Ronald Jenkees

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:08:52 -0700

A recent pastime of mine has been poking around YouTube for old school hip hop jams, or really terrible new "hip hop" jams. There's also the occasional mind-bending heavy metal, the ukulele guy and a sick solo acoustic rendition of the Doobie's "Listen to the Music."

Anyway, while cruising the 'Tube the other day I stumbled upon something pretty incredible. His name is Ronald Jenkees and he loves making music. Taking inspiration from hip hop producers like Dr. Dre and Timbaland and infusing his own style, Ronald composes homegrown beats and melodies using his computer and a pair of keyboards. He dabbles in hip hop, funk, techno and even church organ gospel. The result is some damn good music.

In his YouTube videos Ronald enjoys giving glimpses of his upcoming songs, and often will improvise a melody on top of a still-in-progress beat. The man has some serious skills, and is very humble about his creations.

His songs are available for purchase and download from his website as well as iTunes. Throwing Fire and Disorganized Fun are two of my favorites.

Update: It's come to my attention that Ronald Jenkees may be nothing more than a persona. Benjamin Feltes might be his real name. At this point the evidence is inconclusive. Either way, I don't care. The tunes is good, so I can't much complain.

Crisis Averted!: Tag: youtube

Ronald Jenkees