Mario - D.N.A.
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Artist: MarioEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-10-13
Music Label: J-Records
Soundtracks:
- Break Up
- Been Thinking About You
- Get Out
- Soundtrack To My Broken Heart
- Starlight
- Stranded
- Ooh Baby
- Before She Said Hi featuring Big Sean
- I Choose You
- Don't Walk Away
- I Miss My Friend
- The Hardest Moment
Music reviews of D.N.A.
Music Review: Solid; 3.5 stars
Rating: 4 Stars
Mario has always been underrated - overshadowed in fame and respect by 'bigger' R&B stars. His crowing achievement was "Let Me Love You" from his Grammy-nominated Turning Point, also his sole platinum certified album. That album silently entered onto the charts during the saturated holiday season, eventually going platinum thanks to a 9-week reign of that ubiquitous hit. 2007's grown-up Go failed to even capture an 'iota' of the success of 'Turning Point'. The album sold more than 50% of 'Turning Point's' initial weeks sales and hasn't been certified. Commercial bombing aside, the album showcased a quality that has never seemed to properly merge commercially to make Mario a genuine star. In layman's terms, the talent has always been there (Mario has a fine voice), but he has never received his just do. On D.N.A., similarly, Mario has crafted a fine, if somewhat bland-at-times, R&B set that will most likely fall commercially on deaf ears. Despite this there are enough high points to make 'D.N.A.' a critical success, beyond being underrated commercially.
Opening with the top 15 hit "Break Up" featuring unlikely collaborations with Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett, Mario gets the show started right off the bat. The main problem is, that "Break Up" proves to be the 'very best' of D.N.A., hence making the rest of the album feel a little weaker in comparison. Sure follow-up single and second track "Thinkin' About You" is great and a standout, it takes a while for it to truly 'stick'. As great as "Break Up" is as the debut-track of the album, maybe it should have been shifted slightly later in the track list to strengthen the album.
Following the great, if somewhat understated "Thinkin' About You", the aggressive, hard-drum antics of "Get Out" are much appreciated by the listener. The song isn't necessarily stronger than "Thinkin' About You", but it has slightly more personality for sure. "Soundtrack to My Broken Heart" is middle-of-the-road adult contemporary styled R&B - don't get me wrong, it is a solid song, but a bit 'flat' in comparison to what 'it could've been'. Sure Mario sounds fine, but the song is boring and kind of follows the general sentiment of some of this album - 'middle of the road.'
"Starlight" proves to be much more fun than "Soundtrack to My Broken Heart" and finds Mario in excellent voice. However, it isn't Christopher "Tricky" Stewart's/The-Dream's best; still a strong presence on this album. "Stranded" is a good touch showing off Mario's beautiful pipes. "Ooh Baby" isn't bad, but it isn't incredibly memorable either - but then is there much memorable on this album as a whole?
"Before She Said Hi" re-energizes the album with it's old-school busy drum beat. It isn't quite another "Break Up" or "Thinkin' About You", but it certainly breaks up a slowly building monotony about 'D.N.A.' "I Choose You" proves beautiful and easily stronger than "Ooh Baby"; it proves to showcase the lovely timbre of Mario's soothing vocals. Similarly, "Don't Walk Away" is enjoyable, if not incredibly 'distinctive.' Both "I Miss My Friend" and the concluding "Hardest Part" are strong moments on D.N.A.
Essentially, D.N.A. is a good album, though it suffers from some uninspiring moments. Mostly, the album is kind of bland, especially compared to better R&B albums from 2009, namely the fine Ready by Trey Songz, who similarly banks on some adult-contemporary helmed R&B. Not perfect, but solid and enjoyable overall. 3.5 stars.
Description of D.N.A.
2009 release, the fourth album from the R&B/Pop vocalist. D.N.A is his best album to date. The material on the album spans across musical genres with a mix of Urban smashes to Pop hits.Pop CDs
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