Mike City
Michael Flowers, known professionally as Mike City, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for producing the singles "I Wish" for Carl Thomas, "Heard It All Before" for Sunshine Anderson, "Full Moon" for Brandy and "One Woman Man" for Dave Hollister. He is also known for producing "She's All I Got" performed by Jimmy Cozier.
Career
He became a mentor of Anderson's after a friend discovered her singing a song by Lalah Hathaway in the cafeteria line at North Carolina Central University.He earned the moniker "Mike City" because he was an avid listener of the house music group Ten City. Initially a songwriter, City became a singer by trade and later a producer after needing an outlet to use the songs he wrote. He started out playing drums and bass, but switched to keyboards after graduating from high school in 1987.
Flowers is also the founder and CEO of Unsung Entertainment, Inc. He is also a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, a predominantly African-American national fraternity. He was initiated at Alpha Epsilon Chapter at North Carolina Central University in Spring 1988.
He is noted for production on Brandy's albums Full Moon , Afrodisiac , Sweet Nothings and Two Eleven .
In 2015, he began a new music project called Lewis City alongside British house and garage producer Danny J Lewis. In 2017, he released his house music inspired second album The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1. In recent years, he has made a transition into working in the Southern soul subgenre, writing and producing for his protege A.G. Thomas.
Discography
Studio albums
- City Limits
- ''The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1''
Production credits
- Channel Live – Armaghetto
- Carl Thomas – Emotional
- Dave Hollister – Chicago '85... The Movie
- Usher – 8701
- Yolanda Adams – Believe
- Babyface – Face 2 Face
- Bilal Oliver – 1st Born Second
- Brandy – Osmosis Jones
- Gerald Levert – Gerald's World
- Jimmy Cozier – Jimmy Cozier
- Nate Dogg – Music & Me
- Ras Kass – Van Gogh
- Rell – If That's My Baby
- Ruff Ryders – Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust
- Sunshine Anderson – Your Woman
- Brandy – Full Moon
- Mary Mary – Incredible
- Nappy Roots – Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
- Ras Kass – Goldyn Chyld
- Dave Hollister – Things in the Game Done Changed
- Kelly Price – Priceless
- LSG – LSG2
- Blu Cantrell – Bittersweet
- Calvin Richardson – 2:35 P.M.
- Nappy Roots – Wooden Leather
- 702 – Star
- Carl Thomas – Let's Talk About It
- Rahsaan Patterson – After Hours
- JoJo – JoJo
- Jon B. – Stronger Everyday
- Gerald Levert – Do I Speak for the World
- Lalah Hathaway- Outrun the Sky
- Brandy – Afrodisiac
- Anthony Hamilton – Soulife
- Yolanda Adams – Day by Day
- Dwele – Some Kinda...
- Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable
- Shanice – Every Woman Dreams
- Urban Mystic – Ghetto Revelations II
- Rihanna – A Girl Like Me
- Donell Jones – Journey of a Gemini
- Chris Brown – "You"
- Defari – Street Music
- 3LW – Point of No Return
- Dave Hollister – The Book of David: Vol. 1 – The Transition
- Sunshine Anderson – Sunshine at Midnight
- Carl Thomas – So Much Better
- Keith Murray – Rap-Murr-Phobia
- Brandy – Sweet Nothings
- Heavy D. – Vibes
- KeAnthony – A Hustlaz Story
- Musiq Soulchild – "Say It Ain't So"
- Urban Mystic – GRIII: Old Skool 2 Nu Skool
- Mack 10 – Soft White
- Dwele – W.ants W.orld W.omen
- Donell Jones – Lyrics
- Faith Evans – Something About Faith
- Sunshine Anderson – The Sun Shines Again
- El DeBarge – Second Chance
- Avant – The Letter
- Ledisi – Pieces of Me
- Lalah Hathaway – Where It All Begins
- Anthony Hamilton – Back to Love
- Carl Thomas- Conquer
- Mark Morrison – I Am What I Am
- Dwele – Greater Than One
- Mashonda – Love, Mashonda
- Faith Evans featuring Nicci Gilbert & Helene "Mom" Gilbert – R&B Divas
- Brandy – Two Eleven
- Angie Stone – Rich Girl
- Maysa – Blue Velvet Soul
- Leela James – Fall for You
- Faith Evans – Incomparable
- Ameriie – Drive
- Chico Benymon - "Good Time"
- Chico Benymon - Don't Talk, Just Listen
- A.G. Thomas - "One Man's Trash"