I Don't Want Kids Listening

James Brown Is The Perfect Example Of Flashy But Classy. Classy Doesn't Have To Mean Boring. His Gear Was Flamboyant But Without Being So Over The Top. The Cape Was Probably The Biggest Part Of His Persona. He Looked Like Superman.

My Grandma Ricky - That's Where I Got Classic Look From. She Was The Most Stylish Person Ever. She Had Her Own Clothing Store And Even Her Furniture Was Stylish. I Got My "flashy, But Classy" Motto From Her, Too. Whenever She Walked In The Room, She Was Always The Most Stylish Person In The Room.

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.

I Was A Hip-hop Head. When I Really Found My Own Lane In Music, It Was Hip-hop. I Wanted To Make Hip-hop Music. And I Did, I Made A Lot Of Hip-hop Music.

I Try To Make Sure That I Make Music That Can Stand The Test Of Time.