Mario Winans

On his second album, Bad Boy's resident crooner flaunts his impressive pipes with relationship-minded vocals set to an array of catchy, slickly produced tracks. Hurt No More includes the Fugees-esque single "I Don't Wanna Know," as well as collabos with Foxy Brown, Loon, and Black Rob.

Hurt No More is admirably single-minded, a document of the psychological crumbling of a
man scorned. Puffy-approved singer-songwriter Winans nails all the emo cues: resignation
on the Enya-sampling single "I Don't Wanna Know," resentment on "Pretty Girl Bullsh*t" and
frustration on "This Is the Thanks I Get," asking, "How could you do a good nigga like this?"
But though his melodies are strong ("Turn Around," "Can't Judge Me"), his lyrics l... More >