YEP ITS OFFICIAL!!! MARIAH’S NEXT SINGLE WILL BE “I STAY IN LOVE”. WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER THAT SOMEONE ON HER MANAGEMENT TEAM WOKE UP AND MADE A SUGGESTION. VERY GOOD BENNY MEDINA. THE SINGLE IS SCHEDULED TO HIT RADIO ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER BUT HOPEFULLY WE GET A LIVE PERFORMANCE FIRST. IF SO IT WILL BE POSTED HERE. GET READY FOR M TO OWN THE TOP SPOT FOR WEEKS WITH THIS ONE.
OVERALL, MARIAH HAS MADE MANY TRACKS THAT COULD BE NUMBER ONE BUT THE VIDEOS WEREN’T WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH 2005′S “SHAKE IT OFF”. IF THE VIDEO HAD BEEN STREAMLINE WITH THE SONG THEN KANYE’S “GOLD DIGGER” MAY HAVE SEEN NUMBER ONE BUT WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY GOTTEN TROUNCED BY THIS SONG. HOWEVER, BY DROPPING A VIDEO THAT BARELY OR NOT AT ALL PERTAINS TO THE LYRICS OF THE SONG MARIAH TARNISHED THE RELATIABLE NATURE OF THIS SONG HAD. THAT BEING SAID “I STAY IN LOVE” MUST HAVE A FIRE MUSIC VIDEO TO PUSH IT, SOMETHING VERY “DON’T FORGET ABOUT US” (ONE OF MARIAH;S GREATEST VIDEOS) ABOUT IT. CAN’T WAIT!!!!
SO I WAS ON FACEBOOK THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED A VERRRRRYYYYY PROVOKING STATUS UPDATE FROM A FRIEND OF MINE I’VE KNOWN SINCE ELEMENTARY… “BLANK IS DOIN HOMEWORK AND LISTENING TO MY FAVORITE RAPPER 50 CENT” NAUSEATED I COMMENTED ON HIS STATUS. WE HAD A HEAVY DEBATE ABOUT WHO THE BEST MC BREATHING IS. I AND ANYONE ELSE WHO REALLY PAYS ATTENTION KNOWS THIS INDIVIDUAL TO BE NONE OTHER THAN THE HIGHLY RESPECTED X PRESIDENT OF DEF JAM AND CO FOUNDER OF ROCAFELLA: JAY’Z.
NOT TO THROW ANY SALT ON 50 CENT, BUT JIGGA IS A GIANT. HIS BUSINESS OUTREACH IS JUST AS LARGE AS CLOSEST RIVALS DIDDY AND 50 BUT HIS SUCCESS RATE IS MUCH HIGHER. HE KNOWS HOW TO DO WHAT HE DOES BETTER THAN DIDDY OR 50. FOR TIME SAKE I’M ONLY GONNA COMPARE 50 AND J FOR NOW.
THE EVIDENCE:
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AS PRESIDENT OF DEF JAM JAY’Z NURTURED THE CAREERS OF 2 OF THE DAYS BIGGEST ARTIST: RIHANNA AND NE-YO. THESE TWO VASTLY SUCCESSFUL ARTIST ARE PROLIFIC AND ON POINT MUSICIANS BECAUSE OF THE MENTORING AND GUIDANCE RECEIVED BY JIGGA. RIHANNA HAS BECOME THE INDUSTRY’S “IT GIRL” WHILE APEALING TO A MUCH LARGER MARKET BLOCK THE OTHERS. NE-YO IS AN VERY AVID SONGWRITER/PRODUCER, TO HIS CREDIT: IRREPLACEABLE…
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP MARIAH CAREY PRODUCED PERHAPS THE BEST ALBUM OF HER LIFE. THE 10 MILLION SELLING “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” RETURNED MARIAH TO THE CHARTS AND SHOWED THE GAME WHO REALLY RUNS SHIT… HER CAREER WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT UNTIL THAT POINT…
KANYE WEST WAS DISCOVERED AND NURTURED BY JIGGA AND DAMON DASH. TODAY KANYE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTIST ON THE PLANET, WHICH IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FIERCE A** WHOOPIN HE LAYEDON 50 ABOUT A YEAR AGO… HE DEFEATED 50 IN AN ALBUM RACE BY ALMOST 300,000 COPIES, MOVING 950 THOUSAND UNTILS TO 50′S 700. IRONICALLY ENOUGH 50′S PREVIOUS ALBUM DID A MILLIE ITS FIRST WEEK, 300 THOUSAND MORE THAN “CURTIS”.
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JAY’S CLOTHING LINE IS ONE O THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NAMES ON THE URBAN FASHION MARKET, RIVALING THE LIKES OF DIDDY’S CRAZY SUCCESSFUL “SEAN JOHN” AND KIMORA LEE SIMONS’ “BABYPHAT.
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JAY-Z HAS ALSO PULLED THE BADDESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTT CHICK ON TWO LEGS, MRS BEYONCE KNOWLES CARTER… I THINK I’VE MORE THAN PROVED MY POINT BUT ON TOP OF ALL THIS JIGGA IS THE BEST RAPPER IN THE GAME… THE “BLUEPRINT 3″ WILL DROP LATER THIS YEAR AND FIRMLY SOLIDIFY THIS CLAIM…
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MAKE NO MISTAKE 50 IS A DECENT BUSINESS MAN. HE RECENTLY SOLD “VITAMIN WATER”, WHICH HE CREATED TO A LARGER COMPANY AND CURRENTLY HAS AN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH THEM TO PROMOTE IT. I’M SURE YOU’VE SEEN THE COMMERCIALS
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EMINEM FOUND AND NUTURED 50, FROM 50 CAME G-UNIT, WHICH INCLUDES A BUNCH OF MEDIOCRE ARTIST THAT HAVE ALMOST ZERO RESPECT IN THE GAME. A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE TONY YAYO AND OLIVIA…
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THESE TWO ARTIST COULD HAVE BEEN ALOTTTTT MORE SUCCESSFUL UNDER JIGGA’S GUIDANCE, WELL NOT YAYO, YAYO NEEDS TO BE DRAGGED FROM 50′S MASSION, ZIPPED UP IN A BODY BAG AND DROPPED INTO THE NEAREST, DEEPEST BODY OF WATER…MUCH LUV… BUT OLIVIA IS A PRETTY GIRL WITH A DECENT VOICE, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL UNDER THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP…
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50′S CLOTHING LINE IS A FLOP, THEY NO LONGER MAKE IT AND HIS VIDEO GAME WAS JUST DROPPED BY IT’S PUBLISHER. HE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER TO DISTRIBUTE IT.
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WHAT I SEE HERE IS A RAPPER WHO GOT AHOLD OF TOO MUCH MONEY AND LOST SIGHT OF WHAT HE REALLY IS. HIS MUSIC ISN’T THE SAME QUALITY BY ANY MEANS AND THE BUSINESS VENTURES HE DOES HAVE ARE SMALL POTATOES IN COMPARISON TO JAY’S. ON TOP OF THAT HE’S SUPPORTING A BUNCH OF LOSERS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO…G-UNIT IS WACK, 50 IS WACK, COME ON JAY’Z, BEYONCE AND KANYE ALL DAY… OH AND CIARA IS HALF THE CHICK BEYONCE IS…
SO YEA SOUNDSCAN HAS REPORTED THAT BEYONCE’S LAST ALBUM “B’DAY” MOVED ABOUT 5.9 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE WHILE RIHANNA JUST HIT THE 6 MILLION MARK WITH “GOOD GIRL GONE BAD”. A FEW OTHER WEBSITES HAVE SAID THAT RIHANNA IS NOW THE QUEEN OF R&B AND BEYONCE NOW NEEDS TO “STEP HER GAME UP” AND TRUECLEFMUSIC WOULD THOROUGHLY LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT:
FIRST OF ALL RIHANNA IS A POP ARTIST WHILE BEYONCE IS A URBAN DANCE POP ARTIST. MARIAH CAREY IS THE QUEEN OF R&B. HER LAST CYCLED ALBUM (MEANING AN ALBUM THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE WHERE FINAL SALES NUMBERS WILL REST) “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” DID 10 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE… SO YEA BEYONCE’S 5.9 AND RIHANNA’S 6 MILLION WOULDN’T EVEN BE CONSIDERED IF THEY WERE IN FACT SINGERS OF R&B WHICH THEY AREN’T…
THATS RIGHT MS SPEARS RETURNS JUST IN TIME FOR FALL.
HEAR ”WOMANIZER” BELOW:
“Womanizer,” the first single from Britney Spears‘ upcoming album “Circus,” hit U.S. radio outlets this morning. The track, produced by up-and-coming Atlanta team the Outsyders, has a thick, synthy sound that should lend itself to remixes and club play.
Lyrically, “Womanizer” finds Spears rebuffing the advances of man with the “swagger of champions.” “Must mistake me as a sucker / To think that I would be a victim not another / Say it, play it how you wanna / But no way I’m ever gonna fall for you,” she sings.
Among the other contributors on “Circus” are Dr. Luke, who wrote and produced the title cut, Danja, Guy Sigsworth, Max Martin and Bloodshy & Avant. The album’s release on Dec. 2 coincides with Spears’ 27th birthday.
Although its video isn’t quite ready yet, “Womanizer” will play during Monday’s (Sept. 29) episode of the MTV show “The Hills.”
source: billboard.com
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BRITNEY IS THE ONLY CHICK THAT CAN SNAP N BEYONCE’S FACE AND HAVE NOTHING 2 WORRY ABOUT. HER DECEMBER 2ND DROP DATE MEANS SHE AND B WILL BE PERFORMING ON THE SAME AWARDS SHOWS, EATING RADIO UP AND BURNING UP THE CHARTS…UHHH…OHHHHH…. SHOULD BE INTERESTING…
AWWW YES… KANYE MAY HAVE BUMPED HIS HEAD. HE AND THE BOSS’S LADY ARE GOOD FRIENDS BUT THE DON’S EGO APPEARS TO HAVE NO BORDERS. RUMORS AND RELIABLE SOURCES INDICATE THAT KANYE MAY BE RELEASING HIS NEW LP “808S & HEARTBREAK” ON THE VERY SAME DAY AS “VIRTUOSO INTELLECT”, QUEEN B’S 3RD STUDIO ALBUM. ANY OTHER ARTIST I THINK MR WEST COULD TAKE BUT BEYONCE IS HUGGGGGGGEEEEEEEE. BY PROVOKING B (EVEN THOUGH THIS WILL BE FRIENDLY SPARING) HE PROVOKES MILLIONS OF BEYONCE FANS WHO ARE DEVOTEDDDDDDD ABOVE ALL TO HER, MEANING THAT FANS OF BEYONCE THAT ARE ALSO FANS OF KANYE WOULD LEAVE HIS ALBUM ON THE SHELF IF HE DECIDES TO DO THIS. I THINK HE’S GONNA GET HIS CHIN CHECKED IF THIS GOES DOWN BUT EITHER WAY EXPECT BOTH ARTIST TO MOVE A MILLIE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON…
KANYE HAS SAID ON MANY OCCASION THAT HE IS THE MOST POPULAR ARTIST IN THE GAME, IF HE BEATS HER THAT PRETTY MUCH WOULD PROVE HIS POINT…
NOTE: IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WERE ALSO EARLIER REPORTS OF CIARA TAKEN ON B THIS WINTER… WE HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN A WHILE THOUGH BUT SOONS AS WE KNOW, YOU WILL…
SO NOT 5 MINUTES AGO I PRODUCED PERHAPS ONE OF THE SINCEREST, INFORMATIVE ARTICLES I HAVE EVER WRITTEN. IT WAS ABOUT HOW MALE SOUL MUSIC IS A WHITHERING TREE WITH ONLY A FEW LEAVES HANGING IN THERE AGAINST THE WIND. ONE OF THOSE LEAVES IS JOHN LEGEND, ANOTHER IS THE MAN PICTURED ABOVE, ROBIN THICK. THE ARTICLE TALKED ABOUT HOW FEMALE SOUL HAS MANY DESERVING SOLDIERS BUT HOW THE MALE END IS ALMOST EXTINCT. WE PRAISED ROBIN’S “LOST WITHOUT YOU” AND RAINED DOWN ENOUGH PROPS THAT IS ALMOST DOESN’T MATTER THAT VIBE DIDN’T WANT HIM ON THERE COVER. BUT SOMEHOW THIS MASTERFUL, PRECIOUS POST GOT DELETED SO I’M JUST GONNA TELL U THAT BLUE EYED SOUL IS SOUL NONE THE LESS, DON’T SLEEP OF ROBIN THICKE AND TO GO PICK UP THAT ALBUM ” SOMETHING ELSE” WHEN IT DROPS ON THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH.
OH AND HERE IS HIS LATEST VIDEO FOR HIS HOT NEW SINGLE “MAGIC”:
WHEN I GET OVER WHAT JUST HAPPENED WITH THAT WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT ONE OF BLUE EYED SOUL’S MOST MENACING AND TALENTED SOLDIERS…
YEP KANYE HAS MOVED UP THE ALBUM AND IT SHOULD BE ON SHELVES SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE NO ALBUM RACE WITH 50… AWW TOO BAD HUH
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So much for the Kanye West/50 Cent album showdown in December. Originally due Dec. 16, West’s new album “808s & Heartbreak” is now arriving on “November something,” according to a West blog post.
“I finished the album and I felt like (moving up the date),” he wrote. “I want yall to hear it as soon as possible.” A Def Jam spokesperson was unavailable for comment at deadline.
With 50 Cent’s “Before I Self Destruct” due Dec. 9, it was shaping up to be a near repeat of the 2007 battle between he and West at the tail end of the year. That September, both men released new albums on the 11th, with West’s “Graduation” outselling 50′s “Curtis” 957,000 to 691,000.
source: billboard.com
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OH AND WHILE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT KANYE DID WE MENTION THAT “LOVE LOCKDOWN” DEBUTED AT NUMBER 3??? WHICH LIKELY MEANS IT WILL BE #1 THE NEXT TIME THE CHART IS UPDATED. GET IT KANYE!!!!!
U READ WRITE. JAY’Z IS GONNA START A NEW LABEL PROBABLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009. “THE BLUEPRINT” THREE IS GOING TO BE HIS “FINAL ALBUM” (BUT YOU KNOW HOW IS ABOUT THAT) AND HIS LAST UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEF JAM.
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Jay-Zand Norwegian songwriting/production duo Stargate have joined forces under the StarRoc banner, which will encompass a record label and publishing company under Jay-Z’s Roc Nation venture with Live Nation.
According to the principals, “the focus is to find new talent and develop artists through mutually beneficial global partnerships which include music distribution, publishing, touring and merchandising.”
Stargate (Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen) has been behind several big hits for artists Jay-Z nurtured while president of Def Jam, including Rihanna and Ne-Yo. The duo is currently represented on the Hot 100 by Ne-Yo’s “Closer” (No. 7), Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” (No. 27) and Jennifer Hudson’s “Spotlight” (No. 41).
Stargate work will be heard on upcoming albums from Lindsay Lohan, Beyonce, Monica, R. Kelly and Keyshia Cole. As for Jay-Z, his new album, “Blueprint 3,” is expected before year’s end. It’s his last under contract for Def Jam before he begins recording for Live Nation.
source: billboard.com
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RUMORS INDICATE THAT KANYE, BEYONCE, MARIAH CAREY, JANET JACKSON AND RIHANNA WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE DEF JAM AND MIGRATE OVER TO THIS NEW LABEL. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN TALK OF WHEEZY(LIL WAYNE FOR THE SIMPLE) JUMPIN ON ALSO AND IF THAT SH** HAPPENS THE GAME IS OVERRRRRR…
DEF JAM WILL REGRET NOT RENEWING JIGGA’S CONTRACT. MR WEST, MARIAH AND RIHANNA ARE THERE 3 BIGGEST ARTIST…
NOTE: JAY HAD ALSO APPROACHED RIVAL 50 CENT WHOSE CONTRACT WITH INTERSCOPE WILL END SOON. WE DON’T SEE THAT HAPPENING BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF 50 WORKING FOR JAY’Z IS VERY INTRIGING
BEYONCE GRACIOUSLY DECIDES TO PUSH BACK HER SINGLE DEBUT AS NOT TO THROW SALT ON MICHELLE’S ALBUM RELEASE.
MICHELLE’S ALBUM “UNEXPECTED” WILL HIT SHELVES OCTOBER 7TH, THE SAME DAY AS BEYONCE’S SINGLE “IF I WERE A BOY” WAS SCHEDULED TO DEBUT. B HAS PUSHED HER SINGLE BACK TO THE 14TH. IS ANYONE ELSE MAD THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK FOR A NEW BEYONCE SONG BECAUSE MICHELLE WOULDN’T PUSH HER SH** BACK??????? YEA WE ARE BUT OH WELL THE SINGLE WILL DROP 10/14/2008…
NOTE: BEYONCE HAD ANNOUNCED THE ORIGINAL DROP DATE SHORTLY AFTER MICHELLE MADE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT HER INTENTIONS TO FIRE MANAGER MATTHEW KNOWLES, BEYONCE FATHER. WELL IT SEEMS THEY’VE NIPPED THAT SH** INTO BUD AND MADE THERE POINT. EXPECT DADDY TO KEEP HIS JOB AND MICHELLE TO KEEP HER DAMN MOUTH SHUT FROM HERE ON OUT…
RIHANNA IS KILLING THE GAME RIGHT NOW. “DISTURBIA” WAS NUMBER ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND BEFORE THAT IT WAS “TAKE A BOW”. ALL HER SINGLES HAVE GOTTEN MONSTROUS AMOUNTS OF AIRPLAY AND CHART JUST AS WELL. TOP PRINCESS?
WHILE THE DEBATE OVER WHO IS NUMBER ONE (MARIAH CAREY OR BEYONCE) DRAWS ON RIHANNA HAS SEEMINGLY SNAGGED SECOND PLACE ALMOST UNCONTESTED.
RIHANNA’S “GOOD GIRL GONE BAD” ALBUM IS THE BIGGEST COMMERCIAL RELEASE DEF JAM HAS ACHIEVED SINCE THE MARIAH CAREY COMEBACK ALBUM THAT MOVED 10 MILLION COPIES AND SPAWNED 5 SINGLES IN 05. HER MARKET APPEAL RIVALS THAT OF BRITNEY SPEARS, FERGIE AND EVEN MS CAREY HERSELF. RIHANNA TIED MARIAH AND BEYONCE WITH MOST NUMBER ONES THIS DECADE. ALL 3 ARTIST HAVE 4…
THE CROSSOVER:
ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO CROSS OVER WITHOUT EXTREMELY CHANGING YOUR MUSIC BUT RIHANNA HAS SEAMLESSLY DONE JUST THAT. SHE DID SO BY CHANGING HER PUBLIC PERSONA RATHER THAN CALLING UP NE YO TO WRITE HER A “IRREPLACEABLE” OR “WITH YOU” CROSSOVER TRACK.. SHE CUT HER HAIR AND STEPPED UP HER GAME TO BECOME A FASHION ICON AND POP CULTURE’S “IT GIRL”.
“UMBRELLA” IS THE JEWEL OF THE RIHANNA CAMPAIGN, UNQUESTIONABLY HER BIGGEST HIT, MUCH BIGGER THAN ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER CONTENDERS FOR NUMBER 1(CIARA, KEYSHIA COLE, FERGIE ETC…) SHE APPEALS TO ALMOST EVERY AUDIENCE AND IF SHE COULD SING BEYONCE AND M WOULD HAVE HELL 4RM THAT CHICK FROM BARBADOS…
AFTER THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL “JUST LIKE YOU” EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH FOR HER NEXT LP. THE 3RD ALBUM IS DUE THIS DECEMBER SO WE MIGHT BE HEARING A NEW SINGLE AS SOON AS THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
DARKCHILD WILL BE PRODUCING ALONG WITH SOME MISSY AND RUMORED PRODUCERS SCOTT STORCH AND JIM JONSIN. SONG COLLABORATORS RUMORED TO APPEAR INCLUDE: LIL WAYNE, KANYE, ALBUM MATE THE GAME AND THE HITMAKER HIMSELF T-PAIN. THE ALBUM’S TITLE IS “LOVE” OR AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT SOURCES HAVE BEEN SAYING…
HER LAST ALBUM REALLY WAS THE TRUTH. 4 OR 5 SINGLES INCLUDING HER DEBUT “LET IT GO”, “SHOULDA LET YOU GO” “SENT FROM HEAVEN” AND “I REMEMBER” EARNED HER THE PROPS SHE’S BEEN LONGING FOR SINCE “THE WAY IT IS” . LETS SEE IF SHE KEEPS THEM…
OK… THE TITLE OF THIS REVIEW SHOULDN’T SUGGEST THAT I DON’T LOVE THIS ALBUM, BECAUSE I DO. “E=MC2″ IS THE SAME HOME COOKED CUISINE SHE FED US IN 2005 WITH “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” HOWEVER IN MUCH SMALLER PORTIONS. THE ALBUMS LYRICAL CONTENT IS SOME OF THE BEST SHE’S EVER WRITTEN BUT THE VOCALS ARE USED SPARINGLY THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM. THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES I FEEL LIKE SHE COULD HAVE DONE MORE. THE WHISTLE NOTES ARE PRESENT OF COURSE BUT GONE IS THE BELTING, THE WHALING, THE ARETHA FRANKLIN CHANNELING THAT WE SAW ON TRACKS LIKE “CIRCLES”, “STAY THE NIGHT”, “MINE AGAIN” “FLY LIKE A BIRD” AND “JOYRIDE”. SHE HAS EXCHANGED THESE ELEMENTS FOR MORE RELAXED EASY GOING NOTES AND ARRANGEMENTS, FAVORING LYRIC QUALITY OVER VOCAL ECSTASY. FANS HAVE MIXED REVIEWS BUT MARIAH HAS SUCCESSFULLY SATISFIED THE NEED FOR HER MUSIC…
ALBUM STAND OUTS:
LOVE STORY
I STAY IN LOVE
FOR THE RECORD
MIGRATE
TRACK BY TRACK:
MIGRATE – THIS TRACK IS MUCH MORE PLEASING THEN THE CLUB JAM FROM THE EMANCIPATION “IT’S LIKE THAT”. THE MUSIC IS SEDUCTIVE AND THE BASS IS SEAMLESS, MAKING THIS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLUB BANGERZ FROM MS CAREY. T-PAIN DOES WHAT NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER TOWARDS THE END. HIS COMPUTERIZED VOICE AND CRISP RHYMES MAKE THIS TRACK WHAT IT IS, THAT AND MARIAH’S STUNNING CLIMAX AT THE END OF THE SONG. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE 1ST SINGLE…
TOUCH MY BODY – AWWW YES… I DIDN’T LIKE THIS TRACK AT ALL WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT ON AOL FIRST LISTEN. I THOUGH IT WAS WAYYYYYYYYYTOO POP, THE MOST POP BUBBLE GUM THING MARIAH CAREY HAS EVER DONE. OVER TIME IT GREW ON ME BUT THAT DOESN’T REWRITE THE INSEPID LYRICS (COURTESY OF THE DREAM) AND IF NOT FOR THE VOCAL DELIVERY AT THE END THE WHOLE TRACK WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE WASTE. HOWEVER, MAINSTREAM AMERICA ATE UP THE FERGIE ESQ “TOUCH MY BODY”. IT BECAME HER 18TH NUMBER SINGLE, MAKING HISTORY AND GIVING THIS ALBUM THE MOMENTUM TO OUTSELL THE EMANCIPATIONS FIRST WEEK. THIS IS AN OK SONG BUT SHOULD MARIAH DO ANOTHER GREATEST HITS LP THIS WILL BE OUT OF PLACE ON THE TRACK LIST WHERE DEEPER R&B SLOW JAMS AND BALLADS REIGN.
CRUISE CONTROL – I LOVED THIS SONG FROM JUMP STREET. DAMIAN MARLEY AND THE REGGAE TONE FLAVOR OF IT MAKE FOR A PLEASURABLE LISTENING EXPERIENCE. THE JAMAICAN VOICE FROM MARIAH IS A LITTLE AWKWARD BUT EVENTUALLY WE ALL GOT USED TO IT AND SING IT ALONG WITH HER TODAY. THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENT THAT WOULDN’T HAVE MADE IT ON HER 2005 MEGA ALBUM… THEY WOULD HAVE SAID IT WAS TOO RISKY…
I STAY IN LOVE – THIS TRACK IS PERHAPS THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM. THE MESSAGE IS VERY SIMILAR TO “WE BELONG TOGETHER” EXCEPT MARIAH IS TRYING TO LET GO RATHER THAN HOLD ON TO HER MAN. A JERMAINE DUPRE PRODUCTION LIKE MOST THE OTHER SONGS ON THE ALBUM BUT THIS ONE DOESN’T SEE HIM RUNNING HIS MOUTH ALL OVER THE PLACE AND LETS GO AHEAD AND THANK HIM FOR THAT. THIS SONG HAS MEGA HIT POTENTIAL AND AS REPORTED WILL BE MARIAH’S4TH SINGLE. I STAY IN LOVE WILL IMPACT RADIO OCTOBER 21ST.
SIDE EFFECTS - I REALLY LIKE THIS SONG BUT IT SHOULD HAVE EITHER BEEN ON ”THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” OR “BUTTERFLY”, BUTTERFLY BECAUSE THATS WHEN THE DIVORCE TOOK PLACE AND RELEVANCY WAS HIGH. I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD HAVE WORKED ON “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” BECAUSE TOMMY MOTTOLA (MARIAH’S EX HUSBAND) HAD DONE ALL HE COULD IN 2001 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE “GLITTER” ALBUM DIDN’T FLOPPED. HE TIPPED OFF THE PRESS AS TO HER WHERE ABOUTS WHEN HE KNEW SHE WAS EXHAUSTED AND GAVE SAMPLES FROM HER ALBUM TO JENNIFER LOPEZ TO BEAT RELEASE TO RADIO BEFORE M. HE TRIED TO KILL HER CAREER SO THIS SONG ON HER 10 MILLION SELLING MEGA COMEBACK ALBUM WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CHERRY ON TOP OF MARIAH’S FU** YOU I’M STILL THE BADDEST CHICK ICE CREAM SUNDAY TOMMY HAD TO SLURP DOWN WHEN THAT ALBUM DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE, PRODUCED 2 #1 SINGLES AND GARNERED HER 3 GRAMMY AWARDS, HER FIRST SINCE HER DEBUT…
I’M THAT CHICK – THIS SONG IS ALMOST AS POP AS “TOUCH MY BODY” AND THE LYRICS ARE ALMOST AS QUESTIONABLE BUT IT’S CATCHY AND MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. MARIAH’S LIVE PERFORMANCES OF THIS SONG AT FASHION ROCKS AND CANADIAN IDOL LED THE INDUSTRY TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE HER 4TH SINGLE, LUCKILY THATS NOT THE CASE EVEN THOUGH I FEEL THIS SONG WOULD HAVE CHARTED WELL WITH THE RIGHT VIDEO TO PUSH IT.
LOVE STORY – ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS NO DOUBT. THE ACOUSTIC VERSION IS THE ONE I FELL IN LOVE WITH, YOU KNOW THE ONE THAT MTV WAS AIRING BEFORE HER ALBUM DROPPED IN APRIL. THE LYRICS INSPIRE HOPE FOR ANYONE THATSEVER BEEN IN LOVEAND LOOKINGFOR THAT FEELINGAGAIN. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO POSTED BELOW THIS WILL LIKELY GET ADDED TO YOUR PLAYLIST. THE ALBUM VERSION IS GOOD TOO BUT MARIAH’S VOICE SHINES IN A ACOUSTIC SETTING
I’LL BE LOVING YOU LONG TIME – I LIKE THIS SONG BUT IT KINDA SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING ALICIA KEYS WOULD HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE OFF HER LAST LP “AS I AM”. THE SONG IS PLEASING TO LISTEN TO BUT AFTER A FEW SPINS YOU’LL TIRE OF IT. MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HER FROLICKING ON A BEACH WITH THAT TURKEY NECK BOY HUSBAND OF HERS, MUCH LOVE NICK…
LAST KISS – ON MY FIRST LISTEN THIS WAS MY LEAST FAVORITE SONG BUT AS THE MONTHS PROGRESSED I REALIZED THAT I’VE BEEN IN THE SITUATION SHE’S DESCRIBING SO MANY TIMES BEFORE. THE SONG DEPICTS A LOVE STORY THAT WONT SEEM TO END. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU CAN’T SEEM TO LEAVE THAT PERSON ALONE FOR WHATEVER REASON. “IN MY HEART I KNOW THIS AIN’T GON BE OUR LAST KISS” SHE SINGS. GREAT TRACK. JERMAINE DUPRE ALMOST RUINS ITBY TALING THE WHOLE DAMN TIME…
THANX FOR NUTHIN - EVERYONES BEEN HERE. SLEEPING WITH YOUR CELL PHONE, WAITIN FOR THAT SOMEONE TO CALL THAT YOU CARE ABOUT SO MUCH WHILE THEY SEEM TO CARE SO LITTLE ABOUT YOU, UNDER WATER TIL THEY LET YOU KNOW YOU STILL EXIST TO THEM. CLASSIC CASE OF FOLLOWING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE THAT IS REAL NICE TO LOOK AT BUT THATS ABOUT IT, OF GIVING YOURSELF TO SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW WELL ENOUGH AND BEING LEFT HOLDING THE BAG WHEN THERE INTENTION OR TRUE NATURE HAS REVEALED ITSELF. “I NEVER KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU BABE AND I GUESS I’VE ONLY GOT MYSELF TO BLAME” SHE COOS… LOVE THIS RECORD BUT IT SEEMS A LITTLE SHORT, NO BRIDGE…
O.O.C – IN INTERVIEWS MARIAH DESCRIBED THIS AS “MY MOST UPBEAT TRACK SINCE FANTASY”. NOT THE CASE HERE. SWIZZ BEATZ PRODUCED THIS ONE AND GIVEN HIS TRACK RECORD ( GET ME BODIED FOR BEYONCE, TOUCH IT FOR BUSTA RHYMES AND TAMBOURINE FOR EVE) I EXPECTED A FIERY CLUB BANGER THAT RIVALED THOSE LISTED TRACKS ABOVE BUT ALL I GOT WAS A FEW SPARKS AND SOME LIGHT BASS. NOT A BAD TRACK AT ALL, JUST EXPECTED MORE. STILL A GOOD LISTEN & YOU JUST MIGHT FIND YOURSELF DANCING…
FOR THE RECORD – THIS TRACK IS FIREEEEEEEEE. ITS THE SONG FROM ALL THE ORIGINAL “M” BY MARIAH CAREY PERFUME ADS. THE MUSIC IS BEAUTIFUL BUT THIS IS A BREAK UP SONG. THESE ARE PERHAPS THE BEST LYRICS FOUND ON THE ALBUM, WHICH SAYS ALOT. MARIAH PAINTS A VIVID PICTURE WITH THAT MISTY, CLOWDY, SILKY VOICE. “WHY CAN’T WE JUST PRESS REWIND”. GREAT TRACK. I HIT REPEAT PLENTY OF TIMES…
BYE BYE – THIS SONG HAS A GREAT MESSAGE AND COULD HAVE DONE WELL IF SHE HADN’T PROMOTED A SONG ABOUT LOOSING A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WITH IMAGES OF HER AND NICK CANNON, PHOTSHOOTS AND OTHER COMPLETELY UNRELATED SH**. WHY DO YOU NEED A LOVE INTEREST FOR A SONG ABOUT DEATH??????????????????? OH AND IF SHE HADN’T OF SAID “THIS IS FOR MY PPLS” WHO THE HELL TALKS LIKE THAT?????? MARIAH CAREY SURE AS HELL DOESN’T. HATE THIS SONG BUT THE CLIMAX MAKES IT PERHAPS THE BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ALBUM…
I WISH YOU WELL – AT FIRST I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THIS SONG WAS ABOUT BUT EVENTUALLY LEARNED THAT MARIAH HAS AN OLDER SISTER WHO BARES A WEALTH OF RESENTMENT FOR HER. SUSAN CAREY, THATS HER NAME HAS TRIED TO WRITE TELL ALLS BOOKS AND DO ALL TYPES OF THINGS TO PROFIT FROM MARIAH’S CAREER NEGATIVELY. MARIAH WISHED HER WELL IN THIS TOUCHING TESTAMENT TO HER FAITH AND HER PERSON. THESE LYRICS ARE MOVING AND THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR……FORGIVENESS…
THE VERDICT:
THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM OVER ALL BUT THE LACK OF VOCAL ACROBATICS AND THE PRESENCE OF A FEW TRACKS THAT NO ONE EVER SHOULD HAVE HEARD MAKES IT LESS THAN THE EMANCIPATION. “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” IS A HOME COOKED MEAL THAT LEAVES YOU WITH A SATISFYINGNG FULLNESS YET STILL INSPIRES ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT FEAST TO COME. E=MC2 IS MUCH THE SAME BUT IT LEAVES YOU GLANCES AT THE PLATES OF THOSE DINNING WITH YOU…WANTING THERE LEFT OVERS, WANTING MORE SKY HIGH SINGING, MORE BELTING AND MORE CRISP LONG NOTES…
SHE EXCEEDING ALL EXPECTATIONS IN 05 AND BARELY MEETS THEM IN 08 SO AS THE TITLE STATES THE EMANCIPATION DOES NOT EQUAL TWICE THE MARIAH BUT LESS… MUCH LESS…
NONE THE LESS GO SUPPORT MY GIRL AND GET THAT ALBUM…
THATS RITE THE FIRST ONE, WE’RE JUST AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE. HE’S BEEN RECORDING 4 A MINUTE AND HAS MADE POPULAR, WELL RECEIVED ALBUMS AND SINGLES B4 BUT HAS NEVER OCCUPIED THE TOP SPOT ON THE HOTT 100 BY HIMSELF BEFORE
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T.I.’s “Whatever You Like” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Aug. 23 at No. 99. Two weeks later, it made the biggest leap to No. 1 in chart history—from No. 71, thanks in large part to first-week digital sales of 205,000. It’s the first solo No. 1 for the Atlanta-based rapper/songwriter/producer/actor and Grand Hustle Records CEO, following “My Love,” on which he was a featured artist with Justin Timberlake. With a catchy hook, upbeat template and signature delivery, the track features the universal appeal to captivate R&B and top 40 radio—the latter, in recent times, has become less automatic about adding hip-hop titles that don’t say something new. And T.I. does: By complimenting women in the lyric, he helps counter the misogyny that is often pervasive in hip-hop. Producer Jim Jonsin, who also crafted the beat for Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop,” sticks to his winning formula of drum patterns and synthesizers, sampling “Redemption,” the theme from the film “Rocky II.” Such success bodes an auspicious debut for “Paper Trail,” T.I.’s sixth album, slated for delivery Sept. 30. – SR
SOURCE: BILLBOARD.COM
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WHAT ISN’T SAID HERE IS THAT HIS NEW TRACK WITH RIHANNA “LIVE YOUR LIFE” MAY ALSO TOP BILLBOARD BEFORE LONG. RIHANNA IS HOTTER THAN HELL RIGHT NOW, 3 HITS FROM HER LATEST ALBUM AND NOTHING BUT MOMENTUM MOMENTUM MOMENTUM FOR “GOOD GIRL GONE BAD”. RADIO CAN’T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OF THAT EXOTIC LITTLE VOICE. WE WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF THE SONG FINDS IT’S WAY ATOP THE CHART IN THE COMING MONTHS.
OH AND THIS RECENT NUMBER ONE SPELLS BUMMING BUSINESS FOR THE “LOLLIPOP” PRODUCER JIM JONSIN. EXPECT TO BE HEARING MORE & MORE OF HIS PRODUCTS ON RADIO…
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK YOU JESUS. TRUECLEFMUSIC WAS ECSTATIC TO LEARN MARIAH CAREY HAS FINALLY COME OFF THE HONEYMOON AND GOTTEN SERIOUS ABOUT HER ALBUM’S PROMOTION. HOPEFULLY ITS NOT TOO LATE. VERRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY RELIABLE SOURCES HAVE STATED THAT “I STAY IN LOVE” WILL IMPACT RADIO NEXT MONTH ON THE 21ST WHICH MEANS HER 4TH SINGLE (THOUGHT TO BE CANCELED) WILL NOT BE ”MIGRATE”, NOR “I’M THAT CHICK” BUT THE “WE BELONG TOGETHER” DAMN NEAR MIRROR IMAGE “I STAY IN LOVE”. 19TH # 1 POSSIBILITY IS VERRRRYYYY HIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM ALL ACCESS, THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE RADIO INDUSTRY SOURCE
THAT’S RIGHT 50, KANYE’S FIRST SINGLE ”LOVE LOCKDOWN” HAS TOPPED THE ITUNES MUSIC CHART AFTER JUST 2 DAYS. MY DUDE IS GONNA REALLY CUT UP THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GAP BETWEEN 50 AND HIMELF IS BIG ENOUGH FOR G-UNIT AND 50 SYMPATHIZERS TO PUTALL THE TECHNICAL SH** AWAY. 50 AND HIS LABEL ARGUED THAT “CURTIS” SOLD MORE ALBUMS WORLDWIDE THAN KANYE’S “GRADUATION” WHICH IS WHY HE CONTINUES TO MAKE MUSIC AND HAS PRETTY MUCH CHALLENGED MR. WEST TO ANOTHER ALBUM RACE…
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Only two days into its official digital release, Kanye West’s new-and-improved“Love Lockdown” has made it to the top of the iTunes music chart. “We went #1 @ 7:45 NY time,” Kanye brags, posting an image of the iTunes list just to prove it. At the end of the day yesterday, Kanye woke up from a “studio nap” to find the song sat at three below Pink and Taylor Swift. That all changed in this morning. Kanye also confirmed those reports about his new album, saying “I’ve been workin’ on 808s and Heartbreakabout 16 hrs a day and Superman passed out for a little bit.” Kanye also says “I guarantee this will be 50’s favorite album of mine. This will be gangster’s album of the year.” Somehow, between all the 16-hour days and the paparazzi fights, West still had time to shoot a “Love Lockdown” video, with ‘Ye currently waiting for the clip’s final cut.
SOURCE: ROLLINGSTONE.COM
YEA IT’S GOIN DOWN THIS WINTER. WE CANT WAIT…
OH AND THIS IS A ITUNES RECORD, NO ONE ELSE HAS DONE THIS…
JAZMINES NEW ALBUM WILL BE ON SHELVES LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE SOULFUL SINGER/SONGWRITER’S DEBUT IS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND LONG COMING. EXPECT MORE MISSY ELLIOT PRODUCTION AND HONEST LYRICS. SHE’S BEEN WRITING 4EVERRRRRRRRR.
IF SHE DOES WELL THEN THERE IS FINALLY ANOTHER ARTIST THAT CAN STAND UP TO ALICIA KEYS, THE CURRENT ADVOCATE FOR FEMALE SOUL MUSIC IN ITS UNDILUTED FORMS. AN ARTICLE COMPARING THEM IS IN THE WORKS BUT EXPECT A DETAILED ALBUM REVIEW OF “FEARLESS” (THE JAZMINE SULLIVAN ALBUM) NO LATER THAN THIS SUNDAY…
NO DOUBT “DISCIPLINE” IS THE BEST CHARTING JANET ALBUM IN A LONG TIME AND HER FIRST SINGLE FROM THIS ALBUM CREATED ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO MAKE THIS ALBUM A HUGE SUCCESS, HOWEVER ONLY DECENT SALES OF JANETS LATEST LP AND AVERAGE CONCERT TICKET SALES HAVE POSSIBLE LED TO HER EVICTION FROM ISLAND DEF JAM.
JANET DROPPED TWO FAILED ALBUMS WITH VIRGIN RECORDS AND EVEN THOUGH THIS LATEST ALBUM WAS WELL RECEIVED BY FANS AND CRITICS, JANET FINDS HERSELF IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AS USHER. THEY’RE SIMPLY TOO MANY YOUNGER FEMALE ARTIST DOING EXACTLY WHAT SHE DOES THAT APPEAL TO LARGER AUDIENCES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS ICONS LIKE JANET, USHER, MARIAH AND MADONNA FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING RELICS, SHELLS OF THERE FORMER SELVES. JANET HAS A HUGE FAN BASE AND A CAREER THAT STRETCHES OUT ALMOST AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE BUT HER PROBLEM IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN LESS ABOUT HER MUSIC AND MORE ABOUT HER LABELS LOOSING FAITH IN THERE INVESTMENT. VIRGIN STOPPED BELIEVING IN HER AND BAILED WHEN THE WATER GOT TOO HOT, CONSEQUENTLY DEF JAM HAS DONE THE SAME BUT NOT FOR THE SAME REASON. JANET COULD HAVE DONE ALOT BETTER IF DEF JAM HADN’T OF PULLED ITS FUNDING TO HER PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS DONE BECAUSE MARIAH CAREY’S ALBUM TOOK PRIORITY OVER HERS.
MARIAH CAREY IS A HUGGGEEEEEE INDUSTRY CASH COW, MEANING THAT WHEN EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY (ALBUM CONTENT, LIVE PERFORMANCES, PUBLICITY/PRESS, AND PROMOTION) MS CAREY SALES LIKE HOLIDAY HAM. DEF JAM ISN’T OBLIVIOUS TO THIS FACT WHICH IS WHY M’S PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN SCI FINED DOLLARS FROM JANET’S…
ITS REAL SAD HOW THEY DID THIS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I’VE HEARD OF JANET’S LP AND THE SINGLES THAT DID GET PROMOTED 08 SHOULD HAVE BEEN JANETS YEAR, INSTEAD HER LABEL PUMPED MILLIONS INTO MARIAH’S CAMPAIGN IN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE 08 HER YEAR. THIS WOULD BE COOL IF MARIAH’S LATEST ALBUM WAS HALF THAT OF 2005′S “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” WAS. SO SAD…
In a post where he enthused about the performance of “Love Lockdown” on an unspecified singles chart (apparently iTunes, where it just took the #1 spot), West blogged about the progress on his forthcoming fourth LP, 808s and Heartbreak, and also made a brief jab at 50.
“I just woke up from a quick studio nap,” he wrote. “I’ve been workin’ on 808s and Heartbreakabout 16 hrs a day and Superman passed out for a little bit … I’m in Hawaii but I’m still on NY time so I wake up mad early, do some business, blog, jog for an hour, play ball, eat and then hit the stu by noon. While approving the final cut for the ‘Love Lockdown’ vid, I marvel at the fact that it was written less than 3 weeks ago. I’m very excited about the everything … I guarantee this will be 50′s favorite album of mine. This will be gangster’s album of the year.”
Many are speculating that there will be another SoundScan battle between 50 and Kanye, similar to the one that took place last year when the two released albums on the same day, September 11. West solidly won that battle, and another could be in the offing, as 50 has December 9 slated for his Before I Self-Destruct LP, and Kanye is reported to be releasing his album on the 16th — although those release dates could easily be shifted to the same day.
Yayo talked briefly with MTV Newsabout the possibility of another battle earlier this week. “That’ll be fun,” he said. “In my eyes, I don’t think Kanye will never be bigger than Fif, no matter what his numbers do.”
SOURCE: MTV.COM
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WHO ELSE THINGS THAT TONY YAYO SHOULD SHUT THE HELL UP??? FIERCE D*** RIDIN WIT THAT LITTLE STATEMENT OF HIS. WHAT A MESS…
FOR SOME REASON THE COVER REMINDS ME OF USHER’S “HERE I STAND” BUT I REALLY LIKE IT, VERY SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT. JOHN IS DOING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT, VERY MAINSTREAM WITH HIS SOUND BUT STILL SOULFUL. THIS ALBUM SHOULD BE A HOME COOKED MEAL LIKE HIS PREVIOUS LPS SO EXPECT NO FAST FOOD. HIS FIRST SINGLE “GREEN LIGHT ” IS A BANGER FT ANDRE 3000. JOHN’S NEVER BEEN A VOICE FOR THE CLUB, HE MUCH RATHER SIT BEHIND HIS PIANO AND GRACE US WITH THAT RASPY SOULFUL TONE BUT ON THIS ALBUM EXPECT MORE UPTEMPO MAINSTREAM TRACKS LIKE “GREEN LIGHT”. HIS 2ND SINGLE ” IT’S OVER” FEATURES KANYE WEST & MAY ALSO APPEAR ON KANYE’S NOVEMBER RELEASE “808S & HEARTBREAK”. KANYE AND THE NEPTUNES DID THE BULK OF THE PRODUCTION HERE AND IT SHOULD BE FIRE. ALBUM DROP DATE: 10/28/2008
THATS RIGHT, SONY BMG STILL HAS RIGHTS TO THE BULK OF MARIAH CAREY’S MAJOR HITS AND THERE GONNA CASH IN JANUARY 2009 ON THIS FACT. MARIAH CLEARLY ISN’T ON BOARD BECAUSE NONE OF HER MUSIC PRODUCED WITH VIRGIN RECORDS NOR ISLAND DEF JAM APPEARS HERE. “WE BELONG TOGETHER” & “DON’T FORGET ABOUT US” ARE ABSENT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BEST BALLADS SHE’S EVER CREATED FROM “THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI” MEGA ALBUM.
Track Listing
1. Hero
2. Vision Of Love
3. Without You
4. Always Be My Baby
5. My All
6. How Much (ft. Usher)
7. Dreamlover
8. Thank God I Found You/Make It Last Remix (ft. Nas and Joe)
9. The Roof
10. One Sweet Day (with Boyz II Men)
11. Anytime You Need
12. I’ll Be There (ft. Trey Lorenz)
13. I Still Believe
14. Reflections
15. Open Arms
16. Against All Odds (ft. Westlife)
17. Endless Love (with Luther Vandross)
18. All I Want For Christmas (Bonus Track)
SHE MAY THROW IN A FEW NEW SONGS LIKE SHE DID WITH “#1′s” SO SHE CAN KEEP RELEASING MUSIC THROUGHOUT 2009 WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY WE KEEP HEARING THAT “I’M THAT CHICK” NOR “MIGRATE” WILL BE PROMOTED WITH VIDEOS AS PLANNED BUT WE CAN’T CONFIRM THAT THAT ENTIRELY TRUE AS OF YET.
THIS SET LIST ABOVE WOULD BENEFIT FROM ABOUT 4 NEW TRACKS AS WELL AS HER 2 NEW BALLAD HITS FROM THE EMANCIPATION LP AND “CIRCLES” “MINE AGAIN” “STAY THE NIGHT” AND “LEAD THE WAY” FROM HER GLITTER ALBUM (if you haven’t heard that song, its a must listen, one of mariah’s best vocal performances ever)
