Houston's Mike Dean started as an in-house studio engineer for Rap-A-Lot Records, lending a hand to the production of albums by the Odd Squad, Big Mike, and Scarface. Collaborating with other producers including Rob Quest, N.O. Joe, and Tone Capone, Mike Dean asserted his funky guitar licks and ominous synths to the point of branding his own distinctive sound. Whether heard on albums by the Bay Area's Seagram and 3X Krazy, or by Houston's Devin the Dude and Z-Ro, a Mike Dean production restores the quality of old school recording sensibilities, enough that he would later be recruited to become Kanye West's right hand man...
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