Action Bronson Talks Not Falling Into Mainstream Rap & The Attribution Of His Golden Age Flow

He may be of the newer generation of rappers, but Action Bronson gives us that ol’ school feel. Tracks like, “No Time” and “Strictly 4 My Jeeps” are prime examples of what you could close your eyes to and jam off of. He knows his skill.
“I remind everybody of the Golden Age, that’s just what it is,” Bronson told Hip Hop DX. Back in the day when things were less mainstream and flashy is what the chef turned rapper is going for. Simply put, it’s his “personality” that the fans love. The fact that he’s not mainstream, he has that throwback flow and the incorporation of his chef-like habits and graffiti skills placed into his writing are all things Action Bronson. We love it!
Drop down bottom for more on his skills and why he remains him, throughout the transition from kitchen to studio.

JaaiR (JR)

DX: Wow, I didn’t know you read it. Thank you. One thing that I found out is that you do graffiti.

Action Bronson: I’ve always done graffiti.

DX: Have you ever incorporated your own artwork on your cover art or into your music?

Action Bronson: I incorporate it into the music, yeah. Everybody that I know is through graffiti, and that’s how I met all my friends. If it wasn’t for graffiti, there wouldn’t be any me, any Rap. That’s pretty the much the basis of it all. And sometimes it’s corny to be like fuckin’ with the elements. But I met all my homies through graffiti; we all did graffiti together, and now we just live life. I do it all over the place. Give me a can. I’ll do something right now.

DX: Let’s get this man a can. How does creating on that blank canvas or wall translate to you making music?

Action Bronson: I’m an only child. You have to have an imagination. You gotta make stories up and play lands. You just smoke weed and fuckin’ sit there. I look at things differently. I know everybody’s gonna say that, but I really do look at things differently.

DX: You incorporated Allen Iverson’s infamous practice rant into Blue Chips 2. In working with Party Supplies, how much in input did you have over those kind of samples?

Action Bronson: Absolutely, we worked together on that shit. We would be sitting there going through records—going through samples, going through music—we just do it together. The whole project was done collaboratively.

He’s amazing, and he’s on tour with me. Hopefully, I can bring him through Australia, Europe and hopefully Japan. I wanna bring him everywhere. He deserves it, and he fuckin’ rips it up on the fuckin’ guitar. That’s a big part of the show right there. I’m gonna do “[Amadu] Diablo” with the defender.