"Baby I" does sound like something released by Mariah circa 2002/3. Those over-the-top beats on the song She ***** on Milesha Cyrus and the flopped Disney girls any day of the week, though.
People say that Mariah's songs don't have a lasting impact. Why is "I Know What U Want" used so heavily on ESPN in 2013? Mariah has always appealed to the str8s/"str8s".
Imagine if Taylor got kidnapped. I bet after her rescue she'd release a song blaming her abductor for everything that went wrong in their relationship.