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

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August 22, 2014
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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 track is already heavily influenced by hip-hop, Mariah took it
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The 19 “97” Singles of 2016

2016 year saw the return of heavy hitting Pop icons, like Britney and Beyoncé, those who had been away far too long, like JoJo and Solange, and the new generation of hitmakers, such as The Weeknd, Bruno Mars and Rihanna. Of course, there wasn’t a shortage of worthy fresh talent either, such as ZAYN,

Lady Gaga stuns at SuperBowl LI

February 6, 2017
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The event that “little monsters” had been anticipating for years finally arrived last night, when Lady Gaga took the stage for the Halftime Show at the SuperBowl LI in Houston. This Superbowl saw the meeting of the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons and was hailed one of the
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The 19 “97” Albums of 2016

December 31, 2016
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We’re sure everyone can agree that 2016 was not kind to many of our musical legends. However, we hope that everyone can also agree that 2016 did in fact bring us some great music. Whether your thing is Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, or something else, the music world delivered several albums
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