Members poohbear19 Posted September 15, 2007 Members Share Posted September 15, 2007 LOL, I loved that. I'm not a fan of Beyonce... but damn, that girl seems to be the worse of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Someone I know spoofed this album cover. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Did you make this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 "Heavily borrowed." And why does it surprise anyone? People have been ripping off Mariah since she came onto the scene. Mariah walked on water as far as I'm concerned. Can't wait for "Tennessee" and its Oscar success. Will always support Mariah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 I will always support her, too. JLo, Beyonce, Celine and so on... And those are just more known figures who stole from her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 To be fair, when Mariah first debuted, critics called her nothing but a Whitney clone. It was true to an extent, that first album (which also happens to be my favorite Mariah album as well) was littered with producers who came to first gained recognition by working with Whitney. Hell, Walter Afanasifeff started off as an arranger for Houston. The only real difference was, Mariah could write or at last co-write her own songs. I do like Mariah, but I've never considered her anything more than a good pop/R&B vocalist. She's not a trend-setter or something of a unique artist, but she does what works for her, and is able to at least attempt writing her own songs, which cannot be said for artists like Celine and Whitney. LOL! Wasn't Glitter's Oscar success enough for you?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Mariah co-wrote many of her hits, yes, but she also stole from other people. There are at least 3 or 4 different suits against her for possible breach of copyright. She's also known for stealing her own songs - she basically borrows material from her previous hits and mixes them. As for a good vocalist... She once had a very powerful voice, but she didn't take care of it nor train it and it is now in tatters. I agree that she's not a trend-setter, but I don't want every single artist to be one. For example, Timbaland is considered a top music producer at the moment, but he stole (and continues to steal) from Arabic artists such as Warda Al Jaziria, Mayada El Hennawi and Abdelhalim Hafez... Just don't tell me it was sampling what he did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Yeah, I know about this, I've always thought that she recycles too many of her prior songs. LOL! I agree, her voice isn't what it used to be and I HATE that whispering [!@#$%^&*] she calls singing these days. To be honest, I haven't really enjoyed her music since the early 90's. She's not one of my favorite artists, but I can tolerate her and know many of her songs (mainly because Sony whored her to masses so much in the 90's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Another thing I've also noticed about Carey, is it me, or does her songs always come from the point of a view of a 15 year old schoolgirl? She definitely hasn't progressed much as an artist/writer imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 I've never liked him or his music, I find his crap, I mean music, way too overexposed and generic. I usually don't go for much mainstream music and I've never been a big fan of what's hot in the hip-hop world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pest Spray Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well, only one of them can sing [the other can't without making my ears bleed], so I'll be buying TAKING CHANCES when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Mariah does that alot. Dreamlover/Fantasy, Heartbreaker/Loverboy, We Belong Together/Don't Forget About Us, ect. That being said I was a huge Mariah Carey fan in 2005/2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 But not anymore? We Belong Together was, and actually still is, such a hit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted September 16, 2007 Members Share Posted September 16, 2007 Nah. I got over my Carey Crush after the summer of 06'. But man I was in a mood! I had all of her hits playing 24/7! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted September 17, 2007 Members Share Posted September 17, 2007 "Glitter" wasn't THAT bad! And Mariah rebounded nicely with "Wisegirls." Known to me are a) Emotions/Best of My Love(yeah, she did heavily borrow from that one without crediting) and the most well known one: b ) Thank God I Found You/One of Those Love Songs. As far as her own songs, I know that The Roof/Subtle Invitation both work off each other. Aside from all that, I grew up loving and idolizing Mariah, and once I got ahold of the entire discography, I realized how beautiful her music was and how much of a poet and artist she is. Her best songs are the non-singles, b-Sides and the sad ballads. "Everything Fades Away" plays like a lyrical soap opera, especially the bridge. "Slippin' Away" was for sure a precursor for what was to come with Butterfly and beyond. And the Glitter Soundtrack, despite some missteps(like being a guest artist in songs with Ja Rule and Mysical), had really good tracks on it. It was the release that had her last really great ballad on it, "Lead The Way." And the duet with Eric Benet, "Want You" totally should have been a single too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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