Remember Mariah Carey‘s ‘Angel Advocate’? You know, the ill-fated remix album to the chart disaster that was 2009’s ‘Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel’ which never saw the light of day. Given how everything played out, Ms. Carey will no doubt be hoping all is but a distant memory. Especially with the forthcoming arrival of what is no doubt the most important album of her latter career (after 2 so-so sellers, her commercial relevancy hangs in the balance).

However, any such hopes were dealt somewhat of a blow today after the R. Kelly featured demo for ‘Betcha Gon’ Know (Remix)’ surfaced.

Is it a stone-grove hit? Take a listen after the jump…

Sigh. For two artists as gifted as Mimi and Kelly, this sure is a snoozer. Yet, then again so was the original, as was the album, and, of course, Mariah’s career for the last few years too (impeccable Christmas album aside).

Echoing earlier sentiments, here’s hoping motherhood has inspired Mariah’s new material. For, despite her musical mishaps in recent years, she is still very much an asset to a talent-starved industry. Hence the sooner she stops making either cookie-cutter rubbish or funeral music such as this, and finds a unique balance between the commercial and age-appropriate, the better. For, at 41, time and this unforgiving industry wait for no one.

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