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[Leona Lewis]

The Times review of Mariah Carey's show. Holy fuck. I'm dying.

...it became increasingly clear that the sounds coming through the speakers were not necessarily coming from her mouth.

 

[Weapxn]

Sorry, I was on my phone before. Here are some pretty awesome excerpts:

Review: Mariah Carey and Her Can’t-Look-Away Debut in Las Vegas

Maybe the new performance spectacle could resurrect the old vocal spectacle.

When it came to the notes, though, the struggle was real. From the beginning of the night, she was tentative and inconsistent.

“Fantasy” featured the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard rapping via video, and he felt more alive than Ms. Carey, who was right there onstage.

She has a routine: Before she sings [the stratospheric notes that made her untouchable 25 years ago], she pauses for a bit, puts her hand to her eardrum, then points to the sky as the laserlike shrieks come out.

But as the night wore on, it became increasingly clear that the sounds coming through the speakers were not necessarily coming from her mouth.

Whether the decision to undertake this project was born of necessity, hubris or obliviousness, it has put Ms. Carey in a precarious position – she is in decline and trapped in a cage of her own making. It would be so much easier to turn away if the spotlight weren’t so bright.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/08/a...nd-her-cant-look-away-debut-in-las-vegas.html

 

[rhandino]

Some performances have been markedly off-base, the subject of intense scrutiny. Ms. Carey is still durable, and sometimes excellent, but her once-transcendent voice is like decaying manufacturing machinery: It still churns, but the product might be polished or dinged. You don’t know until it happens

EDIT: OMG!

On faster songs, like “Dreamlover,” “Honey” and “Fantasy,” Ms. Carey was practically tiptoeing. “Fantasy” featured the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard rapping via video, and he felt more alive than Ms. Carey, who was right there onstage.

 

[Matt_]

LOREEN - PAPER LIGHT REVISITED

a super low budget slay

 

[twobear]

lmao @ the fact that hewriah neaux1curry's vegas residence is getting lashed whereas holy 'if found please return to 2007' spearit's got rave writeups

 

[3phemeral]

lmao @ the fact that hewriah neaux1curry's vegas residence is getting lashed whereas holy 'if found please return to 2007' spearit's got rave writeups

Stay presseD clinging to that one negative review.

 

[twobear]

yes that one irrelevant negative review.....in the NEW YORK TIMES

 

[Via Purifico]

R8 to be released in 2016

 

[3phemeral]

yes that one irrelevant negative review.....in the NEW YORK TIMES

Is that supposed to mean anything? Stay mad.

 

[Floridian]

R8 to be released in 2016

All I can do at this point is laugh at how ridiculous this whole thing has been settling. No one knows what they're doing or what they want.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

R8 to be released in 2016

god fucking damn it rihanna get the fuck out of shit nation

 

[Vazduh]

R8 to be released in 2016

Oh, Rih...

 

[rhandino]

R8 to be released in 2016

What in the world...

 

[Via Purifico]

We could be optimistic and he waited til the album was finished or near done to leave.
But things are not looking good since we don't have a title,release date or tracklist.

This era is so messy.

 

[Matt_]

but hew releases three singles from an unfinished album?
unless its a really messy situation like calvin-rita

 

[Frodo]

Tidal Jay Z Roc Nation is the truck, RiRi is the car

 

[Floridian]

I could have sworn that Rih said her album was done last month and she wanted it to just be released already. What's the hold up....

 

[Via Purifico]

I could have sworn that Rih said her album was done last month and she wanted it to just be released already. What's the hold up....

No clue, maybe word about making it Tidal exclusive has some truth to it which is why it's not out yet.

Also Kanye is NOT leaving Roc Nation according to this
http://www.complex.com/music/2015/05/kanye-west-not-leaving-roc-nation

 

[rhandino]

I could have sworn that Rih said her album was done last month and she wanted it to just be released already. What's the hold up....

Maybe... just maybe Roc wanted the album as a TIDAL exclusive but Rih + Kanye said nope or something like that...

This era is so messy...

 

[Yado]

They're probably holding back on the album while she records some actual good songs for it.

 

[SaintZ]

Ryn Weaver - The Fool (Music Video)

 

[The Flop]

R8 is messier then Artpop.

Also not Brit already flopping a biT. Hope the music video and her BBMA performance where she gets lifted around on a hoveround help her out a biT.

 

[Vitanimus]

Ryn Weaver - The Fool (Music Video)

!!!!!!!!!!

where is an album leak

 

[Floridian]

Tinashe is working with Devon Hynes, Dr. Luke, & Travis Scott for her next album. Whew

 

[BadMediaKarma]

I did good betting on Tinashe. She hasn't let me down

 

[Floridian]

Is The Velvet Rope Janet's best album?

 

[You Know Nothing]

Pretty Girls is flopping?

Good. Maybe there's hope for the GP's taste after all.

R8 to be released in 2016

Fuck all this.

Proof that taking time off was a mistake for the Rhat.

Also Kanye is NOT leaving Roc Nation according to this
http://www.complex.com/music/2015/05...ing-roc-nation

Never mind.

 

[The Flop]

 

[The Flop]

Floridian sis is this you?

 

[Floridian]

Floridian sis is this you?

Don't expose me like that, who gave you permission to post my pics~

 

[Frodo]

I can't get over how the one in the centre which was suppose to be the best one is actually the worse. Them proportions, gurl... Also: wait for someone to die before you decide to tattoo them on your body. There are less chances of they doing something you don't agree with after they are dead.

To be honest, scratch that. Don't tattoo other people you don't even know on your body, period. Imagine you liked Jamie Savile when you were young, you go and get a tattoo of him only to, after his death, find out he abused countless children.


Bad idea. Bad.

 

[The Flop]

Don't expose me like that, who gave you permission to post my pics~

 

[Garrett Hawke]

truly the queen of barbados tbh

 

[Floridian]

Queen of sea animals

 

[rhandino]

Is The Velvet Rope Janet's best album?

I liked more Rhythm Nation and Control... but I can't deny that The Velvet Rope is superior and the songs don't feel as dated.

This world could be better if only Janet releases something =/

 

[<+)O Robido O(+>]

Is The Velvet Rope Janet's best album?

 

[twobear]

Is that supposed to mean anything? Stay mad.

the fact that britney spears' live show is probably a safer bet if ur in las vegas than mariah's

 

[Floridian]

I'll look into it

 

[Via Purifico]

Noteworthy non single songs from Janet.
This Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg3QyAEfwF4

New Agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyYG-51An3E

Throb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZhQ8okI4E


Velvet Rope is an album that should be heard all the way through.

 

[Styles]

Your faves tried: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XntdNHWFjbs

 

[BadMediaKarma]

 

[Via Purifico]

She was using her Illuminati chants to ruin Katy's career.

 

[You Know Nothing]

The beginning of that Taylor performance is serving Satanic ritual.

 

[Floridian]

She was using her Illuminati chants to ruin Katy's career.

Swift been obsessed with Katy's career. Nothing new there.

 

[Via Purifico]

The whole arrangement sounds like the type of music your parents wonders what you're doing down in the basement.

 

[Vazra]

I miss this Aguilera

 

[Vazra]

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

 

[The Flop]

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

Kinda like cici's album sales?

 

[Vazra]

Kinda like cici's album sales?

Like your relevance in this thread too.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

Hmmmm. I wonder what this was.