Multi-platinum producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist MIKE SUMMERS — previously known as Michael “Seven” Summers — has helmed a series of platinum releases for Tech N9ne in which Elton John once interviewed Tech on an episode of his Apple Music 1 radio show Elton John’s Rocket Hour and told him, “the production on your records is so brilliant.” He went on to describe Summers’ work as “some of the best-produced records I’ve ever heard.”
Summers has also worked with everyone from Eminem to Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne to Snoop Dogg, Deftones, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Love Ghost, Rico Nasty, Wiz Khalifa, Mike Posner, Mac Miller and Serj Tankian of System of a Down. His run with Tech remains legendary. He crafted multiple tracks on three Top 5 albums on Billboard Top 200—All 6’s And 7’s [2011], Something Else [2013], and Special Effects [2015]. Among many highlights, he produced the platinum “Worldwide Choppers” [feat. Yelawolf, Twista, & Busta Rhymes], “If I Could” [feat. Chino Moreno & Stephen Carpenter of Deftones], “Fuck Food” [feat. Lil Wayne, T-Pain, & Krizz Kaliko], “Speedom (WWC2)” [feat. Krizz Kaliko & Eminem] and more.
Along the way, he architected XV’s “Textbook Stuff” [feat. Kendrick Lamar] and “Awesome” [feat. Pusha T], which soundtracked high-profile campaigns for NBA2K and Verizon. With production across hip-hop, rock, pop, R&B, reggae, and beyond, he elevates every artist’s voice across the culture and to the stratosphere.
