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BIOGRAPHY
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The
effervescent, radio-ready pop-funk of "Loverboy,"
co-produced with Clark Kent, serves as the perfect kick-off
single. Riding a loop of Cameo's 1987 hit, "Candy,"
Mariah enlisted Cameo's own Larry Blackmon and Thomas Jenkins
to join her in the 2001 smash remake. "I had the original
members sing with me in the studio, which was an incredible
moment." The single's rap remix features the interplay of
Da Brat (who co-stars in "Glitter") and
Ludacris, in tandem with newcomers Twenty II and Shawnna.
Continuing to wax nostalgic, Glitter features Mariah's
true-to-the-original renditions of 80's songstress Cherelle's
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" (later covered by
Robert Palmer) and "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life,"
a New York area smash during the 80's. "I was obsessed
with 'I Didn't Mean To Turn You On,'" Carey remembers.
"Jimmy (Jam) and Terry (Lewis) gave me that original
track, and singing on top of it gave me chills. 'Last Night A
DJ Saved My Life' fit perfectly because 'Billie' falls in love
with the main character who is a DJ, and most DJ's love that
record anyway. I did 'Last Night�' with DJ Clue, Busta
Rhymes and Clue's new artist, Fabolous, who did a great job. I
also worked with Rick James, and when I told him I wanted to
do something in the vein of 'All Night Long,' he gave me this
great track which sounds like it's from 1982."
Glitter also features some
of Mariah's most stirring and emotive ballads, taken from the
perspective of her sometimes-troubled character. Through the
voice of "Billie," Mariah conveys thoughts going
through her character's mind, which center on the hurt
associated with being abandoned as a child. Mariah explains,
"I wrote songs in order to carry different scenes in a
certain way. The songs about a mother/daughter relationship
are about 'Billie' and her relationship with her mother; the
same thing applies to the songs I wrote for 'Billie' and
'Dice,' (the male lead), and what's going on in their lives.
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