No one from our generation played both sides of the fence better than Mariah Carey

[Dave24]

Yeah I was in high school when she dropped, and what I remember is the push being that she was the next Whitney.

I think.........that for a good minute, they did that thing they used to do. Where they would almost hide what an artist looked like from most of the public until their music and talent had won over fans. If a person wasn't looking, back in the day, you could be listening to someones music for like two years and not know what they look like!

By the time a majority of people knew FOR SURE what she looked like, several of her songs were everyones jam.

I also think she came in at a good time, I think white soul singers had already broken down the door. Guys like Color Me Bad and Michael Bolton.

Plus keeping it funky, black people jad a certain fascination with white soul singers.

Would you consider Elvis Presley a white soul singer?

 

[Dave24]

Going to school with white boys back in the day, I assure you when emotions came out, them frat boys knew she was black and said as much

Are you talking about Emotions the song or the album Emotions?

 

[Dzali OG]

Would you consider Elvis Presley a white soul singer?

Naw lol...but idk much about him to be fair.

 

[Elim Garak]

Comparing Mariah to Drake is wild lmao. Once she took control of her career after divorcing Tommy Mottola she seemed to actually gravitate towards black audiences even more.

 

[LexDiamonds]

Whatever happened to OP? Forgot all about that poster

I hope he didn't die

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

What do you consider her greatest pop songs and greatest ballads?

 

[MJ Truth]

The Rock playing like five different sides. Vin Diesel playing every side possible.

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

I wanna see her 23andMe

 

[IIVI]

Her real last name is Nunez.

She legit looks like a Mariah Nunez.

 

[3rdWorld]

Saying she's Black is an insult..she looks White as Snow White just like her mother with a slight curl in her hair.

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Saying she's Black is an insult..she looks White as Snow White just like her mother with a slight curl in her hair.

never thought she looked like a wm

 

[3rdWorld]

never thought she looked like a wm

What did you see, a Sista or Argentinian??

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

America needs to adopt mixed race. We would have less dumb arguments like this.

 

[TheAnointedOne]

drake's overwhelming authenticity in this respect will be ignored. he doesn't have records with taylor swift like kenny and even my dude future. but let it be known, like pusha said, he's terrified of not being black enough. and that's actually why he can't make a classic.

speedin bullet 2 heaven is a 808s & heartbreak level classic. cudi can make something like that, cause while they'll question his "professional skill" as a musician, they'll never question his blackness. we often makes classic breaking those rules.

if drake strays from traditionally black music, and makes cookie cutter pop, he runs the risk of losing someone like me as a fan. idk if its necessarily his lack of blackness tho. kendrick lost me a long time ago.

idt drake needs to do the cookie cutter stuff tho. he's already the greatest pop star in the world without compromising his hip-hop sensibilities.

What in heavens?