Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Mario (vocals); Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell (various instruments); John "Jubu" Smith, Arty White, Xavier Marquez (guitar); Deon Kipping, Andre Boophe (keyboards); Rufus Jackson, Neil Stubenhaus (bass); Alicia Keys, Lil' Steve Russell, Mischke (background vocals). | | Producers include: Warryn Campbell, Gerald Isaac, Alicia Keys, Damon Thomas, Harvey Mason Jr. | | Recorded at Record Plant and Underlab Studios, Los Angeles, California, Quad Recording, Krucialkeys Studios, The Hit Factory New York, New York. | | The front cover of young R&B upstart Mario's self-titled debut album tells a great deal of the story; the youngster doesn't look old enough to shave, but he's sporting that peach-fuzz moustache for all it's worth. Along those lines, these tracks find the youthful innocence of Mario's pliant voice stepping up to take on adult subjects amid some positively grown-up-sounding arrangements. Overseen in part by the seemingly indefatigable Clive Davis for his own hit-spinning J Records, the album boasts danceable, hook-laden production fully supporting Mario's engaging vocal style. While opening the album with a new, smoothed-out version of Biz Markie's quirky classic "Just a Friend" may be a questionable move, there's no doubting the chart-worthiness of MARIO as a whole. |
Musical Guests | | Alicia Keys |
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