After over ten years of work as a producer and nearly twenty years of making electronic music, Mr. De’ has a sound drawn from a number of funk-based urban sounds, blending them together into a composite whole that emphasizes up-tempo booty shakin’ over the chin-stroking styles of techno. Following the release of his debut album and the continuing success of Electrofunk Records, Mr.De’ has solidified his position at the forefront of Detroit dance music.
Today, Mr.De’ is the originator of pure ghettotech. At the helm of Electrofunk’s distribution arm, he also controls the destiny of his fellow ghettotech peers in Detroit as they try and spread their sound outside of the city. Whether or not the rest of the world is ready for this Detroit-bred, post-modern style of urban music is an unanswered question, but there is no questioning the fact that Mr. De’ may just be the most important man in that crusade.