The laziest sample of Mariah's career, courtesy of 90s hack Jermaine Dupri. "Just an Illusion" by Nightcrawler is one the headiest, haziest, genuinely lurching songs of the disco era, and it's reduced to nothing here.
Since you put it that way, honey, I'm gon' stay
& only your love can make Peter parley
Let the limo leave and cancel the flight
& not only will I stay, girl I'm spendin' the night
The laziest sample of Mariah's career, courtesy of 90s hack Jermaine Dupri. "Just an Illusion" by Nightcrawler is one the headiest, haziest, genuinely lurching songs of the disco era, and it's reduced to nothing here.
- It signaled Mariah's ultimate loss to then-rival J.Lo. Through The Rain and Jenny from the Block were released in the same week in the UK, TTR went it at number eight and subsequently fell; Jenny From the Block sailed it at number three and hung around for a bit. Let's not talk about their respective US performances.
- It's a near-parody of her signature themes, this time with less-than stellar vocals and arrangements.
But really because, for the first time in her career, Mariah released something that had no connection to what was actually going on in music. She was no longer in the thick of it, and was being left behind.
Reflections of your love have come to wither
I thought I'd done my best to memorize
A picture fades of you and I together
I haven't come to terms with how we said goodbye
Did you really care, care at all for me?
Did you really care?
Did you care at all for me?
This song is a mess but that's why I love it.
