Started in the club, ended in church. Only Mariah.

Mariah doesn't get the credit she deserves as a lyricist. Her pen game is STRONG.

Mariah dont just make an album She produces Masterpieces

Sometimes i think as humans, we dont deserve Mariah and her talent

Fun fact: LA Reid, the head of island def jam her record label at the time, told Mariah that the album was missing something, so her and jermaine dupri went back into the studio and wrote we belong together. The deadline for the album was due and Mariah had no time to record multiple takes and she recorded we belong together in ONE take!

She was already successful, but this album proved that she IS the goat

mariah is so underrated, i'm so happy someone finally reacted to this amazing album. i thought i would never see you react to mimi haha. mine again and circles are my favourite tracks from mimi.

Between her pen game, vocals, layering, production, and just overall musicality you might have to go through her whole discography, including the rarities, the remixes, and all deluxe and Platinum editions. I promise you it's amazing, and also check out lives. She very often makes the songs even harder to sing live, and not just by a little. There is a reason she is called The Songbird Supreme

OMG you needed to do "Dont forget about us" the best bonus song EVER!!!!!!

I’m obsessed with younger generations discovering Mariah Carey music. Because they appreciate it and it’s a really good.

Caution is her most recent album and although it wasn’t very popular with the charts, it’s her most critically acclaimed. You should react to that one

The vocal clarity on Mine Again is insane

I'm soo glad you reacted to this! The vocals on fly like a bird were INSANE. She is so GOOD!

I screamed at “the vocals just got more and more insane” that’s pretty accurate for most of Mariah’s songs 😂

Mariah used to do demos for producers before she was a teenager walking up and down NY. She knew what she wanted to do. When she got her record deal her one clause was that she didn’t have to sing other people’s songs anymore. That’s why she’s so successful and owns her own masters. We don’t deserve such a talent. People really don’t get it.

It’s Like That is a great opener and it sets the mood for the entire album. That track is absolutely underrated.

This and ‘Caution’ are my 2 top Mariah albums 🎉

Yes!!!!! This album (and In the Zone) was integral to my youth lol. Britney and Mariah forever!

Mine Again vocals are a climax from start to finish

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!! Mariah Carey is my FAVORITE artist ever!!!! and ive been watching you since your beyonce journey I wouldve NEVER expected this OMGGGG!! If Butterfly and Daydream werent your style but you enjoyed this then try out her 2000s work. I think the best thing to listen to after this would be the album that came after E=MC2. It's the follow up to this album and the title literally stands for Emancipation = Mariah Carey squared and it's a really fun album! EDIT: Finished the reaction so glad you enjoyed it here are my album recommendations from Mariah in SWIFTIE language! -E=MC2(2008) if you just want to have a fun time with a lot of bops listen to this one the Taylor equivalent would be like Lover in that its just generally happy and fun -Memoirs of an imperfect angel(2009) FOR HER SONGWRITING this album really has it all! The storytelling is amazing and swiftie to swiftie this album is like her reputation its all about the DRAMA but also kind of like folklore in that most of the songs are fiction or stories from her friends. -Charmbracelet(2002) another album with amazing songwriting. She was going through a lot while making this album and this was her healing album. If you want to get sad but occasionally bop and get uplifted this one is for you. Think of like depressing red lyrics but 2000s R&B or Gracie Abraham whispery vocals but with Mariah runs. -Caution(2018) her most recent album (shes apparently recording a new album right now though) this one was what got me into her. It's a lot more recent so you might connect with the sounds here a lot more! It's also really short and has a ton of fun songs but also a cool late-night vibe. It's like if midnights was an R&B album.

NO SKIP

so happy u reacted to this album! i recently got into mariah a few months ago + this is definitely my favourite album from her, classic 2000s r&b vibes and her voice is everything. you’d probably like her last album caution too!

I love Fly Like a Bird but I pretty much only listen to live versions now. The Grammy performance is next level.....

Mariah Carey the best selling (CD pure) female singer with only the talent and glamor 💖💖💖

I’m going to see Mariah in April! I can’t wait, I’m so happy you’re reacting to Mariah

mariah really said 'i've been here the whole time darling and i aint going no where' with this album🧏

NO WAY I'M SO EXCITED MY FAV ARTIST!!!!!!

Okay, I grew up listening to Mimi. This is my favorite album by her. Joyride happens to be one of my favorite songs by her. Her lyricism is so heartfelt, the raw emotionalism behind her voice, the nuance in the vowels and consonants…. the ephemerality is real. And I’m happy you enjoyed it

So I used to be meh about Mariah but my husband who’s a bit older (same age as MC) really gave me a lot of the insights into the parts of her life as they coincided with her albums and they make you appreciate them even more. This album coming after her movie flop and mental breakdown and Charmbracelet where she didn’t really siiiiiiiing like she used to, it was huge for her long time fans. She was not only emancipating herself on the dance floor, but it’s really about her saying she’s tired of the haters and everything and she’s just gonna do whatever she wants because she can. And she was finally SINGING again. Fabulous. Also: the bass player on this album is Randy Jackson. Yes, THAT Randy Jackson. He has been playing for Mariah since the beginning of her career. Similarly Butterfly came right after her very public divorce from her ex who essentially treated her like property. She wasn’t allowed to tap into her black side in her music because the label wouldn’t let her. So Butterfly was her finally being allowed to do the music she wanted to, embrace her black side, and again, be free to venture into the sound she really wanted to do from the beginning. I highly recommend trying that one again with that context - it honestly makes me cry thinking about her in that time and how liberating that album was for her. Loved watching this and seeing Mariah get the love she truly deserves 🙌🙌🙌

Ya I remember this album was brutally snubbed in the Grammy.

Watch the live version of her singing Fly Like a Bird from the 48th Grammys. Girrrrrl chills!!!!

I love the Emancipation of Mimi!! You should definitely give Butterfly and Daydream another try!!

This album is soooo good I’m so glad you reacted this way

The Emancipation of Mimi album just takes its listener to a different dimension its an experience a ride of a lifetime. Thank you Mariah! ❤

This album was a big F you to the world for Mariah because at that time everyone had pretty much written her off as an artist past her prime with a failing voice. Hence why it’s probably her most vocally extreme album

Im so thrilled you’re on the Mariah Carey albums! This one is one of her best but I definitely recommend you give her older albums another try. You may not vibe with every song but you’ll definitely find a few you’ll love for life. Her voice always sounds amazing, but is arguably at its prime in some of her albums from the 90s!

Circles is a gift that keeps on giving

I loved your reaction!! Especially to Mine Again, Circles and I wish u k.!! I also think it's one of the best on the album. Kiss from Brazil 💚💛💙

THIS ALBUM!!!!!! Was my musical awakening!!!! I felt things I had never felt before when listening to music. Fly Like a Bird, Mine Again slayed my little 7 year old sense. Then all the upbeat tracks, Say Somethin, One & Only, all her number one hits from this album too... I was shook to my core! Every track hits. It's funny, this album doesn't sound dated to me at all. I couldn't put a time on it because I think I have it on repeat for at least one month of the year, every year. It's timeless. :)

I'm forever grateful that I got see her 4th row during the emancipation tour. In my opinion, it was the last tour she's done where her vocals sounded really healthy.

This album started off in the club, and ended up in church. Mariah fans are VERY familiar with her ability to have you MIGRATE your way emotionally from one to the other. Welcome to the Mariah Rabbit Hole. I was a fan of hers since I first heard Vision of Love in the summer of 1990 and thought "oh wow, Whitney's new song is fire!!" Had no idea until I saw the video that it wasn't Whitney Houston singing that song, but some new girl named Mariah Carey. And it was a done deal from there. She ruled the 90s. Her music was the soundtrack of my childhood. I'd say her powerhouse vocals were in that first decade of her career. She was already a great lyricist, since she wrote and co-produced every song on her debut album. But she truly came into her own in the 2000s, when she started experimenting more with her sound, and her voice changing over the years as a result of all that work she put in. If this was more your cup of tea than her earlier stuff, I recommend her three albums from that time period that I believe you'd enjoy: E=MC2, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, and Caution. That being said...the 90s kid in me would be remiss in not telling you that you're doing yourself a great disservice by not going through a journey of her catalog from the beginning. :) Enjoy, and looking forward to your next one!

So happy for such a genuine reaction….incredible. MC is a crazy talented vocalist, producer, songwriter and composer. PLEASE listen to her 1st album launched in 1990 when she was 20. THAT had so many different genres ❤

omg i was so not expecting this 😩 but i knewww you would appreciate her work. i absolutely love that you also love the EXPLOSIVE choruses because those changed my life when i heard them the first time. literally took up all of my sensory input when i heard that belt

One and Only is sooooo underrated even to the lambs

The way that I screamed when I saw that you were reacting to Mariah… 😂YES!

omg how u mentioned how the strain adds to the beauty of the song, absolutely agree it smacks you in the face

We belong together was the song of the decade on Billboard for the 2000’s. She is the only artist to have the #1 song of the decade twice. (90’s, 2000’s)

I'd def recommend her MTV Unplugged album

Came here from the Caution album reaction

MINE AGAIN TRUTHERS RISE!!!! I love this album! 😭 If you want more 2000s Mariah, E=MC² was meant to be a sequel to this album (Emancipation=MariahCarey^2) Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel is also great, and her most recent album from 2018 Caution is my personal favorite and it’s pretty short (10 songs) Also I know you don’t love 90s, but her MTV Unplugged Live EP has a timeless feel to it since its all live instruments

This was the first Mariah Carey CD that I purchased, and I listen to it over and over and over again. I had no complaints about one song. It’s perfection. Just give her her props, please!

I remember 2005 and myself totally in love for Mariah

Emancipation of Mimi is one of the best albums of all time. You should react to Toni Braxton’s debut album. Another perfect album.

It's like that IS TOTALLY UNDERRATED

Yassss! Mariah is amazing darrrhhhling. More Mariahhh

Grew up on this album. Used to have “ Fly like a Bird” on repeat OFTEN

Mine Again should’ve been a single! Hands down my favorite song she’s ever written!

Your reaction is soooo good. Your mini freakout on "To the Floor," is really cute. I'm STILL OBSESSED with this album. So many favorites on this project. And YESSSSSS, "Mine Again" has that effect on a lot of people!

Among all of the people who recorded their reaction discovering this masterpiece, yours brought me back to the first time hearing it completely after frantically buying the CD from FYE after work. Thank you for taking us through your journey! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my queen! :) Can’t wait to see more! :)

Not vibing with butterfly is wild to me. However I think you’d love Caution

Greatest comeback in musoc Industry

Amazing album ❤ thank you for reacting!!

Its my first Video watching you, and I LOVE IT, Love ur energy and reactions ❤ and Love MIMI 🦋

Yay soo fun! I remember loving the remixes edition. p.s dying for more Brinyyyyyy 😂❤

I almost forgot how gooooooooood this album was! Thank you for this!

Listening to Mariah is like having the fanciest most exquisite dinner to me. Like the mastery uhm?

I love watching your reaction. I enjoyed listening with you.

First i have to say it was a pleasure watching you get entranced by the many talents of our Mariah Carey. Prolly the best part is the unexpectedness of it all, cuz Mariah aims to touch you in so many different & surprising ways. This album was considered a historic comeback back in its day. So glad to see through your reaction this album still retained its original fun, jubilant spirit and heartfelt, profound joy. An album packed with great songs that only MC can bring !! ❤🎉😊

girlllllll we had the same reaction when this masterpiece came out. we FEEL you !

I’m halfway through your reaction and I LOVE IT!!! I love hearing what this sounds like to a completely new generation. I became a lamb in 1992. Love that you are pointing out the pen game, the flow, the vocal diversity!! ❤️ 😊

I always have a hard time ranking her albums, it depends of my mood but this one is certainly near the very top of my list

This album of Mariah Carey deserved the album of the year way back 2006 Grammy Awards. 💯💯💯🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶

Love your reaction 💜 Great album too 😊

This was great to listen to while cleaning my apartment 🖤💜 Looove this album 💿

Listen to her E=MC2

This album is amazing and that reaction was phenomenal as well. I think you should react to E=MC² (2008), Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009), Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) and Caution (2018) album. Much love ❤️🦋

Yayyy, so glad you enjoyed it and got it. I think for you "Caution" and "Me I am Mariah, The elusive chanteuse" are albums that could work for you as well.

This is EVERYTHING!!!!! Thank you dahling

Through the rain was the same for me, so many levels to her voice she is amazing ❤

I will have to do the research but, Im pretty sure for We Belong Together, the ending was a result of having to quickly come up with something that would impress the record executives that were coming to check in on the progress of the album. I believe Mariah talked about this in an interview at one point.

Iight this is the first video I’ve seen by you and I’m subscribing! This is my mom’s favorite Mariah album, and mine too! It’s cool to see you groove to it!

Guuuuurrrrlll OMG I am so glad I found this video. I am so delighted to see someone partake in the euphoric emotional rollercoaster Mariah delivers through her music…

My very first CD 😌 this album will always have a special place in my heart

Tbh I died laughing when you showed the siren at the end of We Belong Together lmao

I really hope you listen to more Mariah! E=MC^2 is considered to be a sister to TEOM, but I would actually recommend you travel back through her discography so you transition into more of the adult contemporary of her early career (Charmbracelet has a lot of similarities to TEOM anyway). You will miss some of the self-referencing and storytelling between albums by going backwards, but I think it's an okay trade-off if it means you can ease into the earlier albums. While I love TEOM, I do feel that Music Box through Rainbow all contain at least 3 of her best songs each. Her compositions have always been top-tier, but the lyricism blows TEOM out of the water because they have less of the "night out" vibe. Also, Daydream, Butterfly, and Rainbow have probably some of the greatest remixes of all time. I know you're not a fan of remixes, but these are COMPLETELY different songs with brand new instrumentations and vocals. Look at disc 2 of her "The Remixes" collection for a good guide to those.

Hiiii! I love yur new intro😁. The r&b spreads out since i loove this genre! I guess Butterfly is the best rappresentation of masterpiece! Also Cristina was ahead of her time❤ and Janet Jackson! Please continue the mariah marathon! Worth it veryyy much🎉🌟. Nice vid, have a nice day honey🌺🌈 luv ya🍀

Very cute reaction, nice to see there are people recognizing and appreciating this album, even after 19 years 😊

Thank you for this, Beth! I hadn't listened to the album in years, but this gave me a whole new perspective and appreciation of the whole album!

girl u're so nice for doing this

Caution next please!! You're gonna love it ❤❤

Omg!!! I am so excited for this video. I love this Album!!!!!! And I watched all your Beyonce reactions. Now I feel like I am jamming to music with you. "JAMMING WITH BETH" lol 😂😂

awesome reaction!!! no skip needed

You have a great delivery! :)

Awwww someone reacting to Emancipation!! Bout time

Omg love this ❤️❤️❤️ love from NZ

Thanx for that reaction to Mine again. It's explosive.

It was fun going on this adventure with u. It’s such a beautiful album. Iconic and one of her best. ❤

Thanks for this! You are amazing! "Caution" next, please!

I love you for this! ❤

Fun fact: Mariah blocked her own song Shake It Off from going to number 1 with We Belong together