Michael C. "Mike" Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners.
Mills was born in Berkeley, California. He graduated from Cooper Union in Lower Manhattan, New York City. His mother died of brain cancer in 1999. A week after she died his father Paul came out as gay at the age of 75 and after 44 years of marriage. Five years later his father died of lung cancer. His father was an art historian and museum director.
Mike Mills has created music videos for such musical acts as Moby, Yoko Ono and Air. Air named the fifth song on their album Talkie Walkie after Mills.
He has also worked as a graphic designer on promotional material and album covers for such acts as Beastie Boys, Beck, Sonic Youth, and Ol' Dirty Bastard. In addition he has created graphics for X-Girl, Marc Jacobs, and currently produces his own line of posters and fabrics called Humans by Mike Mills.
Mills played guitar and performed background vocals with the short-lived indie rock band Butter 08 along with Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, Russell Simins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and Rick Lee of Skeleton Key. The band released one self-titled album in 1996 on the now defunct Grand Royal record label.
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments. He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions.
As a young boy, Mills moved with his family to Macon, Georgia and attended Northeast High School in the early 1970s. Mills' father Frank was a singer whose appearances included The Ed Sullivan Show, while his mother Adora was a piano teacher, which helped him develop a love of music at an early age. He met and formed a band with drummer friend Bill Berry in high school. They met Peter Buck and Michael Stipe while attending the University of Georgia.
Mills, Berry, Buck, and Stipe decided to drop out of college and focus on their band, now named R.E.M. The band quickly developed a following and were soon signed to I.R.S. Records.
Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956), professionally known as Dan Patrick, is an American Sports Emmy-winning sportscaster, radio personality, and actor from Mason, Ohio. He currently hosts The Dan Patrick Show which is broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio Networks, and on television on The Audience Network for DIRECTV subscribers, co-hosts NBC's Football Night in America, and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He previously worked at ESPN for 18 years, where he often anchored the weeknight and Sunday 11 PM edition of SportsCenter.
Patrick attended the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. His brother, Bill Pugh, is a longtime sports radio executive, and is currently the head of programming at Clear Channel San Diego. Patrick was a basketball player in high school at William Mason High School, becoming an Ohio all-state selection his senior year. He attended Eastern Kentucky University on a basketball scholarship for two years before transferring to the University of Dayton, where he majored in broadcast journalism. Patrick is also an alumnus of the Eta Hexaton Chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity at Dayton.
Robert Williams (born May 6, 1987), better known by his stage name Meek Mill, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was briefly signed to T.I.'s label Grand Hustle Records and in February 2011 signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. In March 2011, Mill was included in XXL's "Freshman Class of 2011".
In 2011, he released his debut single, "Tupac Back", featuring Rick Ross, from his label's compilation album Self Made Vol. 1. That same year he released another single from the album, "Ima Boss", also featuring Ross. The song was later remixed, featuring T.I., Birdman, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled Swizz Beatz and Ross. The remix charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #51. "Ima Boss" is so far Meek Mill's most successful song, peaking at #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
In February 2012, MTV listed Meek Mill as the #7 hottest MC in their annual "Hottest MCs in the Game" list.
On May 7, 2012, Mill released the second fresh installment in his Dreamchasers series. The mixtape features guest appearances from Drake, Jeremih, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz and more. Mill has stated his favorite tracks off the tape are "Amen," "A1 Everything" and "Racked Up Shawty" with French Montana and Fabolous. On May 10, it was announced Meek Mill signed to Roc Nation management.
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross (often stylized as RICK RO$$), is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection. Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don, Ross was also the first artist signed to Diddy's management company Ciroc Entertainment. In early 2012, MTV named Ross as the Hottest MC In The Game.
William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami. After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship.
After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventually signed a deal with Slip-n-Slide Records, which has been under the Def Jam umbrella since 2006. While signed to Slip-n-Slide, Ross toured with fellow rapper Trick Daddy and made guest performances on other Slip-n-Slide albums.
Baby, lock the door
(I'm about to make you the star of the show)
Let your emotions soar
(Off to a place you ain't never been before)
Like in Monster's Ball
(I'm willing to portray the role)
Make me feel good
(That's all I wanna hear when I take control)
(Cut)
The scene is off the chain
(Yes)
I love it when you call my name
(Wait)
You're driving me out of my mind
I wanna do it one more time
(But)
The scene is off the chain
(Yes)
I love it when you call my name
(Wait)
Now that you're nice and warm
Stick to the script, girl, let's move on
I'm your director
(Yeah)
It's getting deep
(Oh, baby)
We don't need to rent nothing
We'll make our own movies
(Me and you)
I'm your director
(Yeah)
It's getting deep
(Oh, girl)
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
I'm your director
(Oh)
It's getting deep
(My, baby)
We don't need to rent nothing
We'll make our own movies
(I got you)
I'm your director
(Right here)
It's getting deep
(Tonight)
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
(I want you)
Look in the mirror
(Like we watching something on the TV screen)
I can see your body
(Rolling up and down on top of me)
You deserve a Oscar for the way you perform
(Best supporting actress)
In this mattress pad flick
(Cut)
The scene is off the chain
(Yes)
I love it when you call my name
(Wait)
It's driving me out of my mind
I wanna do it one more time
(Cut)
The scene is off the chain
(Yes)
I love it when you call my name
(Wait)
And now that you're nice and warm
Stick to the script, girl, let's move on
I'm your director
(Please)
It's getting deep
(Baby, listen to me)
We don't need to rent nothing, we'll make our own movies
(I wanna show you everything that I've learned)
I'm your director
(Over the years)
It's getting deep
(Let me)
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
(Love scene)
I'm your director
(I will be)
It's getting deep
(Tonight)
We don't need to rent nothing, we'll make our own movies
(We don't need nothing but me and you in this room)
I'm your director
(Please, believe it)
It's getting deep
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
It's almost over, baby, but it's not yet
'Cause I can feel it, this is the climax
We've been all over the place
Making progress
(But, I'm not done with ya)
Until I get a motion picture, baby
(I am)
I'm your director
(All yours)
It's getting deep
(Tonight)
We don't need to rent nothing, we'll make our own movies
(Oh, baby, stay right there)
I'm your director
(Let me)
It's getting deep
(Rub your body)
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
(Oh, oh, let me)
I'm your director
(Hold you, baby)
It's getting deep
(Right here)
We don't need to rent nothing, we'll make our own movies
(In my arms)
I'm your director
(Oh baby, I am)
It's getting deep
(Yours)
We don't need a video tape or a camera
To make this ghetto love scene
(I'm your director)
Feel me, baby, let me feel you
We can, yes, we will
(I'm your director)
Always to make this ghetto love scene
(Cut)
I'm your director
(Cut)
She's the kind of girl you know,
Who likes to keep account of what she owes,
And I would try to let her out,
But I can hear her when she's not around.
And she's saying things about my hair,
She's saying things about my hair.
She's wondering why the guys don't know
Why she's afraid of what she owes.
She is only learning of
A different kind of love.
He's the only man you love,
He's the only man you're thinking of.
You'd never try to make a deal,
The kind of love that you don't have to feel.
But she's leaving him, now she's grown,
She's leaving him, now she's grown.
And I'm saying all the right things,
I'm saying all the right things.
She's feeling like she'll owe her man
A wilfull taste of all she is.
She thinks she's only learning of
A different kind of love.
So maybe she can be the man,
Get the money any way she can.
I'll wait in the house alone,
Give her what she needs when she comes home.
But I'm just as blind as the rest,
I'm just as blind as the rest.
Cause she's saying things about my hair,
She's saying things about my hair.
She's feeling like she'll owe the world,
To anyone who'll take her in.
She thinks she's only learning of
A different kind of love.
She's wondering why the guys don't know
Why she's afraid of what she owes
She is only learning of
I'm tired of sitting round the house,
I'm tried of doing well without,
I want to reconnect with you
I'm tracing patterns on the wall,
Where I'm projecting a phone call,
That I had yesterday with you
And I forget just what I ment,
When I said whatever I said,
That wasn't me, that was just talking
And I'll addmit that from the start,
I was alone, you stole my heart,
That was as far as I could see
Sweet talking gets me of the hook,
Returns the liberties I took,
And all you have to say is "fine"
And I'll continue as I do,
I'll look to everything but you,
I am asuming you are mine
My memory's playing round the clock,
Your voice is telling me to stop,
My hands are working by themselfs
My brain is dead,
My heart is cold,
I'm shaking,
Fear is taking hold,
But I am felling something else
There's something running down my face,
My things are lying round the place,
I want to reconnect with you
I'm tracing pictures on the wall,
I wonder why you haven't called,
I want to reconnect with you
I want to reconnect with you,
I want to reconnect with you,
I want to reconnect with you,
I want to reconnect with you,
I want to reconnect with you,
I only realise now,
She was drunk both times.
Is she the kind of girl
To whom it don't mean a thing?
Am I to understand that's the way you are?
Am I to understand we'll only get so far?
Am I so happy now,
It's all I thought it would be,
For the moment little brown eyes open for me.
No, I don't remember the last one.
No, I won't remember you.
I only realise now,
That it's not my fault.
If it's the kind of world
In which it don't mean a thing.
And I don't think that I
Will get dressed tonight.
It's just a sense that I
Finally have it right.
Am I so happy now,
It's all I thought it would be,
For the moment little brown eyes open for me.
No, I don't remember the last one.
You don't like the pressure of my calls,
It comes so easy to me, easy to me.
And you don't like to see your heroes fall,
It comes so easy to me, easy to me.
Make me drop my number, let me know
If you're uneasy with me, easy with me.
Cause you don't like the pressure of my calls,
It comes so easy to me, easy to me.
So leave it alone, leave it alone and say tonight,
My baby decides.
Make me drop my number, let me know
If you're un-
You don't like the pressure of my calls,
It comes so-
You don't like the pressure of my calls,
[Yeah....Reezy baby!!!]
-Verse 1:
Girl tonight you're my superstar [oh]
See I'm loving the way you move [I'm loving the way you move]
Go ahead and lock up the door [oh]
Cause tonight we're making a movie
And I'mma be your
Bridge
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Babygirl you're turning me on, turning me on
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
That sexy move do it again, do it again
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Baby let me turn on the camera
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Ooh are you ready?
Chorus
7x (Let's make a movie uh, let's do it do it yeah)
-Verse 2:
As we're switching positions the temperature's rising [oh]
Are you ready for the next scene baby? [are you ready]
Turn around babygirl for the final take [oh]
Drop dem clothes
And then you come closer
To my lense
Bridge
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Babygirl you're turning me on, turning me on
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
That sexy move do it again, do it again
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Baby let me turn on the camera
Lemme be your, lemme be your [director]
Ooh are you ready?
Chorus
Hanging on, once again
I don't know, I don't know
Infection of, affectionnal
I don't know, I don't know
Anywhere I go, I will run to you, hold my hand
Believe me when I speak the deepest thoughts I get
It's my direction... calm
The clouds around are black
I never felt this shit for so long
Tell me that you care
I'll pretend to dare, my pain
Anywhere I go, I will run to you, hold my hand
Believe me when I speak the deepest thoughts I get
I'm the director
Have enough of gray, have enough of me