I read that that's the official album cover. :/ I hope not, it looks like a bad TEOM out-take.

 

I hope this album will be good, even though the review wasn't as good as I thought it would be. :lol:

Some more reviews:

 

Last night in a central London hotel theatre, Def Jam head L.A Reid invited a very exclusive VIP audience to hear the new albums from both his 2 top divas Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. With stringent rules laid down at the top of the evening about not leaving the room for a bathroom visit, handing over all gadgets and returning song word sheets we knew it was about to go down.

 

Beginning with Janet's new material which sees Janet reworking her old sounds from the days of Velvet Rope and Control, Janet's material was quite sexually overt and a little gross ("real heavy like my first period"!) but it was really Mariah's new material that blew everyone away.

 

Mariah's new album, tentatively titled That Chick, saw collaborations with T Pain, Young Jeezy and Damien Marley with production by her long time friend and producer Jermaine Dupri, Will I Am, Rodney Jerkins and The Dream.

 

The new music with catchier hooks and melodies than ever, even sees Mariah taking on an exciting new musical adventure where she sings in Jamaican patois on her Damien Marley duet "Cruise Control" where she references "dramas" and "baby mamas" and like your favorite rap star Mariah throws down a new Mariahism ("you love yourself some me!") soon as the album gets into the public domain.

 

Urban music lovers in the house were really excited about that track as well as hip-hop banger "Heat" produced by Will I Am, "For Real,For Real", and "Migrate" where 2007's hit man T Pain hooks up with Mariah but it was the title track "That Chick" with its double entendres which includes a tip of the hat to Michael Jackson with references to his "Of The Wall Classics" that had pop chart taste makers excited claiming it was the number 1 track on the album closely followed by likely international pop hit "Love You Long Time".

 

In typical Mariah fashion there were the legendary ballads "Love Story" and tear jerker "Bye Bye" (an ode to people who have passed away) that will have reality pop contestants singing away for decades to come!

 

One track titled "O.O.C" summed up the night and the return of Mariah - once the albums out it's gonna be "Out Of Control!".

 

To recap, here are the confirmed tracks from the new, tentatively-titled Mariah Carey album, That Chick:

 

• "Touch My Body"

• "Migrate" ft. T-Pain

• "Heat"

• "For Real, For Real"

• "That Chick"

• "Cruise Control" ft. Damien Marley

• "O.O.C"

• "Bye Bye"

• "Love Story"

• "Love You Long Time"

 

 

 

 

Mariah Carey - That Chick

Their old diva (in terms of contract, not age, of course) is Mariah, who is riding high after the 7xPlatinum-selling Emancipation Of Mimi.

 

We got to hear 10 tracks from the follow-up, That Chick, which I have to say sounded more polished and commercial than Janet's effort.

 

One track in particular is set to make big bucks, and that's Bye Bye - a torch song for people "who lost they grandmothers". I guarantee that Simon Cowell will be sick of hearing badly-realised auditions of it by the end of the year.

 

Lyrics were never Carey's strong point, mind you, so her paean to loss is summed up with not-very-insightful Hallmark platitudes like "I'd give the world to see your face" and "Life goes on". Profound, eh?

 

Still, at least it's better than when she desperately attempts to prove how bang up to date she is. In Touch My Body, she purrs to her lover: "If there's a camera up in here then I best not catch this flick on youtube (youtube)". Not exactly the sexiest boudoir come-on you've ever heard, is it?

 

But there are plenty of good tunes to counter the awesomely bad lyrics. Migrate, about a night out with Mariah while she wears jeans ("yeah, they fit", she informs us) is sure to be a candidate for heavy MTV rotation, although I hope to God they excise T-Pain's hopelessly strained vocals. Lovin' You Long Time, meanwhile, is a strutting uptempo number very much in the style of It's Like That.

 

So, what have we learnt from this listening "event"? Well, I wasn't overwhelmed by the music - despite (or perhaps because of) the fact it was played so ear-splittingly loud that it felt like I was being punched repeatedly in the ears by a cyberman. Both artists have turned in a tuneful, competent set of R&B songs, but I'm not sure that any of them have the charisma or vitality to compete with the Rihannas and Beyonces of this world.

 

Both albums: 6/10 (scores may go up or down after further listens at levels tolerable to the human ear).

 

I'm actually SO excited for this now. It's going to be AMAZING! I can't wait to hear Migrate and Lovin You Long Time especially! :D

i was hoping this would of been more of a pop album by Mariah but it sounds like she is going even more r & b hip hop stylee :(

I don't really mind the R&B/hip-hop as long as there's the odd ballad on there, which will always be what she does best IMO. ^_^

Mariah Carey has set an April 1 release date for the follow-up to her mega-selling album "The Emancipation of Mimi," which was the biggest selling album of 2005. Dubbed "That Chick," the set features production from Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am and Rodney Jerkins, plus collaborations with the likes of T-Pain and Damian Marley.

 

The album veers between breezy pop tunes like "Lovin' You Long Time" and the title track, ballads like "Love Story" and urban club bangers like the standout "Migrate."

 

The latter features T-Pain in a guest slot, providing the counterpoint to Carey's anthemic "single girls on the town" lyrics with the killer line: "Don't wait for me to buy drinks, or you're going to dehydrate."

 

Other highlights include the frisky R&B of "Touch My Body," with Carey cooing, "If there's a camera up in here then I best not catch this flick on YouTube," and the catchy "OOC" -- short for "out of control." There's also a new sound for Carey on "Cruise Control," which features Marley and sees the artist try her hand at Jamaican patois.

 

"It's kind of strange but I heard a lot of her records and it sound like the album is better than the last album," Dupri recently told Billboard.

 

Here is the official track list for "That Chick":

 

"Lovin' You Long Time"

"Touch My Body"

"That Chick"

"Thanx for Nothin'"

"For the Record"

"Migrate"

"Cruise Control"

"Love Story"

"OOC"

"Bye Bye"

I really hope that she goes back to the old Mariah a little. Though Danja is AMAZING so I am quite excited :D

 

 

EDIT: ONLY TEN TRACKS?!? :angry:

Edited January 19, 200817 yr by Tyler

The cover's better than Janet's, but why is she holding a bin lid over herself?

EDIT: ONLY TEN TRACKS?!? :angry:

There are twelve, plus one bonus, as confirmed in another article. For some reason two have been left off the tracklist in that article.

Really excited about this album actually.

Summary of everything we know so far:

 

Lovin' You Long Time

- Breezy pop tune; the brassy Lovin' You Long Time's riff gets more uplifting by the second.

- MTV UK refers it as an "international pop hit."

- It's a strutting uptempo number very much in the style of It's Like That

Touch My Body

- It's frisky R&B with Mariah cooing and doing a "mean impersonation of R. Kelly."

That Chick

- MTV UK states the song "with its double entendres which includes a tip of the hat to Michael Jackson with references to his "Of The Wall Classics" that had pop chart taste makers excited claiming it was the number 1 track on the album."

- Daily Star UK states it's the "pick of the bunch."

Migrate (Featuring T-Pain)

- Produced by T-Pain and Mariah Carey

- Billboard states its the urban club banger standout track.

- Referred to as a "crunk smash."

- RWD states that Mariah "really hit hard with an absolute banger."

Cruise Control (Featuring Damien Marley)

- RWD states the tune "packs heat"

- MTV UK refers to it as a "new musical adventure where she sings in Jamaican patois"

Love Story

- MTV UK refers it as a "legendary ballad."

O.O.C. (Out of Control)

- Billboard calls it "catchy."

Bye Bye

- Disco pop UK refers the song as a "tear jerker ballad" that is a "torch song" and will be impersonated by a series of American Idols.

For Real, For Real

- Produced by Brian Michael Cox, Young Adonis, Wyldcard, and Mariah Carey

Heat

- Produced by Will.I.Am and Mariah Carey

- MTV UK calls it a "hip hop banger" that will please hip hop fans.

For the Record

- Produced by Brian Michael Cox, Young Adonis, Wyldcard, and Mariah Carey

Thanx for Nothin'

- Nothing as of yet...

That Chick? :unsure: I don't like it... sounds like the name of a Cassie album or something :(

 

Can't wait for it though OBV. :w00t:

 

thats not a bad thing :angry:

thats not a bad thing :angry:

I never said it was. :o I like Cassie.

 

But I expect better from Mariah. -_-

Ooh I say, even I'm a little excited about this now :kink: As long as it's not anymore hip-hoppy than her last album I'm sure I'll love it (well, the singles, I won't be buying the album)

oooh I'm way excited!! I prefered Sweet Soul Oddessy more as a title, but as long as the music is as hot as TEOM, similar style or otherwise, it'll be a red hot album :D

I like the cover, but I hate the title. I hope it's changed before the release.

I don't like the cover either. I prefer the classiness on the TEOM cover, this one loos kinda trashy. :(

The cover is only fanmade apparently so don't worry. :P

 

Apparently the first single will be Touch My Body and Mariah is shooting the video soon but that is an unconfirmed source from a radio station...

 

I'm pleased we're going to have more "club banger" type songs. Of course I love the ballads but I thought Mimi lacked some of the more upbeat stuff which we'll be getting this time around. :D

MTV Italy is reporting that the album will be released on the 29th of March. A little earlier, leakage anyone? :kink:

I never said it was. :o I like Cassie.

 

But I expect better from Mariah. -_-

 

lol oh alright as you put a sad smilie i thought you meant it in a dissing Cassie way.... ;)

 

and Yes Kelly leakage about 2 months premature :P