Mariah Carey´s recent single Obsessed from her upcoming album Memoirs of an Imperfect Album has everyone from fans to haters alike blogging like crazy people, whether supporting Carey´s apparent strike at Eminem or debating whether or not she is going to make chart history all over again with her new album.

Obsessed, which was released on June 16^th for her adoring fans, is definitely aimed at one of Carey´s enemies, and while the diva may have quite an entourage of stalkers to choose from, it´s all too obvious from the single´s lyrics that it´s a response to Eminem´s From Bagpipes to Baghdad, which targeted hubby Nick Cannon and suggested a more than just comrades in the music business relationship between Slim Shady and Carey.  While neither party´s publicists are commenting on the long standing blog fueled controversy between the three celebrities, it certainly has created the obsession Carey could be talking about.

Still, the question that really matters in relation to Obsessed, as well as the new album due to drop August 25^th, just within the cutoff of eligibility for the Grammies, isn´t whether or not Carey is trying to get sassy with Eminem, but whether or not Carey will finally win a Grammy for best album after only a few Grammy wins and a horde of nominations over her superstar career, and whether this single will get her one step closer to making more Billboard Chart history.

Touch My Body, Carey´s last megahit that no one could get enough of, was completely Mariah Carey all over the vocal range style with a fresh let´s get down in the club feel that gave Mimi her 18^th chart topper, breaking Elvis Presley´s long standing record and bringing her two steps closer to beating The Beatles record of 20 number one singles. And while The Dream, who collaborated on Touch my body, worked with Carey on the entirety of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, promising that not veer away from the style fans love Carey for, the reviewers of Obsessed have been humming a different tune.

While, LA Times applauded that Obsessed was a bit more ¨lively than earlier work with The Dream,¨ but went on to accuse the duo of going against Carey´s twitter4 promises of the album being, ¨Completely me, ¨ describing it as ¨more anonymous Carey than ever before¨ and ¨yet again sells out the songbird to her producers.¨ Just one of the many critics that haven´t been too pleased with the watered down Mariah and auto-tune sound.

Still, plenty of people are raving about Obsessed, declaring it to be the summer´s biggest hit. Time will only tell since the single has been a bit of a goose hunt to find since its debut. Bloggers are afraid to post it and Youtube deletes any attempts to share the single and its lyrics through fanatic video creations.  But whether or not Obssessed will give Carey her 19^th number one single on the Hot 100 or Eminem is sitting in his room writing heartbroken vocals about his obsession´s diss, Obsessed is sure to start overflowing the radio and clubs soon enough.

Check out Mariah Carey´s greatest hits here on Red Karaoke or give the history making Touch my body a try.

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