In the song Action Bronson speaks of a past lover, his experience with her, and her mistreatment of Mr. Chance the Rapper’ has once again shown Action Bronson’s value as an artist, and the true potential of his upcoming album.
This is the fourth single that he has made available for the public, with his previous songs receiving a high level of praise from listeners. “I am not made for the pop charts.The food loving, red bearded, lyrical entertainer we all know as ‘ Action Bronson’ has once again released another killer track from his upcoming album ‘ Mr. “I’m a fucking underground rapper,” he says.
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“Nobody else has that sound.”Īuthenticity remains paramount to the rapper: Despite his new visibility as a rising TV star, Action Bronson has the heart of an indie MC. “We kinda stacked the shit against us by the things we used, but it makes it authentic and original,” says Alchemist. Some of the craziest shit I’ve ever said.” He played it for me on the tour bus and I literally blacked out. “This man went to Brazil, dug that record up.
Still, sampling has drawbacks: Clearances delayed the album’s release, and not everything made the final cut the Alchemist track “Dimitri” had to be shelved because of a sample. The recording process took a year and a half, with each producer taking a different approach to flesh out Bronson’s sound. “We just wanted to top our last shit,” says Alchemist. With Harry Fraud, the Alchemist, and Party Supplies on production duty, the album is an audiophile’s wet dream of classic and obscure samples. On “Bonzai,” he puts his own spin on New Jack swing, rapping, “I’m laying in the bed naked/My bitch says I look like Kevin Bacon/I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or not/But I’ll take it.” “Yo, these sixteen bars cost sixteen cars/Kiss these balls, bitch, we stars,” he boasts on “The Chairman’s Intent.” On “La Luna,” he raps over car-service hold music. Throughout Blue Chips 7000, Bronson raps with confidence and swagger. “I had to really know I could go in and fucking spit that heat.” “I was making too much television shit,” he says. But rap remains Bronson’s first love, as his new album demonstrates. He is at once esoteric and accessible, and the ease with which he rubs elbows with Michelin-starred chefs could give him a nice, Bourdain-ian transition out of music. Bronson’s star quality is undeniable: On Fuck, That’s Delicious, he bonds with Daniel Boulud over the finer points of French gastronomy as naturally as he makes baklava in his Albanian aunt’s kitchen. Records this signing later led to his Viceland show, which debuted in 2016. The following year he signed with Vice, at the time partnered with Warner Bros. His earnest foray into hip-hop began after a leg injury in his father’s kitchen in 2011. The only concert I had ever been to was Puff Daddy and the Family at Nassau Coliseum.”īronson’s a late bloomer. “I didn’t go to concerts before I started rapping. “I’ve never played, never been,” he admits. Until now, Bronson had never even been to the legendary venue, let alone taken its stage. And later in the evening, Bronson will be headlining “The End of an Era,” the final concert at Webster Hall before it closes for renovations and new ownership. (“It’s a culmination of my career,” he says.) Fuck, That’s Delicious, the cookbook based on his Viceland food-porn travelogue show of the same name, is due out September 12. Blue Chips 7000 (Vice/Atlantic), the final installment of his acclaimed rap trilogy, is due out August 25. The 33-year-old Queens native (born Arian Asllani) is having a busy summer. With those baby blues, the rapper, who is also a former chef, eyes a buttery burrata. Head chef and owner Missy Robbins brings out a selection of panini: prosciutto with balsamic mustard, and turkey porchetta with hot peppers and aioli. We’re seated outside of Lilia restaurant in Williamsburg. I have very blond eyelashes.” Contrasted with his ruddy beard and mountainous frame, they lend him a doll-like quality. “I have sensitivity because they’re so blue. “My eyes are always closed,” he says, squinting in the afternoon sun. Action Bronson is known for many things - lyrical chops, biblical facial hair, the expansive waistline of a dedicated gourmand - but the things you notice sitting across from him are his eyes: piercing baby blues.
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