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NEW
MARIAH
CAREY
ALBUM
"THE
EMANCIPATION
OF
MIMI"
SET
FOR
APRIL
11th
RELEASE
Album
guests
include
Snoop
Dogg,
Nelly,
Twista
and
top
producers
Jermaine
Dupri,
the
Neptunes
and
Kanye
West
Island
Def
Jam
recording
artist
Mariah
Carey's
eagerly
anticipated
new
album,
THE
EMANCIPATION
OF
MIMI,
is
shaping
up
to
be
one
of
the
early
success
stories
of
the
new
year,
as
its
first
single
pick,
"It's
Like
That,"
written
by
Mariah
and
co-produced
by
über-producer
Jermaine
Dupri, continues its
ascent
at
radio.
The
music
video
for
"It's
Like
That"
has
been
shot
by
Hollywood
A-list
director
Brett
Ratner
(Rush
Hour,
Red
Dragon).
Ratner
last
worked
with
Mariah
in
1999
on
the
#1
Pop/
#1
R&B
"Heartbreaker"
clip.
THE
EMANCIPATION
OF
MIMI,
Mariah
Carey's
10th
studio
album,
is
set
to
arrive
in
stores
on
April
11th.
It
is
the
long-awaited
follow-up
to
2002's
RIAA
platinum
Charmbracelet.
The
new
album
finds
Mariah's
broad
range
of
musical
talents
on
full
display,
as
every
one
of
its
14
songs
bears
her
signature
as
writer
and
co-producer.
Carey
continues
to
work
with
today's
top
R&B
and
hip-hop
producers,
such
as
the
Neptunes,
who
lend
their
signature
production
style
to
two
tracks:
"To
The
Floor"
(featuring
Nelly)
and
"Say
Somethin'"
(featuring
Snoop
Dogg
).
The
album's
other
featured
guest
is
Twista,
who
shows
up
on
"One
and
Only."
The
first
single,
"It's
Like
That,"
is
one
of
four
songs
co-produced
by
Mariah
and
Jermaine
Dupri,
along
with
"Get
Your
Number,"
"Shake
It
Off,"
and
"We
Belong
Together."
Fellow
Def
Jam
artist
Kanye
West
collaborates
with
Mariah
on
"Stay
the
Night."
On
other
tracks
she
works
with
Scram
Jones
("Your
Girl"),
Mahogany
("When
I
Feel
It") and
James
Poyser
("Mine
Again").
Three
tracks
are
co-written
and
co-produced
by
Mariah
and
James
"Big
Jim"
Wright
(of
Jimmy
Jam
&
Terry
Lewis'
Flyte
Tyme
Productions),
including
"I
Wish
You
Knew,"
"Circles,"
and
"Fly
Like
a
Bird."
Mariah
Carey
is
an
award-winning
megastar
who
holds
the
title
of
#1
Female
Artist
of
the
'90s
-
the
only
artist
to
have
topped
the
charts
in
each
year
of
that
decade.
With
cumulative
total
sales
of
her
albums,
singles
and
long-form
videos
in
excess
of
75-times
platinum
in
the
U.S.
and
over
150
million
in
sales
worldwide,
she
is
simply
the
top-selling
female
artist
in
history.
With
a
record
15
#1
singles,
two
Grammy
Awards,
eight
American
Music
Awards,
Billboard
magazine's
Artist
of
the
Decade
Award,
and
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