At first people were pretty happy with the new manager Stella. It started with Mariah getting back to good shape and doing some wise decisions for that year´s Xmas promo (the fantastic tv special where she had Baby Face as a guest. She looked amazing and she sang. In an environment where she can be comfortable on tv: a special made for her, not no damn guest in a Xmas concert with live vocals for impossible songs at 50 years old and in teh freezing cold. And then it still seemed like good decisions with teh European tour for example, which was a success, and Mariah did so good there. However, many people have turned against this manager pretty quickly: with teh docu-reality and Mariah getting more and more and more in your face with the "sexy" image lately. I don´t know what to think honestly.

Mariah has paid her dues so if everything she wants to do is to release this kind of forgettable music that has a limited audience but is what she most loves now it is ok. Mariah is a person and she has to live. She met audiences expectations more than enough in her career. However, if what they are trying is to really sustain a successful seasoned artist type of career... the last steps are not good ones. I just hope she releases an album soon that has some quality, like Elusive Chanteuse. I don´t think I can ask for more.