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Happy anniversary (93,598) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Happy anniversary to the contemporary R&B classic The Emancipation of Mimi. This album was definitely a defining moment in Mariah’s career, and I am thankful that I was blessed to experience it. (Monday 13 April 2020; 01:47)

Re: FLAB snippet (93,595) (93,597) by Special K from USA Mariah sang FLAB and I almost passed out. She sounded great to me. FLAB is my song. BTW, Happy birthday to my baby. I heard him laughing in the background and my heart slipped a beat. (Monday 13 April 2020; 01:42)

Re: Hero (93,589) (93,596) by Tevin from USA I love Your Girl also. So now there is three people who love it. Lol. (Monday 13 April 2020; 01:39)

Re: FLAB snippet (93,593) (93,595) by Licia from USA I loved FLAB. I didn't enjoy the Stay the Night one though. I am enjoying the snippets nonetheless (even the bad ones lol). (Sunday 12 April 2020; 23:58)

Emancipation anniversary (93,594) by Terna from Nigeria In the anniversary spirit, I played the "Emancipation Of Mimi" all through (well not all through, I still skipped that crappy track 12 like I always do ) and I must say the album hasn't aged at all, 15 years later it still sounds fresh and the beats go hard, by far my most favorite Mariah Carey album. The whole universe I would say aligned for Mariah on this one. Lol. And only this era. So many records made and many more broken. Wow. Everything was spot on literally. TEOM was where Mariah forced respect with an undeniably killer album, from the industry that tried to delete her and also crossed into legendary, untouchable queen. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 22:28)

FLAB snippet (93,593) by enwar00 from usa Love the Fly Like A Bird snippet she tweeted. Only wish it was longer. It's nice to hear all the different a capella snippet performances lately. Maybe she'll continue to focus more on singing via these virtual outlets right now. I'd be happy with more of these performances whether they're dubbed or not. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 22:18)

Insta FLAB (93,592) by Norman from USA Fighting off this COVID-19 over here and Mariah singing FLAB on IG is giving me life. And it's everything. Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate it. And may all of you stay safe out there. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 22:06)

Mariah - quarantine (93,591) by Billy from Greece After wearing out "Daydream" last month (particularly obsessing over "Melt Away"), "Memoirs" is on constant rotation here in the past few weeks (still adore the mood of "Betcha Gon' Know" and "Candy Bling" continues to break my heart a little). (Sunday 12 April 2020; 21:25)

Clark sisters biopic (93,590) by RibbonB from USA Licia, please tell me you saw it last night on Lifetime? It was so good. I just love those gospel singing legends. They should have had a miniseries. It was cool to see so many legends showing them love on Twitter, like Anita Baker and Dianne Reeves. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 21:12)

Re: Hero (93,580) (93,589) by Licia from USA Bill you are the first fan I've seen to admit they like Your Girl. I thought I was by myself. So now there's two people who like the song. Lol. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 18:34)

TEOM 15 (93,588) by Jono from USA Happy 15th anniversary. Such a monumental achievement. This was the album that introduced me to Mariah and I haven't turned back since. Still listen to it in its entirety to this day. I love that she's been posting acapella snippets on her IG. The fact that she sung parts of "Your Girl" and "Stay The Night" makes my 13 year old self so happy. Her voice is still a marvel; that quality is undeniable. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 17:14)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey sends boyfriend sweet birthday message (93,586) (93,587) by Susana from USA A year and 5 months ago, I first saw this picture posted on his IG. It’s not that old. (Sunday 12 April 2020; 09:46)

Article: Mariah Carey sends boyfriend sweet birthday message (93,586) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "Posting a cute photo with her man of nearly four years" - should this read "Posting a cute photo with her man taken nearly four years ago"? Sorry, but Mariah looks absolutely nothing like this. She really does live in a fantasy if she thinks people are going to think that this is her now. I have to say, though, well done to Mariah and Bryan for 4 years worth of relationship. That is surely almost the longest relationship she has ever had. And nobody said it would last. Except for me. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 21:51)

Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,585) by Betty from Canada I just love it when a member of the lambily is doing the interview. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 21:22)

FLAB (93,584) by Special K from USA Mariah please sing FLAB at Joel Osteen's Easter services. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 19:55)

Hero and Your Girl (93,583) by Randy from USA I actually liked both performances and it made me less embarrassed as a very public fan. And did you notice how understated her clothes, hair and make up was (except the damn fan still blowing on Hero, I can't win). Maybe I was too harsh on the Delusional Fans. You know when I was angry for them with the excuses: her corset was too tight, a casket was in front of her, it was too hot, it was too cold, she has nodules, her mic was too low, her background singer was too loud, her earpiece monitor wasn't working, she just got a divorce, she didn't want to upstage the queen of soul, her humidifiers weren't working, she didn't get eight hours sleep, it's too early in the morning to sing, they were pumping air in at the fresh air benefit last night. What this proves is an environment 100% controlled by Mariah and she can do as many takes as she likes, she can put together a rather decent performance. The irony in this was when I said let's call Mariah a studio singer, someone said that wasn't fair. Things that make you go hmmmmmm. It's good to be right. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 19:11)

Re: Hero (93,580) (93,582) by Andrew from the United Kingdom It's better than many performances yes but I just watched it again and won't rewatch it. I watch things to be entertained not feel uncomfortable. If I feel uncomfortable, what do the general public feel? I do not understand why Mariah can no longer read from an autocue without nervously contorting her body into different poses every half second and why she speaks like she's about to vomit from nervousness. I don't understand why she is engineering vocals to the easiest song to sing especially given it's prerecorded - by her - in her own home. Can't she sing it? I don't know where these weird hand movements have come from. She used to, back in the day, throw her arms around with the big notes, point up with a high one, point down with a low one and it all felt seamless, fluid and necessary. Those there hand movements match the body convulsions in awkwardness. You're trying to listen to the song and your eyes keep getting drawn to her doing a finger-and-thumb asshole gesture to the camera. Honestly, ABMB was really good. This was not. This was not what somebody of her stature, experience and calibre should be putting out. This should have been run past a manager who has the balls to say "Mariah, nope. This is not going out. This is not good enough." (Saturday 11 April 2020; 17:28)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,579) (93,581) by Bill from the UK And by "was knocking", I meant "wasn't knocking". What a world. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 15:48)

Re: Hero (93,575) (93,580) by Bill from the UK Well, it's no Thanksgiving or Daydream tour performance (specifically the London performance, of which I was an attendee), but it's an awful lot better than some of the ropey performances she's done recently on tours. Also, Licia, yes to Your Girl. Great song and her snippet of that was also good. I remember when I got TEOM I played Your Girl continuously, I was in love with it. Then I discovered the subtle greatness of To The Floor, and that became my fave. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 14:40)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,578) (93,579) by Bill from the UK I was knocking the sequencing of the album, more the fact that so many people on here proclaimed Caution to be a "cohesive body of work" that it became somewhat of a joke phrase, only for Mariah to then use it herself in that statement. I think the album flows perfectly. As for the placement of Don't Forget About Us, I'd have it as the penultimate track, before Fly Like a Bird. That way, DFAU and WBT sort of bookend the album. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 14:12)

Re: Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,574) (93,578) by Special K from USA No. Mimi's career was in the toilet. I think they took the sequencing of the album very seriously and spent alot of time on it. To beging the album with ILT and end it with FLAB was perfection. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 13:39)

Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,577) by Cassius from Brazil I didn't quite laugh, Bill. I do the same thing with my playlists. I think the flow of an album is essential. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 13:03)

Emancipation of Mimi (93,576) by Joe from United Kingdom Hi everyone so in honour of TEOM anniversary I'm looking at the sequencing of the tracks again and I can't decide where I would put DFAU (I don't care for the other bonus tracks). Where would you place DFAU in the original track listing? (Saturday 11 April 2020; 12:26)

Re: Hero (93,568) (93,575) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I had to just rewatch it as it seems I saw something completely different from everyone else. The vocal is good. But it definitely appears engineered and dubbed in several places (engineering is evident as strings have been added in, which is completely unnecessary). Can someone convince me this is not true and that is one deceit too far, in my opinion. And badly executed. Hero is supposed to be a love song to individual strength, inspiring and motivating. But watching Mariah sing it here is really quite stressful. She looks uncomfortable and those hands need to stop moving so much. Sorry, buddy, but I found the whole thing awkward. But then, I would, wouldn't I? I think my analysis is fair, however. (Saturday 11 April 2020; 12:16)

Article: Mariah Carey on 2005's iconic "The Emancipation of Mimi" (93,574) by Bill from the UK "We spent a long time working on the sequence for the album - listening to it and just really putting it together as a body of work, as a cohesive piece of music that almost feels like it was one song." Anyone else laugh out loud when reading this statement? (Saturday 11 April 2020; 11:03)

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