In reply to JOHNVIDAL.

Johnvidal Mariah's voice is good or shall I say once was great but not unique when she came out everybody compared her to Minnie Ripleton, and I see alot of similarities with Mariah and Minnie you can even tell the similarities but you have to say the same for Shanice Wilson and Chante Moore,whom did the same thing even with the same octave range as Mariah and Minnie. Now back to Minnie and Mariah the difference between Mariah and Minnie is Minnie never overused or abused her voice like Mariah (Mariah drinking Etc.) So she didn't take care of her voice like she use to when she first entered the music scene when it comes to vocals Mariah's good. But Minnie Ripleton is more better and way more superior vocally then Mariah even when Minnie was stricken with cancer she still was able to belt out a great song until she couldn't do it anymore even after her death she's still remembered as a vocal great also she was able to hold a note for long periods of time and had a much more h I higher range than Mariah so my dear Mariah's just not that unique when she's actually Minnie Ripletons understudy.