The same blog that brought you Joe Good, Godemis and Big Frame’s old, unreleased album under the group name Qui Lo, and DVS Mindz’ super rare Million Dolla Broke N—–, now unearths the first album from Kansas City’s most talked about rapper – Ron Ron.
Released in 2005, Ironic is referred to as Ron’s “most lyrical” release to date by his manager, who we conducted a brief interview with over the phone yesterday. This is not only Ron Ron’s first album, but his only album. All of his other releases, Charlie Brown, the Die Hard Mixtape, Mr. No It All, Frank-Einstein and Skitzo-Frinik have all been mixtapes. (Charlie Brown and the Die Hard Mixtape are the only remaining Ron Ron releases that I have yet to hear).
The reason I’m making this post, and the reason why I bugged Ron’s manager so much about digging up the Ironic zip file for me, is for two reasons really. 1) I’m a big fan of Ron Ron’s music, and 2) I know there are a lot of other fans of his in the city who would like to hear this album as well. Ron’s manager says that at the time Ironic was released, Ron Ron really wasn’t trying to get his music “out there,” but that he just wanted to make music “for the neighborhood.”
Ron’s manager also went on to say that Ironic was Ron Ron’s “only real start to finish baby,” and mentioned that Ironic was almost entirely self-produced by Ron himself. Ron’s manager confessed that he couldn’t remember off the top of his head who the additional producers were that worked on the album.
As for how this album sounds, there’s a heavy Bay-area influence in the beats, in my opinion, Ron’s fascination with using rock-influenced beats from time to time still remain, and he even sounds like Devin The Dude on a couple of songs. This is purely coincidental, particularly because Ron Ron is opening up for Devin at the Riot Room in Westport this Friday. On one track featured on this album Ron even goes for 100 bars straight, disregarding any need for a chorus.
To give you an idea of how early this album was released, as it relates to Ron’s burgeoning rap career, the tracks in this zip file aren’t even mp3s…they’re Windows Media Audio files.
As for what’s next for Ron Ron’s ever growing catalogue, you can expect the Wiz Kidz record with Stik Figa, which will probably be the most hotly-anticipated hip hop album in KC…whenever it comes out. He’s also going to completely remake the Ironic album with local producer M-AD. There’s other projects on the horizon for Ron Ron. All you have to do is dig a little bit to find out what they are.
We hope that this resurrected album will give you an idea of where Ron Ron’s music career got kick started, and how he’s grown into the most well-rounded rapper in the city since. For sure, this is a solid album, considering it was his first release, and it was almost entirely self-produced. But his new shit is kicking this album’s ass. One thing about Ron Ron, his music gets better and better and better every time he drops a new disc.
TRUST IN DEMENCHA.
RON RON – IRONIC (2005) *UNEARTHED BY DEMENCHA.COM*
DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?umnyzj2mzmm
Chris Mills
Editor-in-Chief at Demencha Magazine LLC and Demencha.com. Send music and event submissions to chris@demencha.com. LOCALS BEFORE LEGENDS.
Skill Laimbeer (3 years ago)
Nice find, Chris. It’s obvious that this tape was recorded over a period of at least a couple of years, as most of it has that early 00′s Bay thump to it, with the Ecstasy synths and bouncy-ass drums. There’s also an early/mid 90′s Chicago sound on my favorite track, #14.
Topically, he runs through an interesting melange of subjects. The “My Kicks” joint slays “Air Force Ones,” which was the big shoe anthem in ’05, shame we can’t go back and switch ‘em. Flow wise, he alternately reminds me of Too Short and Devin the Dude, but with more energy than either. You can see him deciding which direction to take this rap shit, and I personally think he chose well with the path he’s taken.
NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Ron Ron – “100 Bars” | demencha.com (3 years ago)
[...] this track will be placed on. Those who downloaded Ron Ron’s first album, Ironic (2005), from the post we made a couple of weeks ago, will remember a song on there called “100 Bars,” and a mentioning of Ron Ron’s [...]
jeff (2 years ago)
not all the track list is there. think ya could send it to me?
fernandes (1 year ago)
Any luck coppin them other old mixtapes? It’s “Cholie Brown Collection” not “Charlie Brown”, assuming this is the real OG cover:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b263/djrobfernandes/500×500.jpg
Props on the website, put me up on a lot of joints.
Chris Mills (1 year ago)
Fernandes, thank you so much for the support. I’ve been looking for the Cholie Brown music for a while, as well as Die Hard. If you come across any of this stuff, please let me know! If you look on the blogroll on Demencha.com (right hand side of the page), you’ll find a link to Ron Ron’s new website where he’s trying to keep his fans informed.
Thank you once again
-Chris
Chris Mills (1 year ago)
Also, the Cholie Brown CD cover made my day. I need that!!
Kevin Sparks (1 year ago)
Hey Chris, I saw this & I was wondering if you have a copy of Left Brain Right Brain & FrankEinstein 1.0 that I could buy from you or get a copy of from you. I’ll even pay you for it. I contacted Ron Ron & he said that he doesn’t plan on releasing those products again. I was also wondering if I could get a copy of the Ironic album sense the zip file doesn’t have all the songs on it. Thanks in advance for your reply.