Sutter Kain

Sutter Kain
Background information
Birth name	Robert Evans
Also known as	DJ Bless, Sutter Kain, Suicide Kingz, Sutter Kain aka DJ Bless
Origin	South Jamaica, Queens, New York City
Genres	East Coast hip hop, Rap Metal, Hardcore Rap, Horrorcore
Occupation(s)	Musician, Hip hop producer
Instruments	Akai MPC
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Never So Deep Records
Associated acts	Donnie Darko, Agency 1.9.9.4, Sabotawj, Jim Snooka, Hue Hef, Insane Poetry
Website	ghettometalgear.bandcamp.com

Robert Evans, 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2]

Never So Deep records

Current Artists

• DJ Bless aka Sutter Kain
• Donnie Darko

Former Artists

• Swan The Truth (Agency 1994)^[3]
• Jim Snooka (aka Dirty Dickens)
• Hue Hef^[4]
• 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.^[5] 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)^[6]
• DJ Bless Presents Suicide Kingz, Vol. 2 (2002)^[7]
• August Underground: Tha Making of Sutter Kain (2006)
• A Perfect Murder (2007)
• A Co-Dependent's Playlist (2011)^[8]
• Ghetto Metal King (2012)^[9]
• DeathStrumentals Vol. 1 (2012)

Singles

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]^{[note 1]}
• The Anxiety Theory (2010) [Donnie Darko]^{[note 1][32]}
• Black Sunday: Mask of the Demon (2011), produced as Black Sunday^{[note 1][33][34]}
• Emotional Disorder (2011)^[35]
• The Green Album (2012)^{[36][note 2]}
• 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)

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)^[37]
• The Gospels of Reverend Wallace by Jim Snooka (2009)^[38]
• Dreaming Up Nightmares While the World Sleeps by Sabotawj (2010)
• Runaway Train of Thought EP by McNastee (2012)^[39]
• Pity Party Rockers EP by McNastee (2012)

Other collaborations

• "Tha Beehive" by Lil' Kim (2003)^[40]
• "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)

Notes

References

External links

• Never So Deep Records / Ghetto Metal Gear
• Sutter Kain on Tumblr
• Sutter Kain on Twitter
  
• Sutter Kain aka DJ Bless on Facebook