As a key collaborator of G.O.O.D. Music, producer Mike Dean has a front row seat in witnessing Desiigner‘s rise to fame. The Brooklyn, New York rapper signed with the house that Kanye West built in February after the release of The Life of Pablo. Since the explosion of his “Panda” single, Desiigner’s sound has widely been compared to Future. Dean addresses this debate in a recent interview with Billboard.
“He’s a lot more of an artist than you think he is,” he says of Desiigner. “He’s not just some Future knockoff. He talks like that — he sounds like he’s got Auto-Tune on his voice in real life. He talks like Future raps, which is weird.”
The man who helped craft The Life of Pablo, Yeezus, Beyonce’s LEMONADE and Travi$ Scott’s Rodeo says that he is now executive producing Desiigner’s debut album. He continues by saying the 19-year-old’s style is hard to define.
“I don’t know where he got his music influence,” Dean says. “Just like that old shit that I had, the shit with A$AP Rocky and Yams and all that shit. Like Yams said they grew up on that music on the Internet. Me and Plain Pat were talking about Desiigner. To older people, listening to music is like soul music or old rock music. To Desiigner though [what’s out now] is all the music he knows.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Dean discusses his work with Kid Cudi. The former G.O.O.D. Music member released his alternative LP, Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven, in December. Last month, Cudi announced on Twitter that a new album is coming this summer.
“We spent a couple of weeks in L.A. just working on songs for him,” he says. “’The Frequency‘ came out of that. We’ve got a good part of an album started. He’s rapping again, which is really dope. Back to his essence. We both had birthdays in the studio last month and we were both together on both birthdays, so it was a cool time. He would just jump on the mic and make a song in like five minutes.”
Read the interview with Mike Dean at Billboard.
He is absolutely nothing but a Future clone, stupid “article”.
Yeah because future and his content are so deep and intricate lol. GTFOH
Xanny’s and lean ain’t deep? Lmfao!
He`s right doe, designer is even WORSE than future.
They both suck, regardless though, it’s just a bunch of shit for white college kids to listen to.
Yeah… a Future knockoff… like Travis Scott >.>
Future, desiigner, travis scott, young thug, lil yachty, lil uzi vert, lil durk, lil duke, lil piece of shit… they all sound the exact fuckin same!
Exactly!
Exactly!
This guy so called producer w Good Music and he saying designer isn’t a Future knockoff get yo ears check Whiteboy .. He literally bit every single type of style Future has. No originality period figures he be w good music !
so called producer?? you need to do some research dumbass. mike dean been in the game a long time. why would you think he’s gonna talk down on a rapper signed to the same label that he’s on? foh
They all sound the same. This whole decade is a black rapper Fail. All these imbeciles make Vanilla Ice look hard core.
Vanilla Ice is hard core mutha fucka!!! ICE ICE BABY!
Its brazy brazy cus he is ???? not fuckin wit em!
This nigga dope.
10/10
The 10 best rappers: 1. Future /// 2. Drake /// 3. Young Thug /// 4. Lil Uzi Vert /// 5. Travis Scott /// 6. Desiigner /// 7. Lil Yachty /// 8. Fetty Wap /// 9. Lil Durk /// 10. Post Malone
Foh
more of a statement on hiphopDX shameless promotion of mentioned artists
You must be 12. Drake is the only one on your list who even actually raps. Some on your list like young thug aren’t even coherent
You forgot slim jesus and icejjfish…
You forgot slim jesus and icejjfish…
“He would just jump on the mic and make a song in like five minutes.”
That’s all you need to know about these new rappers. Kendrick and Lupe are a couple of exceptions that actually take their time to deliver great music.
That’s all you need to know about these new rappers. SMH
thats bec hes a future clone
Mike Dean is in denial. Even he knows these two sound alike, he just ain’t saying it since Designer is on he same label he is.
Fuck this 55 year old f4ggot. He used to suck pac dick.