Stream: Mariah Carey – ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’

Published: Tuesday 20th May 2014 by Sam

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Mariah Carey‘s fourteenth studio album ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ struts into stores one week from today.

Yet, the diva is giving her ever-loyal Lambs and the music buying mass the ability to try-before-they-buy. How? Well, the the LP has been made available to stream in its entirety on iTunes Radio.

After years have delays, has the final product delivered? Has Mimi and the army of hitmakers she’s assembled (a list that includes Darkchild, Hit-Boy, and Mike Will Made It) turned in the album her career so desperately needs?

Take a listen to the album and, as ever, let us know below…

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‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’

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  1. Musicality May 20, 2014

    This album is everything! God bless Mariah and the music she makes!!!

  2. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    @TGJ

    Yall really need to fix this crappy website!
    It has really been going through it!!
    Iron out these kinks and bugs already!!!

  3. Tony dice May 20, 2014

    This is the album she needed. Mariah is back with a heavy R&B influence album. The beats are amazing and her high notes at end of songs are flawless. Great album. Another Emancipation of Mimi here.

  4. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    CIARA GIVES BIRTH TO BABY BOY!
    —–

    Ciara is officially a mom. Sources say the “Body Party” singer gave birth very early Monday morning in Los Angeles.

    The baby is the first for Ciara, who is engaged to rapper Future and expected to marry him in the fall.

    Future has three other children from previous relationships. One of whom he adopted as his own

    In March, La La Anthony and makeup artist Yolonda Frederick threw a baby shower for the new mom, where Carmelo Anthony gifted Ciara with a pair of baby Air Jordans.

    Ciara’s rep, Chris Chambers, had no comment.

    Congratulations!

    • Iggy is stan May 20, 2014

      Ciara was pregnant? Is it even possible?

      • LOL May 20, 2014

        LOL IS IT POSSIBLE FOR IGGY TO OUTSELL CIARA? LOL

    • DIGGER BEY May 20, 2014

      Congrats Cici!! Wishing you and your son the best!

  5. ElusiveChanteuse91 May 20, 2014

    This album is absolutely amazing, the arrangements, the melodies, her vocals, stellar. This album has delivered the existence of who Mariah Carey is…..The Elusive Chanteuse

  6. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    Im streaming Mariahs album now…..

    Cry – OMG Love it!!!

    This album sounds like it will be a hit, Her vocals are on point! Thank You Jesus!

  7. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    #2 FADED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I didnt know Mike Will MadeIt produced on this album!!

    Slay me bittch!!!!

  8. Realest May 20, 2014

    Yeah the album is GOOD! I am most definitely feeling this! It’s grown and s*** and More in the direction Mariah needed to go in! Vocally she’s slaying and the musicality is on point! 25 years in and you’re still doing it honey YES! Fav tracks : cry, dedicated, make it good, supernatural and a couple others! Yes!

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Mind you “thirsty” and “you’re mine” are much better when looked at as album tracks. What the f*** is this b**** doing releasing those two fillers when she has better s*** on there… Way better!!!

  9. BOOYOUWHORE May 20, 2014

    OMG I HAVE BEEN DE-WIGGED, INCREDIBLE ALBUM

  10. Todd May 20, 2014

    Love it!!!

  11. Molly May 20, 2014

    An amazing album it was definitely worth the wait. I can’t wait to purchase my copy on the 27th. Kudos Mariah!

    BTW congratulations to my fav Ciara on giving birth to a beautiful baby boy.

    • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

      Yes sis, Im soo happy for her!!!!!
      Exciting times…..
      I saw your comment in the Gaga post too…. LOVE YOU!

      • Molly May 20, 2014

        Love you too sis

  12. Todd May 20, 2014

    I really hope she gets the success she deserves for this album

  13. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    I have a confession…..
    I actually really like “Youre Mine” even though it was a massive FLOP.
    There I said it……

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Why does it’s chart position have anything with your personal liking of the song? You love Ciara Hun so clearly it’s no surprise that you like songs that aren’t commercially successful. No shade cause I love Cici but IJS. You saying it like it’s a guilty pleasure cause it wasn’t popular.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Ooooh

      • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

        Maybe I do secretly like songs that slide under the radar, and dont get the hype and attention of Bandwagoners…….

        BYE

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Nothing wrong with that dollface. Own that shiiiit!

  14. Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

    This is a GROWN album! She did dat! Her singles are NOT the best on the album. I loved all the song I DID NOT hear before the album streaming begun. I will be most definitely purchasing this album.

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Oh god she’s on her schizophrenic s*** again.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Let me go take my medicine boo…

      • Realest May 20, 2014

        Yes doll face cause the last thing Mariah wants a b**** “living” for her when they were just talking über ish about her just hours previous.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Yea, your right! Im just a piece of shitt. I need Jesus tbh..

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Ugh, I love how you get me together! Love your honesty…

      • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

        LMAO, Yes Stephy….. Kii me bittch!

  15. XtinaTheDiva May 20, 2014

    What an amazing album!!

  16. jeffrey booysen May 20, 2014

    mariah will reach her nr19 hit on billboard with this album and cry will just be all that love her so much I’m her biggest fan in south africa and the universe

    • musicMatters101 May 20, 2014

      I doubt it. But good luck for her if she really is trying… still. Love u Mariah.

  17. Little Monsters Brazil!!! May 20, 2014

    So bland, generic, ghetto, cheap and dated, and poor COWRIAH can’t SING anymore 🙁 Oh and you can bookmark this will F-L-O-P harder than S****** Jean

    • musicMatters101 May 20, 2014

      This is very harsh. VERY! Also much is actually not ghetto. “Thirsty” by far is. But off the top I can’t call anything else ghetto or rachet as “T” was… is!

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Are you upset because Gaga went from the most popular new act to a struggling one only 3 albums in? Mariah’s 3rd official album so 20 something million.. Hahahahahah bookmark that h**!

      • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

        In that order. Ring the bell. Lol.

    • emanuel May 20, 2014

      this album has different sounds,how can a gaga fan talk about generic music?,LOL,and she has had some really good vocal momenrs live in the last yearcare about gaga my friend,mariah didn’t struggle to sell albums after only 5 years since her debut like it happended to gaga,so please don’t be hypocrite.

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      I’m not about to bash Lady Gaga cause I respect her but ummm Mariah Carey’s 3rd album sold 32,000,0000+ Copies Globally, produced 3 number 1 hits & went certified DIAMOND! What has Lady Gaga’s 3rd album done besides…

    • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

      Obviously did NOT listen to the album and is just a total troll/hater. Nothing about this album is “Ghetto”. SMH

    • leahbitch May 28, 2014

      B**** shut yout stupid ass up! Keep hating Mariah will always hold her throne, shes the.boss of all these chicks! N she looks thick n beautiful, bye b**** it only makes sense she has mad haters

  18. @definite on IG May 20, 2014

    I feel like I was reborn god came down and touched the top of my head with this album!! #MariahCarey slayed this album!

  19. musicMatters101 May 20, 2014

    I really enjoyed:

    “Dedicated”
    “You Don’t Know What To Do”

    and “Supernatural” was cute.

    Collectively it was not bad. From a first listen, I say 2.5/5 Stars. I still do not know why she chose to release two basic filler songs as singles, especially “Thirsty” that mess should not have made the album TBH. Should have went with “Dedicated.”

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      You don’t like “Make It Look Good”?

  20. @definite on IG May 20, 2014

    I feel like I was and reborn god came down and touched the top of my head with this album!! #MariahCarey slayed this album!

  21. James May 20, 2014

    I think that overall, this is a decent album. Not sure if I’d put it up there with my favorites from her, but its still decent. Lyrically, she really brings it, and there’s some really nice melodies on there. I felt like this album was sort of like a coming of age album for Mariah. Only downside for me was that, right now, none of the songs are that memorable, but this could change in the future.

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      LET THE 1990’s GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

      • Ty May 20, 2014

        They can’t let the 90’s go let go they all 45; This queen needs to listen to CRY . That is a 90’s power vocal

      • Cali May 20, 2014

        B**** you’re the main one crying about how you miss 90s Mariah

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        True, but I just decided to let it go! She ain’t neva gonna sound that good again. But this album is still great…

      • James May 20, 2014

        Eh, let me have my opinion.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Let it go boo.

      • LOL May 20, 2014

        LOL SHOULDN’T U BE TELLING MARIAH TO LET THE 1990’S GO? LOL

  22. Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

    Ugh I love “Heavenly”!

  23. did you say bieber,one direction,gaga,j.cole,miley,rita ora YMCMB austin mahone,or bey(my faves are in my name…drag stan) katy perry fans are shiit May 20, 2014

    i hope mimi is putting a tour behind this cause she is the only one of my faves i havent seen live…the last two concerts i attend where bieber and gaga and seeing 1Direction next year so im excited to see mimi..i pray it aint this year though

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      I hope you feel better! I remember you said you was feeling sick. Hope you doin ok…

    • LOL May 20, 2014

      LOL YOURE NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

      MARIAH IS NOBODY’S LIVE PERFORMER. WATCHING PAINT DRY IS MORE ENTERTAINING LOL

  24. P**** Juice Lover May 20, 2014

    Ok i gave it a listen and i must say im not disappointed! It’s a nice body of work. Beautiful, Cry, You Dont Know What To Do,Make It Look Good Heavenly and The Art Of Letting Go are my faves so far.

  25. shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

    It has to be said…This Album is BETTER than The Emancipation of Mimi. FOR REAL!!!

    EVEN IF IT FLOPS THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM!!!

    • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

      She SANGS on this album!!! So incredible.

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Eh idk about better than the Emancipation but it’s def a great album! The emancipation tho is just always going to be one of Mariah’s best !!

      • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

        I guess I say this because MIAMTEC is the album I have been waiting for mariah to deliver for so many years. The TEOM has some stellar songs both lyrically/vocally but there are also a few I often skip…This album, as a whole, is a lot more cohesive. It flows, and carries you on a journey. I love it.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        What songs exactly do you skip on THE EMANCIPATION OF MARIAH CAREY?!?!?

      • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

        @Stephy…”To the Floor”, “Circles”, “Your Girl” and “Say Somethin'” (I’v grown to appreciate SS) Now before you pop off, I am a massive MC fan, and have been for years (Not an TEOM bang-wagon hopper). I don’t have a favourite album, I have a lot of favourite songs/vocal performances. I am not a fan who believes Mariah can do no wrong, and I am not a fan who believes the 2000’s Mimi lives in the shadow of the 90’s Mariah. I even LOVE her whisper vocals (love Charmbracelet).

        Her vocals are impeccable on TEOM, and as much as I love “Circles”, and “Your Girl” at times I found them a little obtrusive. I must say my least fav song on TEOM is “To the Floor”. I almost never listen to it.

        So, in saying that, and a lot more of what I haven’t said (this is already an essay, don’t want it to become a thesis) I have come to the conclusion that, for me, MIAM…TEC is a better album than TEOM.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Lol. Well, I love the ENTIRE album! Including TO THE FLOOR. Anyways, your opinion is your opinion…

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      I feel you but idk i think the standout track on the emancipation still standout more than any of these and her vocals were better too. but i do think it’s a really good great , grown&s*** album! Def going to buy it

      • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

        You def have a point! And def grown/s*** (Thank the Lord it’s grown) I I like the rawness of these vocals, there’s power, and subtly…Maybe I’m jumping the gun but the more I listen, the more it speaks to me, beyond that of hit songs.

    • S****** Blonde May 20, 2014

      @shaquinisha-rose
      Better than ‘The Emancipation’

      THE BLASPHEMY, you’re going to burn in hell for saying that.

      • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

        Lmao.

  26. Ty May 20, 2014

    Cry and CAMUFLOGE are music box throwbacks. Excellent gospel vocals. Yes she is singing her face off. She really is an incredible singer. No shade. EXcellent comeback

  27. So fetch May 20, 2014

    Not bad at all mariah! She just pick the wrong singles but she has a legit body of work 75k first week max and maybe after it will pick up when she promotes the album

  28. So fetch May 20, 2014

    Omg mariah slay My life my new jam “make it look good”

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      Ooooh Stop it! Leave Miss Ri-ri alone!

      • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

        What, Her hero finally came along hunny!

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      The last vocally challenging song Riri attempted

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        True, but at-least she knows what her voice can do.

    • RihIcon May 20, 2014

      Girl let’s not do this right now . Just celebrate the album….

  29. GaGa’s Tampon May 20, 2014

    Wow
    What have I done to deserve this wonderful album??
    All I can say is Mariah is most definitely getting my coins next week
    Those that say this album is terrible should just go hang themselves

  30. GaGa’s Tampon May 20, 2014

    Hmm my avi :/

  31. Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

    @Future Cici, you know Ciara’s baby boy gonna be TALL as shitt! He gonna be beautriful too.

    • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

      That baby will be beautiful…. I wonder what career path he will choose. It will be Interesting…. It also make me feel old as shitt!

  32. Little Monsters Brazil!!! May 20, 2014

    What does Gaga have to do with this? Why can’t we just sit for a minute and discuss how BASIC, OVERRATED and TALENTLESS Mooriah is? What exactly are you getting from throwing these 1990’s receipts at me? And if those old ass ‘diamond albums’ WERE because of Mooriah and her greatness and NOT the actual sales climate being huge for albums during her prime then why can’t she even fill arenas these days to save her life?
    Are you comparing Artpop from 2013 to Music Box from 1993? Are you f****** retarded son??

    • GaGa’s Tampon May 20, 2014

      Please don’t go there not now 🙂

    • Realest May 20, 2014

      Yes because mariahs 3rd album her sales were growing and on Gaga’s 3rd album her sales are growing- cobwebs. I like Gaga but she’s far less of an anything than Mariah and will have a musical legacy/influence NOTHING like Mariah’s. Not even close. No need to address any of your other madness. Not here for her generic EDM mess

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      TROLL ALERT!

    • XYZ May 20, 2014

      of course you can not compare the actual sales. but you can’t deny the fact, that mariah was one of the biggest sellers during that time. meanwhile gaga’s sales went on a downward spiral after the fame…and she is not able to keep up with the stardom of her first album… so – what about mariah? yes, her sales aren’t as strong as they once were. but she is still in the business. personally, I don’t see gaga a few years from now on…she’s taking the last coins of her annoying monsters as long as they are young enough to listen to the garbage she puts out and afterwards she’ll disappear

  33. S****** Blonde May 20, 2014

    Absolutely Mariah’s best effort since ‘The Emancipation’, 8/10 🙂

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      Awwwww You always make me smile every now & then. *Kisses*

      • S****** Blonde May 20, 2014

        🙂

  34. joe May 20, 2014

    such a solid record. very, very good.

  35. GaGa’s Tampon May 20, 2014

    This album will debut at #1 I don’t see any strong competitors besides Coldplay and frozen
    I say she’s going to get a 150K – 200K debut pretty solid in today’s world

    • FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

      The Kii would be Frozen snatching yet another legendary wig!

      • GaGa’s Tampon May 20, 2014

        LOL
        i dont even wanna think about it

  36. OMG May 20, 2014

    NO JOKE, THIS IS THE RNB ALBUM OF THE YEAR, MAYBE THE BEYONCE ALBUM IS A CONTENDER BUT THIS IS RIGHT THERE WITH THAT

  37. S****** Blonde May 20, 2014

    I wonder what JohnVidal and Dossome think of this album?

    • JOHNVIDAL (Iconic chanteuse is coming) May 20, 2014

      B**** it is A+mazing!

  38. FutureCIARA May 20, 2014

    Mariah just should have let her fans pick her singles after hearing the complete body of work….. Those filler singles did NOT do this album justice by leading up to its release…..

    Hopefully a lesson learned for Ms.Cannon-Carey for this sloppy era.

    Theres a lesson in every era.

  39. Little Monsters Brazil!!! May 20, 2014

    I still don’t know what ‘legacy’ or ‘influence’ you’re talking about when she was pretty much the Katy/Rihanna of the 90s. No musical or lyrical creativity, no growth, no one even takes her seriously. Legend my ass, a legend sells out a f****** ARENA, that’s all I know!!

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      TROLL ALERT!

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD BYE HATER!

      • Little Monsters Brazil!!! May 20, 2014

        Bye.

      • Realest May 20, 2014

        Right! Legends do sell out Arenas. Stop trying to compare what’s not happening (Gaga) to one if the biggest musical influences in history. Not happening !!!! Stop trying to make fetch happen- especially all the way for the slums of non-factor ass Brazil. Nobody cares about you

        http://youtu.be/l-3hU9sJSnM

    • OKRA May 20, 2014

      SREEEEEEEAMING @ legends sell out arenas! Preach B****! Preach B****! #Throws hat in ring

      • OKRA May 20, 2014

        Yessssss @ Brazil Monsters! Spill that hot boiling tea all over Mooriah crabs! #legend my ass

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        You doing too much,,,

    • XYZ May 20, 2014

      not a f****** monster talking about other artists that have been really successful for more than one album…mariah is a legend – point blank – every f****** artist that accomplished to be in this industry for over 20 years deserves respect. on top of that – mariah is an amazing songwriter and has timeless hits.

      gaga’s songs will be forgotten in 10 years, some of them are already forgotten, to be honest… her “star” began to disappear during her SECOND album…

      a lot of current stars label mariah as one of their influences. who labels gaga as an influence? suicidal, fat, insecure teenagers with emo friends!

  40. Spunkypoop May 20, 2014

    This is classic Mariah and I love it. She has a good body of new music that takes you back to the Emotions and Music Box era. I love it!

  41. RihIcon May 20, 2014

    YESS B**** IM ON ON THE FIRST SONG (CRY) AND IVE ALREADY GOT MY LIFE SLAYRIAHHHH YASS

  42. gurlbye May 20, 2014

    This is truly an honest and solid body body of work from Mariah. I can see why she wanted us to hear it as an album not just a couple singles

  43. Jonathan May 20, 2014

    Hoottttesst Mariah album! FINALLY A SOLID effort! Hope it gets the success it deserves

  44. Rihicon May 20, 2014

    & btw beyhive Mariah got the album title from a picture she drew as a child not from “Sasha fierce”

  45. MC!! May 20, 2014

    “I camouflage my tears and you wear your disguise” if that song didn’t get you into your feelings then I just don’t know what to tell ya… Anyway this album is great it’s like a mixture of butterfly and glitter. Meteorite and you don’t know what to do are just everything!!definitely worth the wait and I’m happy she made it right ! Proud lamb!

  46. Dossome May 20, 2014

    OH MY GOD!!!!!

    • JOHNVIDAL (Iconic chanteuse is coming) May 20, 2014

      I know!!!

  47. yasssssssssss B**** May 20, 2014

    yesssssssssssss mariah you have def delivered !

  48. Me. I Am Skyfall May 20, 2014

    Yaaaas, the queen Slayed me. The album has a lot of gems and I’ll definitely be streaming tf out of this album until the 27th. Anyway I’m currently off to hair store to buy a wig cause I’ve been scalped.

  49. Beygency May 20, 2014

    I was very skeptical at first (like the majority of y’all on here) but she has erased all that with this release! This slays! Cry is my new go to breakup song for sure! I will deff be buying this.

  50. HOTSTUFF May 20, 2014

    This got me crying…..INCREDIBLE BODY OF WORK…..QUEEN. i hope she gets a hit to gain public interest cause this is a MASTERPIECE. Her artistry , vocals …ON POINT.

    • XYZ May 20, 2014

      If she would have released “you don’t know what to do” simultaneously with “beautiful” she would have had two hits to go with…yes, “beautiful” didn’t chart that high, but it was a real summer jam (at least for me). But I do not get what they have thought with releasing “art of letting go” and “you’re mine” (both are good songs, but no single material”…. “ydkwtd” needs to be a single – ASAP

  51. Shay May 20, 2014

    I know one of the girls who sang on the choir for “Heavenly”
    CT stand up! Fabulous album!

  52. Rihboy May 20, 2014

    She did that!! Faded!!!! The more people release the more i desire r8!!!

    • Shay May 20, 2014

      Meeee toooooo I heard Sia wrote another song for her! I wonder if she’s gonna drop before the monster tour!!!

  53. Bobbysworld2487 May 20, 2014

    I can’t even know what to say ! i can not wait to hear this going to meet maryjane holland and listen to this all morning! best way to wake up is MCC driving you OOC !!! *just for the nostalgia dahling ! Mariah has never really done any wrong to me musically, Glitter soundtrack was dope love the throwback 80’s vibe it had far ahead of her time bringing that back but because of 9/11 the public needed a distraction from the issues and “the Mimi Meltdown” was it! But just like Britney none of her albums have disappointed her true fans. We appreciate the artistry it takes to actually help compose and write your own songs she consistently offers up an expression of herself unlike most of her contemporaries and even old school competition (Whitney, Celine NEVER WRITE)! shout out to Barbra Streisand who never lip syncs though and whom wrote or helped write some of the best songs ever! I’ll be back with my fave songs! Happy there’s not much hate on here (so far) **Cheers Toast Bravo to you all the mans of the hour** lol here’s your Standing O

    • XYZ May 20, 2014

      “But just like Britney none of her albums have disappointed her true fans” -EXCEPT Britney Jean! That has to be said.

      But you’ve got a point. Mariah never disappoints with her albums. Some are not THAT good, but none is horrible. Same goes with Britney, well except the above mentioned album by Will.I.Am ft. The voice of Britney Spears…

      And it’s true – Mimi is an exceptional talented songwriter…I never got why she hasn’t wrote more songs for other artists…

      • Bobbysworld2487 May 20, 2014

        i ENJOY Me. I am Britney JEan …the rare actual chanteuse. lol it’s good work out music like most of her stuff it stops there. She’s just getting back into her artistry which is why i support her never ending dress rehearsal piece of me vegas stint. She seems hungry for it actually attempting to challenge herself with this choreography a FAR cry from the Circus Tour / House of BLues(lip syncing while chewing gum=\ ) moments. But yeah Britney Jean i feel like the label didn’t want to go to urban and step on the toes of what they’re doing with Cyrus. Britney can snatch wigs with her real Black Out 2 moment when she gets out of vegas which i think they know holding off on will guarantee massive world tour for the future. These company’s plan out their agendas years in advance. Long live Mimi Though listened to the album can see her coming for Nick on a few tracks lol he wants to spill tea she can too!

  54. LG May 20, 2014

    The album is boring and bland.
    You all are hyping this up when honestly,this is no better than any other R&B album out now. Sam, how much is moo moo and these artist paying you to act like different people to fill your comment section? You deleted my statement yesterday, but majority of these comments share the same IP address.I guess you have to still fake it, despite interviewing D-List celebs.
    either or 5/10 just retire Mariah!

    • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

      troll

    • shaquinisha-rose May 20, 2014

      Ha-Ha! You tried. Boop!

  55. MARIAH May 20, 2014

    SINNNGGG!!!! B****!!!!!!

  56. Toto May 20, 2014

    Mariah Carey did THAT ! She let yall haters HAVE IT !!!! That album is the EVERYTHING !!! It was well worth the wait !

  57. Ms. Carey.. Mariah May 20, 2014

    These other “songwriters” out her need to listen listen to this album and take notes on how to WRITE MUSIC ! This album is a masterpiece. No joke.

  58. Ms. Carey.. Mariah May 20, 2014

    This is a grown ass woman album ! It is amazing.

  59. Yasss May 20, 2014

    I’m not even a Mariah fan…. This album is everything. She will get my coins.

  60. Peter May 20, 2014

    So I was super critical about The Art of Letting Go, You’re Mine and Thirsty, but I am impressed by the album on first listen. Her voice is not the spectacle it once was, but it’s still great and I CAN NOT EXPRESS MY ABSOLUTE JOY AT THE FACT SHE HAS FINALLY DITCHED THAT GOD AWFUL WHISPER. I do agree that there are no standout hits other than what she’s already released. But I do wish it success because she’s stayed true to her, not trying to follow trends, and she still slays basically every other singer out there. Monroe’s voice on Supernatural sounds so much like Mariah, had tears in my eyes.

  61. GREEKGOD May 20, 2014

    On first listen I thought it was boring AF. Didn’t even get a chance to finish listening to it but I was playing it getting ready for work. I will say this I did let it okay without skipping a track. It’s full of ballads. Not bad. But I kinda expected more. I loved Supernatural tho. I can’t wait to come home and listen to the lyrics because Mariah be saying some s*** in her songs an they stand out when I’m in my feelings.

  62. Yasss May 20, 2014

    The album is not full of ballads. Lies.

  63. Yasss May 20, 2014

    TGJ sure didn’t have any snarky, shady comments about Mariah today. Cat got your tongue ? LMAO Yall can’t hate on an album this good.

    • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

      Okay. So funny. Everybody so quick to brag her. But now? She has a masterpiece out to be heard. No shady ass comments.

  64. You tried it May 20, 2014

    New York Daily News Reviews Me. I Am Mariah…

    Mariah got the memo.

    For her first pop album in five years — housed under the diva-like title “Me. I Am Mariah….The Elusive Chanteuse” — the star needed to heed the warning of her disastrous last work. And she has.

    That disc, 2009’s “Memoir of an Imperfect Angel,” became the worst selling, and most creatively dire, recording of Carey’s nearly quarter-century career. It also set off the longest stretch since she scored a slam-dunk smash single, dating back to 2008’s “Touch My Body.”

    Carey’s new music was long-delayed. In between, she put out an indifferent Christmas album and started fresh recordings, only to abandon them. The star also had personal challenges, like a pregnancy (with twins) she has described as “really difficult.” Worse, she had to co-judge “American Idol” with Nicki Minaj.

    While the new “Chanteuse” has a formal release date of next Tuesday (May 27th), iTunes started streaming it early this morning.

    The music reacts to Carey’s fallow years in most every way it should. It returns her to the type of grand balladry, and formal melodies, that first made her a star. It’s her most melodic, least-trendy album in memory – both moves that greatly flatter her.

    Though the disc contains cameos from rappers like Nas and Wale, it has far fewer hip-hop inflections than the faux-hip “Memoir” disc. Instead it stresses songs like the opening weeper “Cry,” an inspired throw-back to initial hits like “Vision of Love.” Accompanied primarily by piano, Carey unfurls the full range of her instrument, something she had too often scaled back of late to suit songs over-indebted to their beats. The result lets her lean into the song’s drama, which she engages completely.

    That’s not to say that Carey has abandoned more up-beat material. “Meteorite,” which starts out quoting Andy Warhol’s “15 minutes of fame” line, shoots us back to the days of Studio 54, with a spiraling, string-drenched disco beat. The pre-release single “#Beautiful,” with guest star Miguel, has a classic R&B melody, boosted by a looming backbeat.

    Whether in more elegant ballads, or most assertive R&B songs, the new tunes give Carey more to play with than usual. It’s as if she’d been listening to Beyonce’s albums, gaining tips for how to bridge trendy music with the classic type. Even a hip-hop influenced ditty like “Thirsty” has a broad tune.

    As on many discs, Carey sticks in a famous cover. They’re often corny ones (see: her run at Foreigner’s “I Wanna Know what Love Is” last time). But here she makes a smarter choice – George Michael’s “One More Try.” Backed by a gospel organ and choir, Carey dances over the notes, wringing every ripple out of the tune. She even tailors her worst tics – those endless melismas – using them to mine emotion rather than to falsely impress.

    Contrary to its title, the new album may be Carey’s least elusive work. Rarely has she made her talent more clear.
    Source: New York Daily News

    • Beygency May 20, 2014

      Very accurate review. This album is so good! Her best since Emancipation

  65. QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

    It’s so quite in here now. Where those haters at now? Oh I see. Now that Mariah put out a classic bomb ass album no haters want to flood her post? Smh. Talent always shut these fools up. Mariah didn’t have to do this. She put out this amazing cd. These females needs to chase after her quality of music. Not so much her voice and looks. Anybody can look good or train to sing like or better then Mariah. But what they can’t do is compete with her artistry and music style. Who has put out a great full body of work like this lately ? Which one of those females y’all keep comparing to Mariah? Rihanna album ? Adriana album ? Jlo ? Katy Perry? Nicki( lol) that one wAs for fun. Lol. Nicki ??? I love Beyonce but her album can’t even compare to this one. Sorry y’all. Mariah is the best and Queen first. Just brace it. Stop being mad.

    • ThrowbackCarey May 20, 2014

      AT LEAST BEY CAN SING HER SONGS LIVE

      • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

        Great comeback. Have a great day I’m going to go back to listen to Mariah’s new classic cd. Enjoy your Old live Beyonce clips.

      • Stephy Tha Lambily May 20, 2014

        Ooops!

  66. ThrowbackCarey May 20, 2014

    FLOPPPPPP

  67. You tried it May 20, 2014

    Songwriters need to take note on how to write an album. Can’t stop listening to this.

    • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

      Exactly.

  68. musiclover May 20, 2014

    ok i was doubting mariah…but i must say i really love this album. i love this one almost a much as TEOM

  69. musiclover May 20, 2014

    i love beyonce but i wish she wouldve put more vocals in her album like mariah right now the only contenders is between mariah and beyonce

  70. Yep Yep May 20, 2014

    Mariah slayed me ! Coins girl coins.

  71. Michael May 20, 2014

    Wow! I really didn’t know what to expect with this album but with all Mariah albums, this one delivers! I enjoyed Memoirs…but this one def is so much better! There’s a song for everyone on here! Make It Look Good is my favorite! How can Mariah continue to get better? She’s a one of a kind, i tell you! God put her on this Earth to make music, seriously!

  72. MariahIsMusic1 May 20, 2014

    oh my lord this is perfect

  73. MariahIsMusic1 May 20, 2014

    Heavenly

  74. JOHNVIDAL (Iconic chanteuse is coming) May 20, 2014

    She slayed! I don´t have many more words to say right now. I´m processing this. Kind of speechless.

  75. MC Slayed Me May 20, 2014

    She gets my coins gurl yaaasssssss ! She surprised the hell outta me.

  76. Toto May 20, 2014

    USA Today: Mariah Sings To Her Strengths in Chanteuse

    For a woman who has one of the most technically astonishing voices in pop music, Mariah Carey has at times seemed oddly inclined to try too hard. And who could blame her, really, given the gleeful snark that she has inspired in detractors — first for sounding (and looking) too perfect, then for her forays into hip-hop and attempts to sustain her viability as younger acolytes crowded the field.

    So what’s most striking about Carey’s new album — titled, rather insistently, Me. I Am Mariah …The Elusive Chanteuse (***½ out of four) and now streaming on iTunes Radio ahead of its May 27 release — is how relaxed and confident she sounds. Gone is the self-consciousness that marred her last studio album, 2009’s Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Instead, Carey — whose delays of Chanteuse’s release date inspired predictable hand-wringing (as did the less-than-spectacular performance of the lead singles) — gives the impression that her only concerns are meeting her own standards, and those of the fans who have stuck with her through everything.

    The tender, aching ballads and joyful pop-soul numbers here both mark a return to form and reveal increased nuance, particularly in the singing. The artful melisma, robust belting and decorative high notes are still there, but Carey spends a great deal of time using her supple middle and lower registers to convey feeling simply and directly.

    Tunes such as the pensive, piano-driven Cry and the dreamier Supernatural, an account of maternal love featuring Carey and husband Nick Cannon’s young twins, showcase the creamy and husky textures of her voice while keeping the focus on sentiment, not ornamentation. The spine-tingling Camouflage, co-written and produced by Carey and Big Jim Wright (other collaborators include longtime colleagues Jermaine Dupri and Rodney Jerkins), finds her pining performance embellished with gospel-tinged backing vocals.

    There’s also a poignant cover of George Michael’s One More Try, and the snappy, twinkling Meteorite, which begins with Andy Warhol’s observation that everyone will be famous for 15 minutes — which seems truer today than it did when he made it, or when Carey’s career launched 25 years ago, for that matter. Elusive or not, this chanteuse is a survivor, and that’s a rare thing in today’s fickle, polarized pop landscape.

    Download: You Don’t Know What to Do (featuring Wale), Camouflage, Cry

    • JOHNVIDAL (Iconic chanteuse is coming) May 20, 2014

      The reviews are being excellent!

  77. JOHNVIDAL (Iconic chanteuse is coming) May 20, 2014

    And btw… why do these guys at TGJ always have so much to talk about Mariah Carey in absurd posts… and then when a big one (a f****** entire album) they stay silent? Did she leave them that stunned? 🙂 Serves them right.

    • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

      In that order. Ring the bell. Lol. My exact point. Where are all the negative comments? Now you have an actual topic to criticize.
      Nothing? No Ariana? No Rhianna? No one saying such and such album is better ? Exactly ole hating ass bloggers. Y’all stay mad.

  78. Toto May 20, 2014

    Entertaintment Weekly Album Review: Me. I Am Mariah

    Let’s start with that subtitle: The Elusive Chanteuse? It’s hard to take it seriously when the first two words in Mariah Carey’s new album title are Me and I, and she’s standing right there on the cover in a crocheted swimsuit like a vision of Aphrodite that somebody airbrushed on the side of a van. And although the singer hasn’t released a proper studio full-length since 2009’s Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, she’s been everywhere: claiming she needed ”a fragrant moment” with her perfume on HSN; telling 20/20 that she gave birth to her now 3-year-old twins while blasting her own song, “Fantasy,” in the delivery room; having a hold-my-hoops showdown with Nicki Minaj on American Idol. (Her time as a judge on Idol, she told Billboard, “was not festive.”) So it’s genuinely exciting that she opens her new album with “Cry,” an emotional Mariah-at-the-piano ballad that could make people start to care about the music again.

    Working with longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri, Carey front-loads the track list with midtempo R&B and soulful torch songs that spotlight her best asset: That Voice. She comes on strong with Jennifer Holliday-in-Dreamgirls bravado on “You Don’t Know What to Do.” (“You’d better SING IT, girl!” yelps guest Wale appreciatively.) And she’s whistle-toning all over the end of “Dedicated,” a fun, Wu-Tang-sampling tribute to hip-hop’s golden age, featuring Nas.

    Nostalgia is a big theme here, both lyrically (she’s looking through old photo books on “Faded”) and musically, with arrangements that borrow from Inner Life’s disco rave-up “I’m Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)” and the O’Jays’ Philly-soul classic “Let Me Make Love to You.” Stevie Wonder even whips out a harmonica solo for “Make It Look Good” that could’ve been unearthed from the crates. There are still way too many slow, generic love songs and too much schmaltz, like the harp-strumming “Supernatural” (featuring the giggles and babblings of “DemBabies, a.k.a. Ms. Monroe and Moroccan Scott Cannon, a.k.a. Roc N’ Roe,” according to the album credits). But it’s easy to get nostalgic yourself during the gospel epic “Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now),” backed by a full choir and samples of the late Rev. James Cleveland, with Mariah trilling like crazy. This might not be the “Vision of Love” Mariah, but she sounds more like that girl than she has in a while.

    That Voice has been through a lot, and you can hear it. There are times on The Elusive Chanteuse when she’s trying to power through a note where it sounds like digital technology might be holding her up by the straps of that crocheted swimsuit. But who else has survived EDM and Auto-Tune and still climbs her way up the octaves like this? Ariana Grande may have been christened the “new Mariah,” but we still need the old one. And she is telling you that she’s not going. B

  79. Toto May 20, 2014

    TGJ is quiet cause after the world heard this masterpiece they would look llike idiot to talk shittt about MC. Cat got your tongue, Sam ? Shitttt talking muttha fukka !

    • QueenMariahHail May 20, 2014

      I will wait too… Where y’all at now?? Let me get my pillow and sit until they arrive. Haters please shout your faces.

  80. Todd May 20, 2014

    I need to have a physical copy in my hands ASAP!

  81. Michael May 20, 2014

    I just heard Money feat. Fabolous! Love it! Such a summer groove! This album is….i can’t i can’t. I’m in love with it!!!!!

  82. Touché May 20, 2014

    Love it! It’s like a mixture of Charmbracelet, EOM, and E=MC2.

  83. Toti May 20, 2014

    I was worried, but Mariah really made a great album. It’s so damn good. I can’t even know what to say !

  84. Gentilhomme May 20, 2014

    Mariah new album is totally fire!!! positive review from all over the website all the track is well written and the tempo is soo good this is definitely her comeback seriously i cannot stop listening all the track and MONEY just added to the track and it Sooo R&B jamm with the help from Fabulose strongly recommend> CRY / FADED / CAMOUFLAGE / SUPERNATURAL OMG I CAN”T DECIDE!!! I MEAN ALL CAN BE POTENTIAL SINGLES!! LOL!
    GOOD JOB MARIAH!!!! And i already pre-ordered the album

  85. shaquinisha-rose May 21, 2014

    I Just realised the song Mariah sang a snippet of on 20/20 isn’t on the album! That little bit sounded soooo good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji71oa4bX8g

    p.s did anyone get to hear “Money ($ * …)”?

  86. TK May 21, 2014

    Told you so!!!!! Amazing album

  87. Brown May 23, 2014

    Somebody pleeze bring back 90’s Mariah…this new s*** is mediocre and it insults my intelligence.Toni Braxton came back with a mature highly suscessfull album with Babyface. Mariah needs to retire and hand the mic over to Ariana Grande and enjoy her money.

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