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 |  Sujet: [Review] Obsessed par le LA Times (anglais) Mer 17 Juin 2009 - 22:03 | |
| | Citation: | Mariah Carey: Are we 'Obsessed'?
By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times
What: Mariah Carey's "Obsessed," the first single off her upcoming album.
How is it:
This is a feistier Mimi than we're used to, as she comes out firing in
the song's opening moments. "Why are you so obsessed with me?"
questions an obviously irritated Carey.
Is she lashing out at
Eminem? The gossip hounds? A simple scolding at a new breed of pop
divas? It doesn't really matter. Either way, it will help Mariah stay
in the headlines for weeks to come -- long enough to fuel hype for her
album "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel," which will be conveniently
released (on Aug. 25) in time to make the cut for the new Grammy
eligibility rules.
With The-Dream and Tricky Stewart sharing
production credits, Carey has been molded to fit current trends. The
still-ubiquitous Auto-Tune is here (a look she played with on "E=MC2's"
"Migrate); this time, it's used to bring a slight electronic
manipulation to her trademark wails. No need to worry about hitting
high notes when computers are all the rage these days, and the thick,
pointed keyboards will allow Carey to fit comfortably on Top-40 play
lists that are currently obsessed with Lady Gaga's "Poker Face."
Ultimately,
that's the point here, as this seems like a tune pointedly designed to
get radio play and provide us press types with some new topics to try
to get Carey to address on the red carpet, which she will artfully
deflect from now until mid-November.
The song is put-down
after put-down, with Carey declaring that she "ain't gonna feed you /
Gonna let you starve," and the hard-not-to-quote, "You're a mom and pop
/ I'm a corporation." She doesn't really sound angry -- just a little
bemused at her attackers, even if the high road would have been to
ignore them. But the sophisticated route doesn't always generate hype,
and "Obsessed" is certainly more lively than her earlier work with
The-Dream (the bedroom slow-dance "My Love").
Unfortunately,
it's an even more anonymous Carey than ever before. One of the biggest
selling points of "E=MC2" was Carey dropping the over-the-top howling,
and learning how to sing with a more restrained range. She thankfully
left the showboating to the "American Idol" kids, and stayed closer to
the rhythms. Yet "Obsessed" again sells out the songbird to her
producers. |
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