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The Science Of Mariah

She may not know physics, but Einstein has nothing on Mariah Carey’s genius.

Carey’s tenth studio album “E=MC2″ is pure Mariah Carey, with a few new components added into the equation. As usual, Ms. Carey starts off her album with a couple upbeat club tracks, then gives us a variation of soft ballads for the bedroom and scathing ballads for the break ups in the middle, and ends with an inspirational medley for the church.

Like her award winning album “The Emancipation of Mimi,” Mariah shows off her voice, taking us on a roller coaster ride of her incredible octave scaling and delivers powerful high notes in “for the record,” but that’s about it.

However, Mariah makes up for the lack of extreme high notes with the range in the sound of her songs. Her bouncy hit “I’m that chick” pays homage to the seventies with the cleverly mastered beat by Jermaine Dupri. You may make it out to be corny when she compares herself to a blunt, 2Pac and ice cream, but you won’t be able to resist its charm.

In the first track off of the album, “Migrate,” Mariah utilized her right hand man, Jermaine Dupri, for the beat, T-Pain for the rap, and pairs her voice with auto tone. What you get is a club hit that most definitely will be played soon.

Mariah then takes on reggae in “Cruise Control”, which pairs her along side Damien Marley. This song is sure to have everyone’s convertible tops down as they head toward the beach this summer, but pay close attention because her voice tends to get lost in the claptrap of her duet partners.

Although her marriage to ex-husband Tommy Mottola was about ten years ago, apparently Mariah is still feeling the burn with her two songs “Thanks for Nothing” and “Side Effects,” which would make any man shit his pants for leaving you.

But in the same breath she delivers two ballads about loves lost, loves gained and loves needed with “For the Record”, and “Love Story.” With her use of her powerful voice, her almost smooth kitten like lyrics, and references to Casablanca, I predict this song will make as much of a splash as “We Belong Together”.

Lastly, for all who need a there Jesus fix or have lost a loved one, tune into to the last two tracks on the album, “Bye Bye”, and “I wish You Well”. Listening to these songs will make any one feel the spirit as she contemplates on her own dysfunctional relationship with her father in “Bye Bye,” and then calls for Jesus’ guidance in “I Wish You Well”.

If you are a Mariah fan, this album is the perfect evolution from “The Emancipation of Mimi,” but if you are not a fan, there is at least one song on the album that you are bound to like because, like all her songs, they pertain to common situations; whether you wish you didn’t break up with your love, thank God that you broke up with your love, lost a friend, want to go out with the girls or just want to cruise the Garden State Parkway, and with her 18th number one it hit ,”Touch my Body” tying her with Elvis for the most number one singles from a single artist, Mariah is proving her own cosmic theories of relativity.

Buki’s verdict: 3 out of 4 Stars.

Source: Rutger Observer