sainttropez wrote:
Mariah's next record should be duets... call it "Diva's & Bitches'
That is a pretty modern idea actually and you may be way ahead of your time. It's the kind of gimmick I could see the music industry resorting to in order to drum up sales.
It's been done in rap music (the Jay-Z/Nas feud is pretty legendary) but there is certainly interest in these diva "feuds" that play out in the tabloids/internet fourms, but the singers never see any of that money. Plus there are fans who follow the feuds even if they don't listen to those artists.
I always sort of suspected this is how Obsessed came about. Out of nowhere (and when she's partnered with Nick Cannon) Mariah dusts off the Eminem thing and drags it out of the closet yet again. Then Eminem records a response song that goes viral to mark the beginning of his comeback.
And oh yeah -- both of them have new albums coming out really soon.
It always seemed fishy to me and I suspect it came more out of a mutually beneficial business arrangement than actual hostile feelings. They both know how to play the game and I think they were playing it together!