The Remixes

by Mariah Carey

Overview

Columbia Records cannot be accused of stinting on the two-CD Remixes set, which has a running time over two hours and 20 minutes. Mariah Carey's former label, before she moved to Virgin and then Island Def Jam (where she recorded under her own MonarC imprint), has made a point of licensing extra tracks from those subsequent corporate associations, as well as borrowing a track from J Records in compiling a survey of the various remixes of Carey's recordings. This means that the collection stretches as far back as 1991 for the "12' Club Mix" of "Emotions" and all the way up to 2003 for the "So So Def Remix" of "The One." The result is a kind of history of remixes over that 12-year period. Of course, the term "remix" is, as usual, an excessively modest one to describe what has been done to the original recordings. A variety of remix producers have not only manipulated the original tracks, but also added various elements of their own to the point that, in many cases, the songs as initially heard are virtually unrecognizable. Every now and then, one hears a snatch of lyric or a familiar musical excerpt, but for the most part these are dance-oriented musical productions with only a nodding resemblance to Carey's records. Of course, Carey herself is always in the thick of the reinvention. The first disc contains more danceable material, while the second is given over to tracks reconstructed from a rap perspective and is filled with guest appearances that include Snoop Dogg, O.D.B., Da Brat, Missy Elliott, and, in the album-closing duet, "I Know What You Want," Busta Rhymes, who is actually billed in front of Carey. A large part of Carey's massive success of the 1990s came from her relationship to the dancefloor, and this compilation shows what her music sounded like there. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2003
Label:	Bmg / Bmg / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886919845426
Rank:	35278

Tracks

1. My All [Morales "My" Club Mix]
2. Heartbreaker/"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" [Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix]
3. Fly Away (Butterfly) (Reprise) [Fly Away Club Mix]
4. Anytime You Need a Friend [C&C Club Version]
5. Fantasy [Def Club Mix]
6. Honey [Classic Mix]
7. Dreamlover [Def Club Mix]
8. Emotions [12" Club Mix]
9. Through the Rain [Hq2 Radio Edit]
10. Fantasy
11. Always Be My Baby [Mr. Dupri Mix Featuring Da Brat and Xscape]
12. My All/Stay Awhile [So So Def Remix]
13. Thank God I Found You [Make It Last Remix]
14. Breakdown
15. Honey [So So Def Mix]
16. Loverboy [Remix]
17. Heartbreaker [Remix]
18. Sweetheart
19. Crybaby
20. Miss You
21. The One [So So Def Remix]
22. I Know What You Want

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mariah Carey   Primary Artist
Jadakiss   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Krayzie Bone   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ol' Dirty Bastard   Primary Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Wish Bone   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Da Brat   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Busta Rhymes   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Missy Elliott   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Nas   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Ludacris   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Flipmode Squad   Primary Artist
Peter Gunz   Primary Artist
Joe   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Bone Crusher   Primary Artist
Shawnna   Primary Artist
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Xscape   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
JD   Featured Artist
O.D.B.   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Elton John   Composer
Jimmy Jam   Producer
Rainy Davis   Composer
Rashia Fisher   Composer
Andy West   Design
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro   Mixing
Thomas Jenkins   Composer
Pete Warner   Composer
Carlo Dalla Chiesa   Cover Photo
Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas   Composer
Darren Rapp   Producer
Dave "Jam" Hall   Composer
Steven Howse   Composer
Charles Scruggs   Composer
Jeffrey Cohen   Composer
Trevor Smith   Composer
Narada Michael Walden   Composer
Jermaine Dupri   Producer,Remixing,Remix Producer,Mixing,Composer
Rick Rock   Producer
Bernie Taupin   Composer
Walter Afanasieff   Composer,Producer
Kamaal Fareed   Composer
Adrian Belew   Composer
Tina Weymouth   Composer
Stevie J   Producer
David Cole   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Remixing,Remix Producer,Remix Arrangement
Damizza   Producer
Aaron Hall   Composer
DJ Clue   Producer,Remix Producer
Da Brat   Composer
Hex Hector   Producer,Remixing
Manuel Seal, Jr.   Composer,Producer
James "Big Jim" Wright   Producer
Al Henderson   Composer
Bryan-Michael Cox   Composer,Producer
Trey Lorenz   Composer
Steven Jordan   Composer
Chris Frantz   Composer
J.C. Phillips   Composer
James Harris III   Composer
David Hall   Arranger,Producer
Mac Quayle   Producer,Remixing
Lincoln Chase   Composer
Satoshi Tomiie   Producer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Shawnna   Composer
Shirley Elliston   Composer
Snoop Dogg   Composer
Steven Stanley   Composer
B.J. Robinson   Composer
Kenneth Crouch   Composer
Ken "Duro" Ifill   Producer,Remix Producer
Larry Blackmon   Composer
Lionel Cole   Composer
Terry Lewis   Composer,Producer
Clark Kent   Producer
Gene Griffin   Composer
Carl-So-Lowe   Remixing
David Morales   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Remixing,Remix Producer
Jay-Z   Composer
Robert Clivilles   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Remixing,Remix Producer,Remix Arrangement
Junior Vasquez   Producer
June Shellene   Composer
Mariah Carey   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Remix Producer,Remix Arrangement
Linda Laurie   Composer
Sass Jordan   Composer
Ludacris   Composer
Sean Combs   Composer,Producer