I like all of the artists on the package, though.”ĭean compares “See You Next Year” and possible follow-up sets to XXL magazine’s annual “Freshman Class” lists of the top 10 up-and-coming rappers. “I believe he has growth potential as an artist and I’m going to continue working with him for some upcoming records.
That thing includes a new Dean instrumental, “Business Class,” as well as such fresh productions as “Oz” with Sash and “Loner” with Terry Presume. I didn’t plan on doing tracks or executive producing, but it turned into a thing.” “I knew the guys from Pigeons & Planes - they’ve been covering my stuff for years and were working on a compilation. “I wouldn’t necessarily call what I’m doing with those artists ‘mentorship’ or ‘curation,’” says Dean. The album features such up-and-coming vocalists and rappers as Brevin Kim, Baird, Fana Hues, Dreamer Isioma, Ekkstacy, Terry Presume, Redveil, Wallice, Ben Reilly, Sash and Teezo Touchdown, along with other producers. Dean executive-produced album in collaboration with the music discovery site Pigeons & Planes and the creative agency/record label (with distribution through Warner/ADA). What he could talk about was his various-artists album, “See You Next Year,” which dropped today. He also declined to discuss working on Beyoncé’s “Renaissance,” or the six tracks he had a hand in as producer, programmer, synthesizer player or drummer, including the shuddering “Summer Renaissance,” with its interpolation of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love.”ĭean did manage to call Bey a “queen of rhythm” before saying he couldn’t say more. So I’m definitely smoking weed on the show. “But I am in the trailer where you can see me hitting my bong. “I can’t really talk about it,” Dean said with a laugh. That said, I look forward to getting home to my own studio and getting an even newer, bigger bus I can fully equip, rent out to other producers and pick my own locations to record.”īefore our call, Dean was busy filming scenes from “The Idol,” the Weeknd’s still-in-production new HBO dramedy with “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson and co-star Lily-Rose Depp. When Dean isn’t improvising music on stage, he’s recording new music on his new tour bus, a “very cool” vehicle that “allows me the space to record, mix and master anything I want, when I want. “I do think that we’ve truly bonded on this tour.” Between the tour, the upcoming HBO show, “The Idol,” and his production of Weeknd music, Dean says this is probably the closest relationship he’s had with another artist. Plus, the newer improv stuff I’m playing on stage, I’m recording all that and going through it to see what I want to release.”Ĭalling the opening slot and the tour “Weeknd 101,” (“a deep dive into his music and all of its styles”), Dean says he is looking forward to growing his musical relationship with his tourmate. “It’s perfect synth music to get people in the mood for the show. “My stuff is a good build-up for The Weeknd’s set, I think,” said Dean, who played songs from his albums “4:20” and “4:22” along with other, more hymnal tracks at the Philadelphia tour opener. But as expected, Dean had no comment on the situation as he caught up with Variety earlier this week from Tampa, where he was preparing for his opening-slot performance on the Weeknd tour, which has been characterized as an “improv synth set.” It seems likely that the event is related to Cudi’s recent falling out with his former friend and collaborator West, whom Dean has worked with closely, if at times contentiously, for more than a decade.
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