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Jan 4 09 9:11 PM

ArabianLamb wrote:
BeyondIdolization wrote:
rainbow1199 wrote:
BeyondIdolization wrote:
rainbow1199 wrote:
BeyondIdolization wrote:
Not her best album imo, but a great and very solid one. Whether an album is a great body of work should be judged on its consistency and cohesion. Unfortunately there are ignorant people (some in this very thread) that fail to grasp that concept, and let their own dated view on what music "should" sound like (and particularly, Mariah's music) cloud their judgement. But, really, that is their loss and not something worth contemplating.


What if something is consistently mediocre? image

Well, that's not the case here so we don't have to discuss that. image I can understand the criticisms of the ballads on E=MC2 to an extent, but to completely dismiss the album is just silly. There's some really interesting work here, which everyone seemed to agree on until the album started underperforming.


I don't really see your point there- as far as I'm concerned, there are still plenty of fans praising the album despite it underperforming. The existence of this thread is proof positive. The only thing this era that had a complete opposite reaction following its performance was 'Bye Bye', probably because people view it as the murderer of the success of the record. I became disillusioned with it two weeks after it was released, which most would agree was before it underperformed. And I agree that there's some interesting stuff- but as an album, while cohesive, it's one of her least compelling imo.

There's like three people on this board myself included who still have positive things to say about the album. Most people (several in this thread) mysteriously changed their tune. I respect the ones who said they disliked it from the start, but not the ones who said it was "THE MOST AMAZING ALBUM OF HER CAREER!!!", and now completely dismiss it.
Most people here did that with TEOM also despite its success, peoples minds change, if an album like Butterfly can be liked for over 10 years proves its a timeless classic, but if an album like E=MC2 can be liked for only 3-4 months proves how mediocre it is with zero longevity.



A lot of people here said that they were completely over TEOM when E=MC2 was released, they hadn't listened to it in months etc, meanwhile now you see several people suddely name TEOM one of her best albums. This is only because people glorify the TEOM era. Had E=MC2 been the bestselling album of 2008, you know most fans would stick to their original opinion on the album.