Mike Dean Quotes
'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.
Battan, Carrie. "Producer Mike Dean on the Making of Kanye West's Yeezus." Pitchfork, 24 June 2013.
Springsteen generally was a favorite of the middle and working class—especially the blue collar workers. He was also very patriotic and expressed that in his songs. However, like many other people, the excesses of the George W. Bush administration caused him to oppose the particular government.
Seeger had been a member of the Communist Party and had left it in 1950. See {635866}. He was later called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and asked to reveal the names of others who had been members. In those days of the red scare and McCarthyism, most people asked to name names and not wanting to do so “took the 5th Amendment” and could not be legally forced to reveal the names. Seeger as a matter of principle refused to plead the 5th Amendment because he was not afraid of incriminating himself and had done nothing criminal anyway. So he, a war veteran of WWII, instead refused to answer {635867} citing his First Amendment right of freedom of association. There was no legal precedent for this, and he was indicted and convicted for Contempt of Congress. However, his conviction was overturned as unconstitutional by the U. S. Federal Appeals court. Seeger had prevailed legally. But in retaliation Seeger was blacklisted and none of the radio of TV networks or Hollywood Studios would allow him (and other blacklisted artists) to appear. Today most Americans view what McCarthy, The Congressional Committee, the networks, and Hollywood studios had done as contemptible.
Michael George Dean is an American hip hop record producer, audio engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Angleton, Texas. He is best known for recording and mixing songs and synthesizers for major artists across the American hip hop industry such as Kanye West, 2Pac, Scarface, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Jay-Z, Desiigner, Drake, and The Weeknd. He is also known for smoking lots of marijuana, even naming his first instrumental album after the drug. He released his second studio album, 4:22, on April 22nd, 2021.
