Mariah Carey’s long awaited 16th album just got released and I got it on replay since Friday. And because I made a question on the title of this article to be answered, I won’t make you wait till you read it. The answer is YES. “Here For It All” is an RnB masterpiece. And below I will explain why listening to the new MC album you will warm your soul within those 39 minutes and 51 seconds that it lasts. You can press play on the Spotify link below , while reading this.

First time I listened to Mariah was 35 years ago when she released her first anthem “Vision Of Love”. At a young age, her voice struck me like a lightning as I’ve never heard anything like this before. The MTV Unplugged moment was when it all came to fruition. She revealed everything she had and you could listen to the record with your eyes closed and feel all this energy she delivered through her music. That was art through vocal cords.

Well, 35 years later and having played on the radio most of her hits through the decades and after the great success of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (which will soon hit the airwaves, maybe again No.1, because of the season) Mariah Carey releases her long awaited 16th studio album under the title “Here For It All”.

The first single “Type Dangerous” was like, what? An RnB energetic anthem from the diva? But it didn’t really resonate at once with the mainstream audience accross the globe. During the summer she didn’t wait long and released another RnB classic tune, “Sugar Sweet”. And some days before the album release she started teasing her duet with Anderson.Paak “Play This Song”. What a soulful duet is this? (Though it really reminds me of the No.1 Silk Sonic hit “Leave The Door Open”, but this just hits different with Mariah taking the lead.)

We’re not actually living in the “singles” era. The way her new company Gamma treated her promo is an old school way, I’d rather say. But in a faster speed. Everything is streaming now, you don’t wait till people buy the 7″ or the 12″ record. Because this is the world we live in right now, everything has to be faster, singles have to get released to get the social media attention, the TikTok videos etc. Music industry has completely changed its’ way the last 5 years and when it comes to Mariah, everything has changed because… you know, the Christmas queen. They have to promote everything before Christmas, cause afterwards it will be on-air time for her Christmas classics.

“Here For It All” from track 1 to track 11, is a classic RnB album. It’s a classic Mariah album. It contains everything, the slow jams, the RnB dancefloor kicks, the love ballads, but most of all, it’s full of Mariah’s great vocals. Her voice has grown as expected and she delivers on all the tracks 100%. She’s a vocal teacher, treating her fans the best way she can through her melodies. And the most important part as I’ve noticed listening to the album over and over again, are her background vocals. Heavenly and perfectly made for each track, she’s here making all the RnB wannabe singers go back their vocal schools for some teaching. Or… just listen to this album to see how it’s supposed to be. How it really is, if you wanna make some great ballads to sing, or some dance RnB anthems.

Apart from the singles, the song I loved the most is the album-titled “Here For It All”. A strong ballad that in the 4th minute takes you by the hand and leads you up in heaven with the progression. “I Won’t Allow It” is a Disco-RnB anthem with a sticky groove throughout. “In Your Feelings” is that ballad you’d expect from Mariah with a touch of an excitement on the chorus (and it should be a single!). “My Love” is that classic RnB ballad which in the 90s would be probably on every radio station, especially during their night programme. Her duet with The Clark Sisters on the gospel tune “Jesus I Do” is a blend of voices combined so perfectly that you want to replay it so you might not miss a note! “Mi” on the other hand is a great opening to the album with Mariah singing “I’m a bad bitch, but a good company”. The lyrics on the songs seem too personal, too deep in most of them and with a funny twist on those dance-y singles of hers.

Yes! “Here For It All” is an RnB masterpiece in 2025 , with Mariah teaching every single wannabe artist out there, how it’s really done, if you wanna be a successful No.1 recording artist for 35 years in a row. I’m enjoying every single minute from this release and so glad it got released at this time of year.

The singles released all have their videos and you can watch and listen to them below, but I suggest after doing that, play the whole album. Put your headphones on and let Mariah’s voice lead the way to your RnB heaven. You’ll definitely listen to it again and again , as the diva is back adding some more classic tunes to her long repertoire.