Mike Dean is fielding texts from Madonna, promoting his latest solo album, “4:22,” nursing a joint and trying to answer interview questions. But there’s beauty in the chaos. Variety’s Hitmakers Pro…
is fielding texts from Madonna, promoting his latest solo album, “4:22,” nursing a joint and trying to answer interview questions. But there’s beauty in the chaos. Variety’s Hitmakers Producer of the Year does it so effortlessly — like a modern-day maestro conducting his own symphony — as he tries to remember the news of the various records he’s worked on., the Brooklyn drill rapper killed in a 2020 shooting, had been certified four-times-platinum.
Dean was present for both Atlanta events and is somewhat shocked “Donda” wound up sounding so seamless. “It’s really good,” he says of the album. “It came out pretty cohesive. I’m kind of surprised because it was chaotic in the making. I was flown in at the eleventh hour and it was pretty stressful. I had to mix a ton of songs really fast. I think I did like 35 songs in 10 days.”
But it’s not their similarities that make West and Dean a power duo. “We are like yin and yang,” says the Texas native, who toured with Selena Quintanilla in his early days. “We are real opposite personality-Dean, a six-time Grammy winner, has recently cultivated a musical partnership with singer-songwriter, working on the song “Wildflower Wildfire” from Del Rey’s eighth studio album, “Blue Banisters.
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