: Earlier in the week MediaTakeOut.com showed you a pic of UK artist Leona Lewis swagger jacking Mariah Carey. Now it looks like Mariah is fighting back. In a recent interview Mariah unleashed on the British Idol winner.
Here goes Mariah talking slick:
Honestly, there has been so many, 'This is the new her,' and I'm like, 'OK, show me the new her. Can she come and work for me and be my double?'And I'm not particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn't really hear a true similarity, particularly in the style of music.REEEEOWWW!!!!It is what it is and critics have compared me to so many people who are not really singers, and they're certainly not writers.
I know Mariah isn't. Her best album was her first, now all she does is baby talk. Touch My Body is just another example. Leona has an alright voice, but the music is so horrible that I can't stand listening. The industry always try to bait celebrities by saying she/he is the new she/he. Each are individuals in their own right. The number of singles, albums, and ringtones will speak for themselves.
Now I like Mariah, but she is hatin'...MC is now 38 yrs old and trying to stay ahead of all of the YOUNG and sexy up and coming artist...and MC needs to stop bc truth be told, no one wants to see a woman in her 40's rocking no minis and stilettos...it's sad, but that's how the music industry and the media are... Now this Leona chick, yes, she might have "swagger-jacked" her cover, but please, how many artists have done that over the years??? Countless!!! And the girl can sing...gotta give her props... I think what Mariah's problem is that she thinks that she's the Queen Diva Supreme...her voice is incredible, and she doesn't think anyone can outsing her...that maybe so in the music industry right now, but go get one of these girls in the church choir and we'll see!!! lol All I'm saying is she needs a slice of humble pie...bc @ the end of the day, everyone has their time to shine...and when your time is up, just past the torch onto the next generation!!!
Well I am definitely a Mariah Carey fan, but as far as Leona Lewis she is an excellent singer and I love her CD. Mariah needs to stop acting like that because there is always going to be new artist coming to the stage and being that she is a veteren she has to understand that alot of these new artist has looked up to her and people will continue to compare the ol' skool to the new skool.
Whatever...Mariah. I remember when Mariah first came out and everyone compared her to Whitney Houston. Mariah's style was overall different then than it is now (with all of the hip hop and R&B songs). Leona DOES sound a lot like Mariah and Whitney in certain parts of her songs where she hits high notes and does her little riffs, but eventually her own musical and vocal stylings will stick. Just like everyone else.
Mariah is right. That Leona Lewis doesn't have the vocal range to even rival Mariah's closest competitor....Christina Aguilera so for anyone to make any comparison is insane. Not to mention, vocally speaking, Leona has an annoying voice...all she is...is just pretty and can carry a note. I would put her in the category of maybe Rhianna or Kelly Roland...but never Mariah.
This is my prolem with Keyshia Cole, Rihanna, and Leona Lewis. I hate how people compare them to 10 year+ veterans who are still relevant and are actually the only ones still doing big things in the industry.
And Mariah does have good quality R&B songs on her albums once u get past the chart topping singles. The Emancipation was one of her best albums. Some of the comments ya'll leaving makes me think ya'll aint never even listened to her albums.
@3RD_TIMES_A_CHARM....no phuck you....dirty self...she aint all that anyway...first of all she is fine...second how would you know....lookin like a black rhino...take those....queen latifah 1992 hoop earrings off....damn you look horrible...you got some nerve talkin about a women who is probably 10 yrs older than you and still looks 10 times better...
@BOOYAH...take that corny sight down...nobody wants to go on it...damn you are pressed...beat you jerk...
LOL...More crap for the media to run with...I hope Mariah isn't that insecure to belittle Leona because she should be confident that she is a legend....I mean come on..SHE"S MARIAH CAREY! As for Leona,I love her new song and wish her the best. Those pictures cracked me up but I'm sure that's not Leona's overall goal...She just wants to make it. I don't think she's trying to steal Mariah's persona...
Mariah should respect Leona's praise towards her. I do understand that she's probably upset that Leona copied her cover, but she should think of it as: I am so good that singers fom other countries had to try and represent my genius. I like both of them, but they made so much hype about Leona that I made sure I heard her new song"Bleeding Love". Good song, but ummm NO SHE DOES NOT SOUND THAT MUCH LIKE MARIAH!!! Maybe scratching at those hi notes but that's about it. If pp did their hw, they would know that Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Minnie Pimperton( and a few others)can sing to the highest ranges possible by the human voice. Their voices are higher than the notes opera sopranos in the vocal spectrum. Mariah herself is one of the few singers in history to be able to go to the lowest of lo's and the highest of hi's to be sung by anyone on the whistle register. I like Mariah most of all and I feel that anyone who does what Leona has done should just recognize Mariah as one of the greats. As for Mariah, stop bing such a biatch about stupd stuff, wearing the same type of clothes whenever everyone sees you- have my aunt-June Ambrose help you, start dancing or moving around when you sing instead of standing in one spot,grow a booty, have some kids to carry on your legacy once your time is up, and be more humble to ppl who lookup to u b/c you did the same thing when you were their age. For the record, you are still hot as fell and change your songs up a little bit so they don't all sound the same. Oh yeah,grow a booty, no more cosmetic surgery fo'u come up in here lookin as hot a mess as Joan Rivers, and represent for all yo' biracial brothers and sisters. Peace
M.C. does have some talent but people already know that she will never sing them strong high note songs . Most of her high notes consist of screaming like she is in a scary movie. Yes we all know she sells records but in all round the table conversations she will never be considered one of the best singers like Mary,Witney.
(EAZY) BE GOOD!
@ UP2IT ummm have you seen Leona perform? She does the same stuff Mariah does, but with less singing ability. Hell, I can hit the high notes Mariah hits, but those baritone ones-- me and Leona can't do that ish.
Also a "True" professional knows that hitting those high notes can make you pitchy, and seeing as how she doesn't wear mics or plugs in her ears (so she can hear herself), she holds her ear.
U can kiss the fattest part of my black ass. People dont make a big deal out of Mariah cause she is a white girl singing R&B(she is mixed dumbass), they make a big deal out of her cause she can sing. Soul has no color. U are hating on the highest selling, highest chart topping females ever who has had a long successful career. I know Mariah isnt he best singer or performer(Beyonce is the best performer)ever. People made good music b4 her and will make it after her but numbers dont lie. She made good music and still does. Leona doesnt even have personality. U sit yo dumbass in a corner u wack hatin azz bitch, phuck u. And she doesnt hold her ear when she hits high notes, she pushes her earpiece further in so she can hear her voice over the music.
Wow they seriously need to up Mariah's meds. After all she's accomplished why is she still such a catty bitch? Leona is beautiful and talented. I think Mariah is having a tought time coming to terms with getting older, that's why she dresses like a twelve year old and sings about rainbows and butterflies. Mz. Hollywood is right, now she'll be wearing even less clothes so she can get attention. I love Mariah, but the last few times I've seen her perform live on tv she was awful.
MC aint what she use to be, but she has made history and she still relevent. Off Topic but Its funny to see mofos ridin and dyin for Whitney when, like Katt Williams she done smoked both of her kneecaps off. LOL! Yall hollerin Whitney is the best, but her ass aint hit a great note since 92!
But my point is, yall let Whitney slide because of her history but yall the the same ones who are tryin to shyt on MC! MC done made a modern day classic with We Belong Together and yeah she got a number one hit with Touch My Body and yall dislike but if Flo Rida And Soulja Boy gettin #1 hits with Bullshyt records the WTF, Mariah just playin the game too. LOL!
I was looking at VH1 the other day and saw Mariah's video's from the beginning to the present and there's a BIG difference in her singing and song content. Back in da day she her singing range was crazy a good example is the song "Make it Happen" Now she's more pop and bubble gum. Mariah definitely deserves her accolades, but we can't deny that watching Mariah can be downright painful at times. She is VERY insecure for someone so successful. Only time will tell if Leona Lewis will live up to the hype.
Mariah one of the BEST RnB singers of all time.. Top 5 atleast.. Check her stats... Surpassed Elvis Presley in Number 1's.. Leona cant [EXPLETIVE] with her... *sigh* its mind boggling to see how much people hate.. its terrible.. We supposed to be helpin black ppl get like them.. n we to busy causin beef talkin bout ppl.. yea Mariah is crazy as hell... but that doesnt make her less of a ICON than she is... I dont know nobody in the game [EXPLETIVE] with her.. NOBODY...
LOL Its true they are always trying to find somebody to replace Mariah but she keeps on standing. Christina, Jennifer, Now Leona. Its obvious they are trying to create a Mariah mini me. They dont sound a like. Thats the music industry for ya they don't know how to give the public any variety. Keisha Cole is the new Mary J. lol Originality is not common. Ashanti is not trying to replace, Beyonce she was out first and Beyonce has ripped off to many artist so cut it out. She just waited to late and was not working hard and somebody came up and snatched her place.
Ok 1st of all, Mimi did not say Leona can't sing. She said that they were not similar in their style of music. WTH MTO? You'll always trying to start bull$hit! She just said that she has been compared to alot of singers who cannot sing or write.
Anyway, I say Mimi is a f^cking diva so she can say whatever the hell she wants.
This is bullish, mto is full of it. I heard already numerous mariah's british interviews and it was nothing like that. She did say if that's the case then whoever is being compared to her should do her promotion for her, but she was being funny about it. Mariah would never say something like that. She is a very humble artist. E=MC2 is on fiyah!
Mariah CAN NOT sing like she use to... she basically became a studio singer. she's always out of breath when she sings, she can't dance... AT ALL!!!! she is wack... She is not a performer... i wouldn't any amount of money just to watch this broad STAND in one place and sing. Back in the day when she first came out, she was a good singer... she's garbage now
"Mariah broke Elvis' record...Mariah broke the Beatles record..she's the highest selling.." BLAH BLAH BLAH! NONE of that impresses me about her, and she really can't sing all THAT well. She (and the media) really thinks she's on top, JUST cause she's selling..but this is the real deal children. Since 1990, the record business has INVESTED moons on this lady, which is the REAL reason why she's been on radio, and why she's sold so much. They were determined to make sure REAL R&B/Pop songstresses like Whitney Houston (especially), Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills, etc..had less stroke...and skin color IS/WAS a factor, even IF "mimi" is mixed. The fact is that MTV was DYING for somebody with "the look" that wasn't Anita, Whitney, or Stephanie, but somebody that came close to having that adult contemporary/R&B/ballad voice. Of course, MTV continued to play Whitney, but when she went into the movies, that just made Mariah bigger...and even though both artists have had their breakdowns, it amazes me how MTV STILL pushes Mariah like a new coming. The ONLY artist that gets my respect on breaking records and possessing REAL talent is Michael Jackson, the KING! As far as Leona goes, I never understood this hype about her..but LOVE her song. I respect her a lot. Now I don't totally hate Mariah, but so many people actually purely by into this stupid sh!t that she (single handedly) sold all these albums and broke all these records, when she had the support of EVERY major music network, radio genre, and PLENTY of label backing..in order to carve her as the "new" star of the business and since she had "the look", she succeeded. She made music to appeal to inspirational crowds, R&B/urban crowds, people of various cultures and orientations, etc..so naturally, she made the right moves...CERTAINLY doesn't mean she was/is the best singer. Even when she hits her "unparalled" high note, it's not even STRONG or consistent. REAL female singers like Anita Baker, Shanice Wilson, En Vogue, Stephanie Mills, Patti Labelle, Betty Wright, Whitney, Aretha, Shirley Murdock, Miki Howard, Melba Moore, Deniece Williams, Tina Turner, Mary Jane Girls, Pointer Sisters, Donna Summers, Cheryl Lynn, Vesta..the LIST GOES ON..most of those women never had MTV support (besides Whitney and Tina, and Pointer Sisters maybe)...but in terms of depth, control, passion, emotion....the REAL elements of singing.....FAR eclipsed Mariah Carey in terms of talent, and to this day, still do! Mariah lacks so so so so so so so so so SO much in the singing department til it's an embarassment and her material has been lackluster at best since her Daydream album..becoming miss "free...emancipation...rainbow-ghetto-white chick" is the worst thing that's happened to her and demolished the small grain of credibility she had left. I could give a damn if she sells or not, as kids today will support ANY artist despite talent (and lack thereof)........it still doesn't make her anywhere near a good (or great) artist, and she still has LEGIONS upon LEGIONS of levels to reach until I see her as a legit talent. In short...she sucks terribly!
@ BELVI..............................
YOU COWARD A*SS DUCK................LMAO
WHO YOU GONE GET 4 ME????????????
You dont even know me............YOU INERTNET THUG
I see you enjoy coming to MTO starting s*hit with mostly females..................
GUESS YOU MAD CAUSE NOBODY WON'T F*UCK YOU IN REAL LIFE SO YOU COME ON THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR LOVE.............
SO DESPERATE. SO PATHETIC.SO TIRED........
You a bony a*ss DEER LOOKING A*SS FAGET
Yo this has 2 set a record for the most hating ever being done on mto, MC can't sing are your f@cking serious! On what planet do your tone deaf @sses live on? Yeah MC might be a diva but stop fronting on her talent. Stop talking [EXPLETIVE] because your probably the first ones singing along with the radio when her songs come on.
ALL OF THIS TALK OF WHAT LEONA WOULD DO, YEAH YEAH YEAH...MARIAH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES AND STILL GOING STRONG...THERE IS NO COMPARISON AND I DON'T BLAME MARIAH...STOP TRYING TO REPLACE HER...SHE IS IRREPLACEABLE BECAUSE SHE CAN ACTUALLY SING AND HAS TRUE STAYING POWER...MARIAH HAS BROKEN ALL SORTS OF RECORDS AND MADE PLENTY OF HISTORY...PAY YA RESPECTS...MARIAH DOESN'T HAVE TO RESPECT A CHICK WHO HASN'T ACCOMPLISHED MUCH OF ANYTHING YET...
LEONA MAY END UP BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT UNTIL THEN, MARIAH STILL HOLDS THE TITLE...SORRY!
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO SHYT ON MARIAH...CHECK IT...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Mariah Carey scored her sixth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, vaulting into rarefied territory in the record books.
"E=MC2" sold 462,971 copies during the week ended April 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan data, the best debut sales week of her career and the strongest week by any artist so far this year.
Carey, 38, is now tied with Madonna and Janet Jackson for the second most No. 1 albums among female artists. Barbra Streisand, with eight, leads the pack. There's a good chance Madonna will add another No. 1 to her tally though, as her "Hard Candy" album comes out next week.
Carey's last album, the Grammy-winning "The Emancipation of Mimi," also landed at No. 1 in its premiere week, moving 403,755 copies in April 2005.
Singer/songwriter Jack Johnson had the best start this year, with 374,619 copies for his February chart-topper "Sleep Through the Static."
British pop singer Leona Lewis' debut album "Spirit" slipped one to No. 2 on the current Billboard 200 with 95,000 units in its second week.
STOP BEING MESSY MARIAH DIDN'T SAY LEONA COULDN'T SING.
BUT MARIAH IS ONE OF THE BEST SINGERS TO EVER GRACE A MICROPHONE SO I MYSELF WOULDN'T LIKE SOMEONE COMPARING ME TO JLO OR LEONA.
AND ALSO MARIAH WRITES HER SONGS AND PRODUCES.
YOU REALLY CAN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
COMPARED TO MARIAH JLO AND LEONA DON'T.
MARIAH DIDN'T SAY THAT.
I DID.
babii she is right.. leona lewis cannot sing because i saw her on the oprah show with simon cowell and she cannot sing simon is juss going 4 her b/c she is british and they are comparing her to mariah and whitney h. heck naw leona lewis wish she could hit those high notes like mariah carey... even though i do love her new song "bleeding love" its on my page but she sings alright but not compared to mariah and whitney
@demrob83 YOU are my new best friend...everything you said is 100% TRUTH! She's a media/marketing ploy and certainly doesn't deserve any title close to best of all time! Matter of fact, none of her songs are memorable to me or anyone I know.
And you are correct: Michael Jackson is the KING and always will be.
I wish Mariah would get over her damn mid-life crisis, put some damn clothes on, and go regroup. I hope the rest of her album sounds better than that Touch My Body shyt...Kellz did her a REAL favor by jumping on the remix. I thought that it was her singing Bleeding Love at first until I heard the whole song, so she needs to shut the eff up. And doesn't Leona Lewis look like a black Solange?
PHUCK MARIAH.....Dat BEETYATCH hasn't SANG since "VANISHING" on the first album.
The ONLY other songs she BLEW was "ONE SWEET DAY" and "THE BEAUTIFUL ONES" and SISQO carried THAT SONG!!!
TRUST!
Tell MC to leave the champagne and Newports ALONE.
She can't even TALK. She'll be like WEEZY JEFFERSON in 5 more years.
Mariah Carey is FULL OF SH**! Who crwoned her this big diva that she believes herself to be? She can sing but all of her songs are starting to sound the same. And she is starting to get on my nerves talking about how tired she is when she gets on radio to do interviews. All radio stations are not on the west coast, so of course their are times when you have to break sleep to do an early morning interview. It's part of the job but Mariah seems to act like she is above that now. If you don't get up to do radio interviews for your listeners who the he** do you think is going to buy those albums. Not the radio station! I was listening to an interview on WKYS 93.9 and Mariah must have said that she was tired about 4 times. Okay, if your so tired answer the questions quikly so you cn go on about your business. Then when she was asked about performing on Good Morning America all she had to say was that it would be early in the morning and it would be cold. She should be grateful that she was even asked to perform on GMA. If this bit** ain't a joke then who is?
MTO...SEE YOU GONE MAKE ME HAVE ANOTHER BI-POLAR MOMENT...
MARIAH...F*CK YOU!!!
BUT FORREAL...COMPARING LEONA TO MARIAH IS UNFAIR...LEONA HAS JUST COME OUT TRYING TO ESTABLISH HERSELF IN THE STATES...SHE IS ALREADY AS HUGE IN THE UK AS MARIAH...MARIAH HAS DONE VERY WELL FOR HERSELF...SH*T EVEN MISS AMERICA PASS DOWN THE CROWN...SHE NEEDS TO TOO...CAUSE JUST LIKE GOD GAVE HER THAT VOICE...HE CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER...SHE IS NOT USING IT TO ITS ABILITY ANYWAY...HER SH*T HAS BEEN BULLSH*T EVER SINCE SHE HAD HER LIL BI-POLAR BREAKDOWN WHEN SHE GOT DIVORCED AND DAMN NEAR WENT BROKE...JUST LIKE EVERY ARIIST AT SOME POINT SHE HAS RELEASED COUNTLESS BULLSH*T...SHE NEEDS TO GROW THE F*CK UP!!! LEONA DO THE DAMN THANG...F*CK WHAT THE HATERS SAY...AND AGAIN...MARIAH DON'T OWN NOT ONE DAMN POSE...CLOTHES...OR ALBUM COVER...DO WHAT THE PHUCK YOU WANNA DO...MARIAH NEEDS A REALITY CHECK...CAUSE THIS B*TCH IS A FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC!!!
AGAIN...YEAH I SAID IT AND WHAT[SPAM]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly, other than the fact that they are light-skinned Mulattas whom both happen to be good singers, I don't see any similarities between them. Mariah Carey is one of the best singers I have ever heard. Leona Lewis is a really good singer too, but you can't compare a singer whom just came out (whom will probably last 4 or 5 years ) to MC. Sorry, but you just can't do that. I'm not surprised that Mariah said this. She's made comments similar to this in the past. She seems like a very insecure, catty female. Well...she is aging, and I don't blame her. That is just MC for ya
MARIAH probably didn't say dis !!! Y'all know MTO be lying lol.
Anyways, thiers ONLY 1 MARIAH CAREY!!! Leona Lewis can sing, but she needs her own identity. Mariah shouldn't have anything to worry about with all her accompliments!!! BTW, Leona probably looks up to Mariah, and she can't help it when people compare her too Mariah.
@stylegirl...girl being the operative word...just like ya tag...ITS MY COMMENT!!!
Judging by your avitar...it seems you like Rihanna..so its evident to say you have no taste in music...I don't care what the Emancipation was in 05...we are in 08...she released countless bullsh*t before then...and she released countless bullsh*t after that i.e. this BULLSH*T..she has out now...it doesn't change the fact that SHE NEEDS TO GROW THE F*CK UP...AND UNTIL YOU DO DON'T EVER ADDRESS ME AGAIN!! Plain and simple she needs to humble herself...take her insecure he/she looking azz somewhere and get it together...if she felt she had real staying power or was any competition for real new talent that is emerging she would subject herself to looking like a damn blow up doll every other day!!! Now again...ITS MY OPINION...call it hate or whatever you want...my keyboard will still push out my opinion and 95 words per minute...real talk!!!
@ cinnamonginger
All dat HATE is gonna give your ass a Headache Lmaoooo!!! While your talkin Mariah is sittin back breaking records, and all your doin is hating on a blog site lolz. Mariah don't need your approvial, and she can wear whatever she wants !!! She is a grown woman, she don't have to listen to no haters !!! Her real fans will stick by her like me !!! I don't judge a artist by what they wear, but the music !!! I love Mariah...I guess you gonna cry now lolz. Yes I'm a fan of Rihanna...and it's nothin u can do about it !!! Mariah and Rihanna make great music, you can't get mad if they're havin success !!! Mariah is a survivor, people counted her out...but she came back harder then ever !!!!!!! She has 18#1 hits by da way hahahaha !!! It's only 1 Mariah, Leona need to focus on making a name 4 herself.
If dissin' Mariah's music is hatin'...then Mariah talking trash about Leona is hatin'...so stop while ur ahead...cause while your trying to clown...the same B*tch u defending..is doing the same thing you trying to clown everybody about!!!
Now in the words of my girl Keisha from the infamous New Jack City...Rock A Bye Baby...Poof Pow...Be Gone!!!
If she did say it, she has every right. I'm sick of new artists gettin big-upped w/ icons. Love her or hate her, Mariah has earned her props in album sales and longevity. Im not saying anything negative about Leona but how 'bout people wait till album 2 before comparing her to a woman who is about to be the best selling artists of all time?
@cinnamonginger
You just don't like Mariah, because if you read the statement clearly she didn't say anything bad !! She simply said.... And I'm not particular talking about this girl Leona, because I only heard her once and I didn't really hear a true similarity, particularly in the style of music. So what's so bad about dat !! Reading is fundamental lol, you are the Weakest Link Goodbye hater!!
