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Feb 16 08 2:56 AM

TEOM311 wrote:
Mariah10Carey88 wrote:
mariah loves jazz and soul ballads, its not just hip-hop inspired midtempos. in fact, she loves gospel and jazz and TRUE r&b like aretha and stevie over that !!@@ "r&b" rihannaesque crap that is out there today. so stop talking out ur a$$es and saying that MC is doing this hip.hop r&b becuase thats what she truly lovez... when in fact shez only doing it for commercial reasons, not artistic ones. until mariah becomes an indie artist, we aint neva gonna see the real MC. oh and she does like a/c ballads, she said so in 2005 she says she still listens to baraba streisand ballads. so get over ur midtempo crap. god.

Hun, you need to start learning some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. That, and stop typing like a 12 year old girl. is it that hard to type "NEVER" as opposed to "NEVA"??? or "loves" with an "s" and not a "z"? I didn't think so.

And not to burst your "I'm so intelligent, aren't I?" bubble, but Mariah is a self-proclaimed lover and appreciator of music in general, she listens to everything from gospel to underground hip hop to Barbara Streisand to Def Leppard. She's influenced by the art of music. That said, RIGHT NOW, in her current frame of mind, where she is in her life, the bouncy midtempo's with breezy lyrics and fun chorus lines seem to be where she's at. So how about YOU get over your preconceived notion of what is influencing Mariah right now and accept that Mariah isn't the A/C artist she used to be and probably never will be again. If it's A/C you want, then Leona Lewis is your girl, or Celine Dion. Mariah is a trendy artist, she helps create them and then rides them until the tide changes. Get used to it, dahhhling, it's been happening since the start of her career.

I love how u guys diss MC's A/C's stuff now, but if she were to come out with another music box type ballad, you all would be like OMG THIS SH-IT IS INCREDIBLE. You jsut defend MC no matter what. If she had a rapper on every song, you'd find a way to defend it. image

And I didn't mention A/C until the very end of my post, I was talking about Jazz, Gospel, and real R&B. Because that is Mariah's true inflenece. shes been saying that since 1990. did u see the first vision. not one mentino of hip hop, she talked about GOSPEL AND SOUL MUSIC. Ya know, classic soul music like aretha franklin, luther vandross, patti labelle, stevie wonder. Not Beyonce and Rihanna.