Ronny J is the producer at the center of South Florida’s belligerent rap scene, first making beats for Denzel Curry, and now supplying younger locals like Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, and more. He has quickly, and quietly, become one of the most influential beatmakers of his generation, producing heavily distorted rave rap through the speakers on his laptop, inspiring a new class of rabble-rousers and rap anarchists. “Trauma,” from his debut project OMGRONNY, is a nice sample of his talents, enlisting Miami’s Nell and Orlando’s Danny Towers for an unruly, wild man anthem.

Boisterous, energizing, and very loud, Ronny’s beats can enhance even the most basic rappers. Nell and Danny Towers benefit from the boost here, filling gaps in his surging production. After 30 seconds of sinister, oscillating synths rushing faintly through silence and stillness, the song explodes, as metallic keys and hi-hats ripple into the swell of a throbbing bass line. “Gone off that green, gankin’ on geese/Don’t lose your brain out here in these streets,” Nell spits, his raps springing to life. Towers, following suit, makes the most of his gruff voice for a truncated, quick-fire verse. As the duo unbound their brutal raps, its Ronny J who brings the bite. On “Trauma,” his booming beats generate enough power to incite a disturbance.