My original thought was that it would be so messed up if that Mahogany page wasn't real. I mean, according to Wikipedia, a snippet of "When I feel it" was leaked to fans in early 2006. And every fan and their mother has a copy of "Sprung". So what if whomever had that page, just uploaded the snippet and the Sprung track, added some pictures of MC and Mahogany and claimed to be Mahogany in order to rip-off as many fans as possible? Maybe I was just thinking like that because yesterday (the scheduled release day) was Friday the 13th. Crazy thought. Glad it turned out not to be true!

Now that some of the excitement has worn off, here's my take on "I Feel It."

I can see how this track didn't make TEOM (in case it is not obvious, "TEOM" is how we fans abbreviate her 2005 album's title "The Emancipation of Mimi"). I really don't like the spoken intro. The chorus is not as catchy or as developed as the other tunes on the record. Also, TEOM had a balance of power vocals and softer tunes, this middle-of-the-road record could have leaned the album too far towards the latter.

This track sounds very similar to "There Goes My Heart," vocally (not melodically), which was another unreleased track that was understandably left off Charmbracelet as well (not that it made a difference in the album's success).

I still like it, though I no longer love it after the first few plays, but I'm excited to have new material from MC and can't wait until the new album 11/20/07!

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

A little trivia: In 2006, Mariah contracted with Pepsi & Motorola to write/produce/create 25 ringtones exclusively for Motorola phones. One ringtone was just called "high note." This ringtone, from my listening to "I Feel It" contains the exact same vocal as the very end of "I feel it." So, in a way, the ring tone was like a second preview (aside from the internet leak of the snippet) of the track!
- Alexis