This Rodney interview is my favorite that you have ever done. Keep them coming. His humbleness while working with all the legends is a delight to see. He seems like a genuine guy with a heart. I can see that he walks with the spirt. Kudos to his parents. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
this man is an ICON! Never realized all the hits he had his hands in & massive amt of artists he’s worked w/. He def needs to get more credit for all the work he’s put in
J Crash You don’t know Michael Jackson if you do not realise he was the greatest. Was he more influential than Mozart? Of course! And more Multi talented. Michael was a once in forever Artist. People still sleeping on his art.
J Crash You haven’t even listened to Indian classical music or Indian folk music, with your snobbery about western classical. FOH with your ignorant snobbery. Even we recognise Michael Jackson’s genius and our history of music is richer, older and more advanced than yours🖕Listen to the child prodigy Lydian Nadiswaran play all your western composers blindfolded on the piano & even his favourite artist is Michael Jackson.
I'm surprised his name hasn't been coming up for Verzuz battles ... for me he's up there with the likes of Teddy Riley and Baby Face. He has done it at the highest level for a very long time
Great, Awesome Guy!! My uncle was Rodney's Aunt Bell's Pastor in Maryland and I took him to NJ to preached at Rodney's Father's church and it was the weekend of Rev. Jerkins' birthday who had just got in from L.A. early Sunday morning from Rodney's house and attending the Mayweather fight the night before. We had an Awesome time at Rev. Jerkins' Church. Beautiful Family!! Rev. Jerkins and his Wife First Lady Jerkins are the most beautiful people in the world !!!! DarkChild- YOU ARE THE G.O.A.T. and you are so blessed and grounded in the Lord. I pray that God continues to watch over you and your family & your Mom and Dad and that you have many more years of peace, joy, happiness and prosperity. Great interview!!
Rodney is extremely professional. When he talks about Sam Smith and George Michael. While Vlad wants to talk about their private lifes as being openly gay, Rodney just focused on the voice!!! 2 great 🇬🇧 blue eyeb soul singers with incredible voices. Whether they are in the closet, or openly gay isn't what sold their records, it was the voice.
Exactly... like what the fuck does being gay have to do with one's talent?! Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael, Sam Smith... all British, all hugely successful during their time. But they were successful because of their voice and talent, not because of who or how they fucked.
@@MithunOnTheNet I picked my words very carefully? I said whether they were openly gay? Because in reality in our society everyone is assumed to be straight until they say otherwise. So anyone can be anything until they come out, so why focus on that?
“bad romance” was so much bigger than “telephone” and that came after “JUST dance” but vlad called it “let’s dance. vlad stays having no facts my god why do i keep watching. 😔 plus “poker face” was bigger than “just dance” ugh
@@ceezy585 yea but he said “telephone” was her biggest hit since “let’s (just) dance” also produced by red-one. so he just didn’t have facts while trying to gas rodney into thinking that he produced gaga’s biggest hit since her first. which is far from true. vlad is just always ill prepared.
I definitely didn’t know he produced Just Can’t Get Enough. Mans really got range. Which I think is missing from most “hiphop” producers are missing. Most of these new hiphop producers today make the same beat in different ways, but the thing is Rodney knows how to play piano so that helps broadens the range too.
The "Darkchild Version". I smell some industry politics on this one b/c the "Darkchild Version" is not much different than the main/original version of the song. But that's how the music industry goes when you have a name as big as Rodney's.
The song also became famous cause Sam stole the melody from I Won’t Back Down from Tom Petty. So it sounded familiar to the audience and hooked them right away.
Vlad cant deny the greatness of his catalog so anything vlad is saying comes from admiration. He can talk to rappers about what he thinks but his respect for this man doesnt let his ego fuck it up. Music is godly and the black man is the best at it.
These are type of people we need to honor while they are still here! Been hearing this mans name since I was a kid not knowing he was a damn kid himself lol!! Some talent is truly God given. It can’t be duplicated.
Wow and I thought Timbo and Pharrell had the most vast catalogs of hit r&b/pop records of the last 20 years.. Man was I wrong🙈 Big Rodney to the game now is like what Smokey Robinson was to Motown.
My jaw is on the floor. There are artists I’m not crazy about but I noticed that the few songs I love from them are produced by Darkchild. I would definitely put him up with Babyface, Timbo and Pharrell.
Now hold on...George Michael was not openly gay...there was this whole thing back in 98...you know what ask google. (Although it didnt slow down his career, he was a bonafide international artist, by then though.)
C this is where GLADTV becomes educational for me bc sheesh I knew his repotoire but I didn’t kno it was THAT extensive. God bless this guy for providing decades of quality music
How come the interviewer doesn’t know anything about the stuff he’s talking about? The song was called Just Dance and Gaga had Pokerface and Bad Romance after Just Dance and before she released Telephone + he didn’t know how to pronounce Sia...
When vlad says oh sam smith is gay just like george michael...darkchild gave him a look like why does that matter ..."but the voice" Dark child so professional
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Darkchild music catalog is unbelievable !!! Fr
I hope they don’t kill him. Sorry to even bring it up or put it in the air.
I'm in awe
Too bad he sold it
@@TkKirkland-lm5wv did he really? I was like I hope he didn’t. Generational wealth.
@@franktruth6322 lots of guys have done it .dream,la reid, And no ID as well
This Rodney interview is my favorite that you have ever done. Keep them coming. His humbleness while working with all the legends is a delight to see. He seems like a genuine guy with a heart. I can see that he walks with the spirt. Kudos to his parents. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
this man is an ICON! Never realized all the hits he had his hands in & massive amt of artists he’s worked w/. He def needs to get more credit for all the work he’s put in
This guy is literally the man responsible for my childhood soundtrack 🤯
I thought I knew my music but Darkchild''s music catalogue is huge. Plenty of surprises here!
His catalog is INSANE. Much respect. He’s been making hits for a LONG time.
This guy is humble. I watched all his interviews, he had the biggest songs and is like "yeah".
With all due respect to all those artists but I could listen to Michael Jackson stories all day every day. The absolute greatest
@J Crash So who is the greatest?
@BeeleeDatPleighboi 100 Please tell me you're not serious lmao...
I love stories on MJ, Prince, and Rick James.
J Crash You don’t know Michael Jackson if you do not realise he was the greatest. Was he more influential than Mozart? Of course! And more Multi talented. Michael was a once in forever Artist. People still sleeping on his art.
J Crash You haven’t even listened to Indian classical music or Indian folk music, with your snobbery about western classical. FOH with your ignorant snobbery. Even we recognise Michael Jackson’s genius and our history of music is richer, older and more advanced than yours🖕Listen to the child prodigy Lydian Nadiswaran play all your western composers blindfolded on the piano & even his favourite artist is Michael Jackson.
I'm surprised his name hasn't been coming up for Verzuz battles ... for me he's up there with the likes of Teddy Riley and Baby Face. He has done it at the highest level for a very long time
Nah, Gaga has Poker Face, Paparazzi and Bad Romance before Telephone, was not her next milestone after ''Let´s Dance'' aka Just Dance
Vlad has very superficial knowledge of music and even of Hip-Hop.
Like man knew nothing
@@2sdm8 you're cute 😳
been a fan of Rodney jerkins since I first heard joes “don’t wanna be a playa” didn’t know he did stay with me wow extensive and eclectic catalogue
This guy is a legend Jesus Christ his catalog is amazing
Bro I dead ass didn’t know he was the one behind all these hits... he’s got his hands in everything
Great, Awesome Guy!! My uncle was Rodney's Aunt Bell's Pastor in Maryland and I took him to NJ to preached at Rodney's Father's church and it was the weekend of Rev. Jerkins' birthday who had just got in from L.A. early Sunday morning from Rodney's house and attending the Mayweather fight the night before. We had an Awesome time at Rev. Jerkins' Church. Beautiful Family!! Rev. Jerkins and his Wife First Lady Jerkins are the most beautiful people in the world !!!! DarkChild- YOU ARE THE G.O.A.T. and you are so blessed and grounded in the Lord. I pray that God continues to watch over you and your family & your Mom and Dad and that you have many more years of peace, joy, happiness and prosperity. Great interview!!
Rodney is extremely professional. When he talks about Sam Smith and George Michael. While Vlad wants to talk about their private lifes as being openly gay, Rodney just focused on the voice!!! 2 great 🇬🇧 blue eyeb soul singers with incredible voices. Whether they are in the closet, or openly gay isn't what sold their records, it was the voice.
Exactly... like what the fuck does being gay have to do with one's talent?! Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael, Sam Smith... all British, all hugely successful during their time. But they were successful because of their voice and talent, not because of who or how they fucked.
@@MithunOnTheNet I picked my words very carefully? I said whether they were openly gay? Because in reality in our society everyone is assumed to be straight until they say otherwise. So anyone can be anything until they come out, so why focus on that?
“bad romance” was so much bigger than “telephone” and that came after “JUST dance” but vlad called it “let’s dance. vlad stays having no facts my god why do i keep watching. 😔 plus “poker face” was bigger than “just dance” ugh
RED-ONE produced bad romance that’s why not really mentioned. Easily her biggest
@@ceezy585 yea but he said “telephone” was her biggest hit since “let’s (just) dance” also produced by red-one. so he just didn’t have facts while trying to gas rodney into thinking that he produced gaga’s biggest hit since her first. which is far from true. vlad is just always ill prepared.
I feel he has more MJ stories but Vlad doesn’t know to ask.
We want more MJ content!!!
My thoughts exactly... half of this interview was just skimming over stuff we knew already instead of going deeper
Y’all complaining when he asks too much and complain when he doesn’t. Why don’t y’all just shut the hell up.
on god
I definitely didn’t know he produced Just Can’t Get Enough. Mans really got range. Which I think is missing from most “hiphop” producers are missing. Most of these new hiphop producers today make the same beat in different ways, but the thing is Rodney knows how to play piano so that helps broadens the range too.
Darkchild got them hits boy
Darkchild got numbers
DarkChild and Gaga have some pretty AMAZING AMAZING records....I mean, Reloaded is a masterpiece
Stay With Me? Now I know why I love the song. Damn
Mannnnn I woulda never thought ..... shit he need to throw his name in the versus battles on the cool
This man is responsible for a lot of talent 👀
It’s still crazy that this guy produced for a Nickelodeon movie soundtrack of my childhood!!! ❤️
This GENIUS Signature!
Damn he did stay ? Wow
The "Darkchild Version". I smell some industry politics on this one b/c the "Darkchild Version" is not much different than the main/original version of the song. But that's how the music industry goes when you have a name as big as Rodney's.
He confirmed everyone's belief. That Sam smith song was a GOSPEL song ... But since it was a white gay guy sings it, he gets multiple grammys . SMH
The song also became famous cause Sam stole the melody from I Won’t Back Down from Tom Petty. So it sounded familiar to the audience and hooked them right away.
He really say "let's dance"
I love the song he made with Rihanna called “As Real As You and Me”
Beautiful song, underrated song. I wish they gave it a big promo push as a single.
He was about to ask him did he think he had something...with a Beyonce Lady Gaga Collaboration...at least he caught himself.
This dude is a monster😀. I didn't know, he produced all those songs. Big ups. 👍🏿
Vlad cant deny the greatness of his catalog so anything vlad is saying comes from admiration. He can talk to rappers about what he thinks but his respect for this man doesnt let his ego fuck it up. Music is godly and the black man is the best at it.
This man has produced some classic records. I had no idea he had a hand with some of these songs.
I hope I get to work with him too. He's so inspiring. God bless his gifts and his craft. He's surely gifted.
the man who produced everything
This man is a LEGEND!
These are type of people we need to honor while they are still here! Been hearing this mans name since I was a kid not knowing he was a damn kid himself lol!! Some talent is truly God given. It can’t be duplicated.
He should be worth 1 billion
I think he’s worth more. Another video says he’s responsible for 1 billion records.
Wow and I thought Timbo and Pharrell had the most vast catalogs of hit r&b/pop records of the last 20 years.. Man was I wrong🙈 Big Rodney to the game now is like what Smokey Robinson was to Motown.
My jaw is on the floor. There are artists I’m not crazy about but I noticed that the few songs I love from them are produced by Darkchild. I would definitely put him up with Babyface, Timbo and Pharrell.
He's the black David Foster
Now hold on...George Michael was not openly gay...there was this whole thing back in 98...you know what ask google. (Although it didnt slow down his career, he was a bonafide international artist, by then though.)
who cares.
@NYC - no, he wasn’t. i remember reading about this. he was outed because he was arrested for “lewd” behavior with an undercover police officer.
These guys are the real artistic genius of our generation
C this is where GLADTV becomes educational for me bc sheesh I knew his repotoire but I didn’t kno it was THAT extensive. God bless this guy for providing decades of quality music
Wow I had no idea he did the Sam Smith song, that was a massive hit
Talented ... ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
If they did kings court on versuz this guy would keep the ball all day long .
Vlad get rockwilder up there
YES!! I’d love to see this happen
This is crazy lol 🔥🔥🔥🔥 cloud 9 shit
I had no idea he did stay with me . Dude might have given Pharrell a run for his money
Legendary 🔥🔥🔥🔥
No producer can go on the Versuz battle with him,Most humble producer
Salaam Remi can
Dallas Austin
Genuine dude to announce the guy to put him threw the door with these hits...
Michael Jackson Xscape was freaking amazing
How come the interviewer doesn’t know anything about the stuff he’s talking about? The song was called Just Dance and Gaga had Pokerface and Bad Romance after Just Dance and before she released Telephone + he didn’t know how to pronounce Sia...
Where is part 2 to telephone mane!
We need him on verzuz
Darkchild missed out the part where he gave the song Telephone to Britney Spears at one point, but it ultimately went back to Gaga.
true
My G cold that boy cold.
Is Michael Jackson not considered to be the biggest pop artist of all time and he worked with him tho
Of course hes the biggest part artist the greatest entertainer the greatest pop artist that ever lived. Romney already set that in A prior interview
He said that MJ was the greatest entertainer of all time, not just pop.
Has he talked about Full Moon yet?
Vlad threw shade at Iggy😳😭😭😭😭😭😭💯
This dude nice!!!!
When vlad says oh sam smith is gay just like george michael...darkchild gave him a look like why does that matter ..."but the voice" Dark child so professional
It’s just dance
Not let’s dance the interviewer dude😅
Damm i didnt know he did as long as you love me! I love that song
I’m disappointed that we’ve made it to part 23 and you haven’t asked him about Suge or Pac yet! Wtf is up with that?! You’re losing your touch man
It’s so terrible how culturally biased the Grammy’s are. It’s absolutely disgusting.
Who is the interviewer? Lets dance?? SAYA? Its just dance and its Sia
Put some RESPECT on Jason Weaver name he had "Stay with me" first and darkchild product it
this is dude is ceo of producing
Did he really say “Chandelier” by Sii-yaaa ....😒😬
this daz dillinger lookalike produced every1 in da industary
SYA...COOOKIES...CMON GLAD!
Except for that crap Sam smith said about Michael Jackson
That Is What Happens When You Allow Ungrateful Guests To Come In Your House.
When MJ sends u the reels, u know its real
How are these producers not billionaires off of these tracks.
This guy is DISGUSTINGLY RICH that’s all I hear 👏🏾👏🏾
That can happen when you work hard for 20+ years
@@MrPig208 100% he’s earned every penny and should be proud of himself
How it disgusting?
@@Awillii I don’t mean that in a negative way. Just that he’s very rich
let's dance? really? Gaga had a string of massive hits including poker face and bad romance. wtf is this skfjsdlf
British artist has been coming to the US since at least the sixties I don't know what they are talking about
That BEP song was big..
He did additional production on the Sam Smith track, he is not the main producer.
Yep. And I don't think he did anything on the main version that everyone is familiar with. There is a separate Darkchild Version.
@@theoracle2760 and that version features Mary J. Blige
Fancy by Iggy was a huge song. Funny how Vlad downplayed it. It stayed at #1 longer than probably any of the songs in that category. Lol
producers... learn to play the piano.... not just some keys
🌃🌃
This interviewer doesn't know what any of these songs are ACTUALLY called... He almost gets them right but, messes them up.
Stay With Me has to be the best soul song of the 2010s. That genre wasn't as good as it was in the 90s and early 2000s besides that song.
Bieber worked with him too
What did Sam being gay have to do with what RJ was saying??? Vlad has this fascination with gay
Craig David crossed over into the US tho. But I guess maybe not on the pop side, prob just the R&B side
that’s who Drake copies
Vlad interview von n nem on duck death
The fuck you think they gonna say? That they was behind that???
I wonder what darkchild thinks about sam smiths i hate Michael Jacksons music comments
How is he gonna skate past how Telephone was for Britney and it leaked?
Sam Smith the man
What’s on Darkchild’s nose?
Lets Dance??? uhmmm its JUST DANCE
Hate to say it but I think Sam Smith might be a better singer than George michael, who I love.
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But Telephone was so whaaaack
I disagree about the U.K. male invasion. Ed Sheeren is bigger.