Mariah Carey

The Diva is back, and from the opening seconds, it's clear that Carey's been listening to the radio. But more important, what she's done is applied modern R&B touches to what she does best, rather than the other way around. The first song is killer and then the ballads begin. Fans will not be disappointed.

First off: Mariah Carey's ninth album, The Emancipation of Mimi, doesn't suck as
comprehensively as 2001's Glitter or 2002's Charmbracelet. Those back-to-back flops
suggested that her famous multioctave voice was shot, her judgment impaired and her
decade-long pop dominance as over as the Nineties. On Mimi, the Neptunes, Kanye West
and Jermaine Dupri deliver unimpeachable grooves, and there are no out-and-o... More >