Different Ways to Talk about Me

One of the things that has struck me on my first listen of "Me...I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse" is the many musical and vocal callbacks to other Mariah material. While this might be inevitable for an artist whose oeuvre spans almost a quarter century, Mariah makes a special art of self-reference. This is a theme I'd like to keep exploring in the future, and especially as I eventually discuss MIAMTEC at length, but I just wanted to leave here one of my favorite Mariah-as-Mariah moments. And this was in 1999!! Not even a decade into her career.

"Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo 
Trying to find relief on the radio 
I'm suppressing the tears but they start to flow 
'Cause the next song I hear is a song I wrote 
When we first got together, early that September 
I can't bear to listen, so I might as well drift 
In the kitchen, pour another glass or two 
And I try to forget you "

~ Crybaby ft. Snoop Dogg, Rainbow, 1999