Mike Dean (producer)
| Mike Dean | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Producer, mixer, mastering, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | Early 1990s–present |
| Website | www.deanslist.net |
Mike Dean is an American Grammy Award winning hip-hop producer. He is known for pioneering the "Dirty South" sound in the 1990s, particularly in work for artists from Rap-A-Lot Records. Dean has most notably worked alongside Scarface of the Geto Boys, 2Pac, Do or Die, Tha Dogg Pound, Yukmouth of the Luniz, Outlawz, C-Bo, Nate Dogg, Tech N9ne, UGK, Z-Ro, Devin the Dude, among others. He has also mixed, produced and mastered many hits on multi-platinum albums.
In recent years he has also become known for his work alongside Kanye West. He did mixing on West's album Late Registration and production on his Graduation, and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy albums. He also co-produced with Kanye on and the Kanye/Jay-Z collaboration album Watch the Throne. He particularly made heavy contributions to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, where he did production work on 9 of the album's 13 tracks, and Watch the Throne, where he contributed to 7 of 12 tracks.
[edit] Albums with Mike Dean production
- 3-2 - Wicked Buddah Baby
- 3X Krazy - Stackin' Chips
- 5th Ward Boyz - Ghetto Dope
- 5th Ward Boyz - Gangsta Funk
- 5th Ward Boyz - Rated G
- A-G-2-A-Ke - Mil-Ticket
- Apawk - Awaken
- Big Mello - Wegonefunkwichamind
- Big Mike - Somethin' Serious
- Big Mike - Still Serious
- Big Syke - Big Syke
- Blac Monks - Secrets of the Hidden Temple
- Bushwick Bill - Little Big Man
- C-Bo - Enemy of the State
- Daz Dillinger - This Is The Life I Lead
- Devin the Dude - The Dude
- Devin the Dude - Just Tryin' ta Live
- Do or Die - Picture This
- Do or Die - Headz Or Tailz
- Tha Dogg Pound - Dillinger & Young Gotti
- E-40 - Grit & Grind
- Facemob - The Other Side Of The Law
- Ganksta N-I-P - Psychic Thoughts
- Ganksta N-I-P - Psychotic Genius
- Ganksta N-I-P - Interview with a Killa
- Geto Boys - The Resurrection
- Geto Boys - The Foundation
- Hussein Fatal - Fatal
- Jamal - Last Chance, No Breaks
- Juvenile - Reality Check
- Kanye West - Graduation
- Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne
- Kastro & E.D.I. - Blood Brothers
- Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager
- King Tee - Thy Kingdom Come
- Menace Clan - Da Hood
- Mike Jones - The Voice
- Outlawz - Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us
- Odd Squad - Fadanuf Fa Erybody!!
- Pimp C - Sweet James Jones Stories
- Pimp C - Pimpalation
- Scarface - Last of a Dying Breed
- Scarface - The Diary
- Scarface -The Untouchable
- Scarface - Made
- Seagram - Souls on Ice
- Shyne - Godfather Buried Alive
- UGK - Too Hard to Swallow
- UGK - UGK 4 Life
- Willie D - I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
- Yukmouth - Thugged Out: The Albulation
- Yukmouth - Thug Lord: The New Testament
- Yukmouth - Godzilla
- Young Noble - Noble Justice
- Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
- Z-Ro - Let the Truth Be Told
- Z-Ro - I'm Still Livin'
- Z-Ro - Heroin
