Lecter” and “Well Done” as well as collaborations with artists like Earl Sweatshirt and Riff Raff culminating in “Blue Chips,” Bronson’s critically acclaimed street album, produced by Party Supplies. Other mixes quickly followed including “Bon Appetit…Bitch!” “Dr. In 2007, joined with frequent collaborator Mayhem Lauren and Jay Steele to release the mixtape “Last of a Dyin’ Breed: Volume 1” under the collective name “The Outdoorsmen.”
And after a broken leg forced him out of the kitchen, Bronson began writing seriously. But after toying with songcraft, penning a satirical song over a Southern beat CD, his talent began to show. Rap, Cam’ron and Mobb Deep, he never contemplated rapping himself. While Bronson grew up a ravenous musical connoisseur, admiring artists like Cool G. After studying in the Art Institute of New York’s culinary program, he took jobs ranging from busboy to sous chef, making it no accident that over the years he’s offered tracks that sound delicious from the titles to your ear pods including “Roasted Bone Marrow,” “Pouches of Tuna,” “Jerk Chicken” and “Ceviche.” It was in his family’s restaurant that Bronson developed his enduring fascination with quality cuisine. An only child, Bronson was rarely on his own, as his apartment was often filled to the rim with family escaping ethnic strife in Kosovo. There’s no one who can freestyle a verse while perfectly grilling a filet mignon, picking the perfect wine to pair it with and regaling you with a hilarious anecdote.īorn Ariyan Arslani, Bronson grew up in Flushing, Queens, the son of an Albanian immigrant father and a Jewish mother from Brooklyn. With charm to burn, bars for days and appetites as varied and wide as his neon orange beard – Action Bronson eclipses everyone in the game. Sometimes that’s all I really want from music.” – The Ringer And feel good, both about the world in general and about myself specifically. “ Action has emerged as an absolute force in hip-hop, a man whose presence extends far beyond the mic.” – DJ Booth “ (Bronson’s) music is not only a blast, but undeniably distinctive.” – Pitchfork
Rogers in an XXXL Carhartt T-shirt and Adidas shower slides, blunt dangling from his lips” – The New York Times Twitter | facebook | youtube | soundcloud