 Los Angeles Times 's Ann Powers described it as an " aggressive track " , while Lauren Carter of the Boston Herald wrote " Carey 's musical stiff @-@ arm ends with some vocal acrobatics to let us know she 's still got it . Expect to get ' Obsessed ' this summer . " MTV News rated the song as one of the contenders for the " best of the summer " , writing " Mimi returns , this time with an Auto @-@ Tuned kiss @-@ off to wannabe <unk> ( and Eminem ? ) that will probably be the soundtrack to a million summer hookups and just as many public @-@ intoxication collars . Glossy , <unk> and decidedly " urban " , Mariah strikes back . Your radio has been warned . AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine chose the song as a " top pick " from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel , while Amos Barshad of The New York Times listed it as the fifth top song of the summer . In contrast , " Obsessed " received a mixed review from the Los Angeles Times writer , Todd Martens , who wrote that although " its <unk> Mimi than [ they ] ' re used to " , she ultimately " has been molded to fit current trends " and that the single " again sells out the songbird to her producers . " At the ASCAP 27th Annual Pop Music Awards , " Obsessed " won " Most Performed Song " . 
