MARIAH CAREY DISCUSSES "MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL"

MARIAH CAREY DISCUSSES "MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL"

***MC's new album has taken anticipation to a new higher level as we continue to draw close to the release date as the days pass. With every single album she drops, the production and the lyricism has always made the album certifiable to reach platinum status in just a short period of time especially with the numerous amounts of dedicated fans she has collected over years she has dominated the game.
***She recently spoke to MTV News about her upcoming album and the production that was put together the new project. These were her comments: "I worked with Timbaland for the first time, I'm a fan of Timbaland's, so I enjoyed it. [The song] hasn't even been mixed yet but I think it's really cool. I worked with Big Jim Wright, who works with Sounds of Blackness a lot, and so there's live-feeling songs on the album. A lot of my fans, since I've been twittering, a lot of the fans are like, 'We want some live-sounding stuff,' so you have to find that middle ground."
***"I worked with JD again, I always love working with Jermaine. Every time it's just ... it reminds me of the first time we worked together, which was 'Always Be My Baby'. Once you do a song like that and you have it forever, you wanna just continue to try and re-create that magic, so that's what we do."
***Between both Timbaland and Jermaine Dupri, look forward to a plethora of hits. Now while she did state that it is her first time working with Timbaland on different tracks, this isn't the first time she'd work with JD. The Atlanta native has produced chart toppers such as "Sweetheart" and "We Belong Together". The recent single "Obsessed", allegedly targeted at Eminem, was produced and arranged by The Dream and Tricky Stewart. Now if the album continues on the same path that "Obsessed" provided, then it will be full of power ballads. If this continues, MC will be looking at yet another multi-platinum selling record.
***At press time, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" will be her twelfth studio album officially set for a September 15 release date in the U.S. with an August 24 and 26 release for England and Japan.

(24hourhiphop)

OBSESSED ENTERS THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC REPORT AT NO.26

OBSESSED ENTERS THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC REPORT AT NO.26

***The Australian Music Report is a music chart compiled weekly from information gathered from radio stations and other sources that provide information on songs that have been playlisted and played on radio during the previous seven days.
***This week the Hot Shot Debut comes from Mariah Carey with Obsessed, which is the first single to be released from her new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, due for an August release. Carey announced that the first single from Memoirs would be "Obsessed"; she also stated that this is one of her favorite songs ever and was an "uptempo fun summer record", and even though she wanted to release a ballad, "Obsessed" had to come out first. Mariah has stated, "It's different for me, but clearly, it's SO me!"
***Obsessed has gained lots of airplay from FOX, 2DAY and NOVA (Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane) making Obsessed this week's highest new entry at a No.26.

(The Australian Music Report - Mariah Connection)

MARIAH CAREY LOVED GOING INCOGNITO AS "OBSESSED" STALKER

MARIAH CAREY LOVED GOING INCOGNITO AS "OBSESSED" STALKER

***Mariah Carey has played a lot of parts in her music videos, usually opting for a vixen of some sort. But for the video for "Obsessed", Carey took on a whole new role as a male stalker (at the brilliant suggestion of hubby Nick Cannon). She wound up so well-disguised for the part, she experienced a rare moment of anonymity.

***Dressed as herself, Carey said there was a lot of hoopla on the set. "Well, we had a lot of people outside. I'm walking up to the Plaza [Hotel], and when I was dressed as Mariah Carey, there were a lot of people just standing there taking pictures," she told MTV News. "And the street was closed down, and it was a whole rigmarole. It is what it is."
*** The pop star relished the idea of going incognito and spending some time as a regular person on the streets of New York. "So, basically, I went into costume as the stalker, and I told my bodyguard, 'I don't want you to walk with me.' So, a friend of mine was there, and I was like, 'Let's walk together.' "
***In addition to the costume - which video director Brett Ratner insists was not meant to look like Eminem - Carey made sure to change her mannerisms and walk like a guy, and to her surprise, no one realized who she was. "I was outside and no one noticed me," she said. "And honestly ... the thing is that it was fun for me to able to just be free."
***Carey has just one unpleasant memory of her non-diva moment: "The beard - not a favorite."

(MTV News)