Mario, "Mario," (J)



At 15, this singer already has scored with the hit "Just a Friend 2002," a homage to Biz Markie's 1990 single. On his debut album, Mario uses his smooth, pretty voice to beg for an older girl's attention, pledge his devotion and assert his romantic viability -- all in a seductive yet age-appropriate style. Despite an army of producers, plus contributions from Alicia Keys, the high school sophomore's personality glimmers through the slickness, recalling the innocent days of Michael Jackson, or Prince at his most sweet-talking. -- Natalie Nichols, Los Angeles Times

http://www.mario2u.com/

who?

ooops I thought it was cris rock...huhuhuhuh

johnny said:

Yep He does look like Chris Rock .He reminds me of a Low-Budget Ralph Trasvant Meets Usher.

Who? What? Where? Why? ummm and How?

Are the marketing departments getting that lazy? EVERYBODY that comes out now is compared to Michael & Prince; and, I haven't seen OR HEARD anyone come close to either one yet.
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[This message was edited Fri Jul 26 19:57:21 PDT 2002 by aspera773]

In Mario's defense I must say though I wouldn't compare him to Prince, the boy can sing his ass off. You need to listen before you respond ignorantly to this post because Mario is singing a lot better than most grown men out there including Alicia Knees, excuse me, Keys.

mistermaxxx said:

I thought I was the only one that thought so.

[/quote]He reminds me of a Low-Budget Ralph Trasvant Meets Usher.[/quote]

:LOL:


another funny thing is how in the hell can anyone compare Prince with Michael Jackson??

Ones a Musican.. the other is a PERV :LOL:


any of these "new" Princes.. never play instruments.. and all they do is lay a vocal track over the "newest" producers beat?... then LIP SYNC everywhere live.. WE are coming closer & closer to having real-life artist be like the TV Show "Putting on the hits" :LOL:

when did Prince ever any of that?????

How can I forget the "Vocal gymnastics"
[This message was edited Sat Jul 27 4:01:36 PDT 2002 by locoarts]

Dont sleep on Mario. Hes got a new cut out called Braid My Hair. Check it out. Like she said very age appropriate material.
[This message was edited Sat Jul 27 9:16:11 PDT 2002 by Jagjams]

a lot of artists currenlty are being compared to maddy,prince and mj. i believe to be compared in their league, all u got to do is:

prince-have sucky videos, play insturments, dress anydroygenous(spelled wrong), and sing about sex/ spirtuality, be a sucky business-man.marry twice and have no kids.

mj-being a pioneer in music videos, beat the records of beatles +, have great dance moves which must be executed well, be a smart buisnessman, be humble +shy, and yet have a statue of yourself made and make it float down some pasrts of europe.marry twice and have 2 kids.

maddy-keep chaning hair color for videos, be a decent business-woman, be a decent dancer and singer, talk about sex and other taboo subjects, hang with homosexuals, marry twice and have 2 kids.

He reminds me of B2K.

aspera773 said:

Bilal comes kinda close 2 P at times!

feltbluish said:

I will have to agree with that statement. the way Bilal layers his backgrounds and his wild falsetto do seem to mimmick Prince at times.