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But I dont know if thats the whole story.

Part of the reason people acted shady is that Mariah was introduced to us as a total-package artist.

The list of early-to-mid-90s heavy hitters still moving the dial in 2018 is frustratingly short.)

The balance is careful because Mariah knows who to call.

They answer because she delivers.

The list of collaborators who pitched in work onCautionis a pop nerds dream team.

Giving Me Life teams Mariah up with Slick Rick andBlood Orange.

The median sound is delicate late-night R&B with subtle trap, electronic, and old-school hip-hop accents.

The Distance is sleek, slow funk not unlike the elite synthetic grooves populating last years Calvin Harris album.

GTFO is slight and deliberately chintzy, like a faithful re-creation of the graduation song on a Yamaha.

The album is lean and sweet, but Mariahs lyrics have teeth.