Mike Will Made It Quotes

Mike Will Made It

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 23, 1989

As far as rapping goes, as long as you are telling the truth and you have a good flow, then you win.

Mike Will Made It

Pharrell is a legend.

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It's important to show the new generation that soundtracks can be just as exciting as traditional albums if put in the hands of the right curator.

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Jimmy Iovine, he pretty much started off as an engineer and a producer, and then he started up a label. Then he built his label to have big artists like Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. Then he started up a headphone company and made it a billion dollar business. He's a genius to me.

Mike Will Made It

Jimmy Iovine has been telling me since 2012 that I needed to start my own label with my own artists. This was when he first met me and 'Bandz a Make Her Dance' was first taking off.

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I wanted to find raw talent and help build it from scratch. I wanted to build from rags to riches. That's the way Ear Drummers did it. We took over the music industry from my mom's basement. That's why my first album is going to be called 'Made It Out the Basement.'

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God has blessed me with something. One day, I do see myself being like Jimmy Iovine. I'm trying to build an empire.

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Juicy J was always one of my favorites. For one, he was a producer and I just used to love how he came on his verses every time.

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Drake is damn near the best with melodies.

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I used to be with Gucci every day. School nights, I was with Gucci going to all the different clubs, going to his video shoots. Just moving around with him is how I met a lot of different artists like 2 Chainz and Shawty Lo and other people I work with now.

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2 Chainz and I have a history. It's always an honor and pleasure working with him, because it seems like everything we do is dope. We just have that organic chemistry.

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I'm just expanding my sound and making it bigger.

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Whoever has a next-level ear needs to be an Eardrummer.

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I feel like when I came in the game, I was more focused on like, 'yo how many times can I get on the radio?'

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I feel like Rae Sremmurd is just a whole new sound culturally. People don't understand, but they learn to understand. The melody choice is different and everything.

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I love being in the studio.

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I did 'We Can't Stop' for Rihanna, but it never worked. Every time I would play 'We Can't Stop' I was like 'this is the new 'Party in the U.S.A.'' I was like OK if I keep saying this is the new 'Party in the U.S.A.,' why don't I go to the girl who did 'Party in the U.S.A.?'

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In 2011, a lot of people didn't even know I did 'Tupac Back.'

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2012, I feel like I was still grinding. It was a good year for me, but that was my year breaking down the barriers. It was like my introduction.

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I don't put myself in any box or say that I can't work on any kind of music. I'm not just a producer that only makes urban music.

Mike Will Made It