The first single from the upcoming album Where Does This Door Go, out July 16. Produced by Oak & Mayer. Additional Vocals by Jessie Ware.

The Black Opera’s latest Video Demonstration “Queen Of Hearts” is here. TBO and director Andy Madeleine tell the visual story of a K U E E N in search of fulfillment in life. TBOGs Nokbai and Sensu provide a colorful backdrop to the video through their word play, and Mayer Hawthorne provides perfect pitch on [cont.]

Mayer Hawthorne’s six track How Do You Do remix EP, featuring remixes from RAC, Dam-Funk and the Bakaboyz, is available today for free via his Facebook. Seriously, no strings attached. Mayer Hawthorne – “How Do You Do Remixes” EP

“No Strings” [RAC Remix] from the forthcoming How Do You Do Remixes EP.

Soul crooner Mayer Hawthorne gets back his DJ roots in an ode to the potent Hennessy and ginger ale cocktail in his new video for “Henny & Gingerale”, off of his latest album How Do You Do.

From the Mayer’s superb How Do You Do LP, available now.

Mayer Hawthorne follows up his debut, A Strange Arrangement with How Do You Do; almost 45 minutes of tunes that ensure we do very well indeed. Hawthorne shows a range on this project that gives everyone something to get down to. Not abandoning the signature throwback sound that rendered him a standout in the R&B [cont.]

Here’s Mayer Hawthorne’s video for “The Walk”, the second single from How Do You Do, out Oct 11.

For this week’s Mayer Monday, watch Bruno Mars, Asher Roth, Questlove, Busy P, Elijah Woods, The Cool Kids and more have a bit of an identity crisis.

Rap Guy’s Girlfriend produced by Haircut (aka Mayer Hawthorne) is the second leak from Tenacity’s I’m Different project. I’m Different is a compilation of Tenacity material mixed by DJ Rhettmatic, and Hosted by House Shoes. It features producers from around the world and guest appearances from Guilty Simpson, & The Abolitionists.

A Long Time – Mayer Hawthorne from MayerHawthorne on Vimeo. Check out the VHS-yanked clips for “A Long Time,” Mayer Hawthorne’s first video for his upcoming album “How Do You Do” on Universal. Taken from an old 80′s Detroit public access dance show- I can guarantee some of these people really regret their wardrobe choices…

Everybody’s working for the weekend. 9th Wonder just completed a track with J. Cole, Drake, and Phonte. 9th and Tay working together again? Guess that means a Little Brother reunion shouldn’t be completely ruled out…. Mayer Hawthorne was seen in Seattle tonight recording with Jake One and Mac Miller….We’re hearing that Lil Wayne will be [cont.]

Happy Holidays everyone, All the best Christmas songs were written by Jews, and Chanukah songs suck. This is my favorite Christmas tune, sung over the Vince Guaraldi instrumental. Cheers, Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne “Green Eyed Love” @ Cosmopolitan Grand Opening, Las Vegas from HipHopSite.Com on Vimeo. We caught this footage this past weekend in Vegas, at the grand opening of the new Cosmopolitan hotel and casino. Mayer Hawthorne played several shows all week long for the audience at Book & Stage, endlessly impressing the crowd. The [cont.]

Dj Jazzy Jeff and Mayer Hawthorne sit down to talk collaborations, the Mazda 2 Tour, and the Mayor of Hawthorne.

From StonesThrow.Com: The vocal & instrumental of “I Need You” are both on one side of this single. The flip side contains an etching by Miami illustrator Freegums, who we hooked up with a couple months back for the Mayer Hawthorne x Huf T-shirt & song collaboration. The record is packaged in plastic with a [cont.]

Mayer Hawthorne ends his two-month long US Tour on April 15th in San Francisco. To commemorate the occasion, Stones Throw has teamed up with local powerhouse Huf and designer Freegums on an exclusive Mayer Hawthorne collabo pack featuring a T-Shirt + Heart-Shaped USB with Mayer Hawthornes rendition of Tony Bennets classic I Left My Heart [cont.]

With such an abundant amount of video surfacing from this week’s festival, we’ve decided to take some of the performances highlights and roll them all up into one post. Check back here regularly for updates over the next week. Pharoah Monch @ SXSW Duck Down Showcase from AB on Vimeo. Black Milk w/ AB & [cont.]

We find it kinda weird, too. But L.A. heads stick together. And where is this “Gangsta Love” remix you speak of, Lord Hawthorne?