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E=MC2
by Mariah Carey


7.3

based on 18 reviews
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Official Artist Site

The follow-up to 2005's "The Emancipation of Mimi" features T-Pain, Damian Marley, and Young Jeezy as guests.

LABEL:	Island
RELEASE DATE:	15 April 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	R&B, Pop

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Entertainment Weekly

The result is a largely enjoyable mix of flirtatious club jams, midtempo love songs, and emotional ballads anchored by hip hop beats that hansomely showcase the singer's powerful vocal range. [18 Apr 2008, p.63]

Observer Music Monthly

The production is glossed to within an inch of its life, the mood is cheerfully upbeat--or 'festive' as Carey might put it herself--and the entire confection rings out with bold, sassy, brutally executed intent.

The Guardian

She is on fine vocal form throughout E=MC2, whether belting out massive ballads ('Thanx 4 Nothin') or layering her voice into a swooning bank of a hundred Mariahs ('I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time').

Billboard

Carey's made a pop album with equal parts levity and gravity.

Blender

E=MC2 is Carey's most-fun album, and her best.

Dot Music

It's still very much a Mariah album--and a very slick and stylish one--with all the sweetness and swagger that entails.

New Musical Express

A strident, self-assured album.

Prefix Magazine

It’s all pretty cohesive, yet the album relies too heavily on its slick production and lyrical arrangements.

Boston Globe

As sequels go, E=MC2 is better than most, boasting a higher, and more consistent, quotient of slinky, dance-floor charm and stronger ballads than "Mimi."

All Music Guide

Like so much of "Emancipation" and E=MC2, which is a virtual replica of its predecessor in almost every way, 'Touch My Body' is all about sound, rhythm, and texture and not so much about song, something that helps sustain Mariah Carey's run at the top the charts, but something that also pushes melodic hooks, and in the process singing, into the background.

Rolling Stone

Nearly every song confines Carey to four-note verses, offering little room for her glorious range, and the six ballads are drenched in yearbook-quote lyrics that never quite work themselves into the froth of "The Emancipation of Mimi."

Hartford Courant

That leaves the expected collection of highly buffed beats, a dozen producers deep, which occasionally generates material that ranks with Mariah's best.

NOW Magazine

There is some insubstantial filler here, but more often than not, E = MC2 hits the mark.

Los Angeles Times

E=MC2 is a little better--the songwriting is more consistent, the feel a bit more natural--but it too lacks a ruling temperament or artistic vision.

The New York Times

It is in the same vein [as "The Emancipation of Mimi"], but much less good.

PopMatters

At the end of the day, however, E=MC2 is nothing more than a shallow imitation of its predecessor, the unexciting kid cousin of an arena-sized R&B watermark.

Uncut

Adhering to commercially fixated standards of production line R&B, E=MC2 charms soon melt away. [Aug 2008, p.87]

cokemachineglow

Even the fun disco of 'I’m That Chick' is too little, too late for E=MC²--an album that proves just how easy it is for a well-funded virtuoso and the world’s best hitmakers to create a steaming pile of shit.

The average user rating for this album is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 114 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ruben R. gave it a10:
It is, the Mariah Carey's best all the time. E=MC2 is really really big and innovator, catchy, sincere and it contains the smash singles that i've never listened Top Song: I Stay In Love Migrate I'll Be Loving You Long Time Side Effects Touch My Body I'm That Chick For The Record.

Cory F. gave it a9:
I was really scared when I heard that Mariah was releasing another album. I mean, how can you beat her comeback and 2005's highest selling album, "The Emancipation of Mimi"? Well, she has another album that will surely spawn more hits! The songs sound similar to "Mimi" but are NOT carbon copies like all other major reviewers are giving "E=MC2". Songs like "Touch My Body" (her 18th #1 single), "Bye Bye", and "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" truly showcase this cool, purely genius record!

anonymous gave it a1:
Big No!!!! No!!!!!! Album, I'm realy not enjoy hear this album.

Diego T. gave it a10:
The album lacks a "We Belong Together" (perhaps the track that comes close is "I Stay In Love," but all 14 tracks are, together, stronger than its predecessor. Perfect for the summer, and perfect for a huge R&B Diva. Her vocals are as strong as ever, her songwriting is as consistent as it's ever been. Highlights include "Side Effects," "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time," "I'm That Chick," Touch My Body," And "I Stay In Love."

Jackson S. gave it a10:
Musically better than The Emancipation Of Mimi and her best album after 1997's Butterfly - this new album by Mariah Carey managed to prove to her bunch of detractors that she still has the talents to prove.

Paolo Q. gave it a10:
All tracks are great and the album is better than TEOM. Mariah Carey is becoming better than ever.

jack1222 e gave it a5:
TRUST ME ON THIS! I am a Mariah fan like u fools, but there is nothing new here. Everything is average at best, in fact its inferior to her last hit album. There are about 4-5 quality tracks. Touch my body was basically the best she had to offer and it was the only worthy song to sell her CD.

E=MC2 by Mariah Carey

E=MC2
by Mariah Carey