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Ooh nice! So I didn't even have to enter tags at the end. Thanks, this was the perfect thread to test it out.

I was fine with it at first... but then T-Pain came in.

Yeah, the full article warns about spoilers at one point. I just cut the article out; I'm saving it!

My top 8 of the past week as of now are... 1 Mariah Carey 145 (It's MCIIY release week ) 2 Dazario 102 (last week was his birthday ) 3 Janet Jackson 53 4 Michael Jackson 31 5 TLC 14 6 Boyz II Men 13 7 Janelle Monáe 11 7 Monica 11

"Hit the Freeway" - Toni Braxton f/ Loon

Thanks!

Yes, I love that album! That skit after "You Ain't No DJ" is too funny!

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!

:blush: And @ Lopez's video to the baby

I stopped using it like 3 years ago

Black Cat - Janet (no not my remake )

Me too Me too

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**

So true but I want the best

janet. > Rhythm Nation 1814 > The Velvet Rope (the level ) >>> Damita Jo > Control > All for You = 20 Y.O. > Discipline (the level ) >>> Dream Street > Janet Jackson (the level )

1. A slice of pizza 2. A banana 3. Another slice of pizza 4. Fresh water 5. And then another slice of pizza And I was nice enough not to order the extra large

Pretty please I hate having my expression of emotion stifled

Love the "Oh Santa!" video It's got the same greatness as OutKast's "Hey Ya!" vid. Yeah he sure did!

B)

*posts coming soon* (Mine's http://www.last.fm/user/JJMCSPooh in case you forgot )

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.

Beautiful.

Just wanted to try and bring them back ...maybe with more polls that have been done before.

Cuz I always need a place to drop thoughts that don't deserve their own thread. Too bad there's no subforum