It appears Mariah Carey is wasting no time after her last LP 'E=MC²' failed to ignite the charts in the way, I'm sure, she and her label would have hoped. The 38 year old songstress is currently in the studio recording the album's follow-up:
The-Dream just dropped his new single "My Love," which features Mariah Carey, but that's not all the two have been up to lately.
The-Dream stopped by L.A.'s Power 106 with Big Boy In The Morning, and talked about his new album and the fact that he hadn't gone to sleep yet because he was up all night with Mariah working on new material for her.
According to The-Dream, Mariah is already working on a new album and he's been producing some hot new tracks for her.
As you may already know, The-Dream is responsible for producing Mariah's huge hit "Touch My Body" off her current album E=MC². {Source}
For all my (justified) criticism of Mariah, it's kinda unfortunate that she has called it a day on 'E=MC²'. Though not the best album of hers (not by a long shot), there was still enough winning material on there for the album to have fared much better (See: 'For The Record' & 'Migrate').
It's pretty evident that Mimi knows that at 38 there is only so much time left for her to be cranking out such bubble-gum mediocrity like 'Touch My Body' and using her 'sex appeal' to sell a record. As the Janet's and Madonna's know, once near or over the '40' hill, such antics are greeted with a collective side-eye (hey Fresh!) from the masses. I'm kinda hoping Mariah's next release sees a return to her making quality albums, that have longetivity in their own right - unlike some of the rubbish she's been putting out recently.
Your thoughts?
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