My taste for rappers is very high. I've only worked with, like, Pac and Jay-Z and Scarface. — Mike Dean High Copy Share Image
People come with the record done but just need a little more sauce on top. That's what I'm good at. — Mike Dean Come Copy Share Image
I worked with Pimp C since he was 14 years old, and he was one of my best friends. — Mike Dean Best Copy Share Image
'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song. — Mike Dean Black Copy Share Image
I try to keep track of what the kids are doing on Soundcloud, and all the new guys coming up. — Mike Dean Doing Copy Share Image
One of my favorite moments was when me and Jay-Z made a song 'For Rhyme or Reason.' It ended up on 'Reasonable… — Mike Dean Beat Copy Share Image
It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to… — Mike Dean Great Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first… — Mike Dean Bass Copy Share Image
Justin Vernon is one of the collaborators Kanye will always go to. He doesn't fit in with any genres - you never… — Mike Dean Bee Copy Share Image
I was a Dow Chemical baby. My dad designed chemical plants for Dow Chemical. — Mike Dean Baby Copy Share Image
I grew up on a bayou. The small town that I lived in was, like, 10 miles from me. I grew up… — Mike Dean Bayou Copy Share Image
That's just what I call myself when I DJ: Mexican Wrestling Association. — Mike Dean Dj Copy Share Image
If I hear music that has a hole in it and has a space for me to fit in, I go for… — Mike Dean Go Copy Share Image
I play the sax, piano, guitar, bass... I started as a kid with piano lessons. — Mike Dean Bass Copy Share Image
No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out… — Mike Dean Auto tune Copy Share Image
