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Throughout this unfussy, beautifully sung set, the 23-year-old Mario taps into the tenderness of early Maxwell.
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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.
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Mario has a broken heart and he's pouring it all out on his latest set, D.N.A.
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That lack of personality doesn't kill the disc's ample pleasures. It just makes you wonder whose D.N.A. we're examining.