You’d guess New York. Maybe Atlanta. drkshdwdev says DMV. The sound doesn’t give it away. Deep monotone, emotionless flex, and hella fashion sense laced with grim 808s from a selection of underground legendary producers. The music creeps up on you. You don’t decide you like it, you just realize you’ve had it on repeat for days. The opposite lane from moshpit screamo rap, but it pulls the same energy. Same urge to flex and turn up, different temperature. Fr, I’m just not gon gatekeep it this time. Cash Cudi, xdkole, Sicko, 2onefour, and claycocookinup on the production credits. Like it’s easy. We do this every day. RE2 is just a blessing pack for the listeners at the rate he’s pushing this out.
[music]
“Most of the bangers are made in the room for real.”
How’d you link with the producers?
”I hit em up. I’m tapped in.”
Off the rip I think oh okay.
How’s the process go? I like to give other artists the insight.
”My process, I just be playing Resident Evil, or like I’ll have some gameplay going on while I record. That’s my process for real. And even with my cover art, like my hosting cover art, I just be taking pictures from like the Resident Evil games and using that as covers fr."
"I really want to inspire.”
Phone fell in water right before we got on. Artist short with his words. On paper it reads like those 2016, 2017, 2018 interviews where the newcomer didn’t want to say much, staying enigmatic. But it didn’t feel like that. Not even close. After all, we were both high as shit.
[more on drkshdwdev]
drkshdwdev is an experimental rapper from the DMV — not New York or Atlanta, which is where most people place the sound. Deep monotone, emotionless flex, grim 808s.
RE2 is a four-track EP, and the Resident Evil connection isn’t just the title. He records with the game running in the background, and pulls his cover art straight from Resident Evil screenshots.
Production credits on RE2:
Cash Cudi · xdkole · Sicko · 2onefour · claycocookinup
Everything we’ve run on him is at his UNDERISING artist page. Stream him on SoundCloud.
