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Post by get2nomey on Mar 6, 2014 21:14:03 GMT -5
Personally, I'm happy that Katy Perry threw some shade at Mariah. At least she was honest that Mariah Carey is a throwback 90s act. Mariah is not current anymore and I'm sick of her stripping in her videos trying to stay current. I don't know what makes Mariah think that she can stay relevant by getting naked in her videos. All she does is show her age. Mariah Carey looks like an over-the-hill hooker who has been phucked too many times and sucked to many diznicks.
This is coming from a former lamb who is just sick of what Mariah Carey has done to her career. Her career went downhill when she divorced Mattolla. He was the driving force behind her career and kept her in check. Now she is just out of control. Her music sucks. Did any of you hear the tragic "You're Mine"? It was horrible. Remember "Triumphant Get 'Em". What a disaster. Mariah has lost me. I can't stand her. I don't think Katy Perry was throwing shade the way Mariah was when she responded to questions about Madonna's statements. Katy Perry was just telling the truth. I think Mariah is finished as a mainstream popular artist. I think we should all forget about seeing her top the Hot 100. I get the feeling that she doesn't care about it as much because she does not put out material that is in the mainstream of what is playing on the radio these days. Also Mariah should stop trying to look sexy in her videos. It's a tired act and I agree she makes herself look like a prostitute. People should let go of the shade between Mariah and Madonna. That was so many years ago. Madonna was wrong for dissing Mariah the way she did and Mariah threw shade back so they're even. Katy meant no harm in saying Mariah is throwback. It's a compliment to Mariah if anything.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2014 21:17:50 GMT -5
Mariah having minimal potential to rack up more #1s or score more Platinum albums in this sales environment does not mean she is "through commercially". It makes it sound like she's pushing albums out of the trunk of her car and applying for food stamps.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 2:04:57 GMT -5
Y'all are a damn mess in here today! spotting shade can be difficult just like spotting meaning or talent in some. Who really cares anyways, I'm sure Mimi dont.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 2:21:44 GMT -5
People blow her sex schtick way out of proportion. She doesn't look pathetic, desperate or like a prostitute. It's just tired. People are bored with it. It doesn't work as well as it used to (and it barely worked back then.) It probably won't work as well down the line when she no longer looks good but stop acting like it's so offensive to watch her be sexy and like she has no reason to believe she could pull it off.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Mar 7, 2014 3:30:48 GMT -5
Mariah is a beautiful, sexy, curvaceous, vivacious woman. People need to come to terms with that. It's her FACIAL expressions that throw me off. She looks like she is wincing in pain when she is making these poses or they are a caricature. Other than that, I am fine with her. I am so thirsty for album news. This is worse than the TEOM era for me, checking Pulse constantly for news. At least during that era we had actual news to check for though. This right here is a hot mess.net.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 8:49:33 GMT -5
How is Mariah just a throw back artist from the Honey/Heartbreaker days when in 2005 and 2006 she was the biggest thing in the industry in North America? WBT was song of the decade and she had two more #1's after that...
She had a stretch that went like this:
I Know What You Want: #3 It's Like That: #16 We Belong Together: #1 Shake It Off: #2 Don't Forget About Us: #1 Touch My Body: #1 Bye Bye: #19
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 9:20:57 GMT -5
The Emancipation of Mimi was almost 10 years ago. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would consider that a throwback. That album came a decade after Daydream, and people considered that album "old school Mariah" at the time.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Mar 7, 2014 10:00:52 GMT -5
^So are we due for another smash era?!
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Post by kmbgs on Mar 7, 2014 10:50:22 GMT -5
Sounds about right!
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Post by dzjx on Mar 7, 2014 16:00:48 GMT -5
In the same interview Katy also said that Miley was on her first big breakthrough tour (which she isn't, in fact she was on a sold out arena tour before Katy had even released any music) and that Britney was having a comeback. so it seems she is quite out of touch with the reality of the world around her.
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Post by think pink. on Mar 7, 2014 16:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by mikeshere on Mar 7, 2014 16:31:14 GMT -5
Mariah is AMAZING for a throwback. I didn't see ANY shade at all. as a matter of fact? I agree with her. Mariah hasn't released an album in about 5 years. Though #Beautiful was a hit, its kind of the last time the public has heard from her. She needs to stop with the same formula bullshit, and go back to big hiphop/pop samples that she makes her own. Or try something COMPLETELY different.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Mar 7, 2014 16:34:52 GMT -5
SMFH. He should be booking performances and promo for Mariah not arguing with stans on Twitter.
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Post by mikeshere on Mar 7, 2014 16:47:07 GMT -5
Wow, he needs a job to do or something.. Yall kno what it is..
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Post by die Lotterie on Mar 7, 2014 16:54:53 GMT -5
LMFAO, JD is such a little troll. I think I love it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 17:00:46 GMT -5
This tread...oh my ...
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Post by die Lotterie on Mar 7, 2014 17:36:41 GMT -5
This tread...oh my ... I will just whisper and make my top 10 Mariah Songs # 1 - Someday # 2 - The Roof # 3 - Can't Let Go # 4 - Honey # 5 - I Don't Wanna Cry # 6 - Till The End Of Time # 7 - Lullaby # 8 - For The Record # 9 - Side Effects # 10 - You Had Your Chance / Clown Get out with that TEOM shade!
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Post by gazermazer on Mar 7, 2014 18:11:17 GMT -5
I actually like Lullaby...
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Post by JamaicaFunkยฒ on Mar 7, 2014 20:39:58 GMT -5
I bought it from iTunes a few weeks ago. I always wanted her to do a full voiced version.
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Mar 7, 2014 21:04:38 GMT -5
JD has too much time on his hands if he can sit around and troll Mariah fans. Doesn't he have a time crunch to make sure she finishes the album on time, and shouldn't he be getting her prime TV gigs? Time to put that master plan into effect Mr. I got Janet her 8th consecutive platinum album because right now y'all are in the deep end doggie paddling to stay a float.
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Post by get2nomey on Mar 8, 2014 21:09:03 GMT -5
I think this new album is going to be further delayed. No way they're putting it out in early May after the utter failure of the single "You're Mine..." I think the single stunk to high heaven and that should give her label pause. This album is going to be a total flop if it comes out in May on the heels of a nonstarter of a single. "You're Mine..." peaked at 88 on the Hot 100. What a disgrace. Mariah has to do better if she wants to stay relevant in today's pop market. I think as a mainstream artist her career is over.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 21:31:46 GMT -5
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Post by HolidayGuy on Mar 8, 2014 22:04:04 GMT -5
May 6 is weight weeks from this Tuesday- there's plenty of time to get another single out before then. Because surely it won't get pushed back yet again... right?
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Post by mikeshere on Mar 9, 2014 9:05:32 GMT -5
I don't think her album will be pushed back again. and peaked at 88? I thought it was 40 something?
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Post by Mean A$$ on Mar 9, 2014 9:53:10 GMT -5
I think this new album is going to be further delayed. No way they're putting it out in early May after the utter failure of the single "You're Mine..." I think the single stunk to high heaven and that should give her label pause. This album is going to be a total flop if it comes out in May on the heels of a nonstarter of a single. "You're Mine..." peaked at 88 on the Hot 100. What a disgrace. Mariah has to do better if she wants to stay relevant in today's pop market. I think as a mainstream artist her career is over. Bahahahahahahahahaha
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Post by nitro on Mar 9, 2014 9:53:40 GMT -5
I don't think you can count her out completely given that her last #1 hit was in 2008. There are plenty of artists out there who have had significant gaps in their career and then made a comeback, including: Cher in 1998 (with Believe after If I could Turn Back Time in 1989 9 years back) Justin Timberlake in 2013/14 (8 year gap between this album and his last album released in 2005) Robin Thicke in 2013 (Blurred Lines, his last charting hit being Lost Without You back in 2006) Nelly Furtado in 2006 (6 years after I'm Like A Bird / Turn Off The Light in 2000) ...and many more (like Santana, Meatloaf, etc.)
I agree that it may not be easy / nor likely that she will, but I don't think you can say with certainty that she won't, or it's impossible. Clearly she feels as long as you: "Can't fall down, stay triumphant, keep on living / Stay on your toes, Get off the ropes / Don't let 'em ever count you out / Realize all things are possible / In your heart who's the greatest / Reach for the stars Be all that you are, And make 'em all fall down" anything is possible.
Sorry... had to quote it.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Mar 9, 2014 11:20:30 GMT -5
"#Beautiful" did about as good as a Mimi single can be expected to perform. I don't know how- or why- anyone would even have thoughts about a No. 1 at this stage of the game. Top 10 should be the best one should be thinking about. And if she is able to score a top 10, that would be dandy. To be honest, the possibilities for that don't look great at the moment, given the reception to YM, but, we'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2014 11:27:17 GMT -5
May 6 is weight weeks from this Tuesday- there's plenty of time to get another single out before then. Because surely it won't get pushed back yet again... right? While history often repeats itself i don't think they will push it back this time, they know its now or never.
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Post by Carlitoz on Mar 9, 2014 12:47:21 GMT -5
If she's still obsessed with getting another #1 on the Hot 100, maybe it's time to be a featured artist on the single of somebody currently popular with young people. That may introduce her or reintroduce her to that new generation of music buyers. Not a sure thing though. I don't think they see her as somebody cool at all. It seems to me that kids see her as somebody who used to be huge or just another diva for the gays. If she doesn't care for the charts then she should concentrate in creating without having to make anybody happy but her and let the public appreciate the album as a whole.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Mar 9, 2014 14:49:07 GMT -5
If she cared THAT much about No. 1s, would she have released some of the material she's released the last couple of years? If she did, she'd probably be working with Pitbull and others whose coattails she could be riding. That would give her more of a shot than her own releases. But, she's not doing that (at least not as of yet). The closest she really came to to that was "I Know What You Want," but that was more than a decade ago. Not counting the hookup with Bieber, as that was just a duet version of her own track. I don't think Mimi's clueless in the commercial challenges that face her, even if she celebrates "anniversaries," rather than birthdays.
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