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Post by Active Aggressive on Apr 24, 2014 15:14:13 GMT -5
What's with the double posting lately?
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Post by Libra on Apr 24, 2014 15:22:35 GMT -5
What's with the double posting lately? ProBoards's latest glitch, no doubt.
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Post by Leigh on Apr 24, 2014 15:34:35 GMT -5
Recruiting a manager that can't keep track of which single (or non-single!) was released when....Mariah deserves a standing O for that one
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Post by Mean A$$ on Apr 24, 2014 16:04:11 GMT -5
JD is funny.. my favorite line is when he's like .. when I bough music, I didn't know the album cover until I got into the store and I didn't know the lyrics of the songs until I bought the album, people today are buying promotion and not music...
JD, we don't live in the stone age anymore... to stay on top, YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES!!
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Apr 24, 2014 16:20:43 GMT -5
JD is funny.. my favorite line is when he's like .. when I bough music, I didn't know the album cover until I got into the store and I didn't know the lyrics of the songs until I bought the album, people today are buying promotion and not music... JD, we don't live in the stone age anymore... to stay on top, YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES!!
I'm so over his troll ass and his lame 'like the good ole days' marketing strategy. He just doesn't know any better. This whole 'era' he's been saying that they're gonna give the fans what they want...'Old Mariah'. Which 'old mariah' is he referring to? I personally like Butterfly Mariah and onward the most. I also like Glitter Mariah. Why does he/they think that we want balladeer Mariah considering we haven't had her in quite some time and she's still had a lot of success since then(referring to Music Box Mariah)
He did the same marketing strategy with JANET'S 20 Years Old. Telling the fans it gonna be CONTROL 2. When in the end it barely sounded anything like CONTROL, but I didn't really want a record that sounded like Control anyways. He sucks ass.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 24, 2014 18:15:30 GMT -5
Wasn't "Shake it Off" No. 2 when "Gold Digger" hit the top. So it wasn't just WBT that kept it from the top spot.
I get what he's saying, about buying records back in the day. But, unfortunately, those are not the times we're in now, and this whole era has been very messy, and he and Mimi can take joint "credit" for that.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 18:36:37 GMT -5
I wish Mariah would do a nice track with Babyface with some modern production. Their voices were beautiful together on "Everytime I Close My Eyes". She does so well with male R&B singers that I wish she would do a bit more of that and maybe a bit less of focus on working with hip hop artists. I am probably most excited to hopefully hear her collaboration with R. Kelly. She did a beautiful job with Miguel. I would love to hear her return the favor on his album. Would love to hear her with Maxwell, Stevie, D'Angelo, Joe again, Prince, Ginuwine, Sam Smith would be a fun one, Frank Ocean would be good too.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Apr 24, 2014 18:57:58 GMT -5
#teamJD as far as those comments. I am 33 and I still buy physical CDs. People make fun of me and call my anachronistic or old, but I do enjoy going to the store, looking at the artwork for the first time, opening the CD, reading notes. At the end of the day, that video made me excited as a fan of Mariah's VOICE. I'm also on record as saying I love TAOLG. I just want this fucking CD in my hand. I can't POSSIBLY stress that enough.
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 24, 2014 19:02:53 GMT -5
I also miss when it was more about the music, when I didn't know so much before an album was released, etc. I am with JD there...but that doesn't matter. The reality is music isn't the same as it was in the 90s, and as a manager of an artist you have to learn to live in the present. Wasn't "Shake it Off" No. 2 when "Gold Digger" hit the top. So it wasn't just WBT that kept it from the top spot. It wasn't just "WBT," what he said is still correct. Anyway, I was reading about the band Wilco and this was in the article I was reading: It reminded me a bit of Mariah now.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 19:18:40 GMT -5
The only thing that drives me crazy about JD's interview is we didn't need the release of Art Of Letting Go or You're Mine to tell us about the state of her voice or that she could sing. She sounded great on Triumphant even though that song is terrible, Almost Home and on #Beautiful. I don't think any of our questions ever had to do with was she singing on the album/how does her voice sound more like the question has always been when are we going to get this album. You essentially wasted that time shifting her focus from finishing the album to talk about non-essential songs that aren't even going to make the album probably. All you guys needed to do was finish the album and get it released on time to let us know the state of her voice. You probably should have held off and used those as teasers saying hey these songs didn't make the album, but doesn't she sound great on them.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 19:32:17 GMT -5
You know after this album gets released maybe it would be a smart way to rebrand her by doing a duets/collaboration album as a follow up. It is right in her wheelhouse anyway since she loves to collaborate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 20:06:54 GMT -5
Mariah is every bit as much to blame as JD. She's the one who's letting him steer the ship. They're both out of touch.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:14:17 GMT -5
Mariah is every bit as much to blame as JD. She's the one who's letting him steer the ship. They're both out of touch. I agree, but I think the problem is we have no one steering the ship.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 24, 2014 20:14:41 GMT -5
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:17:09 GMT -5
Looks like some news coming our way hopefully with that article.
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Post by Jay D83 on Apr 24, 2014 20:17:28 GMT -5
YASSSSS!!!! I can't wait to get my copy! (Yes I still subscribe, don't judge me). lol
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Apr 24, 2014 20:20:24 GMT -5
Wait.........................
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Post by The Upper Hand on Apr 24, 2014 20:23:29 GMT -5
YES! Great cover.
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 24, 2014 20:28:24 GMT -5
It is a great cover, and it also shows how the label was putting some things in place for a May 6 release (notice the date of that Billboard issue would lead into a May 6 release). Any notion of a strategy of keeping things secret until May 6 rings even more false to me now, so I definitely think the album has been pushed back.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:30:00 GMT -5
You know one thing we never considered she may have given exclusive rights to Billboard or any magazine for that matter perhaps to be the first to leak any major information concerning this project which might explain the silence. After all, this is the longest Mariah has ever taken between albums, so it is a big deal to many anticipating this album. What magazine wouldn't want to be the first to really deliver most of the answers to the questions we have about this album.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:42:50 GMT -5
That would make a nice simple album cover shot.
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Post by die Lotterie on Apr 24, 2014 20:42:50 GMT -5
The Billboard cover is stunning. It would make a #Beautiful album cover, it's fitting based on everything she's said regarding the album.
I was worried it was going to be an old photo from a past photoshoot for a minute there.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Apr 24, 2014 20:45:17 GMT -5
Omg that cover picture is gorgeous!!!!!!!
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:48:37 GMT -5
What if that cover shot really is the album cover? One could wish right. I would love for a simple shot like that as her album cover no frills or whistles just her. Might be a clever way of revealing the album cover to us ;).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 20:50:50 GMT -5
I love that shot!
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Post by Positive Tension on Apr 24, 2014 20:57:47 GMT -5
She looks stunning on the cover- very natural and classy.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 20:58:56 GMT -5
Is it weird that cover shot made me think of this Diana Ross realness cover: Attachment Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 21:05:40 GMT -5
Is it weird that cover shot made me think of this Diana Ross realness cover: Thought the same thing. Reminds me of that album artwork.
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Post by newpower on Apr 24, 2014 21:37:08 GMT -5
What is an "all at once digital release"?
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Apr 24, 2014 21:41:25 GMT -5
What is an "all at once digital release"? What Beyonce did.
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