Call me crazy, but I still love her. Unlike many of the new breed of chicks, Mariah can still sing...and damn if she ain't fun to look at. More pics at the Blender site. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1480& The Secret Life of Mariah Carey She’s the super-private diva who doesn’t speak for days at a time. But, for Blender, Mariah Carey opens up about her “horrific” childhood, her friend ODB — and how to spend $28 million. By William Shaw Blender, March 2005 In his office, Island Def Jam chairman Antonio “L.A.” Reid is playing tracks from the unfinished CD The Emancipation of Mimi. The volume is high. A Dyptique candle burns; the Mona Lisa screensaver on his 20” iMac smirks at him as he strides across the room, grinning madly as he plays air keyboards. “Isn’t it fantastic?” he asks as he dances. It is, of course, hard to take the head of a label seriously when he’s enthusing so wildly about his own product. What else is he going to do? But that aside, it’s clear that what we’re listening to is a return to form, of sorts. It may not be a ’90s vintage, multi-multi-platinum piece of finely honed diva pop. But it is a compulsively listenable collection of vibrant, self-assured, dare we say understated R&B songs. And hovering around the album, swooping in and out of each song, is the Voice. If it ever went away, it’s back. That sometimes-husky, sometimes-silky thing that is stretchier than elastic and yet simultaneously accurate to at least ten decimal places. It’s been a long journey for 34-year-old singer Mariah Carey. From her position as the MOR queen of the early ’90s, she cleverly reinvented herself in the second half of the decade as R&B’s first lady with a series of high-profile hip-hop collaborations. Financially, The Emancipation isn’t ever going to be the runaway 25-million seller that 1993’s Music Box was, but these are clearly songs from someone who’s as artistically sure-footed as she’s ever been. L.A. Reid leans across the desk. “The real thing I’ve learned about Mariah,” he says, “is that she’s an innocent. At heart, she’s a little child.” “Really?” says Blender skeptically. After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, after being married to one of the most powerful people in the record industry and dealing with some of the most hardnosed names in hip-hop, she’s a little child? “Yes,” insists Reid. “In spite of everything…” To read more about Mariah's traumatic childhood, friendship with the Wu-Tang's ODB and what happened with Glitter, check out the March issue of Blender, on newsstands February 8!
man, this is going to be a great cd. i can't wait to hear the 27 tracks that feature lil' john, the typical pharrell (sp?) club banger, and the one track with ludacris on it. /gargantuan gulp of hatorade for schitzy rap
WOA! They look real. I saw some like that at the game last night. Almost the same top, 'cept SKIN COLOR...
She is smoking hot, but her songs have sucked of late. She needs to go back to the songs that made her a diva.
Do you honestly think I believe you would know what to do with this? She'd have you crying home to mommy in no time.
I saw the thread on here a few months ago about getting free FHM, so I did, and I also get Sporting News and Blender. I got that Mariah issue a couple of weeks ago, hot damn, she is one hot, psycho b****.
LMAO.... that Family Feud pic is priceless.... and not just cause I totally agree with it. /me definitely knows what to do with her.
She was only famous because people really loved that bizzare screeching noise she makes when she sings. It was a strange phenomena.
You're saying this as if... as if... athhhh... bleghhh... bububububub... OH, WHAT THE HELL, those are great-looking BOOBies.
Hey, I might not know my computers very well but I know how to work a woman, just ask mine. As a matter of fact I meant for her to become a member here because she always makes fun of me being on the board and let her see how addicting this can become but after viewing my post on Mariah and other females in other threads I don't know if I should.
I don't think that's Mariah's real body on those images... you might have to post more to make me a believer.
