Mike WiLL Made It Calls Upcoming 'Ransom' Mixtape His Version of Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic,' Talks New Album

As fans anticipate Mike WiLL Made It's upcoming Ransom mixtape, the Atlanta hyped up his forthcoming project calling it his version of Dr. Dre's The Chronic during a recent interview. He also talked about the new album he's been working on.

The folks at XXL caught up with Mike WiLL and the beatsmith said he's taking his music "back to basics." He said he chose to focus on the underground with Ransom, revealing a handful of artists he worked with including Rae Sremmurd, Migos, and Rich Homie Quan.

"Getting back to basics," Mike WiLL said. "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."

During the interview, Mike WiLL also revealed his plans for 2015, which include putting out "hella music" and his first album. In preparation for his slew of releases, the producer told the magazine he's been putting some serious work in in the studio with Miley Cyrus, Lil' Wayne, BJ The Chicago Kid, and Rick Ross, to name a few.

"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."

Ransom is slated to be released Dec. 15. Stay tuned for more updates and let us know your thoughts on Mike WiLL Made It's future projects in the comment section below.

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