Jonah Bromwich‘s rap name is Neon Boudeaux. I’m in a proclaiming mood so let’s just get into it right now: Action Bronson’s Blue Chips is the best rap album of 2012 thus far. It’s not as if there’s much competition—the only real adversary I see is Q’s Habits and Contradictions but that album’s too small […]

This leaked yesterday, which in web time means it’s as over as KONY. Stay focused on the indelible, Internet. But Bronson is on one of those rolls where he’s forcing me to post everything he drops. This verse might be the most rewind-worthy of a banner run from rap’s Bam Bam Bigelow. At one point […]

This plays out like Ghostface Killah wrote the scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High where Ron Johnson, stereo salesman, seduces Stacy Hamilton. Bronson looks like a cross between Bam Bam Bigelow and Slick Rick. Word to Roberto Clemente. In other news, Bronson, Roc Marc, Cormega, and Saigon went Mars over a beat from the […]

Not to be confused with the hijinks-filled 1990 Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn action comedy of the same name. “Bird on a Wire,” also known as the time that Action Bronson crashed at Alchemist’s place and Riff Raff and Simon “Dirt Nasty” Rex showed up and they opted to smoke joints the size of giraffes […]

Jonah Bromwich remembers back in the day …And in the summer, in the evenings, we’d listen to this guy Action Bronson. He’d release tapes all year round, but I remember, they were most perfect in the summer evenings. Even if they came out in the cold weather, the sound just took you back to the […]

Over the last six months, the conservative rap coalition crowd has been touting Action Bronson as the best thing since sliced prosciutto. At a cursory glance, there’s a lot to like. Fat rappers> skinny ones — especially when they’re Queens-raised gingers in throwback Knicks jerseys, who sound like Starks and constantly rap about food. But […]