Mario Winans has accomplished more than many musicians twice his age. Some of hip-hop, R&B, and gospel music's most well respected artists have been blessed with Mario's nimble production talents and thoughtful lyricism. His resume reads like a nomination list on Grammy night: Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, R. Kelly, Jennifer Lopez, Brian McKnight, The Notorious B.I.G., P. Diddy, 702 and of course, his own Winans family.

Mario's story begins in his grandmother's kitchen. "I was constantly banging on the pots and pans with wire hangers," explains Mario with a laugh. "As far as I was concerned, I was playing the drums." His fascination with percussion continued throughout his childhood, nurtured by his world-renown Winans gospel family. In school, he was an attentive student, studying music in a formal fashion. But after school, he headed straight for his room and made the beats he wanted to hear continue to the Mario Winans Biography...

Esteemed producer Mario Winans has been on the fringes of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records for sometime now, but has never been given more than backing vocal slots. Hurt No More is set to change that and throw Mr. Winans into the limelight big style.
'Never Really Was' draws you straight into the album with its clever strings sample elevating the R ’n’ B track above the bog standard norm. The slick production flows straight into 'I Don’t Wanna Know', the first single to be released. The Enya track made famous by The Fugees’ Ready or Not has continue to the Hurt No More Review...