lol the idea of Bronson being mainstream is fucking hilarious. Dude will never be anything but an underground darling. You have to be the absolute worst judge of star potential to put any money on Bronson ever doing more than maaaaaaybe getting some attention for a good verse on a more popular rappers song, or getting that 5 minute buzz from the media thanks to his unique look and style.
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Ye has always stayed on message.
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i listen to 808 almost every day
Shout out to Toku, need you back my brother
Shout out to Toku, need you back my brother
Yep.
Still very race conscious, a lot of fashion/materialism talk along the lines of new slaves.
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Sitting at the Raptors game in box seats. Have a beautiful lady serving me some vodka and sprite
and I'm going in on these chicken fingers.
Life's good brehs
apple juice
Life's good brehs
love raptor games. they always keep you entertained. way better atmosphere than leaf games.
Are u drake count?
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He brought in his own kind of chicken tenders. Told his mommy to hide it in her purse
Nah I always liked it, but it was always my least favorite solo
ptrboi gon ptrboi
I aint mad at him. As long as theyre good. Tysons aint shit, but cane's?
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Honestly last time I had Cane's which was a few months ago. I wasn't really feeling it, but that day a lot of shit was pissing me off so I don't thinK I was even tasting anything
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These chicken fingers brehs
these chicken fingers brehs
I'm bout to get me some Henny.. Since airthangs freeeeeeeeeee
these chicken fingers brehs
I'm bout to get me some Henny.. Since airthangs freeeeeeeeeee
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Idk for 2 reasons. First right now the underground has a lot of artist that I see as having potential to go mainstream, but for various reasons they don't have the right label/machine behind them. Action is a prime example of one of those dudes in my eyes. He is a character, he can actually rap, and he's made good music with a chick singing the hook. I've seen a whole Lotta artist pushed down the mainstreams throat with less going for them.
Also I feel Bronson is just tied to the new York sound. If/when that sound becomes more popular again (because shit can and does repeat itself) he will get more burn. Dude should be a NY media darling but NY media doesn't go out of its way to support local acts nor does it have as Much sway in NYC like it use to since most listeners just want to discuss gossip.
Shit this thread is a better hip hop media source than the NYC radio
Gotta admit I do fucks with the Count's taste in food. I eat chicken fingers damn near daily. I've also totally been the dude eating chicken at Red Lobster. While everyone else was going in on turkey during Thanksgiving I was eating fish.
I do really need to widen my palette though. Only thing I really need to stay away from is dairy.
I do really need to widen my palette though. Only thing I really need to stay away from is dairy.
Look at this fuckin guy
Life long picky eater. I don't fuck with condiments neither. I'm real boring when it comes to food. I like predictability.
I gotta agree with you on LR though. I'll definitely revisit it whenever I get around to finally listening to 808s and Graduation, but LR has to be my least favorite solo album out of what I've heard from Ye. It's very good but suffers from being so thematically similar to CD. Since CD did a lot of that stuff first I have to give it more credit.
^Right there w/ you with my overall view on LR.
Also, predictable is cool, but you never worry about like health issues?
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Y'all mad
Despite eating garbage I'm actually the healthiest I've ever been in my life right now. In the past year I was diagnosed + started receiving treatment for Crohn's. That plus making a commitment to visiting the gym 3 times a week have had me feeling good lately. I know this diet probably won't sustain me for too long though.
Eating better probably would be much better for me health-wise in the long run also I'd be way more comfortable at social settings where food is involved.
You gotta be joking. He's gonna say some shit about rape/hookers/transgenders/gays and lose all his endorsements if he gets big. Hes already assaulted people on stage before. I like Bronson but some people just aren't meant to be in the public eye.
Worked for Em. When your entire schtick is portraying clearly unrealistic fantasies with no substance behind it, people will look past it. Not like he's *not* going to get flak for it, but as a roadblock for making it in the mainstream? Nah. With Bronson especially you can look past it because it's all more ridiculous than the dumb shit people like Wayne say.
Assaulting people shit just builds character, just like chef background. It's what makes Action Bronson the character appealing in the first place.
EDIT: Even compared to Em, Bronson's raps are more fantastic.
A fat ginger is not gonna make it like that.
Oh word, nice. Gyming fixes a lot, get on dat bulk diet.
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You guys are looking too hard into the Bronson thing. He's simply not gonna be mainstream as long as he still wants to rap over super grimy Alchemist type beats. Before even getting into his look, content, or general appeal, anyone with that mindset is not looking for mainstream attention.
I don't care? It's still the truth.
Yup.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9602956/a-week-action-bronson
^Required reading, great piece on Action.
I think he's outright said he doesn't care and will quit rapping as soon as he loses a bit of the creative control he has now. He seems to me like the dude who wouldn't just be saying that either, and he's definitely had more than one label deal thrown his way too.
This is just theoretical talk.
Even if you don't fuck with Bronson you gotta admit dude is one cool ass dude...Him and Spitta.
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Bronson's look, charisma, and appeal could impress me if I was an A&R. However his inability to wirte a chorus to save his life, and the one note lane he puts himself in, would make me stay away.
Some guys audition for major labels. You can really tell Troy Ave is making his case right now. His album has dope production, some solid choruses and musical variety. Likewise a few years ago any A&R or label head could tell that Drake, Cole, Kendrick, etc were making a case for getting signed; all three had legit mixtape songs that sounded like they could get radio play.
Whereas when I listen to Bronson, Curren$y, Exquire, etc I hear dudes who have very little interest in constructing songs. They get a beat, rap over it, boom that's it. No chorus no nothing. I'm not knocking that, I love Bronson, Roc Marci, Curren$y and others who do this. The point is that they aren't marketable mainstream wise, and haven't demonstrated an ability to make a radio track. Bronson gets radio play on Hot97 but honestly that seems more of the station making a point ("we play NY rap if it fits a certain criteria"). Strictly 4 My Jeeps didn't sound like a radio song to me, the chorus is bad and the beat is a rip off.
Dudes need to realize that people go to shows to have fun. It's easier to have a dope live song if it has a simple chorus people can chant. Roc Marci has really put himself in a box IMO because his music simply wouldn't work live. Spitta, Bronson, etc all have live shows without choruses, I'm just saying they'd be liver with big records. Think CREAM.
Some guys audition for major labels. You can really tell Troy Ave is making his case right now. His album has dope production, some solid choruses and musical variety. Likewise a few years ago any A&R or label head could tell that Drake, Cole, Kendrick, etc were making a case for getting signed; all three had legit mixtape songs that sounded like they could get radio play.
Whereas when I listen to Bronson, Curren$y, Exquire, etc I hear dudes who have very little interest in constructing songs. They get a beat, rap over it, boom that's it. No chorus no nothing. I'm not knocking that, I love Bronson, Roc Marci, Curren$y and others who do this. The point is that they aren't marketable mainstream wise, and haven't demonstrated an ability to make a radio track. Bronson gets radio play on Hot97 but honestly that seems more of the station making a point ("we play NY rap if it fits a certain criteria"). Strictly 4 My Jeeps didn't sound like a radio song to me, the chorus is bad and the beat is a rip off.
Dudes need to realize that people go to shows to have fun. It's easier to have a dope live song if it has a simple chorus people can chant. Roc Marci has really put himself in a box IMO because his music simply wouldn't work live. Spitta, Bronson, etc all have live shows without choruses, I'm just saying they'd be liver with big records. Think CREAM.
You nailed the point re: live shows. I would never go to a Marci show; probably not a Spitta show tbh.
Danny Brown is perfect.
Saab was pretty great. Don't know if I like that or Chips 2 better.
This is what I assume. I figure his live does are on point actually.
He can't make it huge cause of his voice/look. He can make a party hit, but for a select crowd.
None of these dudes (Action, Q, Danny, Spitta) are struggling though. On the contrary, I think all of them are eating real well. They have this in between mainstream and underground appeal that is turning out successfully.
Its red,so I assume its cherry? But thanks, Ill try that tonight.
DISCLAIMER: I don't know shit about the music industry.
It's probably the usual "he's too ugly'weird" bullshit. My few friends who have heard of him always clown me for liking him so much. They don't view him as a "serious" rapper at all. I don't think getting his dick sucked on stage helped with is image (though it did provide plenty of free publicity). This could just be my circle of friends though.
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