High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rainbow is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on November 2, 1999, by Columbia Records. The album followed the same pattern as Carey`s previous album, Butterfly (1997), in which she began her transition into the R B market. Rainbow contains a mix of hip-hop-influenced R B jams, as well as a variety of slow ballads. On the album, Carey worked with David Foster and Diane Warren, who replaced Walter Afanasieff, the main balladeer Carey worked with throughout the 90s. As a result of her separation from her husband, Tommy Mottola, Carey had more control over the musical style of this album, so she collaborated with several musicians such as Jay-Z, Usher, and Snoop Dogg.