French animation artist Cedric Berthier heard Now On’s “All You Ever Knew” from their album “Tomorrow Already” and was instantly inspired to create this video. The trio, which includes Mayer Hawthorne along with IX Lives and Jackson Perry, dropped the album in 2008. In case you missed out…here’s a link to where you can cop it.

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Next month Black Milk’s highly anticipated “Album of The Year” is due to hit streets. Other than the heavy contributions from both members of his live band (vocalist/keyboardist AB and drummer Daru Jones), the album exclusively features players and vocalists from his hometown of Detroit. Vocalist Melanie Rutherford, bassist Tim Shellaberger, and the versatile horn player and string arranger Sam Beaubien (who arranged horns and strings on Mayer Hawthornes “A Strange Arrangement”) are just a few names. Peep the latest “Deadly Medley” video featuring Royce Da 5′9 and Elzhi and pre-order the CD via Fatbeats while you’re at it.

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The slick Soul singer who we’ve all come to know as Mayer Hawthorne over the past few years is back with another amazing single “I Need You”. This 12-inch record will be released later this summer on Stones Throw Records and was produced by none other than Nottz. I’m affraid this guy is steadily getting to become one of my favorite producers. His album is going to blow a lot of people away I think, including me. “I Need You”  is already available for pre-order at Rush Hour and apparently we’re dealing with some sort of special etched vinyl.

Mayer Hawthorne – I Need You

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I’m sure we all haven’t forgotten about what happened in Haiti in January. With the “Notes For Haiti” compilation album, Detroit and L.A. join unite and come together on one album to show love and support. Most songs you might already know, but still well worth the support! Check the official press release…

Moved by the catastrophic earthquake and aftershocks that ravaged the island nation of Haiti, a group of artists is asking the public to remember the difference each of us can make. The project, “Notes for Haiti”, is a way for the collective to thank the public for their support of the island nation to date – and hopefully inspire folks to give more of the help that’s that still needed.
Estimates are that beyond the more than 230,000 Haitians who lost their lives as a result of the earthquakes, another 300,000 were injured and over one million were left homeless.
The album is available digitally in a “pay-what-you-want” format as of Tuesday, June 1, 2010 through the website notesforhaiti.bandcamp.com. All proceeds from album sales and donations are funneled directly to Oxfam America’s ongoing Haiti relief efforts.
The compilation features exclusive content and album material from Karriem Riggins, eLZhi (Slum Village), Blu, Fashawn, Exile, Aloe Blacc, Crown Royale (Buff 1 and DJ Rhettmatic), Invincible, Now On (Mayer Hawthorne, IX Lives, Jackson Perry), 14KT, Houseshoes, Co$$, Sene, AB, Marv Won, Jordan Rockswell, and SlopFunkDust.
The concept behind the “pay-what-you-want” format (used previously by bands such as Radiohead) is that the user can dictate the price paid for the album as a whole, or for each song purchased individually (for as little as $1). The donations are processed directly to Oxfam America through the secure BandCamp-PayPal portal, removing unnecessary overhead or infrastructure costs at the point of sale.
Oxfam is working in multiple locations to provide clean water, sanitation, shelter, seeds and running cash for work programs. Though their public appeal to Haiti has closed (for the time), this project will continue to affect their ongoing efforts on the island.
Detroit natives Niles Heron (Los Angeles) and Sarah Lockridge-Steckel (Boston) executive produced the album with gracious contributions from artists, promoters, managers, and good people nationwide.

Please visit the Notes For Haiti Bandcamp page and give generously! I just donated $5 and I truly hope that you, you and yes you have a heart as well and dig deep into your pockets. We’re only streaming these two bangers at a low bitrate, cuz for only $1 you can BUY the entire album.

Now On (DJ Haircut, Jackson Perry, IX Lives) – Doo It

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Co$$ & Sene – Let’s Begin

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Mayer Hawthorne makes some time for his special lady in his latest video “One Track Mind”..

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Mayer Hawthorne & James Pants have covered each other’s songs, Mayer doing “Thin Moon” and James doing “Green Eyed Love“. Stonesthrow pressed a small number of these on 45 which they wi’ll be giving away to the first couple hundred people that show up to the March 17 event 45 Live at SXSW (a Stonesthrow collaboration with Converse & Wax Poetics). Stonesthrow

Mayer Hawthorne – Thin Moon

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James Pants – Thin Moon

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Mayer Hawthorne wishes it would rain, but frankly I don’t. Here in Amsterdam the sun has just began to show itself and already women are pulling out their short skirts upon feeling the very first rays of sunlight. Anyhow…this is a fantastic video for a fantastic song. Can’t really add a lot more except that it was directed by Henry DeMaio and that Stones Throw deserves some props for this one again.

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Paris-bred producer, Astronote, is back with the first installment of his remixes collection.This mixtape features Astronote’s infamous Mayer Hawthorne remix as well as the Erykah Badu “Real Thang” remix. We posted both of these tracks before, but now you get a nice compilation of Astrontes remix work to date. You can download the full Mixtape here. Thanks to Mymanhenri and the Aside Worldwide fam.

Dabrye – Air Feat MF DOOM (Astonote Remix)

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Skyzoo -Ghetto America (Astronote Remix)

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This Sunday all our Rotterdam peoples is going to gather at Rotown to get a glimpse at Mayer Hawthorne. Big up to our Strange Fruit fam for putting this together. Now like last time our Beat M Up buddies cooked up a couple of remixes and we wanted to share the Bluntspeakers remix this time. Free download of course and in case you’re wondering about the other remixes, head on over to the BMU website to download those as well.

Mayer Hawtorne – Maybe So, Maybe No (Bluntspeakers Remix)

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2 New remixes for Mayer Hawthorne, first one from PPP’s Waajeed, the second is from former “Young Americans” duo Classixx. There will be a video for Green Eyed Love soon. Pre-Order the 12-inch (green vinyl) on Rushhour.

Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Waajeed Remix)

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Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)

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