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Mariah Carey’s ‘Butterfly’ is Music’s Most Underrated Album

September 16, 1997. In September 1997, Mariah Carey released Butterfly, her self-described favorite and best album. Among her adoring fans, the #Lambily, it is widely considered the fan-favorite and best album as well, though some do differ in opinion. Still, Butterfly remains a sorely underrated classic in the grander scheme of things. You won’t find Butterfly on most “best albums

The Many Forms of Metamorphosis: A review of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” remixes

August 22, 2014
Starting with 1995’s “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey began to transform her more pop-leaning singles to become full-fledged hip-hop recreations.  In addition, she would also re-imagine the songs in fully re-sung house remixes, which began with 1993’s “Dreamlover.”  Mariah continued this practice with the lead single from Butterfly, “Honey.” While the original

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