Before the release of his third album Go!, Mario confirmed in an interview with that he was working on a new album "by the time school starts back up, like after next summer” “But there's really even more than that, 'cause I'm gonna start recording, like, [at] the end of January".[9] The album is involving a wide range of producers and songwriters such as Darkchild, Babyface, Polow da Don, RedOne, CJ of Charlio Productions, Malay, Jazze Pha, Stargate, KP, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream as confirme...
Before the release of his third album Go!, Mario confirmed in an interview with that he was working on a new album "by the time school starts back up, like after next summer” “But there's really even more than that, 'cause I'm gonna start recording, like, [at] the end of January".[9] The album is involving a wide range of producers and songwriters such as Darkchild, Babyface, Polow da Don, RedOne, CJ of Charlio Productions, Malay, Jazze Pha, Stargate, KP, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream as confirmed by Mario.[10][11][12] Mario said that he would like to work with no more than 4 producers for this album.[9] Mario has described this album as World music, an old school R&B influenced with a modern dance pop sound.[12] The album is being described as his “most personal, colossal album of his career.”
The album's lead single "Break Up" was released on April 28, 2009. The song features Sean "The Pen" Garrett and Gucci Mane.[13] In the US, the song, have peaked at number 2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Mario's most successful single in five years. The single has been recently certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for a shipment of over 500,000 units as a ringtone.[14] "Thinkin' About You", was released as the second single.The entire album was made available for the public to listen to on his Myspace page before its release. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
