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Action Bronson Blue Chips 2 Self-Released

07.11.13

It came as excellent news that Queens based, rhyming culinary expert Action Bronson was teaming up with Party Supplies, real name Justin Nealis, once again. The pair had struck up a friendship after hanging out in Nealis’ Williamsburg apartment, getting obscenely high on weed oil turned into wax and watching trashy movies while Bronson cooked up the snacks and Nealis cooked up the beats. The results were 2012’s Blue Chips mixtape – arguably Bronsolino’s finest work – and as soon as the heroically goofy beat of the sequel’s first track Silverado drops and he’s reeling off quips like ‘Why the fuck would I have a bodyguard, if I look just like the motherfuckin’ bodyguard?’, you know it’s going to be hard to suppress a smirk. It’s worth noting the recent accusations that a subtle but significant drop from gleeful crudeness to mean-spirited misogyny in Bronson’s schtick has put him at risk of forfeiting his indie-rap fanbase for the frat boy demographic, and here he’s still digging in the gutter for lyrical inspiration. But what can’t be denied is Bronson’s infinite ability hook you in with absurdly vivid rhymes delivered in his neo-Ghostface whine: “The rap Dennis the Menace with Dennis Rodman in Venice, inventive/She took a bump then started dancing like Elaine Benes”.