RMR spoke to EW about how he plans to evade expectations, why he chooses to stay anonymous, and how working with super-producer Timbaland has made him a better artist.
After its success, did you have other songs ready to go? Are they on the new EP Drug Dealing Is a Lost Art?
I was writing right before that record came out, but working with Timbaland and my in-house producers, [now] I know better. I write records really fast, so when I get with a producer and they play me something, I'll just go in the booth and start writing on my phone. I get the melody down first. So most of the records on the EP came afterward. It was just one record before the [“Rascal”] video came out that was barely done. Now I’m working with, like, 50 records.
You mentioned Timbaland earlier. What was it like working with him?
It was amazing. Tim's like an uncle. Sometimes when he puts something down, it's like an adrenaline rush. I wanted to knock out 16 records with him. We only knocked out three, but next time we're in the studio together he promised 16. It's great working with him because I love to set that high standard working with such a legend. I learned a lot of things from him. When I'm working with somebody like that, it's a serious thing. I go in there and I'm throwing punches the entire time. I got my gloves on.
*ew.com
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