Sutter Kain

This article is about the rapper. For Sutter Cane, the fictional horror writer, see In the Mouth of Madness.

Robert Deshawn Evans (born 1983 or 1984), 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.

Sutter Kain
Birth name	Robert Deshawn Evans[1]
Also known as	DJ Bless, Sutter Kain, Suicide Kingz, Sutter Kain aka DJ Bless
Born	1983 or 1984 (age 40–41)
Origin	South Jamaica, Queens, New York City
Genres	East Coast hip hop, rap metal, hardcore rap[citation needed], horrorcore[2]
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Hip hop producer
Instrument	Akai MPC
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Never So Deep Records
Website	ghettometalgear.bandcamp.com

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.^[3] He eventually left New York City and moved to the Carolinas.^[how?]

In 2002, at the age of 18, Evans landed his first recording and distribution deal with MCA Records.^[4] In 2003, when MCA was merged into Geffen Records, he parted ways and focused on his own record label, Never So Deep Records.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

Never So Deep Records

Never So Deep Records (NSD Digital)
Founder	Robert Evans (DJ Bless)
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Self-Distribution
Genre	Hip hop, ghetto metal
Country of origin	United States
Location	New York / South Carolina[3]
Official website	ghettometalgear.bandcamp.com

Current artists

• DJ Bless aka Sutter Kain
• Donnie Darko
• Apollo Valdez
• Upon Oath
• Daniel Gun

Former artists

• Swan The Truth (Agency 1994)^[5]
• Jim Snooka (aka Dirty Dickens)
• Hue Hef^[6]
• 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.^[7] 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)^[8]
• DJ Bless Presents Suicide Kingz, Vol. 2 (2002)^[9]
• August Underground: Tha Making of Sutter Kain (2006)
• A Perfect Murder (2007)
• A Co-Dependent's Playlist (2011)^[10]
• Ghetto Metal King (2012)^[11]
• DeathStrumentals Vol. 1 (2012)^{[citation needed]}

Singles

Year	Single	Featuring	credited as	Notes
2009	"Hold Up"	Young Vadah	Sabotawj & DJ Bless	[12]
2009	"Black Tar Heroin"	Jim Snooka	DJ Bless	[13]
2009	"Death Note"	---	Sutter Kain	single EP is titled Beats Inspired by a Bitch[14]
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	[15]
2009	"Slanted"	---	Sabotawj & DJ Bless	track from their album Dreaming Up Nightmares While The World Sleeps[16]
2009	"Shotgun Memories"	NBS	DJ Bless	[17]
2009	"Heavy Metal Mics"	Wordsmith	DJ Bless	[18]
2010	"South Side Story"	Young Vadah	DJ Bless	[19]
2010	"I Made It"	Young Vadah	DJ Bless & Donnie Darko	[20]
2010	"Natural Born Spitters"	NBS	DJ Bless	[21]
2010	"Hammertime"	Jim Snooka	DJ Bless	[22]
2010	"Backstage Madness"	Dwight Anderson & Jim Snooka	DJ Bless	[23]
2010	"Trails of Blood"	Donnie Darko	Sutter Kain	[24]
2011	"Loser 9"	---	Sutter Kain & Darko	found on Sutter Kain's A Co-Dependent's Playlist[25] and Darko's Emotional Disorder albums[26] also subtitled The Final Chapter
2011	"Trust Issues"	---	Sutter Kain & Darko	[26]
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	[27][28]
2012	"Winter Music Pt. 4"	Darko & Mr. Grimm	Sutter Kain	[29]
2012	"Traitor"	Naymez & Donnie Darko	Sutter Kain	[30]
2012	"Y'all Ain't Kill Me Yet	Donnie Darko & Persia	Sutter Kain	[31]
2012	"Alien Abduction"	Darko	Sutter Kain	[32]
2012	"Shoot Her in the Face" (Ghetto Metal King)	Rev Fang Gory & Insane Poetry	Sutter Kain	[33]
2013	"Keep Breathing"	---	Sutter Kain	[28]

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][34]}
• Black Sunday: Mask of the Demon (2011), produced as Black Sunday^{[note 1][35][36]}
• Emotional Disorder (2011)^[37]
• The Green Album (2012)^{[38][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)

Pull The Fuckin' Trigger

Sutter Kain, Donnie Darko & Apollo Valdez

• Until it's My Time To Die (2018)^[39]

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)^[40]
• The Gospels of Reverend Wallace by Jim Snooka (2009)^[41]
• Dreaming Up Nightmares While the World Sleeps by Sabotawj (2010)
• Runaway Train of Thought EP by McNastee (2012)^[42]
• Way Of The Gun (2015) Album by Daniel Gun & Sutter Kain

Other collaborations

• "Tha Beehive" by Lil' Kim (2003)^[43]
• "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

1. This album also has an instrumental version that was produced by DJ Bless aka Sutter Kain
2. The Green Album by Sutter Kain and Donnie Darko is labeled as "Sticky Green Beats presents"