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Case in point is "Honey," the opening track, which not only boasts a buoyant rhythm track, but also shows a charming lack of ego. Mariah's voice slides so smoothly into Puff Daddy's drum machines that she almost erases herself inside her own song. But the song boogies, and so do we. Who loses...
...Honey, the grabby first video from Mariah Carey's new album, Butterfly, opens with an arresting image: the singer is held captive in a luxurious oceanfront palazzo by two lugs wearing gold watches and thousand-dollar suits. But in the next scene, Carey slips out of her bonds and leaps from a balcony, swan-diving into a pool below. Emerging from the water in a bikini, she commandeers a small boat, outraces her pursuers and escapes to safety on a palmy island...
...weeks later, Carey fired her longtime manager, Randy Hoffman, and attorney, Alan Grubman, both of whom happen to be close associates of Mottola's. "I've grown up," she explains. "It's been a gradual process of gaining creative control." So who can resist seeing Honey as a metaphor for Carey's personal declaration of independence? Well, actually, Carey herself. "It's just a James Bond spoof," she insists. "The actors weren't meant to be Tommy or anybody else...
...Daydream--away from pure pop toward a keener-edged R.-and-B.- and hip-hop-influenced sound. To help with the transition, Carey hired producer Sean ("Puffy") Combs, who brought a loping, hip-hop beat to Breakdown; rapper-producer Q-Tip, who selected the chugging drum tracks on Honey; and R.-and-B. singers Dru Hill, who trade soulful solos with Carey on The Beautiful Ones...
...pregnant Maureen is assaulted by a neighbor. Driven nuts by the news of her beating, he shoots a paramedic and is hospitalized for 10 years. In the interim, Maureen has married Joey (John Travolta), but that doesn't matter to Eddie when he gets out. He just wants his honey back...