The Elusive Chanteuse was promoted through several media appearances by Carey, as well as The Elusive Chanteuse Show. The portion of the album called "The Elusive Chanteuse" is a nickname Carey gave herself for the album.
It is named after a self-portrait that Carey drew as a very young girl that she captioned "Me. Together with Bryan Michael Cox, Carey and Dupri were executive producers on the album. The album was initially titled The Art of Letting Go, and was scheduled for release in 2012, however, following the commercial failure of the single, " Triumphant (Get 'Em)", featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill, additional songs were recorded for the album causing the release date to be pushed back several times by the record company throughout 2013 and again in 2014. These remixes were originally intended to appear on Carey's cancelled remix album, Angel's Advocate (2010).
Blige respectively make appearances on remixes of two songs, "Betcha Gon' Know" and "It's a Wrap", taken from Carey's twelfth studio album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). The album consists of guest appearances from Nas, Miguel, Wale, and Fabolous, in addition to Carey's twins Moroccan and Monroe. The record had been in development since 2011 during its production, Carey hired collaborator Randy Jackson to manage her career, before firing and replacing him with another frequent collaborator, Jermaine Dupri. The Elusive Chanteuse is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on May 23, 2014, on Def Jam Recordings.
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