Mario’s love comes crashing down in the dramatic video for his first single “Somebody Else” featuring Nicki Minaj. The Alexandre Moors-directed clip opens with the R&B singer lying on top of a car as Nicki stands in a condo floors above him. The window is left open as she raps. He flashes back to the moment when he was sent flying off the balcony.
Mario’s first album in four years, Restoration, is due later this year.
Nicki Minaj has been going hard with her features lately. Last month, she shot a cameo in the video for Mario’s single “Somebody Else.” In the behind-the-scenes footage, the R&B crooner presents his co-star with a gift before the two go in front of the lens at a soundstage in New York.
They pose back to back, with Nicki rocking a sexy black-and-gold outfit and Mario looking dapper in a vest and tie. She films her solo shot in front of an open window overlooking NYC at night and reviews footage with the director.
Mario takes it back to the bedroom on “The Walls” featuring Fabolous, the first single from his upcoming fifth album. The ladies’ man makes his lady act out of character on the seductive jam, written and produced by Rico Love.
“It’s an incredible R&B record. It’s classic, it’s definitely going to stand out from everything that’s going on,” Mario said in a recent interview. “It really pays homage to women who are comfortable with being sexy outside and they’re sexy with their men when they get home.”
Added Rico Love, “It’s just some classic R&B, just some fly music. Something to reemerge Mario in the scene. I’m very confident with the record. I believe it’s going to be a big record.”
Mario’s as-yet-untitled album, featuring production from The Monsters, Young Yonny, and The Underdogs, is 90 percent complete and he anticipates a November or January release.
The Walls - Mario feat. Fabolous
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