Go! Album Review

Tracklist:

1. Go!
2. Crying Out For Me
3. Skippin
4. Music For Love
5. Kryptonite (featuring Eve)
6. How Do I Breathe
7. No Definition
8. Why
9. Lay In My Bed
10. Right And Wrong Way
11. Let Me Watch (featuring Juelz Santana)
12. Do Right

Well I've been waiting for this album since november 2006!!!! Ridiculous isn't it ??. But I've got to say, it was worth the wait. This album is just one of the nicest R&B albums I've heard this year, which also shows a more mature side of singer Mario. He definately stepped his game up, but unfortunately due to wrong single choices and numerous delays my guessing is that it will not enjoy any big succes and that's a shame. I mean why was ''How Do I Breathe'' picked as a first single, don't get me wrong the song is allright, but it's just not a song that will make an impact. His label could have predicted that. I think he should have released ''Crying Out For Me'' or ''Why'' as the lead single if he wanted this album to become big.

The album starts with the song ''Go!'' produced by The Neptunes. Everytime I listen to this song I can't help but feel that it's a little forced, the lyrics, the singing, it's just a corny song with a typical Neptunes beat and definately one of the lesser tracks, but forunately not the direction where this album is going. The second track ''Crying Out For Me'' which is produced by Polow Da Don can be interpeted as the male version of Ciara's ''Promise''. The song is about Mario wanting to save a girl who is miserable with another guy and take care of here. Good song and it definately shows that Mario's vocal abilities has improven big time, he really sings his hart out on this track.. Next song on the tracklist is ''Skippin'' which is produced by Mad Scientist who's also responsable for Nicole Scherzingers third single "Super Villain''. It's an fun, upbeat track, but to me it just sounds like an left over track from Ushers ''Confessions''. In fact Mario totally sounds like him on this track.
The second song produced by Mad Scientist is one of my favorites, the song called ''Music For Love'' and this should have definately been the album opener. Mario sings about this song being the song to put on when your making love and again I have to compliment on his vocals. The third single lifted from the album is ''Kryptonite which is number five on the tracklisting. I wasn't immediately infatuated with the song, but with every listen it started to grow on me, and now I just love the song. Number five on the album is ''How Do I Breathe'', well I already explained what my thoughts are on this song. Go! also contains a Timbaland produced track called ''No Definition''. The song is about having a relationship with a girl, but not wanting to label it. I can understand why a lot of girls don't agree with the lyrics of the song, but I'm a guy so I like it :P. I mean I don't think it's wrong if you have an open relationship without any commitment as long as both involved don't end up getting hurt. The production is allright, nothing mind blowing or something. A definate standout track is ''Why'' (produced by The Underdogs), which I'm hoping will be released as a single. Mario's singing about his girl who's constantly mistrusting him for no reason. His vocals are on point with a great chorus and the production is damn fine. Next is ''Lay In My Bad'' which in my opinion is also a standout track. It's an great R&B song about Mario convincing his girl to lay in his bed so he can show her his love for here. The song ''Right And Wrong Way'' pick up where ''Lay In My Bed''. Again I have to say that this is also something Usher could have done, maybe I'm just saying that because he sounds just like him. I'm convinced that Mario has the potential to become as big as Usher, but this won't happen if he's trying to replicate his style. On the Akon produced track Mario's getting inspirational by singing about making choices in life, and trying to it the rightway in life. A Nice closure for a very nice album.

As I already sad Mario has the potential to become great in the music scene, and I really hope his next release won't feature just as many push backs as ''Go!''. This album is definately an big improvement comparing to his first two albums and shows his growth as an artist.

Be sure to pick up your copy on 11-december-2007.

I found Some leftover tracks from Go!. And I decide to post three of them, because I like these the most. The Tracks are:

• Ghetto Love
• Jump Off
• My Love (featuring Usher)

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