New year. New music. New conversations.
Starting 2026 strong, we caught up with .idk. to break down his upcoming mixtape, Even The Devil Smiles. From themes and sonics to product design and the bigger vision behind the rollout, we covered it all.
Out everywhere Friday, January 23rd.
RSE: You recently announced the producers on this mixtape, featuring notable names like Madlib, Conductor Williams, No I.D., and Kaytranada. How did these collaborations impact the direction of the project?
IDK: A lot of this project started out as a personal side quest on each producer. They were all supposed to be individual projects at first.. then I realized they all had a similar characteristic and a lot of those producers hadn't been on one album together so then I realized how special it could be to almost take the Illmatic approach.
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