kevo2002 wrote:
whatitlooklike wrote:
rainbow1199 wrote:
I hope she doesn't work with Chrystal Johnson again. IMO she's responsible for a lot of the @$%%%$$ lyrics on 'E=MC2'.
I think they wrote great songs.
And I don't really think the lyrics are shitty.
Bye-Bye, I Stay In Love, Thanx 4 Nothin, Love Story (although it's cheesy), Last Kiss, For The Record, I Wish You Well, Side Effects, even Loving You
Long Time (a song they collaborated on) and Crusie Control are well written songs. Also That Chick has some really good lyrics. It's creative. I think
the shitty lyrics are found in TMB, OOC and Migrate.
And I think she has mature music on her album. Half of the album is really mature. Shocking right
I want her to make some R & B music that has some real soul. Something old school yet fresh at the same time.
Exactly. I really think a lot of those songs are really well written - but the problem is that element gets drowned out in the over-produced JD
-style beats. I mean really, I didn't think 'LS' and 'T4N' were that well written until I heard those acoustic performances then I
realised it. They are beautiful - 'LS' has a really nice and interesting melody.
I wish Mariah and JD would just write songs together, then get someone with a more varied approach to produce. If Mariah keeps letting JD produce everything
because they're friends, it'll be the death of her career. He's obviously not able to reinvent himself, so that doesn't mean she
shouldn't either.
As for Cri$tyle, I actually think she gave Mariah a much needed female-empowered touch to her music.
I think the problem with the Mariah/JD combo is the fact that Mariah tends to gravitate towards the same sound from him. I think if she let him produce
something like he did for Jay-Z's album or LL Cool J's album or even Janet Jackson's album it'll sound somewhat fresh for her.
Despite popular belief not everything he produces sounds exactly alike or is a carbon copy from his previous work. It becomes that situation when the artist
asks for something like that. I bet if Mariah asked for something really different and groundbreaking he could do it. It comes down to does Mariah want to do
it though. Because they are in there producing and writing the songs together