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Pop is pomp and circumstance, sleek, streamlined unreality.
But if anyone has come close, itsMariah Carey.
ButMimi(and subsequent releases likeE=MC2, the tongue-twistingMe.
She processed overcoming pain and embracing forgiveness for her family in the 1999Rainbowcut Petals.
She took Mottola to the cleaners onE=MC2s Side Effects.
The drive to reclaim her truth extends to the music itself.
The vocal cords, dahling.
A wise womanonce said, Only you could make it happen.
