Two-time Grammy nominee Mariah the Scientist’s newest album, Hearts Sold Separately, isn’t a one-dimensional look at love.

Rather, Mariah said she wrote this album “to reflect the idea that emotional investment and the capacity for love aren’t always readily or guaranteed in relationship”.

In an interview, Mariah said she came up with the title because “without a heart, the functional of a person or of a relationship, friendship, marriage, even jobs the passion aspect, I feel like if it’s not there, you’re not operating to your fullest potential.”

In her other albums, Mariah talks about love and always getting the short end of the stick. But this album is different from her past efforts.

In my opinion, on this new album Mariah talks about less of being in love and showing how she is moving out of lover girl phase in her life and moving on.

But first, let me start with some shortcomings.

What I don’t like about this album is the length of each song. At roughly three minutes, they are not long enough.  The songs should be at least six or seven minutes.

In addition, I don’t enjoy the beat or flow of  “Eternal Flame” or “ More.”

My favorite song is “Like You Never.” Produced by Nez, the beat and the flow of the song is nice and I rate it an eight out of 10.

Two other songs that I really enjoyed are the Nineteen 85-produced “No More Entertainers” and “United Nations + 1000 Ways to Die”.

The beats from these songs are a throwback from “From a Woman” song on Mariah’s third from her past album called “To Be Eaten Alive”.

Overall, I think “Hearts Sold Separately” had the potential to be a good album. But it’s so different from her other albums and wasn’t as good as I expected. It’s not the worst album I’ve heard but it’s not the best.