Mariah Carey says pushback over 'Butterfly' was caused by “a confusion over what box to put me in

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Mariah Carey opened up about the flack she received from the music industry when she came out with Butterfly, her sixth studio album. 

Speaking to Rolling Stone, the Grammy vented her frustration about being belittled and doubted by “the corporate morgue, the entities that run things.”

Mariah began working on Butterfly amid her divorce from Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and knew she wanted her music to embrace her heritage. That meant exploring hip-hop and R&B, but her label wanted her to continue her career in “purely pop records.” 

“Hip hop existed long before these guys, who were in control of the record business, knew of it or knew about it. They