Hand claps and a playful whistle set the pulse for four bars. The leadoff song, “It’s Like That”, produced by hit manufacturer Jermaine Dupri, was also the album’s lead single and is the perfect introduction for the rest of the album’s carefree feel. And with Carey’s latest album, the debate has been settled, at least for now.įrom the onset of The Emancipation of Mimi, Carey spawns two hit singles.
But unlike today’s televised music contests, there were no numbers to call and vote, the decision was made by and stayed with individual viewers, and ultimately, only time would tell who would be the winner. VH1, which at the time was an adult-contemporary Mecca, even devoted some of their weekend programming to Mariah versus Whitney video shows, asking viewers to decide who was the better diva. Tupac and Biggie it was not, but everyone who followed either Carey or Houston, betted on the downfall of the other. Both had the vocal range of a piano, both were endorsed by industry bigwigs, and both had more hits between them than any rivalry in pop music at that time. With Mariah Carey’s latest album, The Emancipation of Mimi, Carey not only puts to rest the rumors of a career gone sour, she also, probably unknowingly, settles a debate that has been going on since she stepped on the scene with a “Vision of Love”.īack in the early ’90s, Carey was one of the poster girls for all that was a diva, but she was forced to share the spotlight with another diva that already had a few years on her named Whitney Houston.
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