Mike Dean Quotes

United States, Record Producer
March 1, 1965

Michael George Dean is an American hip hop record producer, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist from Houston, Texas. Dean is best known for recording and mixing songs for major artists across the American hip hop industry such as Kanye West, 2Pac, Scarface, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Jay-Z, and Desiigner.

Also known as Engineer, Multi-Instrumentalist

Major labels don't play with samples not being cleared.

Mike Dean
- Being
- Cleared
- Samples
Moog embodies a sound luxury like no other.

Mike Dean
- Sound
- Luxury
- Embodies

I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first piano lesson. Later on, my guitar, bass guitar, and synthesizer were my secret weapons.

Mike Dean
- Always
- Sound
- Guitar
My taste for rappers is very high. I've only worked with, like, Pac and Jay-Z and Scarface.

Mike Dean
- Like
- Worked
- Rappers
I play the sax, piano, guitar, bass... I started as a kid with piano lessons.

Mike Dean
- Lessons
- Piano
- Started
Willie D is one of the first people I worked with.

Mike Dean
- People
- Worked
- Willie
No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out what key a song is in, even though with your scales you can figure it out so you can set your Auto-Tune right. So many songs with Auto-Tune are off or have the wrong note playing on the 808. And they pass it off as being hood.

Mike Dean
- People
- Right
- Songs
I used to play in biker bars, different places like that.

Mike Dean
- Different
- Used
- Places

If I hear music that has a hole in it and has a space for me to fit in, I go for that stuff.

Mike Dean
- Music
- Space
- Stuff
I worked with Pimp C since he was 14 years old, and he was one of my best friends.

Mike Dean
- Friends
- Best
- Worked