Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Mayer da LaBruyere sun yi aiki a duk faɗin Georgia da jihohin da ke kusa. Hakanan, yayin da aikinsa ya zo daidai da kasuwar kiɗa ta intanet da ke fitowa a lokacin, Mayer ya amfana daga bin layi. Mayer ya sami hankalin Gregg Latterman a Aware Records ta hanyar masaniyar Mayer, lauya, wanda ya aika da EP din Aware. Bayan sun hada da shi a cikin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin. A wannan lokacin, Aware ya kammala yarjejeniya tare da Columbia Records wanda ya ba Columbia zaɓi na farko a sanya hannu kan masu zane-zane na Aware. A watan Satumba, Columbia ta sake shirya kuma ta sake fitar da Room for Squares. A matsayin wani ɓangare na babban lakabin "farko", an sabunta zane-zanen kundin, kuma an ƙara waƙa "3x5". Sake sakewa ya hada da sake fasalin shirye-shiryen studio na waƙoƙi huɗu na farko daga Inside Wants Out. A ƙarshen 2002, Room for Squares ya haifar da waƙoƙin rediyo da yawa, gami da "Babu Irin Wannan Abu", "Jikinku Wonderland ne", kuma a ƙarshe, "Me yasa Georgia". Hakanan ya sami yabo na gaba ɗaya, kuma Mayer ya zana kwatancen da Dave Matthews. A shekara ta 2003, Mayer ya lashe kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun Mawaki na Mawaki na Mawaki don "Jikinka Abin al'ajabi ne". A cikin jawabinsa na karɓar ya lura, "Wannan yana da sauri sosai, kuma na yi alkawarin kamawa". Ya kuma nuna kansa a matsayin mai shekaru goma sha shida, bayanin da mutane da yawa suka yi kuskuren cewa yana da shekaru goma sha shida a lokacin. A watan Fabrairun 2003, Mayer ya fitar da CD da DVD na raye-raye a Birmingham, Alabama mai taken Duk wani Alhamis da aka bayar, wanda ya haɗa da waƙoƙin da ba a taɓa yin rikodin su ba, kamar "Man on the Side", "Something's Missing", da Covered in Rain". Kasuwanci, kundin ya kai matsayi na 17 a kan Billboard 200. Haɗin DVD ɗin da aka fitar tare da shi ya sami yabo mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, tare da masu sukar da aka raba tsakanin hotonsa na gunkin pop, da (a lokacin) ƙwarewar guitar. Erik Crawford na AllMusic ya tambaya, "Shin [Mayer] gwarzo ne na guitar wanda aka nuna shi lokacin da ya buga murfin Stevie Ray Vaughan's...  Tambaya: Wace waƙar Marvin Gaye ce wannan kundin ya saki?
"Inner City Blues (Ka sa ni so in yi kuka)