MARIAH CAREY Producer(s): Jermaine Dupri Writer(s): M. Carey, J. Dupri, B. Cox Publisher(s): Sony/ATV/Rye Songs, BMI; Shaniah Cymone Music/EMI April, ASCAP; Babyboy's Little Publishing/ Noontime South, SESAC Genre: POP Label/Catalog Number: Monarc/Island Def Jam 15774 (CD promo) Source: Billboard Magazine Originally Reviewed: January 11, 2003 While her No. 3 entry on The Billboard 200 proved that Mariah Carey's fans are indeed charmed by Charmbracelet, radio showed less zeal for tepid first single "Through the Rain," which failed to triumph on the Hot 100. Follow-up "The One, " another ballad, returns the chanteuse to more dependable R&B waters, featurin g an uncredited rap in her bid for street cred. But behind the rhymes is that c haracteristic that makes much of the current disc monotonous: Carey never raise s her voice above a languid whisper-giving the song no discernable peaks or val leys-and making it a better side dish for Sunday brunch than a main course for Carey is capable of landing.-CT hook, this is still not the big fish we know -- there's a hero if you look inside your heart you don't have to be afraid of what you are there's an answer --

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