Mariah Carey/Eminem Obsessed Music Video

Here's your first look Mariah Carey's music video directed by a frequent Carey collaborator Brett Ratner for her new song 'Obsessed', (lead single to album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel out Aug 25) a song that is packed with low blows at a certain someone, media assuming is a response to Eminem's recent diss on Mariah and her husband,Nick Cannon in his 'Bagpipes From Baghdad' song. In the video she gets to play two roles, herself and the obsessee, but the song ends in a somewhat abrupt and uncomfortable ending where the obsessee's fate is decided by the public transport system.

Mariah fires back on Eminem on new single: Obsessed!

So Mariah's back. A mere 14 month after her platinum selling E=MC2, with the hit lead single Touch My Body that became Mariah's 18th number one hit, tying her with Elvis and leaving only the Beetles with more number ones than her. This time she returns with a racy response to what we'd assume Eminem has been saying and especially the song Bagpipes from Baghdad, where he goes on about wanting Mariah back, calling Nick Cannon, her husband a punk and other unsavory words, he references one of Mariah's ex's as well Luis Migel, but this is all made very irrelevant with Mariah's hard hitting response - the best part is she manages to maintain an element of fun & randomness, she opens the song with a quote from the chick flick, Mean Girls, 'I was like' why are you so obsessed with me?''. The blows start dropping from the very first line, and they dont stop. There are so many lines i love, i'd end up quoting the entire song, so i'll just add the lyrics on here so you can read them for yourself. She manages to deliver these with ease, instead of sounding angry she merely sounds bemused. Sung in a auto-tune tinged voice, and layers synth beat, the song is pure radio magic, and I know it'll be a hit - Her album titled Memoirs of an Imperect Angel drops Aug 25th, which means we'll probably be getting a second single before the release date - oh its on, the Mariah train has begun and its not about to stop anytime soon.
OBSESSED
(Mariah Carey - C. Tricky Stewart - Terius "The-Dream" Nash)

I was like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?"
So oh oh oh oh x4
Will the real MC please, step to the mike?
So oh oh oh oh x4
All up in the blogs - Saying we met at the bar
When I don't even know who you are
Saying we up in your house - Saying I'm up in your car
But you in LA and I'm out at Jermaine's.
I'm up in the A - You so so lame
and no one here even mentions your name
It must be the weed. It must be the E
Cause you be popping- hood
You get it popping, Oh

Why you so obsessed with me (Boy I wanna know)
Lying that you're sexing me (when everybody knows)
It's clear that you're upset with me
Finally found a girl that you couldn't impress
Last man on the earth still couldn't hit this
You're delusional, you're delusional
Boy you're losing your mind
It's confusing yo, you're confused you know
Why you wasting your time
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
Seeing right through you like you're bathing in Windex
Boy why you so obsessed with me?

You on your job - You hating hard
Ain't gon' feed you - I'm gonna let you starve
Gasping for air - I'm ventilation
You out of breath - Hope you ain't waiting
Telling the world how much you miss me
But we never were - So why you trippin'
You a mom and pop - I'm a corporation
I'm the press conference - and you a conversation

Why you so obsessed with me (Boy I wanna know)
Lying that you're sexing me (when everybody knows)
It's clear that you're upset with me
Finally found a girl that you couldn't impress
Last man on the earth still couldn't hit this
You're delusional, you're delusional
Boy you're losing your mind
It's confusing yo, you're confused you know
Why you wasting your time
Got you all fired up with your Napoleon complex
Seeing right through you like you're bathing in Windex
Boy why you so obsessed with me?

Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Thandie Newton, Sol Kerzner etc at Nelson Mandela Luncheon

Sol Kerzner's fabulous One & Only Resort hosted Nelson Mandela luncheon for the Nelson Mandela Children AIDS Foundation - Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon, Sharon Stone and Sol Kerzner and wife, Heather were some of the celebrities that shared a table with our former president Nelson Mandela and wife, Graca!
Main picture taken at the luncheon, held at Gordon Ramsay's Maze, Thandie Newton and Hugh Masekela can be seen in the nearby tables. Which is one of the two restaurants in the resort by two world renowned chefs - the other being Nobu, where the opening ceremony the previous day was held - more on that later as i had the pleasure to have dinner there on Friday, 3rd of April. The hotel which at first I found underwhelming, partly due to dreary architectural design & 90's deco, looks rather lovely from the inside and has a man made island which houses the spa area as well as the villa suits.