| Product Summary | | Label: J Records | | UPC: 00828766188523 | | Release Date: 12/7/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 63917146 | | Item#: MLYEDU | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24730 | Format:  CD |
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| In 2002 at the age of only 15 years old, Mario burst onto the scene with his debut single Just A Friend . And after two years, Mario, now 18, has returned with his second album Turning Point which includes his lastest hit single Let Me Love You. The album is produced by Scott Storch, the force behind Terror Squad's smash Lean Back, Lil' Jon, The Underdogs, Harold Lily and includes contributions from well-known artists including Cassidy and Juvenile.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel include: Mario; Jadakiss, Juvenile, T.I., Cham, Cassidy. | | Mario first earned attention in his mid-teens with his huge hit "Just a Friend," a smooth R&B updating of Biz Markie's rap classic, and followed it up with a successful self-titled debut. With the shift into adulthood for his second record, Mario faced inevitable comparisons to another newly matured R&B crooner--Usher. Far from shying away from his similarities to Usher, Mario gets them out of the way on the first track of 2004's TURNING POINT, "18," where, with the help of Cassidy, he reminds listeners that he has "seven years to catch up" to the older superstar. | | While Mario opens with that tough declaration, his forte is the slow jam, and TURNING POINT is chock full of them. He follows "18" with the album's first single, the sultry "Let Me Love You," which proves to be straight out of the Marvin Gaye playbook. Mario channels the spirit of Teddy Pendergrass on the remorseful "Couldn't Say No," and recalls Jodeci on the melodious "Directions." Mario also doesn't slip when presented with a harder hip-hop beat, as evidenced on the Juvenile-touting "Boom" and the remix of "Let Me Love You" with T.I. and Jadakiss. |
Producer: Scott Storch; Lil Jon; Underdogs; Harold Lilly; Ron "NEFF-U" Feemstar |
Musical Guests | | Juvenile | | Jadakiss | | T.I. |
| | Artist Overview | | The youthful R&B sensation Mario was signed to J Records when he was only 15, and hit the ground running with a high-charting debut album in 2002 featuring a popular remake of Biz Markie's "Just a Friend." His 2004 follow-up spawned a number one single co-written by Ne-Yo, "Let Me Love You." By the time he released his fourth, star-studded album in 2007, his vocals, writing, and performance had all matured significantly, making him one of contemporary R&B 's heaviest hitters. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 12/07/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 61885 | | Label : J-Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828766188523 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.71)
- "POINT is plenty catchy..." - Grade: B-Uncut (p.98)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "Lil' Jon gives him crunk juice on 'Boom', and Scott Storch sprinkles jumping gems everywhere." Vibe (p.141)
- 3 1/2 discs out of 5 - "On TURNING POINT, he flexes a deeper, more masculine voice..." |
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