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Originally posted by Retro
This is really my first time on a large scale and I've stuck mostly to #1s, MC: GH, and random things I liked on iTunes, and a lot of newer material. "Emotions", "Dreamlover", "Fantasy", and "Always Be my Baby" are my favorites out of her hits, "You're Mine" is the best damn thing ever and the song that cause this all, and most of her singles post-2004 are basically awesome.
As far as albums, the ones I've heard through all the way, 100%, are her first 3 and last 3. I've been planning to dig deeper and listen even more thoroughly tonight or tomorrow night.
But yeah, You're Mine is literally just the best thing.
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Perfect way to ease into her work. A lot of people make the mistake of just jumping into a random album and they don't take away as much from it as they thought. You really have to capture her aura through her greatest his and then allow yourself to fall deeper into her more personal, sometimes slower, work. Those four are some of my favourite MC songs too; despite having listened to her my entire life, those songs still get me today. Have you listened to the MTV Unplugged version of Emotions yet? Honestly, I think I have more plays of that version than the original- it's breathtaking and so heavenly.
Her first three albums are the ones that usually get overlooked by newcomers. They don't really catch on to people that are extremely attached to today's EDM/dance music. They are very Gospel-esque (ESPECIALLY Emotions) and 90s R&B. Great albums though, I love all three of them and I'm glad you enjoyed them as well.
Just WAIT until you get to Daydream! It's easily her best album and I don't think anyone that's listened to it has been disappointed. Based on your other favourite artists, I think you're going to love Rainbow. It gets criticized a lot on here (
) but it's my personal favourite.
I can't believe new Mariah is actually pulling in new fans.
You're Mine is an AMAZINGGGG song; it crawled into my top 5 on last.fm a day after it was released. There's something hypnotic about it that really captures the listener and takes them to another place. It's some of her best vocal work in recent years too.
Her fixing the man's hair while the rest of them work out on the front lawn.
And Djenne, her iconic bellybutton/baby gap ensemble 
I knew one of you were gonna say something like that.
" and people say Glitter and then they never return? 
Everyone hates Glitter but me.