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Dolly Parton (92,702) by RibbonB from USA I love Dolly Parton. Such a smart business lady. Here's a great example of how a songwriter should act about a successful song. I love how she speaks fondly of Whitney Houston and her version of I Will Always Love You. I especially love how at 4:44 she breaks it down to Dan Rather. "Give Whitney the credit, just give me the cash." She's a confident, smart and gracious lady and not concerned about what Whitney said or didn't, although they were both gracious to one another. Both recognized their own respective lanes and platforms and didn't whine about the other. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 19:12)

Re: Hip pop (92,699) (92,701) by Bill from the UK That's just fab. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 15:09)

Re: Hip pop (92,696) (92,700) by Bill from the UK I said "not that it's a bad thing". (Sunday 2 February 2020; 15:09)

Re: Hip pop (92,690) (92,699) by B from USA TEOM was the best selling album of 2005 in the US and the second best selling album worldwide. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 12:36)

Re: If Mariah's gonna go full 90s with her next album (92,688) (92,698) by B from USA I love Mariah's collaboration with The Smeezington's and hope they work together again (how many years did I beg for her to work with them, lol). (Sunday 2 February 2020; 12:33)

Re: Hip pop (92,685) (92,697) by Tijl from Belgium Check this on "Fantasy". Actually, the entire website is a great read for '90s nostalgics. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 12:17)

Re: Hip pop (92,690) (92,696) by We are Lambily from USA Bill, who cares? That's the music she likes the most. As Mariah said she hardly ever listens to pop. It has become trashy. Rnb and hip hop is where her heart truly is. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 04:45)

Re: Hip pop (92,690) (92,695) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines She may have alienated a good portion of her AC fans and that for sure has affected her sales in some way, but that is also what carried her into the next decade. Besides, pretty much any artist who started out young and whose outputs have been met with staggering success, even in their prime years (usually 20s), are bound to experience a decline of some sort (Taylor Swift post-1989). For Mariah, it wasn't really about integrating hip-hop but just gradually broadening her sound in general that eventually saved her career. This is how she was able to gain new fans with TEOM that continued up to even MOAIA. After that, people just started to care less and less. This may be debatable, but had Mariah stubbornly stuck to her pre-Daydream sound, knowing the rapid shifts in trends from 1995-2004 (R&B - hip-hop - Latin pop - bubblegum teen pop - urban - rock), she probably wouldn't have made it past 2000. TEOM was instrumental in bringing contemporary R&B back to the forefront, laying the blueprint which Ne-Yo, Jordin Sparks, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Cassie, Keri Hilson, etc. would follow and top charts with later on. (Sunday 2 February 2020; 00:33)

Re: TashaK (92,692) (92,694) by RibbonB from USA Time Square was so long ago and it got viral attention. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 21:57)

Nick Cannon on "Celebrity" Mental Health (92,693) by Mercury from United States In this clip, Nick discusses "celebrities" and their mental health issues. After he addressed an unrelated issue, he began to describe manic episodes he'd witnessed with other individuals. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 21:34)

Re: TashaK (92,681) (92,692) by Musti from UK It must be a public interest issue. The Times Square scandal was pretty big though. I would've loved for Tasha to drag Stellar, as she is likely the main culprit. After all, reality meltdowns are her only "expertise" in the industry. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 20:57)

Re: Breakdown video (92,686) (92,691) by Bill from the UK Agree. All the videos from Butterfly were amazing. They were sexy indeed, but, especially for Breakdown and The Roof, there was an understated elegance to them. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 20:12)

Re: Hip pop (92,685) (92,690) by Bill from the UK That's debatable. Her sales have never been at the level they were since she fully incorporated hip hop into her sound. Not that it's a bad thing. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 20:09)

Re: TashaK (92,684) (92,689) by RibbonB from USA But Mimi befriended that crew and brought them into her and her kid's world. She was being so dumb. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 19:25)

If Mariah's gonna go full 90s with her next album (92,688) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Then production is key. This idea's cool, and Mariah's a 90s artist so she'll fit right back in and I'm fine with it. It's one thing to make the retro sound work for a single track, but to actually stretch it out into an entire album is a bigger challenge. The only other mainstream effort that pulled it off successfully in all aspects was 24K Magic, and that was largely thanks to The Smeezingtons and Bruno's sharp creative direction plus musicality. Mariah has to go more indie / low profile when it comes to producers. For a 90s sound, I stumbled across this guy Devin Morrison searching through Bandcamp last year. He produces his own stuff as well as for other artists. His debut album Bussin' transports you to the 90s, and is more organic and less flashy in sound than what The Smeezingtons do. He has a new song out, Casper. I urge you to check him out. He knows 90s R&B. If Mariah or any artist is gonna take the 90s route, then he's the guy to work with. Dude is talented and soulful. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 16:37)

Ester Dean (92,687) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) Speaking of people who have never worked with Mariah before. I think that MC, and Ester Dean can write some fun uptempo songs together that can bridge the pop and B sound that will make MC and the masses happy. I think that they can write two to three bangers together. What do you guys think? (Saturday 1 February 2020; 16:29)

Breakdown video (92,686) by Gee from U.S.A. (New York City) To me the Breakdown video along with The Roof are two of MC’s sexiest videos without a doubt. She was absolutely out of this world in those videos. Nothing was out of place nor over the top to where it became awkward. The videos for this era were some of our girl's best even now. I still watch two videos today and get mesmerized at the beauty and sexiness that comes from the screen. What a time. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 16:22)

Re: Hip pop (92,674) (92,685) by B from USA Mariah created the Hip-Pop sound to quote Left Eye from TLC. No one bats an eye when an R&B artist collaborates with a rapper but when a Pop princess, who let's not forget was married to the head of her label, collaborated with OBD people sat up and took notice. I remember reading articles and reviews in 1995 that said by doing that remix Mariah was going to alienate her core audience. They were wrong and the rest is history. MJ's collaboration was a #1 but he also received a lot of flack for working with Hip-Hop artists because he was considered a Pop artist just like Mariah even though the music they made was R&B music. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 15:51)

Re: TashaK (92,681) (92,684) by B from USA I think it's because she's been consistent musically and she's a legend. Those lawsuits are meritless. If she was being blackmailed with those photos that leaked showing her c-section scar I don't know why she was so worried about them getting out. Yes, she looked high/drunk but her body looked amazing. Every celeb gets sued, it comes with the territory. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 15:43)

Re: Iconic photoshoots (92,672) (92,683) by B from USA 1. Butterfly 2. TEOM 3. Rainbow (Saturday 1 February 2020; 15:39)

Re: Iconic photoshoots (92,668) (92,682) by Will from Australia Honestly any still from the Breakdown video is amazing in terms of her best looks: Wearing the top hat The slick hair without the hat in the corset The crown and the feathers in the hair Sublime, she went close in the video to I Stay In Love to mimicking the showgirl look, special mention to Always Be My Baby shots too. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 10:19)

Re: TashaK (92,680) (92,681) by RibbonB from USA Mariah's scandals really have been rather wack. Even the Stellar crap was so dumb and weird and random and most people dgaf. Mariah was doing fine outside the reality show realm. She's still settling lawsuits that no one is interested in. (Saturday 1 February 2020; 01:51)

TashaK (92,680) by Musti from UK Does anyone here follow this lady's YouTube channel? She is so OOC. I've been following her for a while. She drags absolutely everyone. Mariah is noticeably absent from her videos, which kinda makes me think she's a fan. One of her older videos is about JP dumping Mariah where she only had nice things to say about M. But she's much more ratchet now. There have been a few Mariah scandals since that video and she hasn't covered any of them, except here where she goes in on Stellar. I wish she'd cover more Mariah stories, even if it means dragging her. (Friday 31 January 2020; 21:33)

BTS (92,679) by Dove from United States I just saw an article on BuzzFeed about how the BTS fans donated to a charity James Cordon supports because they appreciated that he was a good host to them when they went on his show. According to the article they do this a lot, sometimes "just because". It would be neat if the Lambily organized something like that. Maybe for her birthday we could donate to The Fresh Air Fund or Save the Music. I'm not on any social media anymore, so I can't do it, but maybe somebody who has a lot of Mariah fan followers can suggest it? Just an idea. (Friday 31 January 2020; 14:56)

Re: Iconic photoshoots (92,668) (92,678) by Dove from United States From those you listed, I like the Butterfly photos the best. (Friday 31 January 2020; 14:52)

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