Robert Deshawn Evans (born ), better known by his stage names Sutter Kain and DJ Bless, is an American rapper and producer from Queens, New York. His productions range from traditional East Coast hip hop to ghetto metal, a style that samples metalcore. The name Sutter Kain is based on the character Sutter Cane from the 1995 horror film In the Mouth of Madness. He is the founder and owner of Never So Deep Records.
Career
Evans grew up in Rochdale Village, a housing development in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York City. He pursued music with his initial goal to become a battle DJ. He eventually left New York City and moved to the Carolinas.
In 2002, at the age of 18, Evans landed his first recording and distribution deal with MCA Records. In 2003, when MCA was merged into Geffen Records, he parted ways and focused on his own record label, Never So Deep Records. He restructured the business to control aspects of the label including music/video production, marketing, promotions, and distribution. Realizing that technology could play a major role in positioning his company, he took advantage of online distribution and social networking.
As DJ Bless, Evans has showcased his production skills with producers Kanye West, Scott Storch, Sean Combs, Swizz Beatz, Sha Money, Rick Rubin, Havoc, and R. Kelly. He produced the track "Tha Beehive" on Lil' Kim's album La Bella Mafia. In 2004–2005, he did high-profile remixes of Mystikal's "Pussy Pop", Dirt Bag's "I'll Leave You Dead", and Keith Murray and the Outlaws. In 2005–2006, he produced and mixed tracks on Czar-Nok's album That One Way. He produced music for the video game EA Sports Fight Night 2005. In 2008, he worked on the musical score of the docudrama Hoop Realities, which is a follow-up to the documentary Hoop Dreams.
Never So Deep Records
Current artists DJ Bless aka Sutter Kain Donnie Darko Apollo Valdez Upon Oath Daniel Gun
Former artists Swan The Truth (Agency 1994) Jim Snooka (aka Dirty Dickens) Hue Hef Insane Poetry
Style Evans's style varies from traditional East Coast hip hop to more menacing extreme metal-based hip hop, the latter of which he calls ghetto metal and serves as the vehicle for his alter ego, Sutter Kain. DJ Bless's lyrics involve love, relationships, life and problems. In contrast, Sutter Kain's lyrics focus on taboo subjects such as torture, murder, and gore.
Discography
Studio albums DJ Bless Presents Suicide Kingz, Vol. 1 (1998) DJ Bless Presents Suicide Kingz, Vol. 2 (2002) August Underground: Tha Making of Sutter Kain (2006) A Perfect Murder (2007) A Co-Dependent's Playlist (2011) Ghetto Metal King (2012) DeathStrumentals Vol. 1 (2012)
Singles Year Single Featuring credited as Notes 2009 "Hold Up" Young Vadah Sabotawj & DJ Bless 2009 "Black Tar Heroin" Jim Snooka DJ Bless 2009 "Death Note" --- Sutter Kain single EP is titled Beats Inspired by a Bitch 2009 "As Death Takes Place" Reverend Fang Gory Donnie Darko & DJ Bless title track of Donnie Darko's album 2009 "Faceless" Jim Snooka & E-Clipse DJ Bless 2009 "Slanted" --- Sabotawj & DJ Bless track from their album Dreaming Up Nightmares While The World Sleeps 2009 "Shotgun Memories" NBS DJ Bless 2009 "Heavy Metal Mics" Wordsmith DJ Bless 2010 "South Side Story" Young Vadah DJ Bless 2010 "I Made It" Young Vadah DJ Bless & Donnie Darko 2010 "Natural Born Spitters" NBS DJ Bless 2010 "Hammertime" Jim Snooka DJ Bless 2010 "Backstage Madness" Dwight Anderson & Jim Snooka DJ Bless 2010 "Trails of Blood" Donnie Darko Sutter Kain 2011 "Loser 9" --- Sutter Kain & Darko found on Sutter Kain's A Co-Dependent's Playlist and Darko's Emotional Disorder albums also subtitled The Final Chapter 2011 "Trust Issues" --- Sutter Kain & Darko 2011 "U.F.O. Transmission" --- Sutter Kain & Darko 2011 L.O.V.E. (Life's Obsessive Violent Emotions) --- Sutter Kain 2011 "Where I Belong" Donnie Darko Sutter Kain 2012 "Winter Music Pt. 4" Darko & Mr. Grimm Sutter Kain 2012 "Traitor" Naymez & Donnie Darko Sutter Kain 2012 "Y'all Ain't Kill Me Yet Donnie Darko & Persia Sutter Kain 2012 "Alien Abduction" Darko Sutter Kain 2012 "Shoot Her in the Face" (Ghetto Metal King) Rev Fang Gory & Insane Poetry Sutter Kain 2013 "Keep Breathing" --- Sutter Kain
Producer
Sutter Kain and Donnie Darko The Darko Effect (2005) [Donnie Darko] Black Sunday (2005) Art of Tha Devil (2006) [Donnie Darko] Devil May Cry (2007) [Donnie Darko] As Death Takes Place (2010) [Donnie Darko]This album also has an instrumental version that was produced by DJ Bless aka Sutter Kain The Anxiety Theory (2010) [Donnie Darko] Black Sunday: Mask of the Demon (2011), produced as Black SundayThis album also has an a cappella version. Emotional Disorder (2011) The Green Album (2012)The Green Album by Sutter Kain and Donnie Darko is labeled as "Sticky Green Beats presents" Life Ep, Vol. 1 (2012) Redemption (2014) [Donnie Darko] Laugh Now Die Later (2015)
Agency 1.9.9.4 Evans teamed up with Swan The Truth to form the duo Agency 1.9.9.4, which released two albums: Dayz of Our Lives (2005) Real Life Isn't as Dope as the Movies (2006)
Pull The Fuckin' Trigger Sutter Kain, Donnie Darko & Apollo Valdez Until it's My Time To Die (2018)
Never So Deep artists Pain by Infinity the Ghetto Child (2002) Tha Carolina Spokesman by Hue Hef (2006) Sutter Kain Presents Cyco the Snuff Reels by Insane Poetry (2008) "Help" single by Jim Snooka (2009) The Gospels of Reverend Wallace by Jim Snooka (2009) Dreaming Up Nightmares While the World Sleeps by Sabotawj (2010) Runaway Train of Thought EP by McNastee (2012) Way Of The Gun (2015) Album by Daniel Gun & Sutter Kain
Other collaborations "Tha Beehive" by Lil' Kim (2003) "Pussy Pop (Remix)" by Mystikal (2004) "The Essence" (12-inch single) by Choclair (2009) K-Ci & Jojo Come Clean theme music (2010) "T-Dot" by Choclair (2011) "Packinamac" by Dope Sasquatch feat. Ren Thomas, Halfcut, Hex One, Planet Asia, Tone Spliff and Sutter Kain
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