The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey

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There was a time when I thought Mariah Carey was the greatest artist ever. I was a pre-teen girl, okay? It was like a requirement to move onto the next stage of life. Otherwise, you'd be stuck at 12 years old forever. Or you'd start going backwards and ...

Pros: It's definitely the best album she's made in half a decade.
Cons: She's not ALL the way back-and who knows? She may never be.

This is the story of two Mariah Careys. The first Mariah appeared in 1990. She was a fair haired, slim, shy girl from Long Island who wore that black bodysuit with the jeans in each of her first 4 or 5 videos. She sang big ballads with a booming ...

Pros: Really consistent album save for one song
Cons: That One And Only song

Mimi Carey has musically been to hell and back. She was a music darling as a teenager, showing off pipes folks hadn't heard in a long time. There was a distinctness about her voice that made her seem like an immediate superstar. As she grew in the ...

Pros: that voice, production
Cons: mariah's a people pleaser

Mariah Carey is the voice of the nineties. The closest thing to contemporary R&B music royalty as America has. And yet, Carey is often relegated to an episode of MTV Cribs, while a career’s worth of accolades are disregarded in lieu of criticisms ...

Pros: The voice has returned, great production, decent lyrics
Cons: None!

It's almost midnight and I'm sitting here in Colorado patiently waiting for the new Mariah to pop up on Napster. It's been about twenty minutes and I'm wondering if I am going to have to wait till morning. While I'm waiting I figure I might as well ...

Pros: I feel like I'm finally free of her.
Cons: It's still not what I hoped.

=I didn't mean it When I said I didn't love you, so I should have held on tight I never shoulda let you go I didn't know nothing I was stupid, I was foolish I was lying to myself I could not fathom that I would ever ...

Pros: Production, lyrics, Mariah Carey and her voice.
Cons: Ugly a** CD cover and Say Somethin'.

Mariah Carey-the name everyone knows.And I mean everyone.Her voice is one of the best out there.I'm a guy and I do admit that I do like Mariah Carey.I'm not scared to admit it.Nope sorry I don't feel sorry! Over the years, Mariah has had her ups and ...

Pros: I’m still thinking.
Cons: Regretfully, almost everything.

Release Date: (April 12 2005) Label: Island Records Number of Discs: (1) I like Mariah Carey despite herself. There is something sweet and innocent (still) about her nature that I find compelling. You want to like her, you ...

Pros: her best CD in years, polished vocals, svelt song structure, r&b lenient, not gimmicky
Cons: doesn't let hip hop completely go

There are artists you like; there are artists you love; there are artists that you can’t help but feel a connection with, whether they be childhood favorites, introduced to you by someone special or just so happen to be damn good artists. You almost ...

Pros: Mariah's best album in the last 7 years
Cons: the cons are ash and Mariah's lotion

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves from slavery. Mimi's Emancipation frees Mariah Carey from being a slave to mediocre music, not that she always was one. She's had an amazing career, bursting onto the scene at the beginning of the ...

Pros: that voice; good production; some great songs; consistent
Cons: not every song is killer

Cause I could've swore people were saying the same thing about Charmbracelet. Mariah has had one interesting career. She started off in 1990 as an AC ballad singer who had one heck of an 5 octave voice that reminded you of Minnie Riperton. It's ...

Pros: Mariah Carey goes back to the #1 spot on the singles and album charts
Cons: A number one hit gets destroyed by too much rap and lyrics changing

In the 1990's, Mariah Carey owned the charts between the years of 1990 to 1997.  Mariah had a really good run, with hits such as Someday, Emotions, I Don't Wanna Cry and also later hits such as the memorable One Sweet Day and the hip hop infused ...

Pros: Consistent, Strong vocals, Confident, "Your Girl"
Cons: "To The Floor" is a bit flustering

If Glitter was any indication, it was to prove Mariah's growth. Her changes over the years in the 90s was vast (not Madonna vast but vast...), ranging from ballad queen to hip-pop diva. ...

Pros: The Emancipation of Mimi was a complete album with life and not much missing.
Cons: Nothing.

It's really rare for me to listen to an album for the first time and feel like I have heard such a complete package that it is important for me to listen to it again. Mariah Carey has always been one of my favorite singers because of the heart she has ...

Pros: Musically and vocally, the album is amazing. Original. Great Ballads. Hot Up-tempos.
Cons: "One and Only" blows

I’ve been gone for quite some time, but even I could not stay away from writing on the newest Mariah Carey album, The Emancipation of Mimi. So after being on top of the world, crashing and redeeming herself, Mariah is back with her ...