D.N.A. - Mario
  • Band Name: Mario
  • Record Label: J
  • Release Date: Oct 13, 2009
Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Throughout this unfussy, beautifully sung set, the 23-year-old Mario taps into the tenderness of early Maxwell.
  2. Mario has a broken heart and he's pouring it all out on his latest set, D.N.A.
  3. 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.
  4. That lack of personality doesn't kill the disc's ample pleasures. It just makes you wonder whose D.N.A. we're examining.
  5. Grown-up, seductive and a little bit explicit (when it needs to be), it's a small triumph for guys trying to get in touch with their emotions through the medium of R&B.