Mayer Hawthorne – I Need You 12-inch
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又一發來自於優質廠牌Stones Throw旗下一項令人眼睛一亮的"藝術品"。這張來自於MILK CRATES今年強力推薦了不知道幾百次的Mayer Hawthorne。最近新一發也是最新的個人作品單曲"I Need You"。這首充滿著愛與愛人之間，被愛與愛人間所產生的各種動人的感受。這首帶著優美旋律，小小碎拍以及45轉取樣Vocal搭配之下的注目單曲。在老學校的靈魂味以及新學校之間的巧妙結合上，做了最佳的示範。而令人感到相當特別的一個部份，就是來自於這首歌曲幕後製作人"Nottz"。這位一直以來都已相當強勁的東岸風格製作風格遊走於像是M.O.P等人的作品之中。 而這次與Mayer Hawthorne的合作，更是相當有趣也珍貴。
“I met Nottz at Nightlife's Dilla Tribute in L.A. and we just kept in contact. I had always been a fan of Nottz since the 90s. He sent me a bunch of beats and at first I had no idea what to do with any of them, but eventually it hit me. I sang a hook for him on his album as well.
The song is a cover of a cat named Otis Leavill which is one of my all time fav soul sides, but relatively unknown 45. I don't think Nottz even knew it. I actually even made up some of the words because no one could make out what he said in the original. ha!
When Nottz sent me that batch – that particular beat stood out. It had the same chord progression as the Otis Leville, so I just went with it.”
而在介紹之前特別提出這一張"藝術品"樣式的唱片設計。就得要帶領大家回顧一下之前MILK CRATES也介紹過的相關作品。在之前Mayer Hawthorne與HUF合作的另外一件音樂單品中那件充滿復古風味的設計操刀人Freegums，再度操刀於這張單曲的相關設計。如同上圖介紹般的精緻令人愛不釋手。
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