Ryan Dusick shares how Maroon 5 has roots in several genres of music.

Adam and I had both been listening to a lot of Stevie Wonder, and then that translated to listening to a lot of contemporary R&B and hip-hop and being really influenced by that. But then there was one day in rehearsal when I think Jesse had the idea. He was like, why don't you just play a beat like that? You know, just do a real drum beat, like, but influenced by hip-hop. And so I started playing this beat. Jesse started playing something on the piano. First thing he played was the riff to Not Coming Home. Adam starts writing a melody, and within 20 minutes, we have the song Not Coming Home written. And we were just, like, looking at each other like, this is different. And different than anything we've ever heard, because you hadn't heard white guys in a band going this close to hip-hop, R&B without crossing over completely. And rather than be fearful of it, we were like, let's just lean into this. This is finally a sound that is unique to us and incorporates and embraces all of our influences. And so that was kind of like the turning point for us. It was like, oh, okay, I think we've got it now. I think we're on to something. And that was really the genesis of what became Maroon 5.