T.C Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Doubt she could keep up with him vocally nowadays anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Not the entire album... She has to be the most versatile lyricist this world has ever seen... One minute she's writing about the darkest emotion a person can have.. the next "Them chicks is ash and I'm lotion"... Again.. it depends on the era Ghost writer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ghost writer??? Let's not Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utopia Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ghost writer??? que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 que? He thinks it's Beyonces thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Ghost writer??? You're mixing Beyonce with Mariah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nice, she loves "That Girl" ~ She would've asked him to sing if she was present. Better than nothing tho, so basically the same type of collab he did for Drake's "Doing It Wrong" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 She truly is a #beautiful woman! Billboard Back Issue Volume 126, Issue 14 $6.99 USD Mariah Carey This Is My Life Since I Last Left Off After waiting five years between albums, Mariah Carey finally explains the personal struggle behind her all-at-once digital release, from that Idol debacle ('bamboozled') to a need for 'uplifting' music: 'It's all been a blur' Guen Stefani Goes TV: Hello, The Voice: bye-bye, manager Battle out of Hell: The long war between Meat Loaf, Sony and furious exec Item: BLI-5/03/2014 Issue Date: 5/03/2014 http://shop.billboard.com/products/billboard-back-issue-volume-126-issue-14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Speculation that she's going to do a "Beyonce". I for one am ready for a new Mariah album and with it being my birthday next weekend, what better gift? I'm not bothered about it flopping at this point. I just want ha heavenly layered studio vocals to heal me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Let's hope that she doesn't pull a Beyonce bc it won't pull Beyonce numbers and it will be quite the laugh Ya know what.. Let her... It'll be great for her mental health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Stevie just plays the harmonica? . It's better than nothing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.C Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm not bothered about it flopping at this point. It's clear she is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 It's clear she is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Mariah Carey Is Planning a 'Beyoncé'-Style Album Drop (Plus More Revelations from Her Billboard Cover Story) http://www.billboard...ard-cover-story It's been a long road to Mariah Carey's 14th album -- a project she first began working on in 2010, before the birth of her nearly three-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe -- that has been stalled over the years after stiff-performing singles and numerous tweaks to the track listing. But, as Billboard exclusively reveals in its latest cover story, Carey will be taking a surprise approach to the project by revealing her new album's title, track listing, artwork and music all at once via to-be-announced digital partners (a physical release at retail is expected the following week.) "I have to be the one that announces this, especially the title," Carey says, noting that the album takes its name from a "personal possession of mine that's part of an entity that I've had almost all my life." Though Carey doesn't mention other artists in describing her strategy, it's clear she's taking a page out of the "Beyoncé" playbook. It's a particularly direct parallel when you consider that Beyoncé herself was coming off an underperforming album (2011's "4") before opting to go the surprise route -- much in the way that Carey's last album, 2009's "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel," produced just one top 10 hit ("Obsessed") and sold a disappointing 549,000 copies, low enough to cancel a planned remix album. Though last summer's Miguel duet "#Beautiful" was a bonafide hit, peaking at No. 15 on the Hot 100 and selling 1.2 million downloads, a string of other singles ("Triumphant," "Almost Home," "Eternal [You're Mine]") have failed to catch fire along the way. In the Billboard cover story, out Monday, Carey and her new manager Jermaine Dupri talk candidly about the rocky road to the album's launch – from the failed singles to her drama-plagued stint on "American Idol" in 2013 to the shoulder injury that nearly derailed her plans altogether ("I really downplayed that incident.") Here's five more things we learned: SHE'S ASSEMBLED A DREAM-TEAM OF COLLABORATORS. Frequent collaborators Rodney Jerkins and Dupri are back for Album No. 14, but so is a surprisingly diverse roster that ranges from of-the-moment producers like Hit-Boy and Mike Will Made It, guest features from Wale, Nas and Trey Songz and even contributions from veteran arranger Larry Gold and the Love Unlimited Orchestra. There's also "a special guest star that I'm not allowed to reveal," Carey teases. SHE'S AWARE OF THE FAILED SINGLES. Carey will cop to a few of the pre-release singles not doing as well as past hits, pausing to note that 2013's Stargate-produced "Almost Home" was intended for the "Oz, Great and Powerful" soundtrack. "You would think I would be all about the singles-driven situation, and I am in a way, but with this particular album I want my fans to hear it as a body of work," she says. "This is my life since we last left off. Just picture a dot dot dot, and then here's the album." THE NEW ALBUM WON'T BE HER LAST. Despite recent comments to Bravo's Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" ("If this were to be my last album, people would hear everything they needed to hear"), Carey is not calling it quits anytime soon. "I will always make music. When I said it could be my last, that's because tomorrow's not promised to anyone." EXPECT BIG BALLADS AND UPTEMPO BANGERS. After immersing herself in her own catalog ("a friend of mine made me a playlist with 1,000 of my songs on it called 'The Ultimate MC Audio Collection,'" she says), Carey explored her feel-good, hip-hop/R&B side as well as her more introspective moments that could give her fans the best of all worlds. SHE MAY SOON RETURN TO TELEVISION. Her rocky stint with Nicki Minaj on "American Idol" last year notwithstanding, Carey says she'd like her next reality-competition venture to be something where she was executive producer. "I have another project that I'm so very excited about that's finally coming to fruition." Return to Billboard.com on Monday morning for the FULL cover story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 #flop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Doesn't she already have a date for the release? How is that a Beyonce style album release?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Doesn't she already have a date for the release? How is that a Beyonce style album release?? This. It was announced some months ago when it was coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think Beyonce style could mean one or more of the following - iTunes first, physical later - unexpected release (i.e. Wake up and it's randomly there that morning) - visual album I'm not sure if May 6th is happening...there's reports it's not and reports it is. And we know Mariah isn't a visual artist. So by process of elimination I think they mean it's an iTunes exclusive first and then physical retailers get it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think Beyonce style could mean one or more of the following - iTunes first, physical later - unexpected release (i.e. Wake up and it's randomly there that morning) - visual album I'm not sure if May 6th is happening...there's reports it's not and reports it is. And we know Mariah isn't a visual artist. So by process of elimination I think they mean it's an iTunes exclusive first and then physical retailers get it later. Hasn't that been done before Beyonce?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Hasn't that been done before Beyonce?? I'm sure but if it pops in iTunes on morning then it will be very similar to Beyonce without the success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm sure but if it pops in iTunes on morning then it will be very similar to Beyonce without the success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 She has no hit single and she's not hot.. hasn't been since 2006? She'll sell 400k first week MAYBE... 800k overall.. and that's a stretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Yea theres a thing tho about what Beyonce did and what Mariah's doing, Beyonce had songs "leak" the same year the album came out, Mariah's been officially releasing singles & videos and doing promo for 2 years and pissing off alot of fans (myself included) & lambs along the way by continuing to treat release dates like NOTHING, I don't think that's going to translate too well for sales. But Im with Bu, fuck sales, if she does Ashanti numbers and it's the best post Butterfly Album she's ever done (TO ME) it'll be worth it....to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn1814 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 She has no hit single and she's not hot.. hasn't been since 2006? She'll sell 400k first week MAYBE... 800k overall.. and that's a stretch 205k 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 205k I may have doubled the numbers... to be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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