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Mariah the Scientist, like many of us, is still trying to make sense of love \u2014 and everything that comes with it. Since her major-label debut, MASTER<\/em>, she\u2019s been turning heartbreak into a catalog of beautifully specific warnings. Early album cuts like \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d and \u201cNot a Love Song\u201d introduced her as one of R&B\u2019s most promising new voices, while RY RY World<\/a><\/em> brought her one step closer to a breakthrough.<\/p>\n Trending<\/strong><\/p>\n With To Be Eaten Alive<\/em>, Mariah pulled back the curtain completely. Across her first three albums, she\u2019s built something rare \u2014 a world where women (and men) can fall apart without feeling ashamed. Her songs hurt, plainly and repeatedly, but they always come with purpose. REVOLT looked back at Mariah the Scientist\u2019s 13 best songs in no particular order. See our favorites below.<\/p>\n To the man who broke Mariah\u2019s heart, shame on you, but also, thank you for inspiring \u201cSpread Thin.\u201d The biggest highlight from The Intermission<\/em> lays bare the exhaustion of being emotionally pulled in every direction by a partner who refuses to be honest, considerate, or fully committed. Countless R&B artists have explored these emotions, but rarely with the clarity and depth Mariah brings here.<\/p>\n Maybe the best part of \u201cAlways n Forever\u201d is the way Mariah talks about love to a generation that\u2019s either afraid of it or convinced it doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s essentially a love song rooted in loyalty and commitment, as she sings, \u201cBroken hearts were made for two.\u201d Lil Baby<\/a> complements the track surprisingly well, especially considering how easily rap and R&B collaborations tend to veer off-course.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom A Woman\u201d serves as a sort of indirect collaboration with Young Thug, who dropped \u201cFrom A Man\u201d on the very same day (though we’ll get to their actual duet later). Mariah offers the female perspective, in which she addresses the Atlanta rapper directly: \u201cWon’t call you Slime ’cause it don’t fit \/ I see you as more than this.\u201d Between the magic that London on da Track made with the instrumental and Mariah portraying the dream woman everyone wishes they could come home to in the video, \u201cFrom A Woman\u201d is a companion single done right.<\/p>\n On \u201cBurning Blue,\u201d Mariah\u2019s heart is cold as ice, until she meets someone who can finally thaw it, metaphorically speaking. Thanks to its momentum on TikTok, her viral “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” performance, and the strength of the production alone, this is a song everyone should know her for. It’s exactly what we needed for her HEARTS SOLD SEPARATELY<\/em> era.<\/p>\n \u201c2 You\u201d is Mariah\u2019s open letter to the man foolish enough to let her slip away. As much as she holds on to the memories, she knows it\u2019s time to let them go, or \u201clay it in a grave,\u201d as she puts it over Camper\u2019s haunting production. Most romances end in tragedy, and here, Mariah reminds us there\u2019s no shame in walking away from something that no longer serves us.<\/p>\n1. Spread Thin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
2. Always n Forever featuring Lil Baby<\/strong><\/h2>\n
3. From A Woman<\/strong><\/h2>\n
4. Burning Blue<\/strong><\/h2>\n
5. 2 You<\/strong><\/h2>\n
6. Beetlejuice<\/strong><\/h2>\n