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Post by Leigh on May 8, 2019 19:04:16 GMT -5
Albie claims he tagged people, I don't remember getting one until a couple days ago. A half ass rankdown for a half ass album apparently. jk, I love you Albs. Fun fact, "Against All Odds" was my s**t when this album came out. byyyyee you were DEF tagged. We know James was probably too busy traveling who knows where doing you know what to notice any of your notifications 💅🏼
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:04:59 GMT -5
After losing our first single of the rankdown, this next song out at #8 is an album track. It beats out "Against All Odds" by just six points. It also has one #1 ranking and it's also yet another ballad.
Your Top 10: After Tonight
Against All Odds
Bliss Can't Take That Away Crybaby Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Remix) Petals
Rainbow Interlude Thank God I Found You
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on May 8, 2019 19:05:25 GMT -5
So ya’ll can tag a sista to participate, I see how it is now how in the hell did you get off the tag list omg! I'm so sorry baby boo! Do you want to be tagged in the rest of the reveals? ...sure
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:10:57 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on May 8, 2019 19:13:09 GMT -5
Albie didn’t tag me either!
Color me surprised at the rankings so far. Unbelievable a minute and a half interlude made top 10! Pleased with the rankings so far.
Interesting J. Lo tidbit.
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:17:17 GMT -5
#8. "After Tonight"Continuing with what has turned into a section of ballads, “After Tonight” is an album track that calls back to some of Mariah’s classic ballads and tender love songs of earlier days. She works with writers and producers David Foster and Diane Warren on “After Tonight”. Mariah felt the song was a perfect metaphor for her relationship with Luis Miguel, describing their romance in Capri. After recording the song, Mariah invited Luis Miguel to record the song with her as a duet. However, after recording his verses several times, David Foster and Mariah realized that the song would not turn out the way they planned. David said the song's key was "too high for him"; the voices did not harmonize well and so it was scrapped. "After Tonight" was compared instrumentally to "My All", which features traces of Latin and guitar instrumentation. In the lyrics, the Mariah asks her lover if he will still love her and come back to her "after tonight." That definitely didn’t work for some of you as four people ranked “After Tonight” in their bottom three. Again, it winds up in a tie for fourth-highest standard deviation as it inches ahead of “Against All Odds”. It pulls ahead by only six points as it also counts on seventeen top 10 rankings and that also includes one #1 ranking. George I’m sorry, you’re out, too. Total Points: 156 Standard Deviation: 3.07Average Ranking: 8.22 Heartbreakers 1 George 3 andrewantonio 5 groovetheory 5 alexcuse 6 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 6 .indulgecountry 7 Ling-Ling 7 Kanenrá:ke 8 Linnethia Monique 8 kmbgs 8 summers 8 Active Aggressive 8 die Lotterie 9 SHOOTER 9 AmazDrag 9 weaver 10 @pma2015 11 Albie 11 Leigh 12 #LisaRinna 12 jenglisbe 13 God 13 @antigonerising
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:19:39 GMT -5
Albie didn’t tag me either! Color me surprised at the rankings so far. Unbelievable a minute and a half interlude made top 10! Pleased with the rankings so far. Interesting J. Lo tidbit. Now don't try it. Like James, you too have beeeeeeeen tagged everytime. I can tag you for reveals like linkin if you'd like - that we had not discussed
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Post by die Lotterie on May 8, 2019 19:24:46 GMT -5
3 perfect rankings in a row for Lee and me.
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Post by Caviar on May 8, 2019 19:26:42 GMT -5
All the bad songs are leaving left and right. Wow.
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:26:43 GMT -5
We'll wrap up today's set of reveals with song #7. This next one has the second-highest standard deviation of the game. No #1 rankings but it does have a high ranking of #2. It's another ballad. And it's the next single to go out.
Your Top 10:
After Tonight
Against All Odds
Bliss Can't Take That Away Crybaby Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Remix) Petals
Rainbow Interlude Thank God I Found You
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:41:39 GMT -5
#7. "Thank God I Found You" f/Joe & 98 DegreesMake It Last Remix f/Joe & Nas
"Thank God I Found You" was written and produced by Mariah along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and was released on January 25, 2000 as the second single from Rainbow. The song features guest vocals from Joe and boy band 98 Degrees. "Thank God I Found You" is an R&B power ballad that was inspired by Mariah’s relationship at the time, and lyrically recounts a powerful love relationship in which the she tells her lover "thank God I found you." The song became Mariah’s fifteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained her last chart-topping single until her 2005 comeback single "We Belong Together". The single was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Aside from its peak of #2 in Canada, the song achieved moderate international charting, reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom and peaking within the top thirty in Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. A music video for "Thank God I Found You", directed by Brett Ratner, features Mariah, Joe, and 98 Degrees performing the song at an outdoor concert. A DJ Clue-produced remix titled "Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix)" uses re-recorded vocals from Mariah and features guest vocals from Joe and Nas. The remix is a remake of Keith Sweat's song "Make It Last Forever", transforming it into a slow groove R&B number, while incorporating a few verses from the original version of "Thank God I Found You". The Make It Last Remix had its own video commissioned, which was shot in a grainy fashion in Hamburg, Germany, and shows Mariah, Joe and Nas performing at a small club. I was glad to see “Thank God I Found You” get this high up into the top 10. I imagine some of that has to do with the remix. It lands at #7 despite being the song with the second-highest standard deviation. Only two people ranked it in their bottom three but the rest of the rankings were all over the map from 11-2. No one loses their #1 ranking here, but six of you lose a top five song. Active Aggressive pulls ahead of you in the perfect rankings race with this one die Lotterie Total Points: 167 Standard Deviation: 3.33Average Ranking: 7.74 Heartbreakers 2 George 2 kmbgs 2 die Lotterie 3 alexcuse 5 jenglisbe 5 God 6 SHOOTER 6 @pma2015 7 Active Aggressive 8 Albie 8 AmazDrag 8 .indulgecountry 9 #LisaRinna 9 Leigh 10 Ling-Ling 10 @antigonerising 10 groovetheory 10 andrewantonio 11 weaver 11 summers 11 Kanenrá:ke 12 Linnethia Monique 13 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾
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Post by Albie on May 8, 2019 19:49:42 GMT -5
And that gets us through today's set of reveals. We'll pick it back up tomorrow.
Until then, please enjoy these Mariah Extras - "Against All Odds" live on The View and "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Junior’s Hard Mix).
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After Tonight Against All Odds
Bliss Can't Take That Away Crybaby Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Remix) Petals
Rainbow Thank God I Found You
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Post by Caviar on May 8, 2019 19:50:18 GMT -5
Love the remix! It’s prob my second favorite after ”Fantasy”.
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Post by die Lotterie on May 8, 2019 19:50:26 GMT -5
I gave this a #2 ranking based purely on the remix.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 8, 2019 19:50:35 GMT -5
First of all, the top 7 is great. I like every song a lot, and it's why I think the album is only half bad. I also like the "Rainbow Interlude," so it's really 8 strong songs for me. I know "TGIFY" is one of her lesser #1s, but damn if the melody isn't beautiful. I also think the harmonies on "TGIFY" are better than the ones on "One Sweet Day."
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Post by Exclusive on May 8, 2019 23:00:41 GMT -5
Tag me in the reveals please.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2019 23:09:32 GMT -5
Over the years I've learned to appreciate the melody of the original Thank God I Found You" however the remix with Nas , will always be one of my favorite Mariah moments.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 8, 2019 23:51:27 GMT -5
I gave this a #2 ranking based purely on the remix. That ain’t how this works!
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 9, 2019 6:21:32 GMT -5
I don't hate "TGIFY," there's a good song in there. The album version is just corny sounding. The Make It Last remix is the definitive version for me. The Stargate remix tries to polish up the production, but it doesn't really work for me either. I do love the Celebratory Remix though, it works with some bounce, probably should have been an uptempo all along.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 9, 2019 9:27:59 GMT -5
The only time she could pull this kind of performance was the Rainbow era The run to change outfit takes me tf OUT.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 9, 2019 9:31:22 GMT -5
"TGIFY" album version is soooo underrated imo! Joe and the Pop girls were giving us better vocals than Boyz II Men. Fact. #9. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
Solo Version Audio
f**k! This deserved more. The emotion in her vocals >>
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Post by Leigh on May 9, 2019 9:40:06 GMT -5
The only time she could pull this kind of performance was the Rainbow era The run to change outfit takes me tf OUT. I wish we had a close up of that run!! Make It Happen-riah could never. All those dancers looked tragic AF, especially during the original version of the song. And Joe sounded just terrible during his verse.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 9, 2019 10:38:51 GMT -5
The only time she could pull this kind of performance was the Rainbow era The run to change outfit takes me tf OUT. I wish we had a close up of that run!! Make It Happen-riah could never. All those dancers looked tragic AF, especially during the original version of the song. And Joe sounded just terrible during his verse. You know sis was tip-toeing the whole run lmao I love her!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 11, 2019 13:24:12 GMT -5
You have to send Kanenrá:ke a dick pic in order to get his attention. This all this! That stale ass Usher duet definitely deserved bottom-3 but XG is a late-90s BOP on par with almost all of Kandi/Shekspere’s other records. Can’t say I’m surprised at y’all tho. This all this! (x2) I leaked the second I received Albs! ;)
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 11, 2019 13:26:02 GMT -5
Also I'm liking the results so far! Need my #14 out next and I'll be okay with however it plays out.
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Post by Albie on May 16, 2019 20:57:34 GMT -5
Hello? Is this thing on?
It's been a busy ass week but I can totally pick this back up tonight revealing #6-4 if y'all are around...
Songs Remaining:
After Tonight Against All Odds
Bliss Can't Take That Away Crybaby Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Remix) Petals
Rainbow Thank God I Found You
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Post by Caviar on May 16, 2019 21:04:57 GMT -5
Hopefully “Bliss makes top 5.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 21:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by Albie on May 16, 2019 21:12:06 GMT -5
Let's get #6 out of here then. It's one of only two album tracks remaining. And it's one of only two songs remaining not to have a #1 ranking.
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After Tonight Against All Odds
Bliss Can't Take That Away Crybaby Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Remix) Petals
Rainbow Thank God I Found You
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Post by Linnethia Monique on May 16, 2019 21:15:58 GMT -5
👀 Let’s see
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