Mariah Carey is a 56 year old singer/songwriter, entrepreneur, producer, actress & the Queen of Christmas from Huntington, New York notable for her eponymous debut, Daydream, her penultimate Columbia Records album Butterfly, the soundtrack to Glitter under Virgin Music, The Emancipation of Mimi improving over her Island Records debut Charmbraclet, her only Def Jam Recordings opus Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse & her previous full-length Cautions through Epic Records. Only 3 months away from the holiday season, she’s signing to gamma. for her 16th studio LP.
“Mi” takes on a modern hip hop soul sound singing about self-care & once the self-produced “Play This Song” featuring Anderson .Paak throws it back to the 70s advising to put this very track on for your own sake, “Type Dangerous” featuring Big Sean alongside Busta Rhymes and Method Man & Redman on the remix seeks excitement out of a relationship with Tobe Nwigwe sampling “Eric B.’s President” by Eric B. & Rakim.
Kehlani & Shenseea both join Mariah on the contemporary R&B/pop single “Sugar Sweet” singing that all 3 of them will keep everything nice & neat just before “In Your Feelings” produced by Rogét Chahayed recollects a story of something she’s been through. “Nothing’s Impossible” topically addresses her own resilience over a piano instrumental leading into “Confetti & Champagne” singing about somebody that you’re not with anymore.
“I Won’t Allow It” locks in with Breezy Lovejoy for a refusal to entertain one’s narcissistic behavior while “My Love” serves as a moderate cover to her favorite Wings song off the band’s sophomore effort Red Rose Speedway. “Jesus I Do” featuring The Clark Sisters sticks out to me embracing a gospel heavy sound & the title track finishes by thanking God she’s lived to see physical embodiment of love.
Fully capitalizing on the soul-searching Mariah Carey has done since Caution, her independent debut finds the Songbird Supreme taking the emotional depths of her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey to a newer level almost half a decade later. The contemporary R&B & pop production celebrates every era of her’s further pulling from hip hop, disco, gospel, smooth soul & adult contemporary in light of her losing her mother & sister as opposed to the predecessor heavily revolving around a concept of relationships.
Score: 4/5
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