Now most lambs know that Mariah recorded and submitted The Emancipation of Mimi, with LA Reid then suggesting she go see JD which then added the hit singles It's Like That, We Belong Together, Shake It Off and Get Your Number. Let's say Mariah released the 2004 version of the album, where Say Somethin' was intended to be the lead. Which singles would you have picked?

 

Tracklist

 

1. Mine Again

2. Say Somethin' (feat. Snoop Dogg)

3. Stay the Night

4. One and Only (feat. Twista)

5. Circles

6. Your Girl

7. I Wish You Knew

8. To The Floor (feat. Nelly)

9. Joy Ride

10. When I Feel It

11. Sprung

12. Secret Love

13. Fly Like a Bird

 

I would have chosen

 

1. Say Somethin'

2. Stay the Night

3. Mine Again

4. Sprung

5. Circles

6. Fly Like a Bird

Fly Like a Bird best song on the album, so definitely that one. The rest is tricky cause it's a very different album this way.

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1. Your Girl

2. Circles

3. Stay the Night

11 minutes ago, Daddy said:

So we almost didn't get her comeback album? Wow, I never knew 

Had she not listened to LA Reid then no, all the singles we got wouldn't have existed. 

Say Somethin'

Circles

Stay the Night

Your Girl

So Lonely

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Would still have been a top tier soul album but missing the bridges with the contemporaneous sound that made it cross over so heavily and become the blockbuster it is.

 

For singles?

 

1. Say Somethin'

2. When I Feel It

3. Circles

4. Stay the Night

5. Mine Again

1. When I Feel It

2. Stay The Night

3. Sprung

4. Fly Like a Bird

5. I wish you knew

1. Say Somethin'

2. I Wish You Knew

3. Joy Ride

4. Circles

Circles for lead single. 

1. Say Somethin' (feat. Snoop Dogg)

2. Sprung

3. Stay the Night

4. Fly Like a Bird

Maybe Say Something, Stay the Night, Fly Like a Bird. I doubt it would have gone very deep in singles since it's a good album but it's missing all the radio friendly songs

1. Say Somethin' (feat. Snoop Dogg)
2. Stay The Night (this is the closest we'd get to a WBT from this version of the album) 
3. I Wish You Knew
4. When I Feel It (as the deluxe release)
5. Fly Like a Bird

I would say Say Something followed by Stay The Night and final single is Circles 

I'm surprised he didn't work on more tracks for the album

Say Somethin'

Stay the Night

Your Girl

Mine Again

Fly Like a Bird