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• I try to make sure that I make music that can stand the test of time.

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• I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly’s brain.

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• Marvin Gaye was the ultimate ladies’ man and a big part of that was the way he dressed. If you’re having trouble getting ladies, step your suit game up and see the difference. Walk into a bar in a tailored suit and I guarantee every girl will check you out.

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• I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s listening to Public Enemy and Mobb Deep and the Smashing Pumpkins. I don’t even know what it was like in the ’60s – I wasn’t alive then – so the Mayer Hawthorne sound is taking what I can learn from the classics, and blending it with my hip-hop DJ and producer background and punk-rock bands that I played in as a kid.

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• I really love rap music. I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J – I’m a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.

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• My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.

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• Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.

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• I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.

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• A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.

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• I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I’ll never stop. That’s my security blanket, that’s what I’m good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.

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• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

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Mayer Hawthorne (51)

Birth:	2nd February, 1979
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Arranger, Lyricist, Producer, Singer

About

Mayer Hawthorne is an American singer, producer, songwriter, arranger, audio engineer, DJ, rapper and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. "Mayer Hawthorne and The County" is a name Cohen often uses when performing or recording as Mayer Hawthorne with other artists. In Cohen's words, "The County" is basically anyone who plays an instrument or sings on his album. It is also his band when he performs live. Cohen also performs and records hip hop under the stage name Haircut, sometimes as part of the groups Now On and Athletic Mic League.

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