Mike Dean and Bink Have Heated Exchange Over 'Devil in a New Dress' Credits

"Devil in a New Dress" is a standout song on a classic album.

US rapper Kanye West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards
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"Devil in a New Dress" got its roses once again with the ninth anniversary of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy this past week. It has also become the source of contention between two well-known producers.

Mike Dean spent the anniversary telling followers that he was instrumental in making the revamped "Devil in a New Dress," which includes the lengthy guitar solo section and Rick Ross' verse.

I made the whole section.

— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) November 22, 2019

Bink disagreed with Dean's recollection. The producer claimed that Dean was merely a "musician" on the trackĀ and that the section he createdĀ wasĀ based on existing parts of the instrumental.

Why the hate. U never did anything like that by yourself either fam. Itā€™s magic. Like we said when we met up with ross.

— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) November 23, 2019

Mix was HORRIBLE!! Iā€™ve always said that!!! My 2track fucks your entire mix up! You replaying what i already had ainā€™t writing mf! You donā€™t get down like me period!! Your yeā€™s boy period! I didnā€™t and donā€™t need u on my shit! Ya lame ass lying

— BINK!THEHUMBLEMONSTA (@sommeave) November 23, 2019

Oh u going racial now. Whatā€™s your last placement fool.

— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) November 23, 2019

Can u all believe @sommeave Hubble man attacked me on Twitter for making his song better and the classic it is. What would it be without the break. Another hiphop loop. And calling me lame ass white guy is out of line. Hope tweeter bans u for hate speech. Iā€™m done. Back to mixing

— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) November 23, 2019

Exactly. Congratulations to Bink https://t.co/L9pxDsIqAP

— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) November 23, 2019

Bink has been connected to some of Kanye West's finest moments; they both landed production credits on JAY-Z's 2001 classic The Blueprint. Bink appears to feel like his contributions to the track have been missing from history.

"To all these stupid ass platforms that left me out of my record for the 9th year in a row! No excuse," he said in another tweet.

Fuck you! To all these stupid ass platforms that left me out of my record for the 9th year in a row! No excuse!! Plain disrespectful!šŸ–•šŸ¾@therealmikedean has never done anything like this in his career BY HIMSELF!

Bink previously spoke about "Devil in a New Dress" in a prior interview with DJ Booth, where he explained that he wasn't even aware that the song released as a part of Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Fridays (sans that solo).

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"They didn't call it ā€˜Devil In A New Dressā€™ at the time they called it something else. It was called ā€˜Magic Hour,ā€™" Bink said. "So when "Devil In A New Dressā€™ came out, I didn't know anything about that.ā€

On the other hand, Dean is credited as the song's associate performer, mixer, guitarist, and pianist.Ā 

The credits donā€™t liešŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø, your nameā€™s all over this record pic.twitter.com/rZAHVRKZ1J

— DONDA SZNšŸ”„šŸ‘‘ (@LazarusDrS) November 23, 2019

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