BeyondIdolization wrote:
LikePhoenixFromTheAshes wrote:
I definitely like the album. I don't listen to older mariah songs a lot in general, and I'm listening to non-instrumental songs less and less.
With that being said, it's so much more of a compliment when I say that I still listen to Migrate regularly. It's probably my most played mariah song. I'm also still listening to OOC a lot, OOC gets a lot of negativity, but imo it's one of her freshest (in general, not in terms of what would work on the charts today) songs, and definitely a different style, which I love.
I never liked TMB, it's too slow and somehow annoying for me. Can't help it. But the only song I really cannot stand at all is ITC. I had imagined it to be a really great song from descriptions, and the reality was too big of a shock
Last Kiss and Bye Bye are really forgettable as well.
A lot of the songs are ok-good, but I don't really listen to them anymore. I agree it's a fun album, and if I was in the mood for a fun pop/r&B album it would satisfy me brilliantly. Apart from Migrate and OOC, my faves are still Side Effects, IBLULT, T4N and FTR. And I still think that ISIL is just easy to listen to. I understand that it's a 'cheap' WBT rip-off.... but the music and her voice are just easy on my ears... no screeching, nothing annoying, just easy-listening, nothing great or special, just easy.
Since we got to hear the acoustic version of Love Story, I have to say that I dislike the original, because this could have been an amazing song acoustically... the JD beat takes so much from it. I have the same feeling about Angels cry.
In comparison, I don't listen to Mimi at all anymore. Not one of the songs. It aged extremely bad with me, and even Memoirs... only Betcha, HATE U and Standing O will stand the test of time at all. the rest was over 1 week after the leak......
I still don't understand why a person would invest so much time in an artist whose last FOUR albums they didn't even like. 
And I will never understand how you always manage to not understand me at all

I don't think you really care, but I'll still try to explain how I see things, and maybe you will have an enlightenment concerning me, or, as I expect, you will not
OK here's the thing:
Yes, I've grown to listen more to instrumental than (let's call it for the simplicity) pop music. That doesn't mean that I don't listen to pop music every now and then, and Mariah is and always will be my favourite artist when it comes to that. I'm not really investing that much time, all time I spend on Mariah at all is spent on FOMM, and I'm a lot here at the moment, because I'm on break and bored. I'm still interested in Mariah and her music.
As to her last four album, and me me 'not even liking them'.... (we're talking about CB, TEOM, E & Memoirs here right? lol):
first of all, and that's important... at the point I'm at right now, I don't expect nor wish or have to like 95% of an album to still care about it. As pop music is a nice diversion for me, 2-3 songs that I absolutely LOVE makes me happy enough with an album.
So, I'm absolutely happy with Memoirs, I still love Betcha as my all time fave alongside Looking In, and HATE U and ST O are still up there. I never expected more and I can love the album for that and be very happy she made it. And I'm not saying either that the rest is crap... a lot of the songs are pleasant enough to listen to. Only since I'm listening to pop music less often, I'll listen to the beloved songs first, logically.
I think I actually praised E enough in my original post... there are two songs I still listen to very regularly and several more that I still like and listen to every now and then.
I loved TEOM when it came out and a long time after that.... ok I'm not into it anymore, at least not right now, but, you know, who cares? Maybe in a few years I'll revisit a song and love it again... maybe not.
And ok, yes, I hate CB. Can't deny that.
I don't really spend online time on other messageboards, this is the only one, because it's a nice way to get a diversion from reality, and like I said, Mariah is my favourite singer, and why not visit a messageboard for the one 'pop' artist I really care about?