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Mariah’s Best Work Yet?

Today it was confirmed that Mariah Carey’s single “Touch My Body” has broken the record set by Elvis Presley for the most #1’s. Elvis had 17 and Mariah now has 18. The Beatles have the highest record, set at 20, and Mariah is well on her way to beating that. Yay!

There has been a great deal of buzz about her upcoming album E=MC2, and all of it positive. At the beginning of the week, several of the songs were leaked and surprisingly the big gossip sites have remained silent about it. I wonder why? Well I guess I’m letting the cat out of the bag.

It appears as if there was some type of studio documentary Mariah was putting together that explains how each song was written. The footage includes about 2 minutes of previews from the songs. I don’t know where the source of the leaks is, but it’s been fascinating to hear and see how a song is made. They keep appearing on YouTube, but then are quickly pulled. So if you want to hear them, try searching later at night.

The tracks leaked were “Love Story” (a ballad, rumored to be her next single and next #1 hit), “Bye Bye” (a very sad song about death and loss), and “Migrate” (which is the infamous song she performed poorly on SNL). When the criticism came up that she gave a bad performance of “Migrate” last month, Mariah defended herself saying she hadn’t had time to plan the live version since she was a last minute replacement for Janet Jackson. I have to agree with Mariah, the studio version really is good!

Another song is “I’m That Chick”, which Mariah performed on MTV last week. Wow. This song is really addictive and sounds unlike anything she’s ever done. I really like it.

So is this Mariah’s best album ever? At minimum, I think it’s going to be one of the best ones since the 1990’s. She has a completely new perspective on music and each song is extremely unique. One thing I’ve noticed is that Mariah has dramatically improved her lyrics. Every track has a very catchy hook to it that gets stuck in your head, and they are memorable. I find myself listening to the previews over and over again.

Congratulations, Mariah! I hope you go on to beat even more records!

Wed, Apr 2, 2008 @ 11:21 am | Filed in Music | Permalink

2 Comments

Don’t forget that another woman just kicked the King down a notch. Madonna’s “4 Minutes” put her in first place in front of Elvis for most Top 10 hits in the rock era.

Posted by Howard on Wed, Apr 2, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

It’s a good day for those who have va-jay-jay’s.

Posted by Nathan on Wed, Apr 2, 2008 @ 12:56 pm