Aiiiiight you all... We need to talk about the man, the myth, the beatsmith, the machine, the all around awesome possum that goes by the non de plume: Nocturnal Ron.
I first met Ron in LA in 2004...? I think it was... Everything is hazy. I was working with Emcee Dopestyle on the Fool's Pool album,
we had just driven all night from San Francisco to record with another Hip Hop enigma by the name of Fathead. (Dude is wild, big up to 3-1-Omar).
Fathed took us to The Halifax apartments to meet Ron. Dude was prolific, he must make beats in his sleep. We ended up taking turns in his closet vocal booth recording just for fun.
Ron is a true artist and beatsmith, forever following the muse, combining decades worth of popular culture references with crate digging expertise and an insane work ethic. In my humble opinion he is a producer on par with the likes of Madlib, Dilla, Doom... I'm not kidding.
His projects have mad flow, its very easy to get lost in his seamless, patchwork sample compositions. Check out his impressive 100 Beats In One Week release as well as his most recent Mick's Tape volumes 1 and 2, described as music Mick Jagger would bump while on tour... Hahaha.
Big up to the Nocturnal one, a gifted beatmaker and genuinely awesome possum. As an added bonus, because I wrote this $+!t, here's my bootleg take on Ron's Mick's Tape Side 1, word booty:
-My name is Jason but you can call me Neva...
Goodnight, bless up, don't sleep.
