L.A. rapper 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, photo by Mark Peaced.
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.
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*thissongissick.com 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.
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