Mariah Carey-If Only U Knew\Over The Rainbow,Essence Awards

[fan4mc]

now this is how it should be done... i realy didnt lke marsha ambroise version

[poriyo]

did she hit a f#5 at 1:06 ?

[TheRiver61]

Scratchy but still one of the most beautiful voices!

[yurishibuya13]

goodness gimme a break! all these hatin'??can't y'all just appreciated her singing? oh please. as if these haters sing better than her.

[MultiNarimen]

No words, no words

[tom8432]

Amazing! Mariah is the best!

[juvy570]

MARIAH has always a natural singing voice...a very good one.

[PairJaNaJa]

One good thing about Patti, apart from the incredible power, is that she manages to fully hit every note in her range. (But common on one belt D6 in chest voice.) She's also good at improvisation.

For Mariah, she does little of mixed chest-head voice. She seems to use them apart. Above F#5 is sometimes scratchy. Her highest belt is A5. She possesses a wide range but is not able to fully hit them all. She usually controls her voice well above the middle C. And she is not a natural powerhouse.

[Endlesslove1974]

That Made Me CRY

[MrButler124]

i don't think mariah would have trouble hitting patti's notes on a good day. her range is bigger so really she could, but it's not about hitting high notes, it's about how the singer interprets the song.(and how well they can BLOW:) have a nice day

[yeahFUXKINright]

@MrButler124 Mariah has never had Pattis belting range. Whistles and belting are 2 dif thing

[MrButler124]

@yeahFUXKINright i wasn't talkin about whistle. i was talking about belting range, and yes she does in this song. maybe not in the present but vask then she did. especially when she was in her golden years. but i'm not about to argue about people who don't even think twice about me so, i hope you have a nice day but i'm done. bye bye:)

[yeahFUXKINright]

@MrButler124 Cut the bullshit. Mariahs highest belted note is G5 and she barely managed to do maybe 3 or 4 live and they were just shrieks, she really was only good up to F#. Patti belted up to D6 with no struggle.

[MrButler124]

@yeahFUXKINright ok, do i care no. i was makin a statement. don't turn this into a big thing cause it's not needed. i don't listen to them becaue of how high they can go or how low. i listen to them because they are GOOD and AWEOSME. so you can go on somwwhere with your little notes and examples. hve a nice day and bye

[yeahFUXKINright]

@MrButler124 Dumb retard you care. If you didnt care you wouldna brought up lies and faggtales, you got them big eyes locked and stuck to my reply. Noone cares why you listen to them , just know im going to correct you retard

[MrButler124]

@yeahFUXKINright 1. i'm not a retard first of all, don't csall me out of my name. i did'tn call you out of yours so don't call me out of mine 2. there not lies snd the faggtales staement doesn't make sense 3. i don't CARE IF NOONE CARES I"M LISTENING TO THEM i'm not here to make them care about my actions. and you didn't correct me based on facts you did it on OPINION!!!!! there's a diff. therefore your correction was invalid. think about that while i'm enjoyin my girls

[MrButler124]

@yeahFUXKINright wow i didn't see this reply hmm im goin to respond anyway evn though it's old. i know my craft now. MC only goes to an A5 in belting voice. my mistake and i admit that. but don't go around insulting my intelligence cause you don't know me. & i don't care actually. i'm sorry that you have to resort to namecalling to get a point across. that's really pathetic. and actaully a lot of people care why i listen to them:) and know that i don;t need your 2 cents:)

[MrButler124]

@MrButler124 oops forget about that last comment. my mind was somewhere else when i wrote that. im actually over it hahahaha have a nice day

[pedy19]

@yeahFUXKINright then check her G#5 live in my saving grace, through the rain, and the one

[BlackLightning20101]

@yeahFUXKINright That's because Mariah is an alto...Patti is a soprano.

[pedy19]

@yeahFUXKINright Patti sings her high notes in a mix voice and head voice she barely uses chest in high notes as Mariah does which is way harder than in mix or head.

[mcdamian17]

She has the most agile voice! that run from 1:50 to 1:54 was crazy.

[DominicoDR]

Those happy blue birds do fly! She's amazing in this performance!

[thatmimichick]

I LOVE ITTTTTTT

[everever10]

ya cuz coco never sings.... had time to perseve her voice

[janrymimi]

i saw this show..very nice...

[LADYDIVAA]

damn that girl can sing

[Hiyonmy]

it's just like an ancient chinese saying:cockoo sings like shed blood.it's used to describe those real divas

[BlackLightning20101]

@Hiyonmy What does "cuckoo sings like shed blood" mean?

[GL0RI4NIC0L3]

LOVE the ending !!!!

[19941994alex]

@GL0RI4NIC0L3 ikr

[athol26]

thats why she the best

[zoeisobel]

go girl!

[feeklv]

Amazing control. Man, I love this woman! I love how she changed this up and made it very Mariahish. Her vocal runs aren't random runs like some wannabes do. She knows exactly how and when to use them.

[chewerboy]

the ending was epic, the shit!!! :D

[19941994alex]

@chewerboy ikr!

[zoeisobel]

sing it girl !

[mcdamian17]

1:50-1:54 best riff in music history. The control and tone are out of this world.

[damnimacutie]

@mcdamian17 yes!!!!!! amazing!!!!!!

[mcdamian17]

1:50-1:54 best riff in music history. The control and tone are out of this world.

[kyupid15mikey]

blue birds fllaaaaaiaiaiiiaiaiiiiaiiii...­...

how many notes are those!

[damnimacutie]

@kyupid15mikey i know, right?! lol

[werdnanotroh]

this is beautiful! :)

[3930college]

amazing

[kpaperchase]

I love Mariah too, but she would have trouble hitting the notes in the original Patti version.

[cassiehassan]

mariah has an huge vocal range that patti, and she might hav had an bad day on the performance... u cnt judge an singer on one performance

[kpaperchase]

swv did this on the monique show and killed it! Co co sang it a step higher than mariah and hit all the notes in full voice. CHeck that out

[everever10]

@kpaperchase mariah did it way better, and still held back on her voice

[kpaperchase]

yeah but she can't hit them notes in full voice like co co

[thanigg]

of course coko is a first sorpano its easy for her

[BINATAKAN]

MC D GREATEST!LOVE HER

[athol26]

what a doos crowd

[Kras05]

shes not a bird. shes an angel :):):):)

[mickiefever1010]

MiMI is the bird cause she's flaping!! HAHAHAHA!! BTW I just love her to death,...

[girlsaloud000]

this actually gave me goosebumps!!! mariah is so amazing!!! LOVE YOU MIMI!

and btw who was that woman halfway through it?

[enerjenni]

lol thats patti labelle <3

[squirebuffy]

i agreek, ths is so beautiful.

[athol26]

@girlsaloud000 hello?thats patti labelle

[wimpytx93]

I love this! and she looks so mixed right, just beautiful.

[tsdrive1]

AWESOME !!!!

[sixfobrutha]

You just GO MARIAH!!!!!!!!!

[stoningking]

mariah is soulful here.

[squirebuffy]

i agree, you can hear her nartural soul.

[diva2594]

I love this performance it's one of my favs

[SFFL1996]

Not exactly a fan of this performance.

Mariah sounds ok here, but she's done alot better than this.

[ashemrob]

Maan this the best she done live, she must not have it no more =/

she seems to get nervous ?

[tsdrive1]

perfect

[TalanAvellinRio]

Love you bitch, I speak it with great respect, I am close to her. .

[LUCIANOALANARANJO]

all i only can say is thank you mariah!!!

[quents]

flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-­--yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-yyyyyyyy­yyyyyyy--yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

AMAZING RUN!!!

[bjayv]

this just about brought a tear on in the beginning...

[robertrpmrob]

Don't know what you all are talking but I heard her heart when she sang this... Beautiful

[miclo22]

she wrecked this ish ... she should've done the whole "If only you knew" =/

[PBax94]

This is just perfect....

[acs26]

i hope she still sings like this

[fazzee360]

WTF? Why does only patti stand up, if i was there i'd be trying to jump up on stage to hug mc. lol

[ronnygk]

What are you talking about? That guy beside Patti stood up.

[fazzee360]

yes thats her husband, but noone else did (ie the rest of the audience)

[ronnygk]

I guess they thought it wasn't that great of a performence.

[s2jgood]

mp3 anyone?

[Armandos44]

Though I adore her she was overdone it,as ussual she does.For a moment she sounded like the old days with that unbeliavable huge voice but she manage to spoil it by overreactin'.It's not all about technique,you 've got to put some soul in your voice.O.k your a pro,but what about being an artist?

[mc1ate1mad1cow]

@Armandos44 what about being an artist ??? Those runs and riffs are nothing but pure,unadulterated artistry. There is no 'artist' since mariah that can do such stuff

[DLsoxluver]

Vocally she was gud on all her albumz..& doez amazin' live as well..stop h8in' people..Singerz nowadayz can't sing like dat w/o da help of modern n' da studio trix lol..

[viewmc77]

I think Mariah C. did a kiss ass performance. She doesn't sing like this much with her new style, and I so miss the older R&B style from her. Her new music is just as great. I love this mix and play it on my iPhone a lot. Mariah nailed it!

[sblxi]

she tried but I don't know. I thought she started to get her emotions going towards the end, but by the end, the song was over

[milton216]

i love both Patti and Mariah

Both of them are my idols!

they are the best ;]

[VocalRuns]

yes she was having trouble with her voice in the Butterfly-Rainbow eras. her best vocally was in Daydream and Charmbracelet eras.

[funster15]

I think her vocals were best in Music Box and Daydream.. and then they took a big jump in the Emancipation OF MiMi Era... and then fell for E-MC2.

[orangeperuvian]

i miss so much this mariah with her great power voice showing why was concider a diva

[nu29nu]

Mariah was good in this performance nothing special though.

[mundiman889]

FUCKING AMAZING VOCAL ACROBAT!!!

[Car1308]

I love when Patti puts her hand up while Mariah sings.

[mariahcareyemc2]

same I love the live performances from the Butterfly era.

[gabannaboy]

toda la razonnn conmovida patti hasta las largimas 1:07

[Car1308]

I love when Patti puts her hand up while Mariah sings.

[stvndggs]

i fucking LOVE this performance!!!..mariah is definitly up there with the greats!!

[mariahsUKlamb]

amazing performance....i adore miss mariah carey!! so figgin much its unreal!!!

i love u miss carey

lamvbie 4 life

[gasdev]

Nice, eventhough it wasn't on her best vocal era.

[telsonumberone]

I love her so much!!! If she only knew how much I do, do love her...!Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly and all mariah fans,especially the "good people" will meet and live a beautiful life,I believe in those kinds of metaphor...!

[pyf09runit]

tru singa 4 lyfe [:babe:] get it gurl

[dina179r]

she is the best!!!

no one like her!!!

she is the one and only mariah carey!!!

[boneheadbabe12]

MARIAH FOREVER...

[aUszTin]

Mariah has a very powerful nd sexxii voice... tru balladeer :)