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Do not fill this in! === Legacy === Carey's enduring popularity as a musician has received extensive recognition, with Anne Branigin from ''The Root'' commenting: "There's longevity, then there's Mariah Carey".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Branigin|first=Anne|date=December 17, 2019|title=All I Want For Christmas Is...the Bag: Mariah Carey's Holiday Staple Hits No. 1 on Billboard for First Time, New Music Video to Come|url=https://www.theroot.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-the-bag-mariah-careys-ho-1840491759|access-date=April 19, 2023|website=The Root|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175030/https://www.theroot.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-the-bag-mariah-careys-ho-1840491759|url-status=live}}</ref> When reviewing her fifteenth studio album, ''Caution'', Eddino Hadi wrote, "In the last three decades since she made her debut, many female pop stars have scaled the heights that Carey has reached but very, very few have matched her longevity".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hadi|first=Eddino|date=November 21, 2018|title=Music review: Diva Mariah Carey ditches her signature vocal acrobatics in her latest album|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/music-review-diva-mariah-carey-ditches-her-signature-vocal-acrobatics-in-her|access-date=April 19, 2023|website=The Straits Time|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419175030/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/music-review-diva-mariah-carey-ditches-her-signature-vocal-acrobatics-in-her|url-status=live}}</ref> She is the first artist to reach number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the [[album era|physical]], [[music download|digital]] and [[streaming]] eras.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=December 20, 2019|title=Why Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Is Finally No. 1|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/mariah-carey-christmas-number-1-billboard-hot-100.html|access-date=April 29, 2023|website=Slate|archive-date=December 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206022145/https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/mariah-carey-christmas-number-1-billboard-hot-100.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey's music has been recorded, performed or sampled by a variety of artists such as [[Aretha Franklin]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E6D9153EF936A35752C1A962958260|title=Pop Review; Playful Aretha Franklin Plumbs Roots of Soul|last=Holden|first=Stephen|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 5, 1994|access-date=April 12, 2011|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112216/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/05/arts/pop-review-playful-aretha-franklin-plumbs-roots-of-soul.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Patti LaBelle]],<ref name="vibe1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2012/02/14/kelly-rowland-performs-fantasy-in-honor-of-mariah-carey/|title=Kelly Rowland performs "Fantasy" in honor of Mariah Carey|magazine=Rap-Up|date=February 14, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724114947/https://www.rap-up.com/2012/02/14/kelly-rowland-performs-fantasy-in-honor-of-mariah-carey/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dolly Parton]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9463928/dolly-parton-new-christmas-album-debuts-atop-charts|title=Dolly Parton Jingles In Atop Country & Holiday Album Charts: 'What a Great Early Christmas Present for Me!'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023214708/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9463928/dolly-parton-new-christmas-album-debuts-atop-charts/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Luciano Pavarotti]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2176900/the-number-ones-mariah-careys-hero/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Mariah Carey's "Hero"|date=February 21, 2022|magazine=Stereogum|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412150111/https://www.stereogum.com/2176900/the-number-ones-mariah-careys-hero/columns/the-number-ones/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/carpool-karaoke-christmas-adele-rhcp-mariah-1916018|title=Watch Adele, Chris Martin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mariah Carey and more in 'Carpool Karaoke' Christmas special|date=December 16, 2016|magazine=NME|access-date=December 16, 2016|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927175721/https://www.nme.com/news/music/carpool-karaoke-christmas-adele-rhcp-mariah-1916018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shania Twain]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10CA9C2E810BD668&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Have Yourself a Carey Christmas|newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|date=December 18, 2009|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025172910/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10CA9C2E810BD668&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Ball]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IB0CVI|title=Ancora|website=Amazon|access-date=November 10, 2010|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112216/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IB0CVI|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ariana Grande]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2013/06/ariana-grande-covers-mariah-careys-emotions/|title=Ariana Grande Covers Mariah Carey's 'Emotions'|date=June 3, 2013|magazine=That Grape Juice|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429142841/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2013/06/ariana-grande-covers-mariah-careys-emotions/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bryson Tiller]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2017/02/15/jermaine-dupri-talks-mariah-carey-album-bryson-tiller-collaboration/|title=Exclusive: Jermaine Dupri Talks Mariah Carey Album, Bryson Tiller Collaboration|date=February 15, 2017|magazine=Rap-up|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429142839/https://www.rap-up.com/2017/02/15/jermaine-dupri-talks-mariah-carey-album-bryson-tiller-collaboration/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Drake (musician)|Drake]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mariah-carey-shows-love-drake-emotions-sample-scorpion-8463626/|title=Mariah Carey Shows Love to Drake After Rapper Samples 'Emotions' on 'Scorpion' Track|date=July 2, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429142840/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mariah-carey-shows-love-drake-emotions-sample-scorpion-8463626/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fifth Harmony]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/mariah-carey-fifth-harmony-like-mariah-trending-140/|title=Mariah Carey Likes 'Like Mariah,' Boosting Fifth Harmony to No. 1 on Trending 140|date=February 4, 2015|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 29, 2023|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429142838/https://www.billboard.com/pro/mariah-carey-fifth-harmony-like-mariah-trending-140/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Sigala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/music/sigala-collaborations/|title=Sigala's biggest collaborations: From 'Sweet Lovin' to 'Feels This Good'|access-date=April 30, 2023|website=Radio Hits|last=Marriott|first=William|date=April 24, 2023|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212192154/https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/music/sigala-collaborations/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2019 film ''[[Always Be My Maybe (2019 film)|Always Be My Maybe]]'' was a play-on-words of Carey's 1996 single "[[Always Be My Baby]]", which was used as the movie's theme song.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Netflix|title=Always Be My Maybe {{!}} Trailer {{!}} Netflix|date=May 16, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBcWHY9lN4|access-date=May 16, 2019|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114133807/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBcWHY9lN4|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Mariah Carey13 Edwards Dec 1998.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Carey at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] during the making of the "[[I Still Believe (Brenda K. Starr song)#Mariah Carey version|I Still Believe]]" music video in December 1998]] Carey has also been credited for her role in breaking down racial barriers in popular culture and facilitating public discourse surrounding [[multiracialism]] during the 1990s. Brittany Luse from ''[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]'' wrote that Carey "rose to fame as public conversations about multiracial identity were expanding in the early '90s', noting that the singer "became something of an avatar for biracial identity, a validating presence for some and a source of both curiosity and discomfort for others". Luse concluded that "Carey's experience of fame could have happened only once; her stardom punched a hole in the sky. Her career matured as current conversations about mixed identity were still forming and while the passing narratives of the past, both brilliant and clumsy, had yet to fade from pop-cultural memory. There was a time when she might have been considered the most famous mixed person of Black and white parentage in America, but now the field's far more crowded".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luse |first=Brittany |date=October 18, 2021 |title=The Fiction of the Color Line |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/mariah-carey-nella-larsen-passing.html |access-date=August 31, 2022 |website=Vulture |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831065016/https://www.vulture.com/article/mariah-carey-nella-larsen-passing.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In her book ''Tragic No More: Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity'', Caroline A. Streeter, an associate professor at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], also described Carey as one of the "ideal figures through which to consider the [[Post–civil rights era in African-American history|post-Civil Rights]] era's apparent rehabilitation and transformation of the mulatto/a into a biracial subject of representation".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Streeter |first=Caroline A. |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/22638 |title=Tragic No More: Mixed-Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity |date=2012 |publisher=University of Massachusetts Press |isbn=978-1-61376-225-7 |location=Amherst |access-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831073328/https://muse.jhu.edu/book/22638 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==== Vocal influence ==== Carey's vocal style, as well as her singing ability, have significantly impacted popular and contemporary music. She has been considered one of the greatest vocalists. As music critic G. Brown from ''[[The Denver Post]]'' wrote, "For better or worse, Mariah Carey's five-octave range and melismatic style have influenced a generation of pop singers."<ref name="DKTHK"/> According to [[Stevie Wonder]], "When people talk about the great influential singers, they talk about [[Aretha Franklin|Aretha]], [[Whitney Houston|Whitney]] and Mariah. That's a testament to her talent. Her range is that amazing."<ref name="vibe">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=mariah+carey+rainbow&pg=PA260-IA6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428062350/https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=mariah+carey+rainbow&pg=PA260-IA6|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 28, 2021|title=Mariah Carey 'Rainbow'|last=Linden|first=Amy|magazine=Vibe|date=December 12, 1999|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> Carey has inspired singers and songwriters all over the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/09/14/1368802/mariahs-influence-todays-artists|title=Mariah's Influence on Today's Artists|access-date=December 1, 2020|website=Phil Star|archive-date=April 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429123856/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/09/14/1368802/mariahs-influence-todays-artists|url-status=live}}</ref> In a review of her ''[[Greatest Hits (Mariah Carey album)|Greatest Hits]]'' album, [[Devon Powers]] of ''[[PopMatters]]'' writes that "She has influenced countless female vocalists after her. At 32, she is already a [[Living legend (person)|living legend]]—even if she never sings another note."<ref name="zefCx"/> {{Listen|filename=Visionoflove.ogg|title="Vision of Love" (1990)|description="[[Vision of Love]]" is credited with revolutionizing the usage of distinguished vocal stylings, predominantly the practice of [[melisma]], and effectively influencing virtually every female R&B performer since the 1990s.<ref name=RollingStone-Nov2008>{{cite magazine|title=The 100 Greatest Singer of All Time : Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 12, 2008|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/mariah-carey-19691231|access-date=August 14, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027102514/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/mariah-carey-19691231|archive-date=October 27, 2011}}</ref>}} Multiple media sources referred to Carey as the "Queen of Melisma".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/killing-me-softly-with-their-self-indulgence-20060611-ge2hyf.html|title=Killing me softly with their self-indulgenc|date=June 11, 2006|website=The Age|access-date=April 19, 2023|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723140502/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/killing-me-softly-with-their-self-indulgence-20060611-ge2hyf.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = How Many Octaves Can Mariah Carey Sing? She's Got One Of The Widest Vocal Ranges In Music|date = April 14, 2015|url = https://www.bustle.com/articles/76348-how-many-octaves-can-mariah-carey-sing-shes-got-one-of-the-widest-vocal-ranges-in|publisher = Kristie Rohwedder|access-date = July 23, 2019|archive-date = April 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150417203224/https://www.bustle.com/articles/76348-how-many-octaves-can-mariah-carey-sing-shes-got-one-of-the-widest-vocal-ranges-in|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Killing me softly with their self-indulgence|date = June 11, 2006|url = https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/killing-me-softly-with-their-self-indulgence-20060611-ge2hyf.html|access-date = July 23, 2019|archive-date = July 23, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190723140502/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/killing-me-softly-with-their-self-indulgence-20060611-ge2hyf.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title = The Most Memorable Super Bowl National Anthems|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-most-memorable-super-bowl-national-anthems-10706/mariah-carey-2002-62617/|magazine = Rolling Stone|access-date = July 23, 2019|archive-date = September 26, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180926014541/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-most-memorable-super-bowl-national-anthems-10706/mariah-carey-2002-62617/|url-status = live}}</ref> According to ''Rolling Stone'', "Her mastery of melisma, the fluttering strings of notes that decorate songs like "[[Vision of Love]]", inspired the entire ''[[American Idol]]'' vocal school, for better or worse, and virtually every other female R&B singer since the Nineties."<ref name="great">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/mariah-carey-19691231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027102514/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/mariah-carey-19691231|archive-date=October 27, 2011|title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time – Mariah Carey|access-date=October 31, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> Chart historian Tom Breihan chose "Vision of Love" as one of the chapters in his book ''The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music'', stating that the song "set the stage for a whole decade of showy, pyrotechnic '90s R&B vocals. Carey created an environment where her disciples could flourish, and she did it by constructing "Vision Of Love" as a showcase for her voice".<ref>{{cite web|title = The Number Ones: Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love"|date = September 29, 2021|url = https://www.stereogum.com/2161924/the-number-ones-mariah-careys-vision-of-love/columns/the-number-ones/|publisher = Stereogum|access-date = September 29, 2021|archive-date = September 30, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210930060858/https://www.stereogum.com/2161924/the-number-ones-mariah-careys-vision-of-love/columns/the-number-ones/|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2008, Jody Rosen of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' wrote of Carey's influence in modern music, calling her the most influential vocal stylist of the last two decades, the person who made rococo melismatic singing.<ref name="slate.com">{{cite web|last=Rosen|first=Jody|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2190184/|title=Why The Haters Are Wrong About Mariah Carey|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=April 13, 2008|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=August 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821020124/http://www.slate.com/id/2190184/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rosen further exemplified Carey's influence by drawing a parallel with ''American Idol'', which to her, "often played out as a clash of melisma-mad Mariah wannabes. And, today, nearly 20 years after Carey's debut, major labels continue to bet the farm on young stars such as the winner of Britain's ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|X Factor]]'' show, [[Leona Lewis]], with her Generation Next gloss on Mariah's big voice and big hair."<ref name="slate.com"/> ''New York'' magazine's editor Roger Deckker further commented that "Whitney Houston may have introduced melisma (the vocally acrobatic style of lending a word an extra syllable or twenty) to the charts, but it was Mariah—with her jaw-dropping range—who made it into America's default sound." Deckker also added that "Every time you turn on ''American Idol'', you are watching her children."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16905/|title=The Most Influential People in Music|work=New York|date=May 7, 2006|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=November 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126154020/http://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16905/|url-status=live}}</ref> As Professor Katherine L. Meizel said in her book, ''The Mediation of Identity Politics in American Idol'', "Carey's influence [is] in the emulation of melisma or her singing amongst the wannabes, it's also her persona, her diva, her stardom which inspires them ... a pre-fame conic look."<ref name="rAqlU"/> With her ability to do runs, scats, and incredible control using [[whistle register]], Carey is credited with popularizing this technique in mainstream music, making her name synonymous with the term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thethings.com/mariah-carey-and-other-singers-who-can-hit-a-whistle-note/|title=Mariah Carey & 9 Other Singers Who Can Hit A Whistle Note|work=The Things|date=May 6, 2021|access-date=June 4, 2021|archive-date=June 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604213156/https://www.thethings.com/mariah-carey-and-other-singers-who-can-hit-a-whistle-note/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==== Popularizing remixes ==== The impact of Carey's artistry has helped popularize rappers as a featured act in pop music through her post-1995 songs. She has been called the "[[Honorific nicknames in popular music|Queen of Remixes]]" by multiple media sources,<ref name="Staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3114152/mariah-carey-remixes-a-no-no/|title=12 Essential Mariah Carey Cuts That Prove She's Queen Of The Remix|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 16, 2019|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617114815/http://www.mtv.com/news/3114152/mariah-carey-remixes-a-no-no/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/n5wfr5/mariah-carey-greatest-remixes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629102553/https://www.vh1.com/news/n5wfr5/mariah-carey-greatest-remixes|url-status=live|archive-date=June 29, 2022|title=10 Songs That Prove Mariah Carey is Queen of the Remix|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=VH1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-10-greatest-mariah-carey-remixes/|title=The 10 Greatest Mariah Carey Remixes|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=Slant Magazine|date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605035551/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-10-greatest-mariah-carey-remixes/|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[MTV]] writer, Princess Gabbara, noting that it is "no secret that [Carey] goes to great lengths to deliver a spectacular remix, often re-recording vocals, penning new lyrics, shooting new music videos, and recording different versions to satisfy pop, R&B, hip-hop, and EDM audiences".<ref name="Staff"/> Speaking to [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] in 2019 for a profile of Carey's career, [[David Morales]], who first collaborated with Carey on the ''Def Club Mix'' of her 1993 single "[[Dreamlover (song)|Dreamlover]]", commented on Carey's revolutionary role in the popularization of remixes: "Mariah opened up a whole other door, and not many people at that time were capable of that. When other big artists saw what I did with Mariah, they wanted that. She's how I got into the studio with [[Toni Braxton]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] and [[Donna Summer]]."<ref name="Staff"/> Sasha Frere-Jones, editor of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' commented, "It became standard for R&B/hip-hop stars like [[Missy Elliott]] and Beyoncé, to combine melodies with rapped verses. And young white pop stars—including [[Britney Spears]], [[NSYNC|'N Sync]] and [[Christina Aguilera]]—have spent much of the past ten years making pop music that is unmistakably R&B." Moreover, Jones concludes that "[Carey's] idea of pairing a female songbird with the leading male MCs of hip-hop changed R&B and, eventually, all of pop. Although now anyone is free to use this idea, the success of ''The Emancipation of Mimi'' suggests that it still belongs to Carey."<ref name="newyorker"/> Judnick Mayard, writer of ''The Fader'', wrote that in regarding of R&B and hip hop collaboration, "The champion of this movement is Mariah Carey." Mayard also said that "To this day ODB and Mariah may still be the best and most random hip hop collaboration of all time", citing that due to the record "[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]", "R&B and Hip-Hop were the best of step siblings."<ref name="thefader.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/suite903-rb-rejected-and-betrayed/|title=Suite903: R&B, Rejected and Betrayed|magazine=[[The Fader]]|last=Mayard|first=Judnick|date=January 4, 2009|access-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911150131/http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/suite903-rb-rejected-and-betrayed/|archive-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> Kelefa Sanneh of ''The New York Times'' wrote, "In the mid-1990s Ms. Carey pioneered a subgenre that some people call the thug-love duet. Nowadays clean-cut pop stars are expected to collaborate with roughneck rappers, but when Ms. Carey teamed up with Ol' Dirty Bastard, of the Wu-Tang Clan, for the 1995 hit remix of 'Fantasy', it was a surprise, and a smash."<ref name="autogenerated7">{{cite news|title=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 4, 2005|access-date=November 5, 2010|last=Sanneh|first=Kalefa|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510132505/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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