Mariah Carey strikes some sizzling poses for Playboy's March 20Q and opens up on her quarrel with Eminem, her near wardrobe malfunction and why she is really a prude at heart.

In an interview for Playboy's March 20Q issue Pop Diva talks about a number of controversial topics including how she broke into the business, her wardrobe malfunction, and why there is something "clearly askew" with Eminem. Following are selected quotes from her conversation with Playboy interviewer Jason Buhrmester:

On her tiff with Eminem: "Something is clearly askew with him, and I'm not quite sure what it is. I just heard something else he recently said about me. I'm curious as to why he's so obsessed with me. I never got an apology letter, by the way; I don't know what they're talking about. Then again, I wasn't exactly searching my mailbox for it."

On her near wardrobe malfunction: "Oh please, there have been so many. [laughs] On this tour there was a really bad malfunction when my top popped open. It was this little top with a hook and eye on the front. It was a nightmare. The top was so tight that night because we girls have moments when the top might be tighter, but I caught it, and that's how you know a pro."

On if she would ever take a guy home from a club: "I end up being very flirtatious, and people take it the wrong way. I'm very much a prude. But I don't want to disappoint people, so maybe we shouldn't discuss that."

Carey, who has sold more than 170 million albums since beginning her career in 1990, appears in a flesh-colored swimsuit on the cover of Playboy's March "Sex and Music" issue landing on newsstands Friday, February 9, the magazine announced in a statement.

Photographed by famed photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani, Mariah has teamed with the duo on more than one occasion including her #1 album, "The Emancipation of Mimi" for which they were credited by many for helping kicking off her comeback with a new look.