In reply to Travon Austin.

I'm not sure your recollections of pre-Emancipation Mariah are accurate. She hadn't released 3 or 4 singles that basically went nowhere then. People aren't saying she's gonna flop because she's old or because she appears to have lost "it." They're basing it on the quality of the work she's put out in the last year. And none of that portends great things for her in the future. But you're right. We could all be wrong and she could mess around and shut down the internet.