Michael Flowers,[2] known professionally as Mike City (born December 2, 1970),[3] 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.[4]
He earned the moniker "Mike City" because he was an avid listener of the house music group
Ten City.[2] Initially a songwriter, City became a singer by trade and later a producer after needing an outlet to use the songs he wrote.[2] He started out playing drums and bass, but switched to keyboards after graduating from high school in 1987.[2]
Flowers is also the founder and CEO of Unsung Entertainment, Inc.[5] 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.[6]
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.
Discography
Studio albums
City Limits (Platinum Entertainment/Intersound, 1998)
The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1 (Unsung Entertainment/BBE, 2017)