I think that Mariah is quite intelligent where her art is concerned - usually writes her own lyrics* and almost always at least co-writes the music. And though she wasn't the person to inaugurate the melding of hip-hop and r&b, she certainly helped pioneer the '90s-'00s version of it: her making the song subordinate to the overall track, her using rappers whenever possible, her using her voice as much for mood shadings as for acrobatics, and so forth. I'm told that TLC cited her as an influence in this. I tend to prefer the stuff of hers before these innovations, but I recognize the thought and experiment that went into them.
*"Someday, someday, the one you gave away will be the only one you're wishin' for/Someday, yeah, boy you're gonna pay 'cuz baby I'm the one who's keepin' score." If that's not a great pop (not to mention punk) lyric, then I don't know what is.
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Date: 2006-06-22 06:13 pm (UTC)*"Someday, someday, the one you gave away will be the only one you're wishin' for/Someday, yeah, boy you're gonna pay 'cuz baby I'm the one who's keepin' score." If that's not a great pop (not to mention punk) lyric, then I don't know what is.