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Sep 14 08 9:02 PM

rainbow1199 wrote:
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 rightimage

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 agree about the female-empowered thing, but she could have worked with a different female songwriter. I'm sorry but Chri$tyle turned every song she worked on into Beyonce/J Lo. AT times it doesn't even sound like her. The only really well-written songs on this album are 'Side Effects' and 'I Wish You Well' which she had no part in.

Cri$tyle wrote Side Effects with Mariah...