Good thing the FADER has it’s “emerging music and whatnot” pedigree set in stone – otherwise, it might be a tad embarrassing to admit that the most heated office convos as of late have centered around…John Mayer.

The wack/genius/wack genius debate is nothing new (remember the Mayer “think piece” in F20?), it’s just that the one-two punch of dude’s Grammy ubiquitousness and this hysterically candid in-studio interview with Kanye has us pontificating anew. “Daughters, bitches!”