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Originally posted by i spit on haters
Thanx for posting this. I've always felt Mariah was a better vocalist than Whitney, esp. when it comes to vocal versatility.
And not to discredit Whitney either because she was AMAZING! but Mariah has done out of this world runs with her voice & vocal melisma that I've never heard Whitney do.
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I think Whitney had an amazing voice too, but the one thing I would give the edge to her over Mariah is power. Quite a few people can do Whitney covers and still sound great. Very few people can sing a Mariah cover and do it justice, because she thinks of EVERY little detail melodically, melismatically and even mathematically almost.
Like the other day I was singing along to "Alone In Love", and did a harmony on that part after the bridge where she hits and holds that long note. I thought I came up with it myself until I went back and heard her actually singing it layered on top.