Rodney Jerkins built a career in music as a Superproducer. We're looking back on Jerkins' one-time Darkchild Studios recording facility in Pleasantville. Get our free mobile app I happened to be on Route 9 a few days ago, passing through Pleasantville, Atlantic County, when I stopped at the traffic light at the intersection of where Darkchild Studios used to be. The recording studio has been closed for several years, I'm not sure who owns it these days, but I remember in the 2000's being mesmerized by the building and its multi-car garage, wondering if Rodney Jerkins (also an artist and songwriter) was busy at that very moment producing his next hit song.