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   Boston
Mario appears on the cover of his new album built like a superhero and dressed in black. Looks are deceiving. On the lovely closer, “The Hardest Moment,’’ he sings that he’s “a man who’s not afraid to cry.’’ Now let’s face it: Most modern male R&B vocalists, who are too busy proclaiming that they invented sex, would not utter those words. Throughout this unfussy, beautifully sung set, the 23-year-old Mario taps into the tenderness of early Maxwell. Most of these minimally produced, short tracks are straight-up love songs without histrionics. “I Choose You’’ - so simple, so sweet - and “Soundtrack to My Broken Heart’’ showcase Mario’s vocals, which express things far beyond basic lyrical ideas. His pleading act of contrition, “Don’t Walk Away,’’ sounds convincing. Of course, there’s the sex-you-up track, “Ooh Baby,’’ on which he wryly sings, “Besides your high heels/ All you’re wearing is your hair.’’ One of the best tracks is “Starlight,’’ an uptempo groove about unabated passion; the beat is crisp and Mario’s singing so smooth that Stevie Wonder would approve. You don’t need forensics to see “D.N.A.’’ matches up to talent. (Out tomorrow)...full text

   Allmusic
Go was the most satisfying of Mario's first three albums, but it lacked a major crossover single on the level of "Let Me Love You." Although the sensitive ballad "Crying Out for Me" was big on R&B stations, it did not break the Top 30 of the Hot 100. The minimal Sean Garrett and Shondrae production "Break Up," however -- D.N.A.'s lead single, issued weeks before the album -- did not take long to become the singer's biggest pop hit since his breakthrough. And it does turn out to be his fourth album's greatest deviation from the back catalog, carrying a laggard and sparse pulse to back Mario's whiny swagger. "Get Out" is a close second, a buzzing and grinding production from Jim Jonson and Rico Love that mirrors the song's theme of emotional entrapment. One of the hardest beats Mario has had at his disposal, it pushes him into that tough guy mode (as heard occasionally in Go) where you can sense him forcing his jaw to tighten and his eyes to bug out: "This ain't real, so what the f*ck is we doin'?" Even with several new collaborators, including some of the aforementioned, Babyface, Carlos McKinney, the-Dream, and Tricky Stewart, D.N.A. is more a natural development than a series of drastic shifts, and while it will please the majority of the fan base, the material does not allow Mario -- a vocalist more versatile than many would like to admit -- to do much more than toggle between a Lothario and a softie....full text

   Ew
Compared to more compelling characters such as Ne-Yo and The-Dream, Mario can come off as one of R&B's more forgettable stars. Indeed, on his fourth album, D.N.A., the singer tends to get lost inside state-of-the-art tracks by a cornucopia of A-list writers and producers, including Babyface, Stargate, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream himself, whose signature future-soul sound lends some sparkle to the lovely ''Starlight.'' That lack of personality doesn't kill the disc's ample pleasures. It just makes you wonder whose D.N.A. we're examining. B-...full text

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