Mariah Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" (ALBUM REACTION)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @mariahcareylambilyy
    @mariahcareylambilyy 2 года назад +26

    Fun fact: Mariah's version of "I Want To Know What Love Is" is the longest running #1 in Brazil (for 27 weeks) between 2009 and 2010 (and she still holds the record today) ❤️

  • @4ntonio.l
    @4ntonio.l 2 года назад +23

    Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel👼🏼
    2:47 Betcha Gon’ know (The Prolougue)
    8:41 Obsessed [already knew]
    11:20 H.A.T.E.U.
    15:59 Candy Bling
    19:00 Ribbon
    21:41 Inseparable
    25:38 Standing O
    28:19 It’s a wrap
    33:00 Up Out My Face
    37:16 Up Out My Face (The Reprise)
    38:46 More Than Just Friends
    40:28 The Impossible
    44:07 The Impossible (The Reprise)
    44:52 Angel (The Perlude)
    46:45 Angels Cry
    49:15 Languishing (The Interlude)
    52:33 I Want To Know What Love Is
    56:48 Final Thoughts🫧

    • @4ntonio.l
      @4ntonio.l 2 года назад

      Some personal suggestions for when you’ll do the live reactions…”H.A.T.E.U.” live at David Letterman, “Forever” at Madison Square Garden & “Forever” from Daydream Tour at Tokyo Dome, “I Want To Know What Love Is” live X Factor and also at the “Oprah Winfrey Show”, “I Stay In Love” at the AMA’s & “We Belong Together/Fly Like A Bird” live at the Grammy’s❤️

  • @bronzeman92
    @bronzeman92 2 года назад +27

    The Angel prelude track is Mariah literally making sobbing sounds and crying sounds, except in whistle register and harmonizing them. Essentially it’s the sound of an angel crying. She converts her emotional pain into beautiful music!

  • @got2bjosh
    @got2bjosh 2 года назад +10

    MEMOIRS (2009) is the last album from Mariah Carey to go platinum in the US and multi-platinum worldwide. Obsessed was her last top 10 hit while #beautiful was her last top 20 hit. The Dream and Tricky Stewart produced the album and because of it, I agree, some of the songs start to blend together. Parallels to the Charmbracelet era were made because of Mariah's lyricism, strong whistles, and good vocal condition during the tour.
    TRACK comments: It's a Wrap is my absolute favorite track on the album. Love the throwback sound, the hilarious lyrics, and her voice. Did you hear the piercing background whistles throughout the song? 57:49 A breath of fresh air, yes, it should've been a single. Up Out My Face cracks me up. The music video has Nicki Minaj and was released for free on iTunes. It's jokingly referred to as a commercial for Target because of the red and white color scheme. 44:52 Angel (The Prelude) slayed me when I first heard it. A song of only whistles?! She is a BEAST for giving the fans exactly what we needed. I would've been shocked if a Brazilian didn't know her cover of IWTKWLI. Yes, the music video is garbage. She slayed the legendary whistles for each of her live tv performances.
    CHANTEUSE prep: Memoirs was criticized for not having a diverse sound. Looking back, it is arguably why Mariah swung in the other direction and took a maximalist approach to The Elusive Chanteuse (2013). If Memoirs was too serialized in sound, Chanteuse would be considered very episodic. Each track sounds discrete from the ones around it. While her previous two studio albums followed music trends, Chanteuse, bucked the popular EDM sound of the time. As a result of label issues (it was her last with Def Jam) and the album's wide ranging sound, Chanteuse suffered from poor marketing and flopped hard despite having a multiplatinum single. Mariah's divorce album was arguably her most interesting since TEOM and the most sonically playful album of her career. Mariah gives the album her all vocally showcasing 5.4 octaves. The most of any album in her discography. I walked away liking 14/20 songs. Do NOT forget to listen to The Art of Letting Go. It's her divorce track and was the working title for the album.
    RARITIES prep: 59:19 Disc 1 is a collection of songs not included on her studio albums. Two songs from Music Box were available on international versions and one from Daydream was a B-side on ABMB. Along with Disc 1, you should listen to Bring It On Home (2012, Obama election campaign song), Almost Home (2013, Disney soundtrack song), and 100% (2009, originally for Precious). You wouldn't know about those songs as they were released between album projects. Disc 2 should be its own video as it is technically the audio from her legendary Daydream Tour's Tokyo Dome concert.

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +4

      I still can't believe nobody paid attention to Caution. “A No No” was slept on HARD. Should've been a hit and I think it could've if she had done the Lil' Kim + Cardi B remix that people were craving (me included) back then. She chose Stefflon Don, who's great, but doesn't have the same commercial appeal as Cardi did.

    • @got2bjosh
      @got2bjosh 2 года назад +2

      @@vicentereacts1304 After five albums and overall mixed results with Def Jam, Mariah returned to Sony for her 15th studio album, Caution (2018). Despite it being her most vocally conservative album only showcasing three octaves, Caution was a critical success and seen as a return to creative form for Mariah. Praised for its brevity at only 11 tracks long, it was her shortest studio album since Daydream (1995) and her first album not to feature a cover song since her 1990 debut.
      Gone were the increasingly long and obtuse album titles which had become the formula since TEOM. Instead her use of a thematically tighter and intriguing one word title was back in use. The production was not overstuffed and sounded cohesive, but not too samey or minimalistic. Just enough producers were employed for a sound that was equally nostalgic and current. Her pen game remained as strong as ever.
      Commercially in terms of pure sales, the album flopped hard. It debuted in the top 5 and failed to reach silver certification. So what was the problem? Labels don’t invest in legacy (i.e-older) artists the way they do for younger artists and there were some missed opportunities with singles which were a bit uninspired.
      A whopping five songs were made available pre-release, but after the first two poorly chosen singles flopped, there was little momentum to be found. Caution or A No No should’ve been lead singles while GTFO and With You should’ve been album tracks. An album standout, RUNWAY, samples her ballad Butterfly and should’ve been a single, but was only available in Japan. It was officially included on the standard version in 2022.
      The three music videos were polished but lackluster. Mariah didn’t even really try for A No No. Only one outfit and one set?! She’s had more costume changes on talk shows. Sadly, the whistles from the music video were not included on the album version.

    • @Heroliesinyou
      @Heroliesinyou 2 года назад

      @@got2bjosh I Want To Know What Love Is, Without You, Hero and Obsessed are Mariah's most successful songs in Brazil.

    • @theresasmiles4107
      @theresasmiles4107 2 года назад

      @@got2bjosh Caution showcases 4 octaves
      F2 (in "Giving Me Life") to E5 (in "Runway") to F#7! (In "8th Grade")
      Oh wait...
      Well, on tour she reached C8 at the end of "Emotions" more than once

  • @benjaminfigueroa4947
    @benjaminfigueroa4947 2 года назад +16

    The reason you don’t see Nicki Minaj in the album is cause she was never on the original project. Mariah was to release a year later a double-disc album called “Angels Advocate” remixing many of the “Memoirs” songs into hip hop remixes with featured artists and dance remixes. The project was then shelved after “Memoirs” had performed poorly. The only two songs that came out from this project was the “Up Out My Face” with Nicki Minaj and “Angels Cry” with Ne-Yo. These two songs were released before the decision to shelve the remix album. They were not even promoted. She moved on and started recording her second Christmas album that was then released later that year.
    And yes, “Memoirs” is a concept album. It’s not the traditional Mariah album she usually puts out there. Definitely an acquired taste and many feel the way you do about it. I personally enjoy the concept and the song, but that’s just me 😁

  • @mariahxlambily
    @mariahxlambily Год назад +3

    one of the best r&b albums of all time

  • @Scott-yy
    @Scott-yy 2 года назад +6

    Memoirs and Me I Am Mariah are some of Mariah's most lyrical works!!! They're simply amazing. Me I Am Mariah has a blend of Vocals production and lyrics. Simply on of the best.
    And Memoirs is AMAzing!
    Also heads up Me I Am Mariah is about her divorce with Nick
    You have to be a proper RnB head to love these albums cuz they're a lot less pop

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +1

      The thing is I'm not sure I'm a proper RnB head 😬. But I promise to try

    • @eduardosanmiguelsalas2086
      @eduardosanmiguelsalas2086 11 месяцев назад

      Me i am mariah shows us again her vocal ability and complex runs

  • @zammich3649
    @zammich3649 2 года назад +5

    Your reaction (first half so far) is giving me my first impressions of this album when I was making my first album run. But it's growing on me SO MUCH recently. I used to rank it at the very bottom of all her albums but it's moving up quite a few spots, just above -- dare I say? -- e=mc2 which I had a much better initial impression of (both albums are great).

    • @michaelk5205
      @michaelk5205 2 года назад +1

      Same I loved E=MC2 first listen and not so much for memoirs and now I love memoirs a lot more

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +1

      Hope it grows on me, as well. 🤞🏻

  • @naimesaad888
    @naimesaad888 2 года назад +1

    betcha gon know is a masterpiece lyrically i hope Vicente in the future you will do your reaction in portuguese with subtitles in english be proud of brazil and you will have for sure more visibility

  • @lamb4mc
    @lamb4mc 2 года назад +13

    Sorry but I don’t feel like “Timeless-ness” is needed for music to be enjoyable in todays time. Sometimes, those specific beats and production can bring back fun and exciting memories and feelings. Not everything needs to pass as fresh 2022 tik tok sounds!

    • @w4ka997
      @w4ka997 2 года назад +5

      I agree, I hate when people react to an album from 1982 and expect it to be something that would pass for a song from nearly 40 years later

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +1

      No, I get that, and I don't think it's _needed_, either. However, when so many (like, 80%) tracks of hers have it, it's underwhelming when they don't.

  • @dvus1977
    @dvus1977 2 года назад +3

    Great job as always 👍☺️☺️. H.A.T.E. U. (Having Another Typical Emotional Upset)
    Candy Bling samples a Hip Hop song from the 1994 song , Back in the Day, by Ahmad.
    Up Out My Face (ft. Minaj was a Remix single)
    The Impossible samples, Forever My Lady, by the 90s R&B group Jodeci.
    As others stated this was a Concept album that she had a Remix Album set to drop after this one titled, Angel's Advocate, but the Label decided to not release it. Tho 1 of the songs, 100 Percent, was used for The 2010 Winter Olympic Games. She included an audio snip from the Lee Daniels movie, PRECIOUS, she had been in prior to the release of Memoirs.
    If you ever get the chance to see the Album art inside she did 2009 Reshoot of her past Album Covers.

  • @lerc3690
    @lerc3690 Год назад +2

    Angel (the prelude) is the best interlude I’ve ever heard in my life…

  • @llambert6951
    @llambert6951 7 месяцев назад +1

    How the singles SHOULd have been released from this album...
    Inseperable
    Up Out My Face
    Angels Cry
    Ribbon
    H.A.T.E.U

  • @AnywayyyChile
    @AnywayyyChile 2 года назад

    okay so i’m loving these series’. Xtina is my favorite but Mariah’s discography is iconic and your unique perspective is pretty refreshing, plus her storytelling capabilities are amazing👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @EnderKeenan
    @EnderKeenan 2 года назад +4

    This album is definitely a grower. I didn't like it at all when i first heard it but now its one of my favorites. I was the same as you with not liking the production that much but overtime I've come to appreciate the production. For this album to grow on you i recommend listening to the songs that you did like a lot and getting used to the production on the album. Then revisit some of the tracks you didn't like and they probably would have grown on you. The whole album all sounds very similar so if you like songs like Its a Wrap you'll probably eventually like songs like Inseparable. Lyrically this is one of her best albums. I would compare this album to folklore as there's a lot of storytelling on this album. There's also a lot of playful lyrics on this album like "its going down like a denominator" or "Steady fiendin' for ya like them fries at McDonald's". Next is me i am mariah! You'll probably like that album a LOTT more on first listen as the production is MUCH better. Have a good day!

  • @josemanuelcarrillo6639
    @josemanuelcarrillo6639 2 года назад +1

    Veo todos tus videos, y tus reacciones me gustan mucho, tanto que a veces me haces dudar de canciones que me gustan con tu opinión, y eso es lo interesante, yo nunca doy mi brazo a torcer y tú lo logras. Gracias por tu punto de vista. Y si llegas a traducir esto, solo te pido por favor, que no dejes de hacer videos

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +1

      Yo que te agradezco mucho por tu cariño y apoyo. Pero, por favor, no pienses que mi opinión sea tan importante así que pueda cambiar la tuya. Todos tenemos nuestras canciones favoritas y si a ti te gusta una que a mí no, no hay problema en eso. Aunque no piense el mismo, respecto profundamente tus gustos. Jamás dejaré de hacer vídeos; eso te lo juro. Muchas gracias ❤️

    • @josemanuelcarrillo6639
      @josemanuelcarrillo6639 2 года назад

      @@vicentereacts1304 primero, gracias por responder!!! Que emoción! Y segundo, me siguen gustando mis canciones, me encantan de hecho, solo me gusta que tu dices cosas de las canciones que me gustan muy acértivas, y es curioso para mi que yo nunca le había puesto atención a eso.

  • @princestory26
    @princestory26 2 года назад

    i love the production of this album! one of my fave mariah albums ❤️❤️❤️

  • @eduardocahu9495
    @eduardocahu9495 2 года назад +6

    Amo esse álbum. I want to know love is permaneceu 57 semanas em #1 no Brasil

    • @adrianorocha5302
      @adrianorocha5302 2 года назад +1

      Tem um cantor brasileiro chamado Gabriel Henrique que canta essa música de forma perfeitaaa (inclusive com whistles)

    • @yanisx
      @yanisx 2 года назад +4

      27 weeks*

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +5

      Kinga, né. O recorder anterior eu acho que era Halo com 8 semanas. Mariah simplesmente *obliterou* o recorde. E anota o que eu digo: ninguém mais vai fazer isso. Esse recorde é inquebrável.

    • @vini.archanjoreacts
      @vini.archanjoreacts 2 года назад

      @@vicentereacts1304 Você é brasileiro , viado??? Chocado! Por isso eu entendo seu inglês kkkkk

  • @danielalbertohernandezrive7131
    @danielalbertohernandezrive7131 2 года назад +2

    To me this is my third favorite álbum after Butterfly and Charmbracelet. I really enjoy all the songs some of My fab are Candy Bling, Thats A Wrap, Inseparable, The Imposible hope it grows on you as You listen to it but to me one of her best

  • @andrewaranda3139
    @andrewaranda3139 2 года назад +1

    Love your reaction

  • @Mrs.blt84
    @Mrs.blt84 2 года назад

    I just love your brutal honesty. 🤣

  • @driedautumnleaf
    @driedautumnleaf 2 года назад

    Aaaaaa I just woke up and this is the first thing I see on my notifications 💛💛 I’m excited!

  • @mariahcareylambilyy
    @mariahcareylambilyy 2 года назад

    About Up Out My Face ft. Nicki Minaj: the remix should be in her remix album of Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel called Angels Advocate but due to the low sales of the album it got cancelled. But the version with Nicki is also on the other streaming platforms

  • @littlepotato__89
    @littlepotato__89 3 месяца назад

    Candy bling and Ribbon are 💥💫🤌

  • @jabdielgarcia7664
    @jabdielgarcia7664 2 года назад +1

    Buen video y sigue asi!

  • @thallesbreder9574
    @thallesbreder9574 2 года назад +1

    HATEU pisa! haha
    na época esse disco seria relançado como disco duplo, com o segundo trabalho sendo só de remixes e featurings, por isso os singles Up Out My Face e Angels Cry tiveram clipe lançados já com as participações.

  • @rian4804
    @rian4804 2 года назад +1

    angels cry é um dos clipes mais vistos dela, acho que quase 200 milhões no youtube

  • @benedickcastillo3070
    @benedickcastillo3070 2 года назад +1

    Hi vicente. Here I am again. I'd love to see you react to her singles or bonus tracks that either were not part of any of her albums or part of her greatest hits albums that you obviously did not react to. I hope you do. There are a lot of them (I'll Be There with Trey Lorenz, Endless Love duet with Luther Vandross, Sweetheart, I Still Believe, When You Believe duet with Whiney Houston, Whenever You Call duet with Brian McKnight, Do You Know Where You're Going To, Against All Odds duet with Westlife, Never Too Far/Hero Medley, There For Me, I Know What You Want with Busta Rhymes, Right To Dream from the Movie Tennessee, My Love, Almost Home from the movie Oz, 100 Percent, Bring It On Home, Miss You, I Don't, Triumphant, Infinity, In The Mix, I Belong with Busta Rhymes)

  • @ElijahRock01
    @ElijahRock01 2 года назад +1

    Here first! 😂

    • @got2bjosh
      @got2bjosh 2 года назад +2

      Here second!

    • @vicentereacts1304
      @vicentereacts1304  2 года назад +5

      Istg, the video is still undergoing verifications and you're already here 💀💀💀

  • @thallesbreder9574
    @thallesbreder9574 2 года назад

    Tem o show que ela fez em Vegas pra "testar" o projeto do relançamento, o Angels Advocate: ruclips.net/video/-1WXedcofYY/видео.html&ab_channel=M-ProRemasters

  • @JB-zv2es
    @JB-zv2es 6 месяцев назад

    I love the production on this album✌️ one of my favorite of Mariah ✌️ if u don’t like rnb don’t listen to this ! 😂😂😂

  • @ec9121
    @ec9121 2 года назад

    Now u gotta see the Up Out My Face video... with a "special guest." You'll be gagged!!

  • @wbillswbills9276
    @wbillswbills9276 Год назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @ericlumbar4939
    @ericlumbar4939 2 года назад

    Sugar Daddy’s are an American candy lol but I guess it can be a double entendre 😂

  • @fernando2917
    @fernando2917 11 месяцев назад

    It’s better than any Taylor Swift album

  • @ronviray8367
    @ronviray8367 2 года назад +1

    Ribbon is a sex song

  • @Herume88
    @Herume88 2 года назад

    🤣🤣🤞✌️