mcfan wrote:
The truth of the matter is, it all comes down to how Mariah has been perceived throughout her career: while her debut and Emotions
was received well by R&B radio, by 1993 she was way marketed in a
more Pop-oriented way. Then when she started making R&B music again
she started being received quite well again. Those songs you mentioned were probably received poorly because Mariah's image went towards another direction at the time. In any case her history with R&B radio is not to be dismissed like you did.
That's a good point! Well explained
Also, I understand that the R&B Remix of this song may be a boring looped drum beat but I still like it. I like how the vocals stand out and I prefer the beat even if it's generic. I just prefer r&b music in general. Im sure it was just something different at the time and wasn't a remix meant to be put out to radio to help the single (i dont think). The whole pop/r&b battle makes me uncomfortable because sometimes it feels that it's connected to the perception and image of race.