The Emancipation Of MimiMariah Carey · 2005

pitchfork

9.0

“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Mariah Carey’s triumphant comeback, an album that captured the zeitgeist of 2000s R&B and resurrected a pop icon.”

rollingstone

5.0

“First off: Mariah Carey’s ninth album, The Emancipation of Mimi, doesn’t suck as comprehensively as 2001’s Glitter or 2002’s Charmbracelet. Those back-to-back flops suggested that her famous multioctave voice was shot, her judgment impaired and her decade-long pop dominance as over as the Nineties. On Mimi, the Neptunes, Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri deliver unimpeachable […]”

“From one of the biggest hit makers of her generation beloved by most including myself comes her final chance to be free and make the music she wants. And .... There is not a hit on the album. In fact, it is all drab forgettable r and b dance music ish stuff. I am going to get rid of this asap. Glad Mimi feels free finally. Good for her for sure. Bad for the rest of us who liked her old music waaaaaaay better!”