Hurt No More
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Hurt No More is the 2004 album by r&b singer and musician Mario Winans.
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Making of the album
Winans recorded his second album Hurt No More in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in between his busy schedule working with other artists, mostly on P. Diddy's Bad Boy label. The album is based on stories of love and betrayal. On his website, Winans says: "This record is about relationships, pure and simple. We all have hearts. Sometimes, we have to look deeper into what we're saying and doing to the people we care about." Much of the production work and instrumental work on the album was performed by Winans himself.
Chart Success
The first single "I Don't Want To Know" was based on a sample of "Boadicea" by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album. The Fugees also sampled this track for their song "Ready or Not" from the The Score album [1] (http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1485854/03192004/winans_mario.jhtml/2). The song features a rap by P. Diddy and radio programmers and club DJs started playing the track when it started appearing on mixtapes. The song was released as the single in early 2004 and become a worldwide hit going to #1 in Germany and the US Rhythmic Top 40, #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, US R&B/ Hip Hop and world Internet download charts and #3 on a composite world R&B chart (based on the US, UK, Germany, France and Australia), Australian and Norwegian charts. It also reached the top ten of a composite European chart.
Hurt No More was released on April 20, 2004 in the US and as at early June 2004, had reached #1 on the Billboard r&b/hip hop chart, #2 on the US Billboard 200 and #3 on the UK album charts.
Critical Reviews
Allmusic.com rated the album as 4 stars out of 5 saying it was "one of the best R and B albums of the year" In contrast, Rolling Stone rated it as two stars saying the "lyrics lack punch" and the songs "never achieve the angst" they should.
Track Listing
- Ready For Love (interlude)
- Never Really Was
- I Don't Wanna Know (featuring P. Diddy and Enya)
- You Knew featuring Slim
- How I Made It featuring Loon
- Already Know (Interlude)
- 3 Days Ago
- What's Wrong With Me
- Can't Judge Me
- Disbelief
- Enough (Interlude)
- Pretty Girl Bull@#*^ featuring Foxy Brown
- This Is The Thanks I Get featuring Black Rob
- I Got You Babe
- So Fine
- Should've Known
- Turn Around
Winans' web site lists "I Don't Wanna Know", "3 Days Ago", "Disbelief", "Can't Judge Me" and "Pretty Girl Bull@#*^" as the most significant tracks on the album. The All Music Guide nominates "I Don't Wanna Know", "You Knew", "How I Made It" and "I Got You Babe" as the pick of the album.
External links
- Mario Winans Official Site (http://www.mariowinans.com/)
- All Music Guide article (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Ao0d7gjvr46iv/)