Track Listing

1. Migrate featuring T-Pain
2. Touch My Body
3. Cruise Control featuring Damian Marley
4. I Stay In Love
5. Side Effects featuring Young Jeezy
6. I'm That Chick
7. Love Story
8. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
9. Last Kiss
10. Thanx 4 Nothin'
11. O.O.C.
12. For The Record
13. Bye Bye
14. I Wish You Well

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #352 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-15
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Performer and songwriter Mariah Carey has set April 15th as the in-store date for the most eagerly anticipated album of the year, E=MC². The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC² is the follow-up to The Emancipation Of Mimi, Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), 2 #1 singles and countless more industry honors during its 18-month stay on the charts. The first single from E=MC² is "Touch My Body," written and produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and The-Dream, and blasting out worldwide on February 12th. The video for "Touch My Body" was directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner - Internet, cable and network premieres for the video will be announced in the weeks ahead. In addition to C. "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream, other guest producers joining Mariah on E=MC² will include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser.. E=MC² is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.

The Emancipation Of Mimi, released April 12, 2005, was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar - Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, bringing total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to more than 160 million worldwide, making her the most successful female recording artist in history. Mimi featured "We Belong Together" (winner of the Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song Grammys) and "Don't Forget About Us," Mariah's 16th and 17th #1 career singles respectively. They tied one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 48 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.

Customer Reviews

E=MC2
I love this album. This album is just as good as her last one back in 2005. The album means emancipation = Mariah Carey to the second power. The music appeals to Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, Reggae(Cruise Control) and Gospel(I Wish You Well). On this album, She worked with The Dream, Jermaine Dupri, Will.i.am, Stargate, DJ Troomp, and C. "Tricky" Stewart. Her concentration is not on club-oriented dance tracks but on smooth, mid-tempo R&B that pulses with sexy glamour. Nothing on this album is a radical depature, but she gets better at making sexy, listenable, flawlessly crafted R&B. This album has been certified Platinum so far.

Disappoininting Followup
"E=MC2" was, for me, the most anxiously-awaited CD of 2008. I was excited to see if Mariah would be able to top or at least duplicate the sheer perfection of her 2005 comeback disc, the stellar "The Emanication of Mimi". Unfortunately, Mimi fell way short with this offerring.

The first single, the disasterous "Touch My Body", was a sign of what I was to expect from the rest of the CD. "E=MC2"'s downfall is it depends too much on recycled drum beats, as well as songs and melodies with little to no substance. The only real standout on this disc is the old-school Soul-inspired "I'm That Chick", which features the Mariah of the early 90s. Other tracks that are listenable are "Love Story" and "I'll Be Loving You Long Time". The rest of the disc simply does not work.

Unlike it's predecessor, "E=MC2" ran out of steam fast on the charts. Def Jam made a serious miscalculation when it decided to issue "Bye, Bye" as the failed second single. This song is about losing a loved one, but it does not even compare to "One Sweet Day" or "The Wind", one of her most brilliant songs ever. "I'll Be Loving You Long Time" is the third single from the disc and is only doing moderately well on the R&B charts.

This is Mariah's worst album since 1999's catastrophic "Rainbow". I hope Mariah takes some time off to re-evaluate what direction she is going. She is a singer who clearly shines on more traditional R&B and Pop tunes. Like Janet Jackson, she has mistakenly tried to appeal to a much younger audience with lackluster rubbish like this disc. Mariah, please remember how old you are and record music that is more befitting of a woman your age and extraordinary talent.

3 1/2 stars - More of the same from Mimi
Mariah Carey - E=MC² (Island Def Jam, 2008)

In 2005, Mariah Carey resurrected her career with The Emancipation of Mimi and won many awards for it. Many were patiently waiting for her follow-up. Although the first single, the Dream-produced "Touch My Body" (his first hit to not contain that annoying "stutter" thing he does--see "Umbrella", "Bed" and "Falsetto") came out and hit #1, the true test was to see if the accompanying album would be better or worse than Emancipation.

Yeah, E=MC² is a corny title for this album but it is very accurate because for all intents and purposes, this album IS really Emancipation Pt. 2. You have the songs featuring the artists du jour (the T-Pain-assisted "Migrate", the Young Jeezy-assisted "Side Effects"), the Jermaine Dupri ballads, and Mariah's soaring voice--all just like on the previous album. She doesn't take many chances on this album but one song that is always on repeat is "I Wish You Well", which makes me feel that James Poyser is the only one who can bring out the best in Mariah.

Some of the Dupri songs do sound like Emancipation rejects and longtime fans may argue that her old stuff is better. In Mariah's defense, though, at least she knows what to do to keep a steady career unlike other '90s divas who were hot but now you don't remember them like Celine Dion or Toni Braxton. In any case, E=MC² will still make Mariah that chick you like. -EJR