Will the real MC please stand up? No, not that MC named Slim Shady, but Mariah Carey.

The five-time Grammy award winner and record holder for the most No. 1 singles by a solo artist, Carey, 39, unleashes another string of ballads in her 11th album “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” While the album does not seem to be at the caliber of her 2005 comeback album “The Emancipation of Mimi,” it does still pack some punch with authority and is making headlines for reasons other than its sales.

The album’s first single “Obsessed” sparked an on-and-off feud with rapper Eminem that dated back to 2001.

Eminem claims to have had a relationship with Carey, which she denies. He released a song “Bagpipes From Baghdad” from his most recent album “Relapse” and in it, he raps: “Mariah whatever happened to us / Why did we ever have to break-up?” He even threatens Carey’s new husband rapper/actor Nick Cannon and said that he wants her back.

In Carey’s music video for “Obsessed,” there is a man in a goatee and wearing a hood, which is Eminem’s signature look, constantly stalking her. There is also a portion of the video where the stalker has a shrine of Carey’s pictures on a wall. The most memorable portion of the video however is the hilarious ending where the stalker finally gets to wave at Carey but then gets hit by a bus.

In a radio interview in Los Angeles hosted by Ryan Seacrest, Carey said that the song is not all about Eminem and thinks that the media is reading too much into “Obsessed.” She did say however that what Eminem said in “Bagpipes from Baghdad” was wrong.

“It’s just obsession… Anybody who would write a song about somebody and try to say nasty, disgusting things about them eight years later, when they’re married, I’m like, ‘I don’t think so.'” Carey said of Eminem during the interview.

The rest of the album has its highs and lows, literally. Throughout the album, Carey still manages to hit her falsetto notes periodically that have made her famous since when she first began her career in the early 90s. While it is nice to hear that she still has her falsetto voice, she does not have the capacity and smoothness in her voice that she had in her 20s where she was able to sing five octaves.

Some of the highlights of “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” include “Up Out My Face,” a break-up song similar to one of her 2005 hit singles “Shake You Off.” In “Up Out My Face” Carey sings how there is absolutely no way to mend her broken relationship.

She even goes off and makes many references of how impossible it is for the relationship to build up again. One reference in particular stands out where she says: “If we were two Lego blocks, even the Harvard University graduating class of 2010 couldn’t put us back together again.”

In “Standing O,” Carey sings about how a man she’s dating puts on the perfect “act” of pretending to love her and she gives him a standing ovation for him for hiding his loveless intentions.

Other highlights include “The Impossible.” Carey does make a reference in the end to Cannon’s engagement ring that he bought for her where she sings: “Love ya like an asschercut pink and white engagement ring.”

Some downsides of the album include “Candy Bling,” where Carey reminisces of innocent days with her and her lover playing tag, spin the bottle and then running off home. Although the song is cute, what fails in the song is actually Carey’s aging voice. She sings very low and soft and one may need to read her lyrics in order to follow along in the song.

The rest of the album lacks variety. Either the next song to be played is another break-up song or a typical cheerful “Mariah Carey” love song, but nothing new.

The album does end with Carey singing a nice remake of Foreigner’s “I Want To Know What Love Is.” The first time Carey sings the chorus, she is soft and weak again, but then as the song progresses, she begins to really belt out her voice with authority to conclude the album.

“Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel” may be an imperfect album, but it does sound more promising than her slightly disappointing previous album “E=MC2.” Carey is still one of the top R&B divas in the industry today and a sweet rose in the hearts of many fans, and maybe Eminem too.