Mariah Carey - Obsessed

This is the highly anticipated lead single off of her forthcoming album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. This comes nearly a 15 months after her E=MC2. It just premiered on Chicago's B96 a few minutes ago.

Produced by The Dream, she sings about a certain someone who is quite preoccupied with her. For the last week or so, rumors have swirled that the mystery person was rapper Eminem, but no one person is mentioned by name on the song.

The song is a midtempo with an old school type of vibe. It has Summer club smash written all over it. Mariah's vocals are heavily vocoded a la T-Pain or Zapp & Roger. It works well though. A remix version featuring rapper Gucci Mane will be released in the next few weeks.

This song will be streamed on Mariah's official website at 4PM (Eastern Standard Time).

Grade: A-

Eminem - We Made You

This is the first proper single off of his highly anticipated album Relapse which is due for a release in the coming weeks. "Crack A Bottle" was a 'buzz single' to get the word out that he's back. It went to number 1 in the U.S. a few weeks ago.

As he has done many times before, Eminem skewers a number of current celebrities. While this song is not as gripping on the first couple of listens as similar, earlier tracks were, this one does grow with more listens.

In order to get the full effect of the song, it is necessary to watch the eye catching music video.

Watch the music video here (YouTube)
Purchase the song here (iTunes) and here (Amazon)

Grade: A-