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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%">TUXEDO (Mayer Hawthorne + Jake One)
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><br>
<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%">Announce Debut Album
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black">OUT MARCH 3, 2015 On Stones Throw Records</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black">Pre-Order Available Now</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="611" height="453" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D00E05.D7770030" alt="Tuxedo - Kaleidoscope by Piper Ferguson (web)"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Photo credit: Piper Ferguson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="ES-TRAD">Los Angeles, CA- December 2, 2014 – </span>
</i><span style="color:black">GRAMMY Nominated renaissance man<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Mayer Hawthorne</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and GRAMMY Nominated producer<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jake One<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(Drake,
Snoop Dogg, Fun.) team up to release their self-titled debut album<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>Tuxedo</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(<b>Stones Throw Records</b>)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>March
3, 2015</b>. The duo unveiled the cover art + track listing today and recently gave fans a sneak peek of the upcoming funk record with the video for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>“Do It</b>,”
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gcfQhR_9c">PRESS HERE</a><span style="color:black"> to watch. You can now pre-order
<b><i>Tuxedo</i></b><i> </i>on <b><i>iTunes</i></b><i> </i>and receive an instant download of “<b>Do It</b>,”
</span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tuxedo/id946559925">PRESS HERE.</a><span style="color:black"><br>
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Tuxedo is Mayer Hawthorne (Aquarius) and Jake One (Taurus). They are descendants of the one-word moniker family of funk, where you will find such groups as Chic, Shalamar and Zapp.
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<br>
The Tuxedo collaboration began with an exchange of mixtapes back in 2006. The fruits of a long-standing kinship were three tracks that mysteriously showed up on Internet doorsteps nearly two years ago. In between personal projects, these three tracks became
a full album’s worth of Tuxedo. The album was mixed by original disco don dada John Morales at his home studio in South Plainfield, New Jersey. “I flew out there,” Mayer says. “His wife made me spaghetti and everything.”<br>
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The duo is excited to release the upcoming album on Stones Throw Records, which also marks Mayer's return to the label since his debut release of
<i>A Strange Arrangement</i> in 2009. Until then, stay classy.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="color:black">Tuxedo</span></u></i><u><span style="color:black"> Track Listing<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Lost Lover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">R U Ready<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Watch The Dance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">So Good<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Two Wrongs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Tuxedo Groove<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">I Got U<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">The Right Time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Roll Along<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Get U Home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Do It<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:black">Number One <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/tuxedo">http://www.stonesthrow.com/tuxedo</a><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><a href="http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/tuxedo/tuxedo">http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/tuxedo/tuxedo</a>
<span style="color:black"><br>
Twitter - @Tuxedo</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="324" height="324" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D00E05.D7770030" alt="TUXEDO_1500"></span><span style="color:black"><br>
album artwork<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>For more information on Tuxedo, please contact:<br>
PRESS HERE – 323-556-9752</b><br>
Gina Schulman // Ashley Lanaux <br>
<a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> // <a href="mailto:ashleyl@pressherepublicity.com">
ashleyl@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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