“I just need to make one edit. Could we start talking while I do it?” Mike Dean asks, lowering himself into a leather office chair in his Los Angeles home studio. He swivels his seat to face a ...

The Weeknd/ Kanye West collaborator isn't as unusual a choice as he might seem to co-produce this high-art project — he's a big enough fan to have reached out himself to initiate their fruitful ...

Famous since the top of the 1990s for bold, old-school, synth-rich productions of hardcore rappers (Scarface), multi-hyphenate hip-hop magnates (Kanye West, Travis Scott) and symphonically scored R&B ...

As I greet Mike Dean over a video call, it’s five days until the closing of the first round of voting for the 2026 Grammy ...

Mike Dean picked up 10 GRAMMY nods for his work on The Weeknd’s, Hurry Up Tomorrow. He’s gunning for his first major win in ...