Mike Dean Appreatiation Thread

[Sir Petey]

The Chill Spot has my stamp of approval.... you'll find me there under the name of Albert Anastasia. It's like old times but even better...

hell yeah, Good looks homeboy,  just on the strength of styles droppin exclusives and shit all day makes it worth it ya know?

[Sir Petey]

any word on him saying anything about the "Dolla Dolla Bill" track?

i know that mike owns it so he can do as he pleases with it...next time hes on ill see if i can get some more info.

he says he has 20 songs in the stash from the DYG era and hes thinking about putting them out.

[DPGC23]

THAT SHIT HE DID 4 DILLINGER N YOUNG GOTTI WAS DOPE ASS FUCK

DPGC23

[2euce 7even]

dont know what kurupt was smokin but
he needs to start smokin whatever he was smokin when he did "no vaseline part 2"
that shit is dope and this other diss I jus heard, god damn!!!

Mike Dean is a great producer, but he does more coke than any dude I know. His nose is a fucking vacuum.

if dude ain't fucking his money up or missing his studio sessions or whatever it ain't really relevant.

+ it got nothing to do with his music,the only thing his fans should care about,NOT his personal life and habits. 

Nah man, I am just saying. He's a great dude and great producer. His drug use makes his music great. It's like Dre and his chronic. Same thing for Dean and whatever drug he is doing at the moment. For example, when Kurupt was on Death Row, he made his best music over there because he got the best chronic over there.

haha yall right.

[west koasting]

Dis fool produced dolla dolla bill?

[Lunatic]

probably the most under rated producer in the history of hip-hop

[MarshColin]

A lot of people also don't know that he's an award winning mixing engineer too. He mixed Kanye's last couple albums and has done countless others for big names. He truly is a musical genius.

[Sir Petey]

my dude did alanis morrisette and fiona apple and a whole gang of shit.

he does sound work on kanyes glow in the dark tour...theres videos and shit over there of mike mixing kanyes whole show with an i phone...some wild shit.

[Lunatic]

A lot of people also don't know that he's an award winning mixing engineer too. He mixed Kanye's last couple albums and has done countless others for big names. He truly is a musical genius.

yup, +1. the dude is the shit. all-around musical great and genius.

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

damn thats crazy!!!

my dude did alanis morrisette and fiona apple and a whole gang of shit.

he does sound work on kanyes glow in the dark tour...theres videos and shit over there of mike mixing kanyes whole show with an i phone...some wild shit.

[bigpimpin20]

lmao...i found it online for about two dollars but my copy is packed away im moving this week.


im sorry it took so long to get at you fam...had alot going on the past few months.

lookin forward to the album man

[Rick McCrank]

any word on him saying anything about the "Dolla Dolla Bill" track?

i know that mike owns it so he can do as he pleases with it...next time hes on ill see if i can get some more info.

he says he has 20 songs in the stash from the DYG era and hes thinking about putting them out.

did anything come about from this conversation?  I'd imagine it's the only way to get the track 

[Chad Vader]

Some Mike Dean news; 

Mike Dean talks about working on UGK's final album
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/160...0302/ugk.jhtml
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http://www.wordofsouth.com/myblock/showthread.php?p=1364518#post1364518
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http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=210617.msg2129686#msg2129686

UGK's final studio album, 4 Life, is due out March 31, and for everyone involved it's been an emotional journey. Back in 2007, Pimp C was found dead in his hotel room, the result of an accidental overdose of codeine medication combined with a pre-existing sleep condition, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. 4 Life is both UGK's last studio album and a tribute to Pimp C.

Mike Dean, who mixed the upcoming album, said Bun B and Pimp C originally wanted their 2007 LP Underground Kingz to be a double-disc effort, so naturally there was a lot of unused material left over from the sessions. A lot of this material makes up 4 Life, which includes both Bun B and Pimp C on every track.

"It was an extremely emotional experience for me," Dean said of mixing the record. "I worked with Pimp C since he was 14 years old, and he was one of my best friends."

Dean also said that the album includes some of UGK's "nastiest raps ever." And while Bun B originally told MTV News that it wasn't likely the album would feature guest appearances, now there are quite a few, including Snoop Dogg, E-40, B Legit, Lil Boosie, Webbie, Too Short, Raheem Devaughn, Sleepy Brown, Akon and Big Gipp.

Production on the album came from Mannie Fresh, Akon, Cory Mo — who Dean says was a good friend of C's — and others, many of whom are up-and-coming producers who were protégés of Pimp C.

The first single, "Da Game Been Good to Me," has been out for a few weeks, but Dean said the next single is likely to be "Still on the Grind," featuring Raheem Devaughn. He also mentioned two of his other favorite tracks on the album, "Steel Your Mind," featuring Too Short and Snoop Dogg, and "She Luv," which features just the classic raps of Pimp C and Bun B.

The entire album includes a lot of singing by Pimp C, but without Auto-Tune — a method that has become increasingly popular (and some say abused) in the industry. Giving us Pimp C's probable reaction to applying Auto-Tune to his vocals, Dean laughed and said, "[He] would've come up from the dead and given me a bitch slap!"

Dean is really excited about this album, even though it was an emotional challenge to finish it without Pimp C. It did, however, create a new bond between him and Bun B. "We had to make sure the album was extra super-tight because this is UGK's final album," he explained. "Pimp C was usually the one at the studio overlooking the producing and recording, so it was a whole different vibe for Bun B to be doing it — and exciting for him, in a way ... though emotional."

Now that Mike Dean is finished with 4 Life, he will be producing and mixing part of Bun B's upcoming solo album, as well as Mike Jones' new album Voice of the Streets (Dean is also shooting the video for "On Top of the Covers," a track off of Streets), Slim Thug's upcoming Boss of All Bosses, and Clipse's upcoming Till the Casket Drops.

[3rd Coast]

my dude did alanis morrisette and fiona apple and a whole gang of shit.

he does sound work on kanyes glow in the dark tour...theres videos and shit over there of mike mixing kanyes whole show with an i phone...some wild shit.

one reason y i respect kanye as a producer...kuz he's on the dean's list no pun intended

[westsiderider323]

knockin knockin doorz down