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I heard "I'm That Chick You Like" today Lead [-]

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01/22/2008 8:15 PM
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There was a listening session for Janet Jackson's new album Discipline at L.A. Reid's New York office today (that's a good album, btw, or at least the nine tracks we heard were good, especially the straight-up house numbers, of which there are many). At the very end, he put on this disco track and said, "This is another of our artists." It didn't seem like anyone batted an eyelash, as they all filed out, but I stuck around and, sure enough, once we hit the chorus I heard, "I'm that chick you like..." Whoa. At least one other person noticed because I heard him ask L.A., "Is this Mariah?" Of course, it was. "Is this the first single?" was the next question, to which L.A. just sort of held up his hands and feigned ignorance. I stuck around for the whole song, and the next thing that came on was the Damian Marley duet (which really isn't reggae at all -- like, not even Gwen Stefani reggae. It's definitely a Dupri production and it's like a more upbeat version of "Breakdown." Mariah's reggae-influenced singing didn't sound too ridiculous, but I only stuck around for a verse or so because by this time NO ONE was left in his office).

Anyway if "I'm That Chick You Like" isn't the first single, it should be because it's absolutely amazing. Think "Because of You" but a little bit more disco-inflected. It isn't a mid-tempo "uptempo" like "It's Like That," it isn't a club banger, it's just a nice, nice laid-back dance track. A perfect spring sound. Everyone will love it and it's going to be a huge, huge hit.

The catch? NO ONE noticed it was Mariah because the vocals don't really sound like her. It sounded unmastered maybe, so it was hard to tell what the hell she was saying, but she was also really breathy. Not drawn-out breathy, but short and tight and breathy. During the chorus, she puts a little more force into it, but nothing is stellar vocally. It's fine, it wouldn't be appropriate for the song's vibe, but I do think that this will be the one thing that disappoints fans. Otherwise the song is fire. You're going to love it. Seriously.

(Mariah also could have been hard to recognize because the song seemed sort of sped up -- I don't know if this was done intentionally on L.A.'s part to throw us off or if it's part of the final sound but whatever. Fire is fire.)

Refuse to believe this all you want, but it's 100 percent gospel. I can't believe that none of the early reports picked up on the "Because of You" connection (I bet Ne-Yo had a hand in writing and producing) and the fact that this song is really, really disco, but whatever. They're all probably hacks, anyway.

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