Career
His range of production includes alternative rock, hip hop, indie and popular music Haynie is a native of Buffalo, New New York He started primarily as a sample-driven hip-hop producer and got his first big break after handing off a beat Civil Defense to now-deceased, Detroit rapper Proof.
He relocated to New York City and got his start as a hip hop producer in the early 2000s, collaborating with rappers Obie Trice, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Cormega, M.O.P., Rhymefest, and Arizona. His career grew and, by the second half of 2000"s first decade, he had worked with Ice Cube, Slaughterhouse, Eminem, Kanye West and Kid Cudi.
Haynie remixed Michael Jackson"s 1972 song, "Maria (You Were the Only One)", for the 2009 album Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite. Cudi announced in February 2011 however, that the label had been dissolved.
Cudi stated to Complex magazine that they were still on good terms: "I wanted to try something new, and I wanted to take control of things myself. There’s no hard feelings." The label released Kid Cudi"s albums, Manitoba on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) and Manitoba on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr.
Rager (2010). He co-produced Kanye West"s 2010 single, "Runaway", and expanded into popular music, working with Lana Delegate Rey, Bruno Mars and Fun.
Haynie produced Lana Delegate Rey"s 2012 album, Born to Die, which debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number two, and at number one in Britain, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and Austria, respectively. Alongside Jeff Bhasker, Haynie also produced Fun"s second album Some Nights (2012). Haynie also co-wrote Lady Antebellum"s 2013"s single, "Compass".
We Fall On January 19, 2015, Haynie announced he would be releasing his debut studio album, titled We Fall, featuring guest appearances from Andrew Wyatt, Brian Wilson, Rufus Wainwright, Lana Delegate Rey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sampha, Devonte Hynes, Nate Ruess, Colin Blunstone, Lykke Li, Romy Madley Croft, Randy Newman, Father John Misty and Julia Holter.
The album, which was recorded over the course of six months in Los Angeles" Chateau Marmont, was made available for pre-order the following day and was revealed to be released February 23, 2015, under Interscope Records. Haynie works out of his studio in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea.