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...Crimson spoke with four of the most accomplished artists on campus and asked them: “What’s the point of ‘pop’ music?”Fun may be a factor, but the answer isn’t pure hedonism. Pop plays a different role in the lives of all these performers. Each one offers a unique reason to suck up saccharine melody, and each reason is more nuanced than “it’s fun to dance to.”ROAD TO JOYFor some, pop is a gateway...
...grown ass man. So I probably shouldn’t enjoy Mariah Carey’s latest album, “The Emancipation of Mimi,” nearly as much as I do. Carey has made her career peddling sentimental pop to teenyboppers and watered down R&B to the adult contemporary set—no self-respecting man belongs to either of those categories. And yet, at this very moment, “Mimi” is blaring from my laptop speakers, and I can’t tear myself away...
...melody from “We Belong Together” (“Mimi’s” lead single) begins, I lose a little more respect for myself. But by the time the chorus comes around, I am so enraptured by the song’s exquisite pop-craft that not even the thought of my fading masculinity can stir...
...Carey and legendary neo-soul producer James Poysner. The track is structured around a plaintive Wurlitzer melody; a killer horn section provides harmonic counterpoint; high-hat snares keep a steady rhythm in the background, and Carey’s five-octave voice takes center stage. The lyrics are standard pop fare, but Carey tackles them with surprising conviction...
Luckily, “Mimi’s” treacly ballads don’t inhibit enjoyment of its Dupri-produced pop gems. “It’s Like That,” the follow-up single to “We Belong Together,” is a consummate club-banger: Dupri relies on little more than an Indian flute loop and an arrhythmic drum machine beat to craft an incredibly danceable track. The song’s beat is so hot that its occasional lapses into lyrical absurdity—at one point Carey opines...