Mario Vazquez

Mario Vazquez

by Mario Vazquez
Mario Vazquez

Mario Vazquez

by Mario Vazquez

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Overview

Despite being an early favorite who made it to the final round of 12 contestants, Mario Vazquez bailed from American Idol's fourth season, citing personal issues as the reason for his exit. Allusions and speculations led to the belief that Vazquez had cold feet about a potentially paralyzing management contract with AI's co-producers, 19 Entertainment, which would've been unavoidable if he had remained in the competition. He hired the lawyer who removed Clay Aiken from 19's grip and, prior to competing, recorded vocals for Worlds of Change, an album by a guitarist named Cesar -- a big AI no-no, even though it was like placing one grain of dirt in the path of a tank. Somewhat ironically, a freed Vazquez wound up signing with Arista, the same label that released the multi-platinum debut from Carrie Underwood, AI's fourth-season winner. Vazquez's own first album seems no more or less autonomous than Kelly Clarkson's Thankful, Ruben Studdard's Soulful, Fantasia's Free Yourself, Justin Guarini's ill-fated debut, or even American Juniors' Kids in America. With the involvement of heavy hitters like Ne-Yo, Stargate, Scott Storch, Sean Garrett, and Johnta Austin, it's clear that Arista controller Clive Davis sees Vazquez as someone who can go far beyond AI. The singer's voice is smooth and attractive, and it's boyish while knowing as well -- as he demonstrated during his time on AI, he's a natural entertainer. While there are a few standouts on this album, Vazquez sounds tentative and too conscious about making the right moves, and the variety of material must be an experiment to find out where he fits best, including soppy adult contemporary ("4 the 1," "One Shot"), harmless ska-inflected pop ("Don't Lie"), and marvelously horrible club-oriented garbage ("Cohiba"). To absolutely no surprise, all the highlights fall within the realm of breezy pop-R&B, like "I Bet" and "How We Do It," both of which deserved to be summertime radio staples. The results next time should be significantly improved if Vazquez can work with a smaller team that can give him a more personalized and focused set of songs. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 09/26/2006
Label: Arista
UPC: 0828768136928
Rank: 134201

Tracks

  1. Gallery
  2. I Bet
  3. Cohiba
  4. One Shot
  5. We Gon' Last
  6. Don't Lie
  7. Just a Friend
  8. Fired Up
  9. 4 the 1
  10. Everytime I
  11. How We Dot It
  12. She Got Me
  13. Like It or Not
  14. We Supposed To Be

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mario Vazquez   Primary Artist
Fat Joe   Primary Artist
Shep Solomon   Vocals (Background)
Jason Boyd   Vocals (Background)
Mario Vazquz   Vocals
Keithin "Mizzle Boy" Pittman   Keyboards
Steve Morales   Keyboards
Francesco Romano   Guitar
Ramon Stagnaro   Spanish Guitar
Lester Mendez   Moog Synthesizer
Rafael Padilla   Percussion
James Fauntleroy   Vocals (Background)
Dan Warner   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Sonus Quartet   Strings

Technical Credits

Ben Watts   Photography
Arnold Stiefel   Management
Ruben Rivera   Editing,Engineer
Hallgeir Rustan   Composer
Anthony Dent   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Chris LeBeau   Art Producer
Shep Solomon   Composer,Producer
Anita Marisa Boriboon   Design,Art Direction
Tatsuya Sato   Engineer
Larry Jackson   Producer
Keith Sengbusch   Assistant,Assistant Vocal Engineer
Ed Williams   Engineer
Josh "Eddie" Grant   Engineer
Soulshick   Arranger,Producer,Instrumentation
Stefan Campbell   Stylist
Tor Erik Hermansen   Composer
Anthony Terrebonne   Engineer
The Underdogs   Mixing,Producer
Scott Storch   Composer,Producer
Steve Russell   Composer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Steve Morales   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
Kevin Mahoney   Mixing
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
Sean Garrett   Composer,Producer
John Hanes   Digital Editing
Francesco Romano   Composer
Johnta Austin   Composer,Vocal Producer
Karlin   Arranger,Producer,Instrumentation
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen   Composer,Engineer,Instrumentation
Damon Thomas   Composer
Harvey Mason, Jr.   Composer
Tim Roberts   Mixing
Wayne Allison   Engineer
Joe Wohlmuth   Engineer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Ann Mincieli   Vocal Engineer
Josey Alcantar   Engineer
Fernando Garibay   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Aaron Renner   Editing,Engineer
Riley Mackin   Assistant,Editing Assistant
BK   Producer
Jim Jonsin   Producer
Clive Davis   Producer
Lester Mendez   Beats,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Jim Caruana   Engineer
Ne-Yo   Vocal Producer
Tor Erik Hermanson   Instrumentation
Brian Kennedy   Composer
Dan Warner   Composer
Mario Vazquez   Composer
Conrad Golding   Engineer
Shaffer Smith   Composer
Camus Mare Celli   Composer
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