Mariah Upcoming Release Thread 2013 // #Beautiful feat. Miguel

if you're talking about pop hits, yeah, iTunes is king. but R&B radio (and country radio, and rock radio) still pick up on songs all the time without digital sales being a factor.

Yes, talking about the Hot 100 here, not about genre and/or airplay charts.

interesting. thanks guys.

"you're mine (eternal)" totally clicked yesterday, all it needed was a momentary break from hectic life stuff and some sun streaming in through my window <33333

it is such a delicate crystal vase of a song, which makes the gradual realisation that it's an anguished and hopeless reverie all the more affecting

these are three pretty different singles so far, no idea what to expect from the album...

it's a curious choice of single though, given that it seems like it belongs most on the almost entirely obvious single free memoirs

it really is so pretty, and so her

it is, as are "#beautiful" and "the art of letting go", but i love that a) none of them are her resting on her laurels and churning out the kind of her people will automatically lap up, b) mariah invests being herself with this tremendously affecting hard-won air

yeah she's definitely not going for it her own way

i mean IS going for it her own way

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/10014702_10100117401170117_1340908907_n.jpg

http://www.fuse.tv/2014/04/mariah-carey-new-album-complete-guide

i think we knew all this but

Collaborators:

The album boasts a long list of collaborators (both rumored and confirmed) that could hopefully see Mimi taking some risks:

-Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins: A previous Mariah collaborator ("So Lonely" featuring Twista) produced single "The Art of Letting Go."

-Q-Tip: The Tribe Called Quest frontman told us he was working on the album in August 2012.

-Jermaine Dupri: A producer working with Mariah since the '90s ("Always Be My Baby," "Sweetheart," "We Belong Together"). Watch their undeniably chemistry in this Fuse News interview.

-David Morales: The dancefloor maestro who's served remixes like the "My All (Morales 'My' Club Remix)," featured on Mimi's official The Remixes album.

-Bryan-Michael Cox: A producer with two singles off her comeback album The Emancipation of Mimi ("Shake It Off" and "Don't Forget About Us").

-Hit-Boy: A new Mimi collaborator, rumored to have crafted a track titled "Thirsty." He's risen to A-list producer status with tracks like Kanye West & Jay Z's "N****s in Paris," Beyonce's "XO" and Lil Wayne's "Drop the World."

-The-Dream: A recent favorite of Mariah who worked on her last No. 1, "Touch My Body," and co-produced almost every track on her Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel LP.

-Mike WiLL Made It: R&B-pop's go-to guy, (Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," Ciara's "Body Party") is a new collaborator for Mimi, confirmed in a Billboard interview.

-R. Kelly: While Mariah teased a studio snap with Kellz saying "working on a new song!" we're wondering if it's for the Chicago crooner's Trapped in the Closet series. No official word yet.

-Loris Holland: The singer tweeted she was in the studio with Holland, who worked on her past albums such as 1995's Daydream and 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi.

-Fabolous: While posting on Instagram about a night in the studio, Mariah posted a pic that she was "doing a different record now" and tagged the Brooklyn rapper. The collaborated on the track "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" off Mimi's Glitter soundtrack.

Fabolous!!

Fabolous!!

she's releasing the album to itunes next month. could be may 6th as planned but might be some other time.

probably the best strategy possible at this point (considering the label won't allow another pushback) considering it'll save her the face of releasing a fourth lead single and she can generate some press out of the move. plus as a notorious perfectionist she can work on it till the second it drops pretty much, which is good

what happens if the sound engineer drops the wrong mix on itunes tho

i don't think mimi quite grasps quite the word "surprise" means. four singles, billboard announcement, release date in the month that it's been scheduled for ≠ surprise

intrigued by wtf she's going for though - i've loved everything so far but i have no idea whether she wants this to be an album for tru heads à la memoirs ("you're mine" suggested that commercial smashing wasn't a priority) or HITZ ("#beautiful", and the endless delays, suggest she wants these too...)

Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/me.-i-am-mariah...the-elusive/id872238798

Wow @ that title. She's outdone herself.

lmao

"Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse" Tracklisting:

1. Cry.
2. Faded
3. Dedicated (feat. Nas)
4. #Beautiful (feat. Miguel)
5. Thirsty
6. Make It Look Good
7. You’re Mine (Eternal)
8. You Don’t Know What To Do (feat. Wale)
9. Supernatural (With Special Guest Stars “Dembabies” a.k.a. Ms. Monroe & Mr. Moroccan Scott Cannon a.k.a. Roc ‘N Roe)
10. Meteorite
11. Camouflage
12. Money ($ * / …) (feat. Fabolous)
13. One More Try
14. Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now)
15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Deluxe edition]
16. Betcha Gon’ Know (feat. R. Kelly) [Deluxe edition]
17. The Art of Letting Go [Deluxe edition]
18. Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse

As if track 18 isn't track 1.

wow @ it's a wrap w mjb

15. It’s a Wrap (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Deluxe edition]
16. Betcha Gon’ Know (feat. R. Kelly) [Deluxe edition]

hang on, these are evidently exhumed from the shelved memoirs remix album. oh mimi, bless you for still trying to make angels advocate happen

well this looks bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mSezvKLxVM

that this is a nickname and not something jd just called her last week when she turned up 3 hours late at the studio for mixing is stretching believability but i'll take it

I love how her titles keep getting more and more ridiculous

can we start a parody list of titles?

omg i didn't even notice the angels advocate repeats hahahaha

i hope "one more try" is a george michael cover, she would do a really beautiful job on it i'm sure

yeah it almost certainly is. faith is one of her favourite albums and it quite heavily influenced her (first!) self-titled album

omg. at all of this. i didn't know that RE: Faith but that's awesome. makes so much sense. tracklisting looks good. tho nervous about the babies singing. Mary J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/p206x206/10268572_10152377316647766_7539061411632124655_n.jpg i can't

the way she pronounces "chanteuse" in that video is everything

New single is called "Thirsty" and produced by Hit-Boy.

http://www.directlyrics.com/new-music-mariah-carey-thirsty-premiere-news.html

jeez, what a mess

sounds like they just slapped a couple of unrelated acapellas on top of a third-rate knockoff of the Niggas in Paris beat

The HQ for anyone not interested in hearing radio djs talking over it: http://revolt.tv/video/first-listen-mariah-carey-ft-rich-homie-quan-thirsty/66859648-E559-4CD9-A79C-EC40E1434DD6

I think I like this. Mostly for the pre-chorus(?).

omg

beautiful
you're mine
thirsty

even surm forgot "the art of letting go" ;_;

(this is very "migrate", which is a plus for me)

ok i've only heard it once and "UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty." is basically embedded in my head forever

UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty. UH. you're thirsty.

i'm resigned to none of these singles being hits but i'm pretty optimistic about this album given her last few and the people who worked on this one

the lack of hits hasn't correlated with the quality of her music since like 2005 so i'm not really awaiting that smash single either

i mean, e=mc2 was packed with hits and she still managed to mostly fuck the campaign up, then memoirs pretty explicitly didn't aim for hits, so it's a moot point really

Yeah, Emancipation was imo the least interesting of the last five albums, including Christmas Part II.

Get out.

damn, this really is a mess :/