![]() ![]() Dean would indeed have had a throwback when he posed for the album’s cover photo, looking like an impressionable man with a mullet who no one would have predicted would go on to become a synth-hop icon. The Album Art features a young Dean posing for the camera in what appears to be a high school or college yearbook, especially given its vintage aesthetic. The Weeknd serves as the executive producer of “4:23.” ![]() ![]() Listeners can thank The Weeknd, Dean’s dependable colleague, tourmate, and co-star on the streaming network, for such newly anointed perfection. However, this new album mainly consists of shorter, more intelligent compositions that are actual songs. “4:23” has proggy unplanned melodies cut from more extended ice block suites, and it occasionally reminds one of Dean’s home-recorded, amplified synth pieces. So let’s take the surprise release this past weekend of Dean’s latest stoner effort, “4:23,” which, like 2020’s upbeat instrumental album “4:20,” is a mix of a stern sci-fi epic soundtrack and hazy dream-pop. However, Mike Dean always sounds like he’s having the most fun working alone. ![]() Since the peak of the 1990s, Mike Dean has become renowned for his daring, retro, synth-heavy productions of hard-core rappers like Scarface, multi-hyphenate hip-hop moguls like Kanye West and Travis Scott, and symphonic-scored R&B vocalists like Beyoncé and the Weeknd. ![]()
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