Atlanta, Georgia beatsmith Mike WiLL Made It recently chopped it up with XXLMag.com about his future projects and other endeavors. Among the projects the producer is planning on releasing in the immediate future is his Ransom mixtape.
With its release scheduled for next week, Mike WiLL was asked what fans can expect from the mixtape. According to the musician, he plans on taking his music “back to basics” and chose to focus on the underground with Ransom.
He later revealed that Rae Sremmurd, Migos, and Rich Homie Quan are a handful of artists who will be featured on Ransom.
“Getting back to basics,” Mike WiLL said when asked about his new mixtape. “Not really commercial-driven or anything like that, I’m just focusing on the underground, you know what I’m saying? There’s some new faces from the underground, you got Future on there, you got 2 Chainz, you got Gucci, Chief Keef, PeeWee [Longway], [Young] Thug, Rae Sremmurd, Two-9…People that’s coming up in the underground, people that’s already been running the underground, people that I work closely with, you know what I’m saying? I feel like it’s my version of my Chronic. You know what I’m saying? When Dr. Dre came out with The Chronic, it’s something slick like that.”
With Atlanta-based duo Rae Sremmurd signed to his Ear Drummer Records, Mike WiLL spoke on the success of the pair’s “No Type” and “No Flex Zone” records. He says it was a success that grew “organically.”
The producer later shed a few details on Rae Sremmurd’s upcoming album, SremmLife. He says the project will include features from Nicki Minaj and Young Thug.
“I think it’s dope,” he said. “I think it’s the right time, people are starting to pay attention to everything that we got going on. It’s dope how people organically—we didn’t have to force it or nothin’—people just organically started gravitating to it. That Ear Drummers sound is like the next-level ear, some forward-pushing shit, it’s just trend-setting and people are loving it. So hopefully they’re gonna grab the album and hear the rest of the album and love the rest of it as well. We’ve probably [been working on it] about a year and some change. I don’t think those two songs are the same type of record, and every song keeps changing. Every song—the whole album is full of urgent songs. It’s just 11 urgent songs that just go up. Some are for the club, some are for the radio, they got a couple features. They got Nicki on the album, they got Young Thug on the album, then they got Big Sean on the album.”
Lastly, Mike WiLL spoke on his plans for 2015, which include releasing “hella music” and his first album. He then shared that he’s been in the studio with Miley Cyrus, Lil Wayne, BJ The Chicago Kid, and Rick Ross.
“So for 2015 I feel like we can get back on the 2013 shit, put out hella music, feeding everybody dope shit and just continuing to push it forward,” Mike WiLL said. “I’m gonna drop my first album next year. This mixtape, I felt like I needed to drop this mixtape just to get back to that underground phase, so that when I drop my album…. Me and Miley, we’re working again on her next album, but we did a song for my album that’s crazy. Been working with Lil Wayne for my album. Got a record with Chance The Rapper and BJ The Chicago Kid and Jeremih, them three got a song on my album. Jeezy, I’ve been working with Rick Ross, Tinashe and Juicy J got a record. So the album is coming together, but I would like to work with like James Blake or FKA Twigs or somebody like that.”
No it isn’t STOP LYING
How are you going to compare your album to Chronic? the fans are supposed to make that judgement.
Its the same way that cornball Iggy named her album “classic” like wtf is that? They went full retard]
Mike Will beats are nothing but “basic”. His type of beats have been played out 13 years ago.
N no Fukn way Iz this a chronic
Fl studio wackness w that same 808 U can’t even freak like Shawty redd or even an outdated Mannie fresh
This is more like your version of every other beat we hear from every other producer
Atlantatrapshiit made by those who don’t trap lol
If it was a chronic it would be a real album not a pop mixtape w some of the most trash sheep n THA industry
Fake ass producer
MIKE WILL DONT LET THEM SISSYS N ATLANTA GAS UR BITCH ASS UP
U AINT DRE N NIETHER IS DJ MUSTARD BITCH ASS
USE A FRUITY LOOPS STUDIO 8 BAR LOOPIN FAAT FAG WHO WANTS TO B TIMBALAND
JUST CUS U PUT A PHASER EFFECT THAT MAKES THE BEAT GO IN OUT W A PHASER OVER UR SIMPLE BITCH ASS BEATS DONT MEAN U MADE A CHRONIC
USE A BITCH ASS PRODUCER WHO GOT LUCKY AS FUK
U SHOULD B PEDDLIN THAT TRASH AT BURGER KING TO OTHER SHEEP FOR $20 A WHOP
HOW U FUKN MADE IT IS THA REASON I DONT LISTEN TO ATLANTA FAG RAP OR THAT SAME CHI TOWN FLOW EVERYBODY DOES OVER N OVER.
MAN I WISH IT WAS SO E NEW AGE SCARFACES, MIKE DEANS, MF DOOMS, GHOSTFACES,
KOOL G RAP TYPES TO PUT SOME CREATIVITY BACK W SOME REAL PRODUCTION LIKE PIMPC/DRE.
Real real talk. Mike Will stole my 7 year old cousins Fl Studio files.
His beats sound just like my lil cus
It’s quite elementary
LMFAO!!!!!!
Hey MIKE U bitch
Tell da world how U stole my name
MIKEILLMADEIT
I MAKE MY BEATS ON FRUITY LOOPS TOO
U CAME TO ATLANTA AND TOOK MY SOUND
FOR MORE PLUS VIDS GO TO MIKEILLMADEIT.NET
Did he not say HIS version of the chronic , and I luv how people sayin his shit is weak and basic and I ain’t callin it classic either but everyone in the comments and got hit songs they produced , whether they were ass or not , he’s paid ur not
Here comes Captain Save a Wack Producer.
You right but it’s just people talkin shit like he said it was goin to be the chronic cuz it’s not .
Fuck you and your bitch ways of trying to save your lover. Use a bitch. Get off MIKE nuts bitch. He a trash producer just like U a trash person
More trash music on its way.
Dre’s supporting cast on The Chronic: Daz, Kurupt, Lady of Rage, Snoop Dogg, D.O.C., RBX and Nate Dogg.
Mike Will’s supporting cast for “his version of The Chronic”: Gucci Mane, Chief Keef, PeeWee, Young Thug and Rae Sremmurd.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.
Ilike this nigga
This nigga needs to get off those mushrooms and continue producing miley cyrus!
This AINT Chronic. Mike Will you are Durty Weed pussy
Mike Will your beats R ass.
I hate 4 bar looped production and you make that type of shit.
Please buy an MPC go to a remote local and blast yourself
You will never be Dre like, make a chronic, or have everybody FEELIN them Two bar loops.
This album or SHIIT tape should be called “DURT WEED”