RedSimba Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Dioni was featured on MariahDaily handing out flyers Anyway I am so excited for this album and her baby! (dang so many missing smileys but it's okay ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Oh never mind the emoticons work! Now I'll just look silly again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 I love the album but "Born Is The King" should've been a FULL song! That's my only complaint, but I love it otherwise. This and the original will be getting played for my family on Christmas day of course. Her vocals are amazing (as I can always expect), and it really puts me into the holiday spirit. My favorite is actually still "Oh Santa!" But "When Christmas Comes" and "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" are really up there too. It's actually really diverse musically, so it's got something for everyone: traditional pop, r&b/soul, dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 OMG you were serious about Dioni :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Love the "Oh Santa!" video It's got the same greatness as OutKast's "Hey Ya!" vid. OMG you were serious about Dioni :lol: :lol: Yeah he sure did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK1Czar Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Here Come Santa Claus is annoying with all the talking in the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 If I had to predict first week sales, I'll guess 60K which is a good start. It's a Christmas album so its sales won't pick up until December (as long as IDJ doesn't screw up again ). And I'm forgetting about #1! I'm not here for all of that tho... all that matters is I love it. **working on my personal review right now** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Oh Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 HDD just predicted 50K-60K. Wow I was right on the money. But more importantly, my really rushed review... Mariah's latest holiday offering, Merry Christmas II You, is a wonderful sequel to what I regard as the best Christmas album of all time! 1. The album opens with a short instrumental of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." She's already done two amazing renditions of the song (one off the 1994 classic and then another in 2005) so I guess no need to cover it third time... 2. Then this leads into the lead single and my favorite song off the album "Oh Santa!" This is song is like the younger sister of "All I Want for Christmas Is You," but amazing in its own way. I've already praised its epicness (vocals, production, and concept are superb here), so no more really needs to be said. 3-5. The next three songs are styled in the traditional pop carols of the '60s. The main highlights of these are the vocals... "Little Drummer Boy" has the best "rump-a-bump-bumps" I've ever heard, my jaw literally dropped from how she sounded on "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again." 5. On the third of these songs, "The First Noel," I love the transition into the more contemporary R&B-sounding "Born Is the King." This part deserved to be a full song, I really wish that part was much longer. 6. "When Christmas Comes" is where a soulful dimension is added, and it's definitely a highlight taking it back to the TEOM glory days musically. I really love it! 7. Y'ALL KNOW IT's CHRISTMAS! JD and crew just came out of nowhere and "Here Comes Santa Claus / Housetop Celebration" begins. I really love the juxtaposition of Mariah's angelic voice over the club atmospheric beat. That's genius! It has a "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vibe too. 8. "Charlie Brown Christmas" was quite unexpected with the classic intro, but her sweet honey angelic vocals are bliss to my ears! 9. Now for one of the big highlights! "Oh Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chorus" is phenomenal! By inviting her mother, who's a mezzo-soprano opera singer, I found the song has an underlying theme of "family" which is one of the most important things about Christmas. They both sound incredible here, and I especially love the high B♭6 Mariah sustained at the end! 10. "O Holy Night - Live etc. etc. lol" is actually as old as 2000, but ain't no rule saying you can't use vocals from 1812! I actually love how crisp this sounds compared to that low quality YouTube audio I downloaded like 5 years ago, so in the end I'm glad I got this great high quality version of it. To go off on a tangent, I always loved the music video to this song - that's just what Heaven looks like to me! 11. "One Child" is another great original song by her, and takes it back to the traditional pop styles. Very inspirational! This is like the sister of "Jesus Born On This Day" from the original especially with the young singers at the end. 12. As she said on her "All I Want for Christmas Is You" classic, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and she certainly didn't with the extra festive version. The original was perfect as it is, so I'm glad she didn't tweek it a lot. Her harmonizations in major thirds near the end (i.e. the part where she sings "Yoooouuuuu" in head voice in a G5 note, she blends it with a B5 two full tonal steps above), along with various adlibs blended throughout, are a really nice touch! 13. Call me biased, but this is the best rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" I've ever heard. I love the dance beat that kicks in too. This WILL be the first song I play of 2011! Overall, this actually put me into the holiday spirit and Christmas is *checks* 52 days away. This album gets a solid A just for the top-class superb vocals, warm and fuzzy vibe invoking the Christmas spirit on me the listener, and its musical diversity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK1Czar Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 HDD just predicted 50K-60K. Wow I was right on the money. But more importantly, my really rushed review... Mariah's latest holiday offering, Merry Christmas II You, is a wonderful sequel to what I regard as the best Christmas album of all time! 1. The album opens with a short instrumental of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." She's already done two amazing renditions of the song (one off the 1994 classic and then another in 2005) so I guess no need to cover it third time... 2. Then this leads into the lead single and my favorite song off the album "Oh Santa!" This is song is like the younger sister of "All I Want for Christmas Is You," but amazing in its own way. I've already praised its epicness (vocals, production, and concept are superb here), so no more really needs to be said. 3-5. The next three songs are styled in the traditional pop carols of the '60s. The main highlights of these are the vocals... "Little Drummer Boy" has the best "rump-a-bump-bumps" I've ever heard, my jaw literally dropped from how she sounded on "Christmas Time Is In the Air Again." 5. On the third of these songs, "The First Noel," I love the transition into the more contemporary R&B-sounding "Born Is the King." This part deserved to be a full song, I really wish that part was much longer. 6. "When Christmas Comes" is where a soulful dimension is added, and it's definitely a highlight taking it back to the TEOM glory days musically. I really love it! 7. Y'ALL KNOW IT's CHRISTMAS! JD and crew just came out of nowhere and "Here Comes Santa Claus / Housetop Celebration" begins. I really love the juxtaposition of Mariah's angelic voice over the club atmospheric beat. That's genius! It has a "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vibe too. 8. "Charlie Brown Christmas" was quite unexpected with the classic intro, but her sweet honey angelic vocals are bliss to my ears! 9. Now for one of the big highlights! "Oh Come All Ye Faithful / Hallelujah Chorus" is phenomenal! By inviting her mother, who's a mezzo-soprano opera singer, I found the song has an underlying theme of "family" which is one of the most important things about Christmas. They both sound incredible here, and I especially love the high B♭6 Mariah sustained at the end! 10. "O Holy Night - Live etc. etc. lol" is actually as old as 2000, but ain't no rule saying you can't use vocals from 1812! I actually love how crisp this sounds compared to that low quality YouTube audio I downloaded like 5 years ago, so in the end I'm glad I got this great high quality version of it. To go off on a tangent, I always loved the music video to this song - that's just what Heaven looks like to me! 11. "One Child" is another great original song by her, and takes it back to the traditional pop styles. Very inspirational! This is like the sister of "Jesus Born On This Day" from the original especially with the young singers at the end. 12. As she said on her "All I Want for Christmas Is You" classic, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and she certainly didn't with the extra festive version. The original was perfect as it is, so I'm glad she didn't tweek it a lot. Her harmonizations in major thirds near the end (i.e. the part where she sings "Yoooouuuuu" in head voice in a G5 note, she blends it with a B5 two full tonal steps above), along with various adlibs blended throughout, are a really nice touch! 13. Call me biased, but this is the best rendition of "Auld Lang Syne" I've ever heard. I love the dance beat that kicks in too. This WILL be the first song I play of 2011! Overall, this actually put me into the holiday spirit and Christmas is *checks* 52 days away. This album gets a solid A just for the top-class superb vocals, warm and fuzzy vibe invoking the Christmas spirit on me the listener, and its musical diversity! You liked it a lot more than I did. You must be a fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 You liked it a lot more than I did. You must be a fan! You got me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Ranking her studio albums... (lots of changes ) 1. Emotions (Just perfect! ) 2. Rainbow 3. Butterfly 4. Memoirs of an imperfect Angel (Yeah I said it ) 5. Mariah Carey 6. Daydream 7. Music Box 8. Merry Christmas 9. The Emancipation of Mimi 10. Glitter 11. E=MC² 12. Charmbracelet 13. Merry Christmas II You ...but I love them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SianGracious Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 No. I won't be buying it from the store but, I will be getting my copy from the parking lot of Target. Wait that's Dioni? Umm that don't look like the pictures I've seen of Dioni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 6, 2010 Author Share Posted November 6, 2010 My physical copy just arrived today! SO glad I ordered it online and that it arrived so early because neither record store downtown had it their new release sections... let alone at all. (So that makes the 50K-60K sales prediction even more amazing! ) No. I won't be buying it from the store but, I will be getting my copy from the parking lot of Target. Wait that's Dioni? Umm that don't look like the pictures I've seen of Dioni He does look kinda different but I haven't seen his last pic in like 2 years so I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SianGracious Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 My physical copy just arrived today! SO glad I ordered it online and that it arrived so early because neither record store downtown had it their new release sections... let alone at all. (So that makes the 50K-60K sales prediction even more amazing! ) He does look kinda different but I haven't seen his last pic in like 2 years so I don't know. Yeah....IDK but, something isn't sitting rite with me....I'm bout to go ask him on twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Yeah....IDK but, something isn't sitting rite with me....I'm bout to go ask him on twitter Lawd Yea I saw him on MariahDaily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SianGracious Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Lawd Yea I saw him on MariahDaily. Is that how you recall Dioni looking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Is that how you recall Dioni looking? Honestly, he looks different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SianGracious Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Honestly, he looks different. I'm not trying to put anyone on blast or anything I'm just saying :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I'm not trying to put anyone on blast or anything I'm just saying :lol: You look ready to investigate I'm not going to say anything else on the matter, unless, of course, I'm provoked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaria Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 You look ready to investigate I'm not going to say anything else on the matter, unless, of course, I'm provoked did he use a fake pic before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SianGracious Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 You look ready to investigate I'm not going to say anything else on the matter, unless, of course, I'm provoked I should but, I'm not cause that would then take up my time and Dioni doesn't deserve my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 You look ready to investigate I'm not going to say anything else on the matter, unless, of course, I'm provoked Your siggy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Your siggy! The Cookie Monster's face is how I look like whenever I see a lot of chocolate or cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 The Cookie Monster's face is how I look like whenever I see a lot of chocolate or cookies Well that's how any reasonable person would react ... cookies are so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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