The third release in Action Bronson’s Blue Chips series isn’t as varied as 2015’s Mr. Wonderful, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In a way, less of the same feels like a pretty good mantra for the genre-hopping rapper.
La Luna has Bronson inspired by the hold music of a fictitious car service, the ex-chef starts rapping over the phone, continuing his theme of comparing himself to Zangief from Street Fighter. Chairman’s Intent rolls forward with a spaghetti-western guitar line, writhing bass and bongo fills. Daringer drops a dreamy disco loop on The Choreographer as Bronsoliño promises to give dancing lessons with a concealed firearm. Big Body Bes guests on upbeat funk number TANK, though the pair manage to drag it through the muck as Bronson raps about “Another loser on the corner doing card tricks / I’m on the plane to Russia with a hard dick and a tank top from Target”.
It’s all that same juxtaposition of snazzy backing tracks and cheeky, Ghostface Killah-inspired flow that’s made Bronson so successful, but here it’s a lot more focussed. In a way that’s great, but it sacrifices some of the surprise and novelty that made his previous releases so memorable.
