DM: for example trap, backpack the list goes on which category do you feel your style is under?
MM: The "style" of music I do... is idk.... B-funk. It's a little of everything. It's rock, it's soul, it's gospel, it's jazz, it's funk it's punk at times. It's the sound of the folks that grow up hearing everything...
DM: When did you begin doing music?
MM: My first cry was the pentatonic scale lol...
"My first Cry was the pentatonic scale..."-Marlon Mackey
DM: Who are some of your musical inspirations?*
MM: Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Jay Dilla, Stevie Wonder, Prince, D'angelo, Bob James, OutKast, The Roots, Mos Def, James Brown, Sade, Micheal Franks, Parliament, MC Hammer, Oaktown 357, E-40, America, Gentle Giant, Steely Dan, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Lorretta Lynn, Rolling Stones, Isley Brothers, Wilson Mackey, Stevie Mackey, Stan Mackey.
DM: Who would you most like to collab with and why?*
MM: I would love to COLLAB with anyone that is hungry and ready to break some molds!
DM: What's your favorite thing to do when you aren't writing/producing/playing etc.?
MM: watch portlandia of workaholics season 1-2
DM: If you weren't singing and creating music, what would you be doing?*
MM: Sitting in a nut house, cause I can't get this song out of my head...
Images courtesy of Marlon Mackey
Interview By Tripple O.