The Secret Ingredient: Mariah Carey
Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times reviewed the Mariah Carey concert at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night (September 18). Sanneh writes, “She de-emphasized hip-hop: she didn’t perform her recent single ‘Boy (I Need You),’ featuring the rapper Cam’ron, and she presented her biggest hit of the year, the Busta Rhymes collaboration ‘I Know What You Want,’ by showing the music video, although she did stroll onstage near the end to sing the bridge. Instead, Ms. Carey gave her biggest fans what they wanted: grandiose ballads, garish sets and lots of costume changes; she looked like the star of a particularly cruel episode of ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Girl.’ She claims Aretha Franklin as a big influence, but the bigger influence seemed to be Cher, another singer who takes silliness seriously.” Read more.
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