DISQUS

David Gifford · 2 years ago

I've been saying this for months, since I first discovered RJ thru Bill Simmons. Ronald is simply the greatest thing that ever lived. Simple as that. Who else can post a snippet of him on a roller coaster, or hunting a birdsnake, or the wonder of properly placed laundry soap and have it be so riveting? Everything he does is magic, as they say. Before I ran into his youtubes I had never listened to hip-hop, can't stand it really. Or rap. But with RJ, I'm into both. Hail to the king...

Adam Pieniazek · 2 years ago

Wow David...I wouldn't go that far("greatest thing that ever lived"), but yes he is an amazing music producer!

In terms of music, your comment "Everything he does is magic, as they say" is wicked true, he's yet to put out a bad song; quite amazing considering he's put out over 40 songs (via his album and his youtubes). In my humble opinion, having other artists on his next CD to rapping and singing over his beats would be insanely awesome. As it stands, Ronald is certainly worthy of a Grammy for the beats on this album.

"Who wants to play Balderdash?" - Ronald Jenkees

Thanks for stopping by David.

Michael Ott · 2 years ago

Good review. Sounds like you are just as enthusiastic about this album as I am. I reviewed it a few days ago as well and also did an interview with Ronald.

Adam Pieniazek · 2 years ago

Thanks Michael.

Great review, I see your a big fan of Almost Undamaged too, what an amazing track...though, all of them are great. Totally agree with you that there is some serious soul flowing through this album. Great interview too.

Michael Ott · 2 years ago

Thanks Adam. Ronald was a great interview-ee :-) Nearly all those questions were submitted by our readers which was pretty cool.

Phu Nguyen · 2 years ago

I found him though Youtube and He is a great pianist and producer! Mos tlikely going to be famous soon if he keeps htis up

Adam Pieniazek · 2 years ago

I agree wholeheartedly, Phu. With Ronald's talent, there really is no limit. It's quite easy to imagine him producing scores for movies and beats for hip-hop artists.

Anyone who hasn't yet should definitely check out Michael's interview with RJ...he's a very down to earth guy.

Phil · 1 year ago

If "Aint no thang" had been sung by rappers who are already popular -- same lyrics, everything -- it would have been a HUGE hit.

"Comin' down to the Marriott, don't care if ya see me or not!"

Adam Pieniazek · 1 year ago

For sure Phil. If Ronald's beats were combined with an established rapper he'd be all over the airwaves. I'm actually surprised no artist out there approached Ronald about collaborating.

Mark Jameson · 1 year ago

just a little correction, for aint no thang u quoted "Nuh uh. You cant coax me to floss."

if im thinking of the same part of the song as you, its:
"nuh uh no, you cant coach me to flow"

:D
if i mixed up 2 parts feel free to spam me with hate mail

Adam Pieniazek · 1 year ago

You're sort of right Mark. Ronald sent in an edit to my version of the lyrics a while back. The edit is above in the post, but for clarity, here are the offical lyrics, straight from Mr. Jenkees:

"tappin on my breaks to the sound of this heat (just meant the heat coming off the track)..can't coax me to flow (can't trick me into rapping) But don't change a thing (unless you want to). The lyrics don't make much sense anyways, and it still makes me laugh!! Thanks Ronald!]"

Thanks though, seems even Ronald is mixed up on the lyrics!

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Nu · 10 months ago

Ronald will be big in the music industry very soon, it's guaranteed. Almost Undamaged is the defining moment of the first CD in my opinion, and his second CD will be 5 times better than the first, which is hard to believe because his debut album kicked so much ass.

Adam Pieniazek · 10 months ago

I agree Nu, can't wait for his second album to drop!

Kurt · 9 months ago

Here is the new video for Ronald Jenkees' "Loui"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcMIf70fAHU

Enjoy

Adam Pieniazek · 9 months ago

Is this an official Jenkees video? It's cool nevertheless but <del datetime="2009-03-08T23:04:02+00:00">wondering </del> hoping if he's now pumping out videos to go with his music.