Mariah Carey - That Chick [New Album .. April]

haha wtf kind of album title is that.

my internet was loading super slow and as more and more of the cover loaded from top to bottom I was trying to figure out what her new direction would be. At first it looked like she was in some sort of elegant black slip dress and I thought she was going to do like a back to basics adult R and B type thing closer to her early stuff... and then I realized she was naked holding a hat and realized she's just going to keep getting crazier.

so

fucking

excited

whatever i'm down for a good single or two

this cover/title is like a worse nichole scherzinger idea

the song titles are equally as ridiculous... "touch my body", "i'm that chick you like" ... if this wasn't confirmed by the label i'd think it was a wikipedia spoof lol. I'm still excited tho.

Her Name is Mariah...

whatever, titles or not, it's going to be amazing

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7752/touchmybodyqu9.jpg

LOL

no. ur kidding?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/tapestore/touch.jpg

she looks like an extra from the date adrian game :( :(

"You're intelligent. Let's go downtown."

ariane* whatever

http://www.suchablog.com/images/mariah_carey-ts-01-gd.jpg
"TOUCH MAH BODDDDDDDDAAAAAAYYYYYY"

http://xark.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/mariah_carey_clamsthumb.jpg
"EVERYBODDDDDDAAAAY"

her performance on whatever NYE show I caught her on was basically a replay of Britney Spears' MTV one except she added sunglasses and a cape.

Second album in a row that doesn't sound like a seven-year-old girl chose its title - "Butterfly," "Rainbow," "Charmbracelet," "Glitter," etc. That's a hopeful sign, at least.

I'll be happy if it's half as good as Emancipation of Mimi.

i read ages ago that this album was supposed to be called illusions: the butterfly within!! feel so cheated now :/

I am disappointed that the new Mariah Carey album is not entitled Haunted Weather: Resonant Spaces, Silence And Memory.

the toop toop song (it's in his kiss)

sorry

Surely you meant "Waiting To Hail (Toop Toop)"

toop toop! pull over that ass is too fat

I'm hoping to dodge a few kitchen sinks on this one...

Exclusive Review: Mariah's "That Chick" Is Out Of Control!

Last night in a central London hotel theatre, Def Jam head L.A Reid invited a very exclusive VIP audience to hear the new albums from both his 2 top divas Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. With stringent rules laid down at the top of the evening about not leaving the room for a bathroom visit, handing over all gadgets and returning song word sheets we knew it was about to go down.

Beginning with Janet's new material which sees Janet reworking her old sounds from the days of Velvet Rope and Control," Janet's material was quite sexually overt and a little gross ("real heavy like my first period"!) but it was really Mariah's new material that blew everyone away.

Mariah's new album, tentatively titled That Chick, saw collaborations with T Pain, Young Jeezy and Damien Marley with production by her long time friend and producer Jermaine Dupri, Will I Am, Rodney Jerkins and The Dream.

The new music with catchier hooks and melodies than ever, even sees Mariah taking on an exciting new musical adventure where she sings in Jamaican patois on her Damien Marley duet "Cruise Control" where she references "dramas" and "baby mamas" and like your favorite rap star Mariah throws down new Mariahism ("you love yourself some me!") soon as the album gets into the public domain.

Urban music lovers in the house were really excited about that track as well as hip-hop banger "Heat" produced by Will I Am, "For Real,For Real", and "Migrate" where 2007's hit man T Pain hooks up with Mariah but it was the title track "That Chick" with its double entendres which includes a tip of the hat to Michael Jackson with references to his "Of The Wall Classics" that had pop chart taste makers excited claiming it was the number 1 track on the album closely followed by likely international pop hit "Love You Long Time".

In typical Mariah fashion there were the legendary ballads "Love Story" and tear jerker "Bye Bye" (an ode to people who have passed away) that will have reality pop contestants singing away for decades to come!

One track titled "O.O.C" summed up the night and the return of Mariah - once the albums out it's gonna be "Out Of Control!".

To recap, here are the confirmed tracks from the new, tentatively-titled Mariah Carey album, That Chick:

• "Touch My Body"
• "Migrate" ft. T-Pain
• "Heat"
• "For Real, For Real"
• "That Chick"
• "Cruise Control" ft. Damien Marley
• "O.O.C"
• "Bye Bye"
• "Love Story"

There's something kinda ew about a song called "Love You Long Time" being pegged as an "international" pop hit.

There's something even ewer (toby jug time?) about all this Jamaican patois stuff.

Producers she should have worked with: To Rococo Rot, Tiga, Xenomania, Ry Cooder.

wtf no

In fact I would go so far to say that I would have liked Geir to produce the new Mariah Carey album.

I'd dig on some Hongroe-produced Mariah.

I feel as though some people are not taking this subject as seriously as they could.

I feel as though we are taking this subject as seriously as it deserves.

Indeed.

"Bye Bye" (an ode to people who have passed away)

roffle

mariah / marley will be a classic, i can feel it

The "Bye Bye" ode to people passed away cannot hope to surpass the majesty of "Rock 'N' Roll Heaven" by the Righteous Brothers.

though I'd quite like to hear her cover "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll.

in case anyone missed it, here's that real nice emancipation outtake j-shep went and put at the top of her critlist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GrbF5a-e8

the first single has been changed to "touch my body" and is gonna leak like any day now

written by The-Dream

dawgs I can hardly wait for this sheet yeah!

Okay she's changed the album title to E=MC², first single is gonna leak today or tomorrow.

jesus what a nutty broad

Haha, that's a much better title. Glad to hear she's working with The-Dream.

let's guess what the e stands for

Empanada=Mariah Carey²

Enema = Mariah Carey²

http://i30.tinypic.com/34ozms4.jpg

Emancipation=Mariah Carey²

http://www.amphetaminereptile.com/LPs/bosshog-coldhands-p.gif

Cristina's still hotter.

i wish i just had no idea what you were talking abt

leak!! have we done this yet?

http://www.z100.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=mariahcarey.php&mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/25886/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/25886/1793/richmedia/WHTZ_Mariah_TouchMyBody.mp3?CCOMRRMID=11176453&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=NEWYORK-NY&NG_FORMAT=chr&NG_ID=whtz100fm&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=1793&SERVER_NAME=www.z100.com&SITE_ID=1793&STATION_ID=WHTZ-FM&TRACK=Mariah_Carey_-_Touch_My_Body

i

am

down.

i mean

it's like, exACTLY what i expected. just kind of within herself, no? i guess that could be interpreted as "oh, more of the same," but uh, i don't really know if that's even a bad thing?

http://www.zshare.net/audio/74929060c5403d/

"I WILL HUNT YOU DOWWWWWWWWN"

It's nice , nothing major but it'll do what it's meant to - a nice buzz single before she drops the megaton bomb ballad that she has in store for the second single. It's a much better first single than "It's Like That".. catchy, sweet spring-time hit.

agreed, agreed.

you think there's a megabomb coming?

i mean no, it's nothing major but it's perfectly solid.

no I mean that she's going to drop a MAJOR second single which will be a ballad and rule the charts ( a la "We Belong Together"). They're not straying far from the TEOM forumla.

formula*

well i certainly hope not, that would be great

i'm kind of disappointed that the song is so sweet tho, lol. I was expecting UBER-SKANK Mariah.

can't stop playing this

totes. it is kind of sweet but for some reason i like that! i'm ready for sweet, but you're right i was expecting the SKANK too ;)

this is actually kind of a fantastic song. the pulsating synths are great - the production overall is stellar, and her voice does exactly what you want it to. and the lyrics work somehow.

i love this.

i dunno, even when she's skanky it's in a weirdly girlish, innocent way.

I would still have sex with her.

yeah that "I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN" cracks me up every time, and the syncopation of the first four lines of each verse is some bugs bunny opera shit. i vote A+; can you imagine how this would sound on the radio?

yes!! i'm so excited

it sounds even awesomer on the radio if u can imagine

i kind of can. kind of thumpin but sweet but energetic?

maybe?

not that i ever listen to music radio... geez i kind of miss it.

COME ON AND GIVE ME WHAT III DESEEEEEEEEERVEEEEE

still awesome.

I love it. Sultry and subtle without being slight... Stunning!

VH1 Previews E=MC²

Yesterday, Island/Def Jam honcho L.A. Reid hosted a few journalists in his office for a special preview of Mariah Carey's upcoming E=MC² album, tentatively due April 15. While Reid looked on, Mariah's A&R man and long-rumored beau Mark Sudack played 12 of the album's cuts from his laptop, often passionately (and adorably!) singing along. On the album, there was drama, there was death, there was disco. What follows is a track-by-track breakdown of our impressions of the album. Note that this isn't the final track sequence, that L.A. ticked off the producers list to us but it is by no means etched in stone and the tracks that we heard weren't always mastered.

One final note: so much of this album is sung in Mariah's chest voice. The vocal gymnastics and whistle notes, while there ('cause, duh, it's Mariah!), take a backseat to clear, purposeful singing, and Mariah sounds better for it. Oh yeah, Mimi's back.

1. "Migrate" (co-produced by Danja) -- After announcing itself with Mariah's patented whistle notes, this club track gets to bangin' and it takes that task really seriously. It's about as meta as a banger gets, with Mariah explaining during the chorus how her night goes: "From the car to the club / We migrate / From the bar to the V.I.P. / We migrate." And so it goes, from the party to the after party, from the after party to the hotel. There's a slight autotune effect on Mariah's voice on the last "migrate" of each chorus, which I assume is to put her on equal ground with the man she shares the mic with here. T-Pain, mercifully shows up for just a guest verse -- this is not a full-blown duet. It's a feisty track, with tough Storch-esque beats that Mariah's bravado attempts to match: "If you're inked up thuggin', that's what I like," she says. See, I always thought she went for the pretty boys. Already we're learning stuff!

2. "Touch My Body" (co-produced with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream) -- There isn't much to say about this ultra-femme track that wasn't said when it leaked. Hard to believe that that was only a little more than week ago -- in the time since, it's become so ubiquitous that it's kind of hard to imagine what radio was like before it. Even L.A. seemed taken aback by how quickly it has caught on -- he described the track's out-of-the-gate success as virtually accidental.

3. "Last Kiss" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- One of the album's many declarations of eternal love, this one is "We Belong Together, Part 35." It's nice but extremely safe. One thing that's very much in its favor are Mariah's vocals, which are nimble as they are in "We Belong Together" (she changes up her flow more times than I could count) and maybe more robust than they've sounded in over a decade. There's a nice little duet at the end of this one between Mariah's full chest voice and her higher register. Of course, if she didn't show off that stellar natural resource, this wouldn't be a Mariah Carey album.

4. "Lovin' You Long Time" (co-produced by DJ Toomp) -- Pure and utter joy is this one, which is most reminiscent of the lovely Mimi outtake "When I Feel It." Except this one's, like, 10 times better. The chorus of DeBarge's "Stay With Me" is the foundation of this track (as opposed to the verses, which provided the foundation for the single remix of Biggie's "One More Chance" and Ashanti's "Foolish," among tracks). However, the sample sounds more weathered, and overall, the track comes off as a '60s throwback rather than an '80s one. One hundred percent feel-good and packing in a killer breakdown and conclusion that's a wall of Mariah voices, this was the first song that felt like the work of unstoppable pop genius.

5. "Thanx for Nothin'" (co-produced by Jermaine Durpri) -- A mid-tempo ballad that sports a beat rougher than anything Jermaine Dupri has laid down for Mariah and a guitar line not unlike Mimi's "So Lonely" (though this track is more sassy and less dour than that), "Thanx" suggests that Mariah and Jermaine aren't sentenced to live in the shadow of their former glory and can actually make relatively new sounds together. Lyrically, this break-up track is a cross between the self-deprecating "Mine Again" ("I never knew enough about you, babe / And I guess I only have myself to blame") and the streetwise posturing of "Get Your Number" ("Seems like all I do is think about your pseudo-romance / While you're somewhere burnin' diesel in the streets, havin' laughs"). Mariah packs in so many lyrics that she barely has time to sing them, and sort of just growls them. It's not nearly as ridiculous as that description might make it sound.

6. "That Chick" (co-produced by Stargate) -- Instant. Classic. An absolutely brilliant disco track that plays on Mariah's strengths and sexiness without ever crossing the line into indulgence. It's slick, it's chic (and Chic, with its slap-you-on-the-ass bass line), it's silly ("La da da a oooh wee-wee" goes the bit between the chorus and the verses) and it carries a killer middle 8 that's as exhilarating as the one in Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T." (you know, the best part of one of the best songs ever that goes, "Don't you know nowwwww / Is the perfect time..."?). Mariah makes references to 2Pac and Biggie, compares herself to ice cream and the lottery and maybe even references the long-lost track from the Charmbracelet sessions "Touch the Sky." Oh, and also she delivers the most her line of her career, complete with a 10-cent word: "I brings that levity." Maybe one day they'll bottle the essence of Mariah, but until then, we have "That Chick" and I seriously am counting down the days till I can hear this track again. This needs to be a single, like, now, and Mariah needs to dust off those "Heartbreaker" remix roller skates for the video, pronto.

7. "Cruise Control" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- Another J.D. track that deviates from what could have been a detrimental pattern, this is a reggae-lite extended car metaphor ("I need a caddy wit some cruise control," belts Mariah). The chorus consists of her spelling out, "C-R-U-I-S-E control" and the second verse finds Mariah adopting a Jamaican affect for kicks: "When da door open I de gals pon de block / They be hop-on, to rob the clock / Me say no mam / Step up step up / Bottle broken / Tink I'm jokin'." Seriously, she says that. Damien Marley gets a guest verse, and I have to say, his shtick is a little more convincing.

8. "Side Effects" (co-produced by Scott Storch) -- You know how sometimes Southern rap almost has a heavy metal feel? Mariah and Storch exploit that by turning out a Southern-fried power ballad that's a thinly veiled portrait of her time under Tommy Mottola's reign ("Hell we built, and I dealt with it…Kept my tears inside ‘cause I knew if I started, I'd keep cryin' for the rest of my life with you / I finally built up the strength to walk away / Don't regret it…"). For someone as guarded as Mariah is publicly, it's shockingly frank (she alludes to "violent times") and really naked (the titular side effects refer to the toll the relationship has taken on her: she's "still a little depressed inside" and "still a little defensive thinkin' folks be tryin' to run my life"). This is another highlight, and having a rapper so associated with drugs (Jeezy) on a track called "Side Effects" that isn't about drugs at all, only makes things cleverer.

9. "Love Story" (co-produced by Jermaine Dupri) -- Anther ode to endless love ("This ain't no fairy tale or fiction / This is truly ours for eternity"), this ballad is more of the baby-making ilk. It's like Prince-lite with a synthesized beat a la "The Beautiful Ones," but not as effects-laden (i.e. the beat doesn't have the backwards sound). The melody is reminiscent of Mimi's "Joyride," and that should give you an indication of how sweet this track is.

10. "OOC" (co-produced by Swizz Beatz) -- This one has a pummeling thump so pronounced, it's somewhat surprising that it's not the work of Stargate or Tricky. "OOC" stands for "out of control," and while the track isn't exactly wild, it's a fun mix of The-Dream's "Ditch That N…" with a melody like Blu Cantrell's "Hit ‘Em Up Style." Besides the hypnotic refrain of "Forever and ever," the track is most notable for including the word motherf***er. As in, "I know y'all motherf***ers feel like we / When you're messin' with the one true lova / That makes you OOC." Hardcore!

11. "Bye Bye" (co-produced by Stargate) -- When Mariah first started promoting Mimi, she described "We Belong Together" as a cross between "Breakdown" and "One Sweet Day." That description is infinitely more appropriate for "Bye Bye," a song about death that's "for my people who just lost somebody," "for my people who lost their grandmothers" and seemingly for Mariah's departed father, Alfred Roy ("You never got to see me back at No. 1"). It's nice that Mariah's on a confessional kick, although a track with the "We Belong Together" sonic template and lyrics tailored appeal to everyone on such a basic level seems like too easy of a combination for someone as established as Mimi. This one's like insurance -- in case nothing else is a hit, here's a sure-shot. But ultimately, it turns out that the album is too good for that.

12. "I Wish You Well" (co-produced by James Poyser) -- We were told that this was hot off the presses and a very rough version of the song, but even in its unpolished state, it was a stunner. A piano ballad that features Mariah, some gospel-tinged backing vocals, a piano and that's it, this track is a throwback to the fan-favorite "Vanishing" from her 1990 debut. Part feisty ("You can't manipulate me like before") and totally spiritual (Mariah name-checks a bible verse in the chorus, although I couldn't catch exactly what it was, and she ends the song repeating, "The Lord is my salvation / I will trust in him"), "I Wish You Well" will have fans wetting themselves. It's gorgeous and in its simplistic way, the type of risk that Mariah should take more often.

The risky moments on the album ("Lovin' You Long Time," "That Chick," "Side Effects" and "I Wish You Well") bode well for the future. Though E=MC² feels extremely safe, there's enough variation to signify some artistic growth. She's cranking out hits and that's fine because that's what she's always done (hitmaking is her medium), but when she goes out of the Top 40 comfort zone, the album truly soars. Over 10 years after she first sang about it, it's only now that Mariah has worked up the courage to really spread her wings. The next question is: how high can they take her?
Source: VH1

this album sounds absolutely INCREDIBLE. Can't wait.

The risky moments on the album

Did she jungle flaming kebabs while singing???

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i
brings
the
levity

why is it so far away...

still not heard a note of this. but it looks like its going to be 5% as good as the last one.

this song is so good. i feel like it's taking a step back from mimi in a way, definitely softer... !!!!!!!!!!

what?? titchy u crazy.

listen: http://www.z100.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=mariahcarey.php&mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/25886/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/25886/1793/richmedia/WHTZ_Mariah_TouchMyBody.mp3?CCOMRRMID=11176453&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=NEWYORK-NY&NG_FORMAT=chr&NG_ID=whtz100fm&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=1793&SERVER_NAME=www.z100.com&SITE_ID=1793&STATION_ID=WHTZ-FM&TRACK=Mariah_Carey_-_Touch_My_Body

the last one was just so good everyone's petrified she's gonna plummet

HAHAHAHAHAHAHa have we seen this?

she is my hero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eGAktrlW6k

HERO

it's amazing how Brett Ratner's music videos make his movies look dignified by comparison.

I have two hours to interview her tomorrow. Anything the ILM massive wants to know?

CRAZY!!! i want to know what she's like, update me!

i sense that in two hours time i will learn things not only about the album, etc. but also what's her dieting secret, etc. this also got pushed back to friday afternoon since she's doing TRL and BET today.

My top ten questions for M Carey:
1. Why do you care?
2. What are you hiding from?
3. Daphne & Celeste - C/D?
4. Is Margaret Berger the new Aretha?
5. Why does Dale Winton never play Darts on Pick Of The Pops?
6. Is it problematic, or even insolubly paradoxical, to be repelled by Stalinist-style systems of state capitalism masquerading as socialism without yielding to the illusory temptation to embrace bourgeois democracy?
7. Have you got 10p?
8. Could Westwood be the next Mottola?
9. Why don't you cover "I'm A Cuckoo"?
10. Were Fulham robbed on Sunday by CROOKED CURBISHLEY CHEATS?
7.

I think that #6 will reveal how into Kropotkin she really is. Hell, for all I know she's a Bakuninite. We'll see!

really i'm so excited for you. will you take pictures or something? i mean i want evidence. if i email you will you send me the tape?

tape it and put it on YouTube, just to see what she does.

okay FULL VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tixq0z3q4k

best thing ever

So this is happening tomorrow night now. It's been a hectic few days. They want me to listen to the album over the phone!

lucky bitch

yea fuck you =P listen to it!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=895acKI1eqc

best outtake from last album

that was good!

this song rules

fuck the video though

therealthomas (7 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
if mariah carey answers the door like that

i b d pizza man

again and again

^^this dude looks like this http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RNl5hHgHUNk/default.jpg

ok i really love this song

ALL UP IN MY BUSINESS LIKE A WENDY INTERVIEW

God I love this thread.

someone hit me w/ an mp3 of this, literally every link i've found is nuked

ok forget it

the-dream is my favorite human on the planet maybe

let's rename this thread surmounter otm

also brainwasher on the grind

i <3 <3 <3 fat mariah

hahahaha

u crazy jo!

whatever i'm down for a good single or two

-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:26 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

1 month ago me knew what was up

i love this song more than this dude http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RNl5hHgHUNk/default.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/poppa_shig/feedmariah.jpg

*DEAD* she is so awesome.

i know why can't she be my friend

interview didn't happen, but time well spent nevertheless. also: album's pretty good, one track left to be recorded.

details please. "pretty good" doesn't cut it!

(sorry that the interview fell through)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/poppa_shig/feedmariah.jpg

I.....DRINK YOUR............MILKSHAKE

i heard a different sequence than the vh1 listener above, but i think i generally agree w/ those comments. my only complaint was that 'ooc' doesn't have a outrageous vocals in the bridge. 'side efx' could be this year's 'umbrella' imo.

!

isn't 'touch my body' this year's umbrella?

written by the dream, poised to be a summer jam, first single etc. etc.

girl will have 2 UMBRELLAS FUCK

girl will have 2 UMBRELLA FUCKS

'side efx' even sounds a little like 'umbrella.' i think 'touch my body' is a little early for summer jam status, no?

i love how hard it's hitting jordan =P

gurlalugeng (34 minutes ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply she's not a porn star ok?those body is always spray in gold, i mean a 14 k gold,ok?so stop sayng that she had a body of a porn star,maybe she has d body of gold!!

youtube gold

http://www.rap-up.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/emc2cover.jpg

cover is cool

migrate is ehh

http://www.zshare.net/audio/90338942552b93/

I liked the first one better

"Migrate" was meh when she performed it on SNL but I'll hold off judgment until I hear a studio recording.

This is much better than that "Touch My Body" bullsh, but still not great.

The video is cool, not Eric Roberts cool but still.

"Touch My Body" = Mimi's 18th #1 single, she beat Elvis and is now 3 away from beating The Beatles' record.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just read that and freaked

thread of missing surmounter

Surmounter was hiding from Madonna fans who want to crowr about "4 Minutes."

haha, okay the 4 minutes song is slightly (or more than slightly??) banal. doesn't do what Touch My Body do

studio version of migrate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sVT-tSZScY

new singles "bye bye" clips spliced together: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3KwRvOcotqA

live performance of "that chick": http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ou82o4UEQK8

this album is sounding awesome.

though *UGH* at "bye bye" and that annoying ass overused StarGate/"Irreplaceable" beat.

lol @ "annoying ass"

i don't mind that beat even though it's overused (omg i do hear it like everywhere tho, bf and i will be walking all of a sudden that beat is upon you)

Clips of the entire album:

http://www.amazon.com/E-MC%C2%B2/dp/B00173E672/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1207232307&sr=1-21

"Lovin U Long Time" sounds incredible.

This has leaked.

i really like the touch my body song but the video is so gross I can never watch it. I found this freeze button on my remote though, the fun you can have making mariah pause in a weird face is great!

fuck i don't know if i can listen to a leak of this.

are you kidding!!? the Touch My Body video is HILARRRRRRRIOUS. mariah being all "i'm so silly!"

love it

guys

um

ths album's so

good.

really... side effects =P

i just had a v. tense argument w/ the high school paper's entertainment editor. it ended w/ me saying, 'fuck you and your fuckin augustana! i'm reviewing the new mariah album.'

haaa sweet

my great big observation on this one is: if Mimi was the pre-game record, then E=MC2 is mariah finally at the party

heehee

(mariah said Mimi was s'posed to be the makeup album, u know what you listen to when you're having your cocktail before you go out)

btw what's with the mary j. reference -- ain't no roses?

album is pretty good - not amazing or anything, a lot more pop/dance leaning than Mimi.. "O.O.C" "Side Effects" "For The Record" "I Stay In Love" "Lovin U Long Time" and "Cruise Control" are my faves so far (besides "touch my body")

wait...18 #1 singles?.
i can only think of 3 mariah carey songs.

definitely more pop/dance, which i'm lovin! i don't know, i think it might definitely become amazing with a few spins.

http://www.snutter.no/app/viewMovie.action?id=18902

i heard a different sequence than the vh1 listener above, but i think i generally agree w/ those comments. my only complaint was that 'ooc' doesn't have a outrageous vocals in the bridge. 'side efx' could be this year's 'umbrella' imo.

-- fukasaku tollbooth, Saturday, 1 March 2008 21:22 (1 month ago) Link

yes

to the last part of that statement at least.

i can't wait to blast side efx tomorrow, home alone... best thing eva

i stay in love with you is like the perfect love song

so i think the "this is great but not amazing" observation really translates to = this is so seamless you forget it took effort kind of thing. really a grand effort! ;-)

i want "i'll be lovin ya long time" to hit no. 1. i just think of high school, cars, friends and beer when it's on =P

so OOC holds up well then! i actually really get into the chorus

turns out i've been mispronouncing her name this whole time

what??? how?

I adore "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time," so joyful and awesome...kinda like "Good Life" with greater staying power

euphoric

wait did you just refer to a song from an album that hasn't even been released yet as having "staying power"?

maybe timeless is a better word?

perhaps "it sounded good last week and this week" would suffice.

wait did you just refer to a song from an album that hasn't even been released yet as having "staying power"?

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 11 April 2008 15:12 (6 hours ago) Link

uhhh, person in making prediction shocker?

if you'd like my reasoning: the joy in Mariah's song is much subtler and more nuanced, whereas "Good Life" is based on IN YOUR FACE autotone/"PYT" sample.

also, not sure if 'joy' is what i meant...more like Mariah's performance is subtler

then why even compare it to good life

why not beautiful girls but with more staying power

i havent heard it, just wondering

Because the two songs sound exactly alike. Both sound great the first couple times and start getting a little old after that.

"Touch My Body" and "I'm That Chick" are both pretty great. Not really feeling too much of the rest of this album. Actually downright hate "Side Effects."

why not beautiful girls but with more staying power

???

Because they don't sound like each other? Because "Beautiful Girl" isn't as energetic, good or fun?

can't stand Young Jeezy on this or on the latest Usher single...voice is soooo grating

bag you like some groceries

i don't know how anyone could hate side effects, it sends shivers

not obscure enough

=P right

Well the two main reasons for me hating "Side Effects" are a) the music and b) the lyrics.

Didn't really like this on 1st spin... all the songs seemed too generic... But it's grown on me a lot in the last 3 hours.. Can't get enough of Loving you long time and side effects is kinda stunning.

like a druuug

"I Stay In Love" is breathtaking. It wouldn't sound out of place on Music Box or Daydream.

i know! it's so funny that she's gone back with the sound a little, i like it

I don't know if it's the production or what but I Stay in Love sounds like a chris brown ballad to me... Or maybe it's cos he's been doing mariah ballads... Anyway i love her voice in this one

I just fell in love with Thanks for Nothing...

I should stop listening to this now..

Thanks For Nothing is so good. sounds old school and the vox are greeeat

so what else is gonna get to no. 1? Lovin La Long Time, I'm That Chick, Side Effects?

I'm hoping for LYLT to be released as a single soon... It would be cruel not to share it's saccharine goodness with the rest of the world. Plus it's the best track on the album IMO.

it would be cruel -- and it's sOOOOOOO SUMMERY

I don't know why they're making "Bye Bye" the next single, there are so many better songs on the album.

what??? BYE BYE? very strange. i mean it's not bad but come on

Summery, breezy and deliriously good.

::nod nod::

this summer's Fantasy

wait...18 #1 singles?.
i can only think of 3 mariah carey songs.

-- Creeztophair, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 4:03 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link

^this made me LOL

out today! can't wait. so, more and more, i'm finding this whole thing wonderful. you know how there's that 2nd phase of songs to hit you? Mine are: Cruise Control, O.O.C., For The Record and Thanx For Nothin.

There's something SO 90s about some of these, and i absolutely love it.

Oh and I love how Touch My Body is instantly catchy but it's also totally a grower in that i appreciate it differently every time i hear it!

I haven't warmed to "Touch My Body."

Good call on "Thanx for Nothin'" and "For the Record". I doubt either will be singles but they are among my favorites, especially the former.

Elsewhere I'm a little disappointed so far. I think Emancipation of Mimi actually works great as an album--I love just about every track. I know I shouldn't be surprised that a Mariah album has filler, but there are some real clunkers here. I haven't been able to sit through "I Stay in Love" or "Side Effects" more than once and I'm never compelled to bother with the last 2 tracks either. "Last Kiss" and "Love Story" are decent but I would've preferred another track or 2 like "I'm That Chick" instead.

I could see "I'm That Chick" going to number one for sure and maybe "Lovin' You Long Time" too. Otherwise we might have to wait for the inevitable re-release-with-new-hit-single-that-isn't-included-here (ala "Don't Forget About Us") before she breaks the Beatles' record.

i love how much crazy she brings to my radio w/ "touch my body"

today, all day, i can't stop saying "I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN" -- my girlfriend is about to kill me.

all b/c of mariah!

hahaha

lou, you're crazy re: side effects! i totally agree though, that there needs to be another 1 or 2 I'm That Chicks (was just saying so to my boyfriend actually). BUT, side effects is like my fav track i think. for me the fillers are Last Kiss, I Stay In Love and Love Story but the thing is, for fillers, they're good! and i think the BIGGER point is that almost every mariah album has a few schmaltzy fillers. i think the moral of the story is we were totally spoiled by Mimi.

but yes i definitely see those 2 in particular going to no. 1 -- I'm That Chick and Lovin Ya Long Time, which i hope stays there for fucking weeks.

the last 2 tracks i find good, just sweet -- very Billy Joel/Music Box, IMO.

I Stay In Love is actually a GREAT filler. it's weird though it's still sort of a filler for me, maybe cuz it's just kind of saccharine.

Alright, I'll revisit "Side Effects" if you insist. :)

I wasn't expecting this but I have to say that (for now at least) Discipline > E=MC^2

And Love/Hate >>>>>>>>>>>> everything else.

ooh i'll have to get!

dude i don't know if I Stay In Love With you is filler anymore. it sounds goood

Times review is pretty shortsighted. doesn't go into what's great. the main criticisms are the processed sound of the some of the tracks, and the compression of her voice.

my take: i like the processed stuff -- sound effects is different for mariah, b.c it's usually more natural/RnB, while this is more pop/processed/whatever, and i think with her voice it works really interestingly!

and damn just because she's not singing like an opera stor doesn't mean her voice is out of it. the review barely touched on all the great tracks on this album. really hardly at all. bogus. i'm upset.

fourfour:

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2008/04/drug-formula.html#more

It's hard out here for a Surmounter.

seriously

Nice write-up. I was just thinking yesterday that Mariah must smoke weed.

There really are a lot "We Belong Together" rewrites (which is actually what I was hoping for). None of them really pack as strong of a punch as the original but, taken together, they leave me just as satisfied.

My initial disappointments are mostly fading fast. This album is consuming me!

otm, all of it

(ur post, not the write-up, but that was pretty otm too)

I'm That Chick is really hilarious, esp. when you realize how stoned it sounds... i mean the way she says "man" in that mexican accent

HA

imagine how much mariah giggles when she is stoned

i know, i love the thought of it

I have to say, when she sings "What we got is still somethin' somethin'" in "Last Kiss" it really sounds like she forgot the lyrics to her own song.

hahaha

maybe she did! sometimes i forget and then just end up keeping the mistake :/

I like more than my fair share of dumb pop. I'm sort of confused as to why Mariah has been one major exception to the rule for me, Glitter soundtrack aside.

eric, darlin, just cuz it's pop doesn't mean it's dumb!!

2nd, i love that you don't like mariah but you love the Glitter soundtrack! i've actually never heard it, except for the I didn't mean to turn you on cover, which is fab

No, it's because it's Mariah that it's dumb, and I mean that in a purely taxonomical sense, not critical.

I should've said Glitter and her greatest hits disc. Maybe my problem with most Mariah albums is that there are non-singles on them. (Totally disagree with Rich on the notion that this disc is front-to-back a collection of jiffy-pop singles.)

i'm not totally inclined to agree with that either but i get his point -- i think he was responding to a lot of reviews calling the album too "formulaic"

you know how sometimes ppl latch onto one observation about a new release? that's it

Would it help if I said I like E=MC2 less than I did upon first listen?

did you like MIMI?

Not particularly. I'm really mostly a fan of the three-album stretch from Butterfly through Glitter.

crazy boy.

this has been in my head ALL DAY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy4dVeodSVI

i guess this would be my complaint about E=MC. nothing quite like this.

or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VzuiThoEpQ

weak in the knees.

This makes me a little weak in the knees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDSBc-_P-Ws

i like 'glitter' better than 'showgirls.'

omg

i need to see glitter

The WBT rewrites are settling quite well with me.. Esp. Love Story, thanks for nothin and i stay in love. They did feel like lazy filler in the beginning but after a while they just kinda developed their own personality.. Weird.

i agree, they're growing. but for me the downfall happens when i start comparing this to Mimi, which was just stacked with catchy, clean songwriting, and didn't really have any unnecessary sappy stuff, which i feel is where Last Kiss falters. For me it's really that track that doesn't work.

Kells remix is fire as usual

AYY IT'S THE REMIX KILLAAA

Amazingly, this album is even better than Mimi. Early candidate for album of the year.

OK, let's talk tracks.

These are the amazing tracks off E=MC2:
Migrate
Touch My Body
Cruise Control
Side Effects
I'm That Chick
I'll Be Lovin You Long Time
Thanx For Nothin
O.O.C.
For The Record

9 amazing tracks on one album is enough for me. i'll decide on the rest lata

also, style-wise, we've never seen the likes of: Side Effects, or I'm That Chick

from mariah.

am i right?

"I"m That Chick" is my favorite. While it's not different for Stargate (they've replaced harp with celeste hooks) it is for her.

you're nuttier than I was on the Erykah Badu thread.

(x-post obv)

dude it's been out for a week. this is still now. =P i need to get me some erykah.

Heh, I'm pretty sure I bumped the Erykah thread at least three or four times to more or less say "I'd go str8 for badu," et al.

Just an fyi: we have a 48-hour exclusive for Mariah's next video @ comcast.net/music/mariahcarey/. It should be up Saturday @ midnight.

yay!!

That tinkly goop known as "Bye Bye" is the single?

*new single

yeah i'm not sure why that's happening

That Mariah keeps me coming back to a song with a piano line as repulsive as that of "I Stay in Love" is a true testament to her talents.

My favorite moment on this album is definitely the last ten-or-so seconds of "I'm That Chick". It's nothing short of orgasmic when she belts out those last lines: "I'm like that uptown haze them real thugs blaze..." Makes me crack up every time.

If I were to rank the songs on this album it would look something like this:

I'm That Chick
Thanx for Nothin'
For the Record
Lovin' You Long Time
Cruise Control
Touch My Body
Migrate
Love Story
O.O.C.
I Stay in Love
Last Kiss
Side Effects
Bye Bye
I Wish You Well

That Mariah keeps me coming back to a song with a piano line as repulsive as that of "I Stay in Love" is a true testament to her talents.

My favorite moment on this album is definitely the last ten-or-so seconds of "I'm That Chick". It's nothing short of orgasmic when she belts out those last lines: "I'm like that uptown haze them real thugs blaze..." Makes me crack up every time.

i just love these comments, b/c i agree with some wholeheartedly. WHOLE

HEART

http://idolator.com/383683/iconic-new-york-landmark-bows-to-whims-of-color+coordinated-diva

shut

up

let's go

That tinkly goop known as "Bye Bye" is the single?

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:00 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

*new single

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:00 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yeah i'm not sure why that's happening

-- Surmounter, Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:00 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yeah i could never

"We Belong Together" 1

understand why they would make a piano-driven ballad

"Don't Forget About Us" 1

with mariah belting at the end of it a single

maybe you guys know why?

it sounds more like like "Don't Forget About Us.'

Except with hilarious lyrics about grandmothers.

look, it's totally different! the SONGWRITING is just not as good.

we belong together is one of those songs, it happens once in a lifetime. yup.

don't get me wrong, piano can never be used enough. in the right wayyyyy

SO many ways to use the piano.

you don't say.

lou you're so right about that last part of "I'm That Chick"

very classic

and i'm getting really into I Wish You Well.

one of those "it didn't hit me hard enough the first time" songs

I'm really enjoying this album, first Mariah album that I've ever wanted to listen to more than once...also at the beginning of "Migrate" she sounds like this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Fifth_element_2.jpg

haaaa.

wtf she got married to nick cannon????????

lol

omg no she didn't

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have wed, Latina magazine reports.

The two got hitched in a small ceremony on an island Wednesday, according to the magazine. They quote a source as saying it was "very implusive."

Rapper Da Brat attended, the magazine says.

this is great

i'm sure da brat thought her and mariah were honeymooning

wow

wild 'n out

ramzi are you okay

yes i'm happy for her :-) he's cute!

I was wondering where the conversation about this was.

hey boy, thx for nothin

New Mariah Carey video is out.

ooh i'm gonna hav to check that out when Migrate finishes.

and my jeans
yea they fit
but it might
benefit
me to put somethin on
that accentuates my hips

what happens when i do this

http://www.dlisted.com/node/25804/images/91927262.jpg

nothing. right.

i'm like that ~*uptown haze*~ them ~*real thugs blaze*~ we'll touch the sky cuz i'm that chick u like

uh huh

New song is pleasant enough and . . . okay. But Good Lord does she look good in that video!

she does but she a lot of fuckin makeup on it. i mean what's new. but yeah.

but i'm getting all into Migrate now. i thought that was slated as the 2nd single what happened

Migrate is just such a frivolously fun song

"I'm That Chick" reminds me of "Rock With You."

credit Stargate.

u just love u some stargate

migrate's been in my head for three days.

who should i credit?

Danja!

Haha- We're on the same page once again, Surmounter. "Migrate" is my latest obsession on this album. And thanks to the post upthread, I can't stop thinking of blue hose-head from Fifth Element every time it starts.

i know me too! great image

i can't believe i have nowhere to play this now. i can't play it at work, i can't play it at home (well i can in my office but not like LOUD). am i the only one who album-obsesses?

Certainly not! Do you have an iPod? I play it on my Nano so I don't drive everyone around me crazy.

ur right. headphones. i just wanna hear migrate out one night, that would make me happy

it better be a single. Bye Bye is only at 27 now and i don't know how much more it's gonna climb.

I know this is not what you mean but they played "That Chick" at the gym the other day. It sounded like it was sped up or something.

haha that's fun ;) sped up?? it's already so zippy

Yeah, it sounded a little off to me. Unless I was hallucin-ay-ting...

Haha kill me now.

omg

=P

so i just bought the actual CD.

it says:
SMASH SINGLES
Touch My Body
Bye Bye
I'm That Chick
I STAY IN LOVE

okay, i stay in love is great and everything. but uh, where's lovin you long time? side effects? migrate? OOC even?

how many singles are usually released off an album? and if they're NOT, are they still played on the radio?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

SUCH BAD SINGLE CHOICESSSSSSSSSSS

i'm very confused

like really

BYE BYE?

when you have LOVIN YOU LONG TIME?

Yeah, I guess they need a ballad but they should have replaced "Bye Bye" and "I Stay in Love" with "Migrate" and "Lovin' You Long Time".

i heard that "love story" is actually the next single

which is the most retarded thing ever

okay okay BUT

i was walking

and this dude in his pimped out ride drove by

and the bass was like PUMPING

I STAY IN LOVE.

and it felt good, like a summer car single

but i know.

i rly thought she was gonna tie the beatles with this. but now i'm not so sure.

omg migrate -- "if your neck and your wrist coordinate/hair braided or faded OK/we can bring this back to my place"

"we clickin glasses, compliments of the club/we raise their status, so you know they show us love"

i mean that's funny

will I Stay In Love hit top 10? i don't know. it's soooo textbook, but it could sound more inspired in parts. it's on the borderline where i wanna love it but it falls just short.

I'm wanting Love Story as the next single. It's grown on me in the best way. It could be the next We Belong Together. It's that good. And J.D really does "make it knock"

REALLY? i'm surprised. i certainly am.

Really. I think it's probably her most convincing vocal performance on the album. And the hook is very infectious... But in a good way.

I've sort of given up on I'll be lovin u long time becoming a single... It's very different from most songs she's released as singles in the last 3 years and they're probably gonna stick to the

Familiar hitmaking formula

yeah but isn't it REALLY similar to Fantasy/Heartbreaker??

actually my boyfriend's already heard Lovin you Long Time on the radio ha!

Did they ever make "I'm That Chick" a single? That seems to me the no brainer choice.

not yet but i think that's gonna happen

That would make the perfect August single.

definitely

#1 material

i'm giving Love Story another chance for your christy

guys Cruise Control really gets me

my internet was loading super slow and as more and more of the cover loaded from top to bottom I was trying to figure out what her new direction would be. At first it looked like she was in some sort of elegant black slip dress and I thought she was going to do like a back to basics adult R and B type thing closer to her early stuff... and then I realized she was naked holding a hat and realized she's just going to keep getting crazier.

-- filthy dylan, Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:01 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link

it's funny how she kind of did both of these things on this album. some of it does seem like back to basics rNb, kind of like her earlier stuff, and some of it's a little crazy.

Like Cruise control... I don't think i've heard her sound that crazy since she dropped a rap verse on her first album.

Gals pon de block... Step up step up bottle broken...

so fucking funny

http://1b.img.v4.skyrock.com/1b9/saian15/pics/1388423285_small.jpg

damien's voice is totally hot to me too

this lady manning the subway ticket booth was playing OOC, smoking a cigarette. we bonded

can somebody explain the percussion in that song to me? that rattle thing happening in OOC? it's utterly bizarre

i'm beginning to like I stay in love as a single

Mariah was gonna make 'I'm That Chick' the next single but the label got all control freakery on her and she flipped out and in an act of rebellion married Nick Cannon and released 'Touch My Body' then 'Bye Bye'. Mariah Carey ain't nothing to fuck with.

Oooh Cruise Control is pretty hot though.

Cruise Control might be the best song on the album!

the production on this album is very strange

i'm gonna be honest and say i kind of hate Bye Bye...

"We Belong Together" -----> "Don't Forget About Us" -----> "Bye Bye" = loldiminishing returns

can someone catalog the times in this thread that surmounter has declared song x to be the best on the album

=]

GUYS NICK CANNON IS AT MY PLACE OF WORK TONIGHT. HE'S DOING A Q AND A for some movie

american son. it's supposed to be good. i can't decide if i should go

I don't hate bye bye. But i do wish that it never existed.

hgahahahah

I'll be lovin u long time is officially the third single. And T.I IS GONNA BE ON THE remix. All is right with the world.

:D

but also

RELEASE 'I'M THAT CHICK' AND 'SIDE EFFECTS' AND 'MIGRATE' ffs mimi

REALLY? OMG YES things are right with the world! lovin you long time better chart BIG.

i know, amen lex. really. fuck.

its a good album but a lot of the songs seem a bit light - dont really stick in your mind enough. not as strong as the emancipation album. quite a few of the lyrics seem more moronic than they could be and she does that quick-riffing singing style too frequently - id have liked mariah to do some more considered melodies, esp as she can do them so well when she wants to.

If I Stay In Love, Love Story, Last Kiss and Bye Bye were replaced by 4 awesome songs this album would be as good as mimi. instead they are 4 ehhhh songs.

too many cheap melodies. she can do/deserves better.

migrate, the chorus, really does sound like it's lifting off of some song. geez i had it last week and now i forgot.

that said though, titchy, i think a lot of this isn't cheap at ALL. it's just a percentage thing. mimi's percentage was like too good.

so excited for Lovin u Long time

I jus think she played it a bit too safe with this album.. What was so refreshing about mimi was that there was an aspect of mariah that we hadn't really seen before or jus caught glimpses of on

Charmbracelet. This album has very little of that... We've already heard this stuff on mimi so it just doesn't seem very interesting.. Especially the mid-tempo ballads. With the exception of love story.. Love that song.

I'd have loved it if she'd pulled another Glitter on us... The album, not the movie.

its more of a respectable water-treading album, just to keep her current in the current scheme of things, which arguably someone of her vintage shouldnt still be doing.

we put on glitter the other night and it was gooood (the album).

i really like the 2nd half of love story, the verse. that's hot.

and I Stay In Love gets really good in the chorus at the end.

And the quick voice stuff in Last Kiss' verses is awesome.

see that's the thing, i'm ready to write off a song but then it completely flourishes in parts. it's just odd how like toni braxtony some parts feel.

damnit, wish i had remembered this on my list of likely summer jams!

damnit it chris, you gots me into love story

when the f is lovin u long time out? the first time i hear this on the streets of brooklyn i will freak.

oy thx for nothin <3

what i love about 'i stay in love' is that even in the middle of a song entirely based around that SHAMELESSLY schmaltzy piano melody, she still finds time to break it down with "what i wanna do / is ride shotgun next to you"

best bit of 'i'll be lovin' u long time' = SCOOP ME UP THEN WE CAN GO, plus the sheer giddy joy on "you can caress my body - AND NEVER LET GO!"

you're so right about I Stay in love. that part is ace

also one of my favourite things about 'migrate' (my all-time favourite bit will 4eva be the ridic opening notes) is how...like, it's a meta club banger, right? the narrative is all about following mimi on a night out? and by the end of the first verse she's got the listener completely primed and totally in the mood for ~moving to the club~ to dance.

so what does she do on the bridge? "uh actually guys i've changed my mind about what to wear and i've suddenly decided to go home and change again. i'll be 4 hours late but who cares!"

FAVORITE PART of the song

she gots to steal the show

but i looove the part

"speed dial connectin me to rae rae
(hey)
click in shawnte and mae mae
(hey"

right before.

damnit it chris, you gots me into love story

It was bound to happen eventually

YOU GUYS ARE SLEEPING ON "O.O.C."

Wednesday, 11-Jun-2008, 1:50AM EDT | Posted by Lynn
"I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" Video Shoot
A day-by-day account of the filming of Mariah's music video to her new single, "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" in Hawaii by Tim Ryan.

Sunday, June 8
Mariah Carey had a busy day. After keeping her production crew waiting some four hours Sunday she finally arrived in Portlock from the Paul Mitchell Estate in Lanikai to shoot a portion of her music video at the cliffside home of Rob Burns who founded the surf company Local Motion. Problem is Carey had a personal trailer waiting for her at the elementary school in Koko Head where she was to have her hair, makeup and costuming done. The diva's makeup and costumes had to be driven to the cliffside location where she was made up. Filming was completed around sunset and Carey was whisked back to Lanikai where she partied with friends until around 11 p.m. She then was driven to Hawaiian Adventures Water Park for more filming. That shoot lasted to 5 a.m.

Monday, June 9
Today's filming is also at night but at Sea Life Park. If the video is not completed today Carey and accompany will return to SLP tomorrow. Husband Nick Cannon, who arrived Saturday evening, stopped by Tiffany's in Waikiki in a limousine and with a bodyguard on his way to Lanikai to buy his bride some jewelry. Notable security company Private Security owned by Charlie Long has had three guards protecting Carey and company during the shoot. The couple have settled into the Kahala Resort for a few days.

Tuesday, June 10
Mariah Carey pulled another all nighter last night at Sea Life Park where she filmed the remainder of her music video until about 4 a.m. The diva arrived just before 5 p.m. in a white gown. Park security made a sweep of the grounds to make sure visitors were out of the park at the 5 p.m. closing time. Despite the security someone caught most of the filming on a hand held HD camera. Part of the video has Carey on the small island in the dolphin pool. Now that the filming is over Carey and her husband Nick Cannon are enjoying a brief honeymoon at the Kahala Resort.
Source: Tim Ryan's Reel Hawaii | HoneyBaer | Jayden

OOC is such a weird Mariah track i can barely wrap my head around it. It's like Swizz was on some other shit when he made that beat..

the beat is strange, but i looove the song

so scusi mi
te quiero mucho papi
je ne sais pas mais c'est la vie
when you're messin' with the one true lover that make you OOC

it's like some sort of platonic ideal summer jam. the layered "forever, forever" vox might be be the most blissful sound ever recorded. "just bounce on, just bounce on c'mon" = perfect timing

WAIT, HOLD THE PHONE.
Migrate is apalling. It shames me in the way I thought Cruise Control would but didn't.
Bye Bye is some kind of fuckery and I hate it.I Stay In Love is too cute, you can bounce to it even tho its just a progression of 'Shake It Off' but at least she keeps her voice in check for it. 'Loving You Long Time' is sort of epic but I'm not happy that its the next song...maybe she's pacing herself for OOC...speaking of which, the 'its forever' is going to be a classic line.'Love Story' is a step too far off the edge into BLAH but it may worm its way into my conciousness. JD can lay off the 'Ugh, ugh huhs', wtf?!

Why does she say 'ay babay'?!
Husband Nick Cannon, who arrived Saturday evening, stopped by Tiffany's in Waikiki in a limousine and with a bodyguard on his way to Lanikai to buy his bride some jewelry.
LOL

Also 'For The Record' is fabulous.

you guys i really hope OOC is released as a single but i hadn't even thought about it. it would be great -- the "forever" bit. ugh so many options!

btw i love "ay babay" cracks me up

the production on OOC still freaks me out! it's not bad it just sounds so odd, like someone's playing it in the apartment below you or something

i wish you well

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5218/fog1am5.jpg

(l-r) mimi, jd, nick cannon and swizzy fogg on the set of the 'o.o.c' video

seriously tho it is clearly intended to be on some air balloon steez! i love songs that just review themselves.

i love how her weird phraseology always shows in her songs.. 'them other regularities' on for the record is one for the books

Alongside 'them chickens is ash and i'm lotion'

^^Indeed.
Did you know that Mariah uses her entire hand to do air quotes? Thats how much crazy she is.

agreed. lol "them chickens"

forgive but i can't forget
everyday i deal with this
i live with the side effects but i ain't
gonna let them get the best of me.

wiki The music video to "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" was premiered on BET's 106 & Park on Thursday, July 3 at 6:00pm ET/PT and on Yahoo! Music at midnight on the same day, and will premiere on TRL on July 7, 2008. The Video begins with Mariah swimming under water with a dolphin. It then show short clips of T.I. spliced in with a view of the Hawaii islands. The next scene that starts the first verse off shows Mariah inside of a house singing of her love. It also show short clips of Mariah lying on a beach in a yellow bikini also performing the frist verse. The next scene, which is also the next verse features Mariah in a black bikini up a against a large rock also singing of her lover. The next scene, which is also the third verse, features rapper T.I. in a wooded area with flashing lights obscured behind the trees performing his verse for the song. The final scene shows Mariah again in a black bikini, sitting and lying down in shallow water performing the last section of the song. The video ends showing Mariah swimming with a dolphin, it also shows Mariah singing up against a huge rock, and lying on a beach performing the final chorus to the song.

please let T.I. be more naked than mimi

that man is so fine

also yes dolphins lol

so yeah, here's another song that won't come close to hitting #1. you're safe for now, Beatles!

i've been thinking it has a huge shot at #1

let's put some money down, surm.

=) why don't you think it'll hit?

just don't sound like a hit.

craziest words ever

when i first heard this all i could think was SUMMER SMASH

Bye Bye, now that's another tale

i love IBLULT but 'i'm that chick' and 'o.o.c.' sound like more surefire - catchier, funnier - versions of this summer jam template

or you know MIGRATE or SIDE EFFECTS ffs - it really is beyond me how one can eff up the singles releases off an album like e=mc2!

I'm not gonna argue instincts here, Surmounter, I'm just saying, let's revive this thread in a few months and see where the song w/ T.I. peaked on the charts.

really this song gives me almost the same "uhhh....yeah whatever" vibe as "Bye Bye"

that is the wrongest thing i've heard all month

yes we will seee

haha the video with T.I. rapping in some random jungle scene nowhere near the other person on the song brings to mind another predestined flop: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DAdBJEKUwQ4

"Lovin U Long Time" has had a terrible replay value for me. "I'm That Chick" is the only sane choice for a summer single imo.

Not that I'm accusing anyone on this thread of being rational, mind.

rational sane

Bye Bye wasn't exactly a summer single, but it's a great track, one of the best on the album imo

o_O

I Wish YOu Well at right about 3:40 is mariah pullin out the stops

bye bye would be awesome if the lyrics didn't stink.

no, not really.

it is awesome. ain't nothin wrong with the lyrics. comes down to nil nisi bonum. surely just more o mc helpin ghetto kids on the re-up, dealin with shit

Not that I'm really hatin' or maybe I am its hard to be sure but don't you think we've dedicated far too much time to what is at best a 'passably' good r&b album and at worst mediocre automated pop?

nope. i still maintain that there are way too many awesome songs for this too be passably good. let's list them again just for fuckin fun: migrate, touch my body, cruise control, side effects, that chick, thanx for nothin, ooc, for the record, i wish you well.

nope, those are all too good. sorry, you're wrong. WRONG

OH FUCK AND I'll BE LOVIN YOU LONG TIME

THat'S TEN AMAZING

Okay I take back what I said about Migrate but notice how you did not include Bye Bye OR my friend the fact that Lovin' You Long Time is mediocre.
I still think we've dedicated too much time to Mariah tho. Fuck is up with record labels actively undermining an album's genius by bringing out the shittiest tracks on it. You hear me Britney's label?!
T.I. needs to stay home for a while.

Not that I'm really hatin' or maybe I am its hard to be sure but don't you think we've dedicated far too much time to what is at best a 'passably' good r&b album and at worst mediocre automated pop?
-- VeronaInTheClub

Well, 85% of the posts in this thread are from one person.

One person whose total insanity is the only reason I still click on this thread.

hey, that's not fair. it's more like 40% Surmounter, 10% Brainwasher.

he who does not understand the prowess of i'll be lovin' u long time is not fit to breathe american air.

Why do you want to kill so many people?

if there's a camera up in here then it's gonna leave with me when i do
i do

therealthomas (7 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
if mariah carey answers the door like that

i b d pizza man

again and again

-- J0rdan S., Friday, February 29, 2008 8:02 AM (4 months ago) Bookmark Link

i'm like the lottery
hot bentley with the key

mariah / marley will be a classic, i can feel it

-- r|t|c, Friday, January 18, 2008 2:21 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark Link

i'll be lovin' u long time at #21 on rnb/hip hop

side effects still huge

I kinda like this new song. btw I'd still hit it

them other regularities
they can't compete with MC
the whole entire world can tell
that you love yourself some me!!!

otm

and she sounds like an actual kettle at the end.

plus "give me ONE GOOD REASON WHY - we can't just press rewind" as if time itself is just being unreasonable

kind of an epic song

blahblahblahblahblah

i'll be lovin' u long time at #21 on rnb/hip hop

pretty sad if you're braggin about that on a chart where she's had dozens of top 20 hits.

oh bla, i was just stating. not bragging. ok?

There is some justice in the world.

btw I'd still hit it

-- skygreenleopard, Thursday, August 7, 2008 8:38 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Link

= i'd still hit it btw

i b d pizza man btw

this is probably my favourite pop star photo this year, everything about is perfect from the fab coat-minidress to the sunglasses @ night to the sparkly heels to the beatific smile to the TWO UMBRELLAS

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/gofugyourself/GFY092007/91927378.jpg

y

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she also just looks soo fit. i remember swooning over those pics.

girl will have 2 UMBRELLAS FUCK

-- Surmounter, Saturday, March 1, 2008 9:48 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Link

looooooooooooooooool

iblyut already peaked on the hot 100 in the 60s.. it fell to 70 this week. It may rebound but it's certainly not gonna be that 19th #1... and neither is side effects i don't think... "bye bye" was a tragic choice, totally murdered the album.

tragic. i can't really think about it.

the fact that bye bye reached #24 on hot 100 and iblyut is where it is...

or you know MIGRATE or SIDE EFFECTS ffs - it really is beyond me how one can eff up the singles releases off an album like e=mc2!

-- lex pretend, Monday, July 7, 2008 4:38 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

beyond me.

still holding out for I'm That Chick/OOC/side effects

side effects remix with busta rhymes is the next single

OCC wouldn't be a good single even tho it's my fave song on the album.

i feel like they decided migrate just isn't going to happen. which is weird, i still play it everytime i'm going out.

oh rly i didn't know about side effects! that's great tho. u never know with that one

It's too late in the game now for "I'm That Chick." It was a summer song. Whoever's handling her singles plan is dumber than shit.

I imagine that might be her.

That would make the perfect August single.

-- Eric H., Friday, May 23, 2008 11:33 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

:( running out of time

No, it needed to peak in August.

I could see it working as a fall single.

boyfriend heard it at the gay bars recently, said it sounded perfect

i really think side effects could kick it up a notch!

and if they don't release I'm That Chick at all, i will be really sad for us all :( isn't it usually 4 an album tho?

So yeah this album is dead now, they've canceled the 4th single.

uh, that's fucking stupid. they didn't even release the best tracks. idiotic.

OTM

I'm not even a huge Mariah apologist or whatever, but "they" have botched the fuck out of keeping this album afloat.

This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man, or your lady
Put your hand way up high, we will never say bye bye

Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky 'cause we will never say bye bye

She was good in the Zohan movie.

So they've decided to give it another go and release a 4th single which will be....

"I Stay In Love".

:|

whatever.

I mean, it's one of my faves on the album, but these single choices have been really awful.

ha i heard they'd decided to go with 'migrate'. you must have to really work to screw up the singles off an album which has an excess of them!

So they've decided to give it another go and release a 4th single which will be....

"I Stay In Love".

:|

whatever.

― After The Hurricane (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:43 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

weird -- i just looked this up to say i think it's the most formulaic song on the album which sounds better than i remember.

it's kind of radio friendly. still that chick + migrate + side effects.

The single choices from this album ("Touch My Body" aside, maybe) have been wack.

Cruise Control, Migrate, For The Record, OOC, Side Effects>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the stuff she's released. Its all pretty weak and is making people think she can't pull of another Emancipation of Mimi when she really has it in her.
You guys are right the good stuff on the album is too summery, she could keep squeezing out songs relentlessly like Pon de forehead but you're OTM 'That Chick' is dead. So onwards and upwards (Hopefully)
Question; do you think Nick Cannon will be a 'surprise guest collab' on her next album? Better question; will it be good?
P.S: I heart this thread

ok i think you forgot Touch my body, lovin u long time, i wish you well and no really i'm that chick is not dead!

nope

Touch My Body is WEAK. Please lets not get into how WEAK it is. Lovin you long time is also too early noughties for me. It reminds me of that lame collabo that LL Cool J did with Amerie.
I'm that chick is dead! Mariah needs to sell she can't wait for I'm That Chick to get its second wind!
Okay I'm done.

honey, <3 ya but you're so wrong it hurts. IT HURTS BAD

Lovin you long time is also too early noughties for me. It reminds me of that lame collabo that LL Cool J did with Amerie.

this is spot on

in fact when i heard that "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" remix with LL i instantly thought "wow, this makes much more sense than the version with T.I."

it is nothing but pure 70s pop bliss, meant to be enjoyed in the sun with a lover and a smile (a field would help too, and a convertible)

but the album version doesn't even feature anyone! it's just her, singin, dreamlover/fantasy style

yeah but i'm saying, releasing it as a single w/ T.I. on it did the song no favors. and seriously, don't compare that song to "Dream Lover" or "Fantasy," that's just wrong.

no it is not, that is where you are crazy! it is RIGHT up there with those 2, the completing force. JORDAN S AND TAPE STORE TO THREAD PLS

look, all i'm upset about in the end, really, is that this album didn't spawn at least 2 no. 1's. THAT's just wrong.

You all know how I feel about "Long Time." It doesn't deserve to get compared to "Fantasy."

i don't remember how you feel about it.

?

LOL "pon de forehead"!!! apparently riri is now releasing 'rehab' as a single which...you know, why not just go for it and release every GGGB track as a single.

i really like 'i stay in love' but really just thinking about how the E=MC2 singles campaign has been fucked up makes me so annoyed. could've been HUGE. i don't know what kind of person would listen to the album and decide 'side effects' wasn't single material? anyway i blame 'bye bye', by the time that debacle passed there wasn't enough summer left to really max out the summer jam potential of 'i'm that chick'/'ooc'/'cruise control'

i can't even really find the words to describe the disappointment.

i don't remember how you feel about it.

I don't like it.

:P fine then!

but then the only mariah albums you like in full are glitter and rainbow...

"Migrate" is my fav T-Pain ever

I can make the chevrolet creep so slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Heard this again last weekend when it was 70 degrees for the first time of the year and it felt perfect. "I Stay in Love" never sounded so good.

whaat:

what bugs me so much about IStay in love is that it coulda been sooooooo good

lol @ aretha

'i stay in love' IS so good

with the advent of summer, i find myself breaking this album out again...

this album worth it for Cruise Control alone

with the advent of summer, i find myself breaking this album out again...

― lex pretend, Saturday, March 28, 2009 10:39 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

"i'm that chick" is just exquisitely done

and you know you need this mayyynne
and you know i got this mayyynne
gonna be your everythayyynne

"I'm That Chick" is really the one incontestably great one on this disc.

boy i got you caught...
up inside...
of my haze...
and you're gonna be gone for days!

mariajuana

"o.o.c." as well along the same lines - "side effects" is another classic, but it's not what i'm bumping in this weather

yea i'm that chick is a true burst of inspiration, and also kind of unlike anything she's ever done

I remember that track fondly. Anyone care to hook a bro up...?

we sippin' grigio

slow

Speed dial connecting me to Rae-Rae (Hey)
Click in Shawntae and Mae-Mae (Hey)
Treat it as a holiday,
Cause he's a wrap,
Y'all know I had to migrate.

^^THIS IS ME THIS SUMMER -- SO MUCH WRAPPING & MIGRATING

this album kind of is a masterpiece in many respects

would be if not for the 6 shitty "We Belong Together" rewrites

i kind of can't get enough of those

it has some real clunkers

it's overlong, but it has pretty much the perfect amalgamation of modern r&b songwriters/producers -- maybe the ratio is a bit skewed

love story, i stay in love, and maybe even last kiss are all mundane to varying degrees, tho last kiss can be good

and there's always bye bye

i wish i could but a bumper sticker on my car that read "*migrates*"

put*

i went thru a fase where i could not stop singing migrate. especially the verse u just posted thru " cuz my jeans yeah they fit

but it might benefit

me to throw somethin on

to feature my hips

accentuate my *

and steal the show "

i kind of can't get enough of those

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 6, 2010 10:24 PM Bookmark

there are 6 of them. and 0 of them are good.

i get so ooc
out of control baby11

^^^ jam of all times

i have a feeling there is something really interesting going on melodically/harmonically in that song that I just don't know enough to expound upon

i brings that levity....

i kinda really fuck with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9P9cDdXWow&feature=share

jordan

i have so much to say to you about this thread but i have to call a friend so gimme a few

okay so. first i'm rly glad you bumped this thread a few times. so many classix on this record. that's actually about all i have to say. there you have it.

also thanx for nothin is a banger

damn, why was I so neggy itt? I totally fux with this album.