my mom and my 19 year career as a teacher in the past two years. What makes Right to Dream the best Mariah Carey song ever written is not that it's hopeful. Many Mariah songs are hopeful. Right to Dream is a sad song about hope. It's something you can listen to in the moment and not feel like your trauma is being brushed aside with toxic positivity. Life has really scraped your back with razor blades doused in alcohol but you have a right to dream there's more for you than this. I said this in my review and ima say it here. When I first heard the first verse of Nothing Is Impossible, I thought yeah yeah yeah another Hero, Through The Rain, Can't Take That Away and Make It Happen. Then the word gruesome, broken, stolen and the strings yall. The strings. I cried the very first time I heard it. There have been instances in the past week where I've played the song four times in a row. Mariah has been through something. Recently. Notice how low the long note is. How her voice cracks at times when she's going for belts. Today, what inspired this message, I had a moment at my new gig. I stopped, played the song. And felt better. I thank you Mariah. For sharing this song and your gift of music with us all.
(Thursday 9 October 2025; 22:24)

Ya'll are not to bash Mariah or Gamma (111,716) by Randy from USA

This is what we're not going to do. Mariah has been on every show and every podcast promoting this for the last month. She put out a quality project. These numbers are because she is in the same career decline that Diana Ross and Aretha were in during the 90s. Taylor Swift will experience this someday too. And besides, this album was free the day it came out on YouTube. No one's buying music anymore. Streaming is a joke. And what do numbers matter anyway? Geesh, I don't know what yall want from MC. What's more important, the music or the bragging rights behind the numbers? Y'all wanna pressure her into dependency? Because until the day he died Michael was determined to make another Thriller. And Whitney kept telling Clive "ima get my high notes back". Stop this right now.
(Sunday 5 October 2025; 01:43)

Help please (HFIA booklet) (111,680) by Randy from USA

Y'all know I have been Mr. Negative for years on this board. I hate to give up that title but Mariah has really dialed it in this time. The album is wonderful, check my profile for the full review I did. I haven't played an MC album this much during the first week since Memoirs. In addition, she has run around everywhere promoting tirelessly. If the numbers disappoint, Gamma can't blame MC. She looks great, has been grinding and turned in a wonderful piece of art. And to see her in blazers and not mermaid gowns. She stopped traffic on Jennifer Hudson with the blazer and leather pants, hair and make up flawless. This is an amazing roll out and I am proud of MC. I would like to take this time to apologize for calling her a whistling Christmas Jessica Rabbit relic.
(Friday 3 October 2025; 01:09)


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Help please (HFIA booklet) (111,658) by Randy from USA

My iTunes on my phone didn't download a booklet. This is the first MC album I didn't buy a CD for. I threw all my CDs out when I moved and the shelf system as well. I've scoured the four corners of the internet and cannot find a pdf or clear pictures of the booklet that accompanies the album. Anyone help me out email me at randyalexander@hotmail.com. I really want to read the credits and the thank you's.
(Thursday 2 October 2025; 12:24)

Here For It All (review) (111,507) by Randy from USA

If Glitter is her 80s album, Here For It All is Mariah's homage to the 1970s. Lush band moments and disco beats abound on this her most laidback and dare I say it most cohesive album. While this is eons better as an album than the sprint-to-fall-flat Caution and the God-awful MIAMTEC, what those two albums have are standout moments like GTFO, A No-No, You Don't Know What To Do & Meteorite and this album to me is missing a hit. But there are thankfully no misses. Below is my track by track rating.

Mi - The beat and production is amazing. It's very short so it feels more like an interlude than a song. She sings in whisper false the entire song which some may be put off by but to be honest I'm so used to it that it doesn't bother me. I also don't like the rap singing (it's a very bling, ima diva name label dropping song) which I think are irresponsible since most of her lambs are probably rubbing two nickels together to purchase the album. I just think a 56 year old woman shouldn't be singing about her diamonds and Louis Vuitton. But thankfully she leaves the auto tune to the next generation and overall I like the song and will listen to it again. B+

Play The Song - I love the 70s vibe. A lyrically confusing song in terms point of view. She's singing to a boy who misses her and she misses him so they should play this song by themselves? Why not just talk to each other and work it out? Another weird thing is how Anderson .Paak starts talking like Lenny Williams and you get the feeling another verse or hook is coming but the song fades. C+

Dangerous Type - Here comes MC Mariah. We get it you wear name brands. I honestly have only listened to this song twice and this is the third time. I do like the sample and nostalgia better than Dedicated. Again lyrically, she doesn't describe 'the dangerous type' as much as she describes who she is and that's why she likes the Dangerous Type. C

Sugar Sweet - This production, melody and lyric on this are first rate. A little boring for a single choice but you can't dislike this song. She didn't need the features. They added nothing and she's singing to a boy so ... are you tryna have a foursome? An island song. B+

In Your Feelings - The production, melody and lyric are wonderful here. This has an amazing instrumental moment in the middle I really enjoyed. Mariah often alternates between full voice and falsetto. In this song, there are places she should be singing full voice and she's in whisper. There's times she is in full voice she should be in whisper. This is very reminiscent of Make it Look Good (better though than that snoozefest) and It's a Wrap (almost on its level). B+

Nothing is Impossible – It is a very dangerous thing for the writer of Hero, Through The Rain, Anytime You Need A Friend, Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) and Almost Home to write an inspirational song. Anything you attempt will be compared to masterpieces. When the song started playing I was like, 'heard this before.' Then the strings came in second verse and I felt a lump in my throat, then second chorus she came in full voice and then the sustained note and the dramatic backgrounds and the piano playing solo at the end. I was in tears. What Mariah does best—make it through. Thank you for this one Mariah, maybe I can make it thru my right now. A- (The best song here)

Confetti and Champagne - After that emotional moment with the previous track, this was a perfect palate cleanser. It's all in whisper/false so I had trouble with the lyric but I think she's waiting for her new dude and celebrating it's him. This felt like 'the Impossible' from Memoirs. And she was out before I could get bored. Kind of an interlude as you're waiting for your man to knock on the door. B+

I Won't Allow It - I love this 70s vibe. This is You Don't Know What To Do's Little Sister and the annoying rapper is not there. I think the hook could be stronger. But I like this ... a lot B++

My Love - Another 70s cut but it feels like an album cut for an artist then, not their single. And the lyric is kinda stupid. Is she talking about her love or her love (a person)? And she's not saying much. There's so many remakes she could've chose. But I like the authentic nostalgic feel. C

Jesus I Do - Mariah is inventing genres. Gospel Disco. What sucks here is that she didn't really duet with The Clark Sisters. It sounds more like a soup of voices. Mariah has a habit of blending voices where it doesn't feel like any one has parts. So it begs the question, what was the point of asking them to come along for the ride? C

Here For It All - This feels more like the second half of Nothing Is Impossible. However, I am confused if she is talking to a romantic love interest that she will be here through anything or if this is her statement that no matter what life throws her way she will be present and make it through it all and then there's a gospel second half that doesn't make sense to me within the context of the song. This was supposed to be the album's grandiose finale and it comes off as it's trying to hard to be that without cohesive subtext. This song was a real disappointment and largely because Mariah hyped it up. C
(Friday 26 September 2025; 14:38)

Article: Album review: Mariah Carey is Here For It All (111,475) by Randy from USA

Lambi, this scares me. We have never agreed on anything. When he pulled out Save the Day and Heavenly as hits to compare her current songs to, I threw the whole review away. And now you and I have agreed on something.
(Friday 26 September 2025; 02:05)


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SZA/Apple (111,463) by Randy from USA

It pisses me off when the interviewers fangirl out and don't ask real questions or accept real answers. She asked about romantic love inspiring her songs and Mariah deflected to the lambs. We're her love interest? Just the whole thing was boring and cringe. Mariah dodges a lot of questions. And half of them weren't good. It reminded me of her Jennifer Hudson interview except with less Botox.
(Thursday 25 September 2025; 16:44)


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Someone's Ugly Daughter (111,457) by Randy from USA

Can I vent about how stupid I am? I thought the project was in a vault somewhere and no one had heard it. I felt like a complete idiot during the Sza interview, when someone in the crowd had a CD, and she played snippets, and I had to ask my Mariahbro has the album been released? I did not know it was recorded by a group named Chick and released with MC backing vocals and as a hidden writer. I really thought she had it in the vault and no one had ever heard the music period. Now I've completely lost interest. Ya'll wanna hear her vocals over it but I just feel deflated about hearing the real singer of a Milli Vanilli esque story. I'm so deflated.
(Thursday 25 September 2025; 15:00)

Rollout evaluation (111,343) by Randy from USA

I gotta give it to MC and y'all know I don't like anything. I've enjoyed this rollout. I liked the little interviews about the album covers, her what's the next line interview previewing Mi, her going to the radio interviewers and podcasts, her talking about her videos interview, her previewing Mi with merchandise, I liked the MTV performance and the video for Type Dangerous was pretty good. I like the album artwork and the track listing. Hopefully she'll do some television this week. I have two issues. And they are major. The first is the choice of singles. Even the most die hard "yasss queen" would have to admit that you put your best foot forward when you need an album to do well. Type Dangerous and Sugar Sweet while ok songs are album tracks at best. They are not singles and that worries me for the album's quality. The second thing is that the fact that she and Gamma thought they were singles and ushered the rollout a month too early. It was delusional. If I had to grade this rollout I can't give it an A+ because of them acting from purely false hope. I would have to give it a solid B. I'm excited for Friday but very apprehensive about where this will rank as far as quality in her catalogue.
(Saturday 20 September 2025; 19:49)

Mariah the rapper (111,295) by Randy from USA

When JD was talking about Mariah wanting to be a rapper, it didn't click until I heard Mi. She's talking about if it ain't about money I don't wanna hear it. Then I thought about Rihanna's Bitch Better Have My Money and Beyoncé's Diva. So the lines are blurred. Singing fast and talking about brands, bling and hoes is now r&b and pop. I think now about the fast singing in We Belong Together and the first verse of More Than Just Friends and Type: Dangerous. MC is really an MC. Thank God Sarah McLachlan comes out tomorrow. I miss ballads and old fogey music. When MC invited ODB in on Fantasy in 95, I thought she had a lane and he had a lane. Worked for me. Mariah is a bob and weave kinda driver. I wonder how this'll all sound at 60? I know. I know. She doesn't acknowledge time.
(Thursday 18 September 2025; 18:25)

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)

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