The state of R&B music sucks in the U.S! The radio only plays the same club banger commercial style. artist like mario start to fade in some people's eyse, because there not a fan of r&b music, but a fan of pop. Mario has his pop tinged side of music but he still keeps to his love of r&b and soul. most r&b artist don't achieve major success. Mario has in the past and hopefully he returns to it.