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Originally Posted by Halla
^ i think E=MC^2 is just what people want from her. a lot of people liked her last album and this new one is essentially just more of the same. even the name implies that, "emancipation of the mimi to the power of 2" 
Mariah isn't really an innovator, but she has found her genre and people enjoy it so I guess she does not feel the need to experiment but rather does what she likes and what people want from her. |
I think she was quite innovative in the 1990s, but not today. In the 90s she pretty much paved the way for pop/R&B singers to collaborate with hardcore rappers, especially with "Fantasy" in 1995 with Ol' Dirty Bastard. She really helped push that combination to the forefront of music. Today I think she's very comfortable with her style of music, although it almost seems like it keeps getting more and more ghetto with each album, lol.
In other news, looks like MC is doing well for herself in the UK, where she hasn't always had much success:
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Debuting at number 3 on sales of 34,769, E=MC² is Mariah Carey's highest charting album since 1997, when Butterfly fluttered to number two on first week sales of 28,758. The new album - from which introductory single Touch My Body reached number five last week - is Carey's third Def Jam effort, following 2002's Charmbracelet, which reached number 52, and 2005's The Emancipation Of Mimi. Despite Charmbracelet's low peak, it has sold 122,010, easily beating disastrous predecessor, Glitter, Carey's only (2001) Virgin album, which reached number 10 but has sold only 54,645 copies. The Emancipation Of Mimi has sold 621,352 copies.
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