This was Mariah's best performance in years! Happy to hear. I followed Mariah since 1990. When most of you so-called "lambs" were still in yo daddys nutsack. Most of yall stupid asses only became fans after "We Belong Together" anyway. Getting back to the subject at hand, the reason why Mariah gets hated on and doesn't seem to get the respect Whitney got is because she acts like a stupid little girl. Trying so hard to be a starlet half her age by desperate putting out garbage material produced by hip-hop producers with uninspired melodies and juvenile lyrics that don't showcase her vocal abilities. She's not Rihanna or some one note manufactured bubble gum pop star. She's Mariah FUCKING Carey and she's way better than that.

Mimi's last albums E=MC2 and especially "Memoirs" in my opinion were garbage and the record sales reflect that fact. Now yall may think I'm hating on Mimi but truth is, I'm not. I love Mimi. I loved Mimi since '90. I'm only critical of her cause I know what's capable of. She's one of the best singers in the world. Unfortunately she's trying too hard to fit onto today's Hip-Hop and R&B radio market by acting like an artist that she isn't. She can sing her ass off. Why the fuck is she putting out albums with material suited for someone like Ciara??!!

Anyway what I hope for Mariah now is that since she got married and had two kids, that she finally grows the fuck up. Stop the little girl persona. She's fucking 42 years old. It's time to be grown and sexy. No, I ain't saying she should fill up an album of all ballads and go strictly Adult contemporary and shit but perhaps look to Emancipation again for inspiration. Go back to basics perhaps or draw on her life experience as being a wife and mother.

::sips tea::

Now.. regarding Miss Whitney Houston aka "The Voice"... Sorry but you fuckers need to understand NO ONE but her can be called "The Voice". Mariah is good, very good but Whitney ('85-'98) had better stage presence and a stronger, more controlled voice. Mariah had song writing/producing capabilities to her belt and a higher octave range. Both have advantages and disadvantages but I as much as I love Mimi, I have to give a slight edge to Whitney. Why? Three reasons: "One Moment In Time", "Star Spangled Banner" and "I Will Always Love You". Those 3 songs were more than songs, they hit a nerve and touched people. Mariah never had a Whitney moment singing the national anthem on a baseball game. Yes she's done it but no one cared or remembered it 20 years later like they did with Whitney. Even people who didn't like Whitney were touched by that shit. Where's Mariah's "Bodyguard"? "Glitter"? lmao don't get me started. Okay okay there was "I'll Be There" on MTV's Unplugged and "Hero" but they pale in comparison to Whitney moments. Even Whitney saying "Crack is Wack", "Hell to the no" and "Kiss My Ass" are far more memorable lmao.

At the end of the day I loved them both and I'm glad Mariah is still out there doing her thing.