The Rundown: Action Bronson, Mr. Wonderful
A track-by-track look at Bam Bam's debut.
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The Rundown: Action Bronson, Mr. Wonderful - Action Bronson finally delivers his major label debut after wrecking the streets and the underground for the past few years, and with production from the likes of Mark Ronson, The Alchemist and Noah "40" Shebib. Check out the play-by-play of Bam Bam's lyrical tantrum as he proves why he's Mr. Wonderful. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Atlantic Records, Vice Records)
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'Brand New Car' - Action Bronson sets off his major label debut flowing like water over this Mark Ronson easy-riding groove, which takes a sample from OG New York crooner Billy Joel's classic "Zanzibar." With plans on helping N.Y. get back to its prominence, the Queens emcee declares, "Since Jeter's done I'm now the captain / Trust you me, Gotham's safer now."(Photo: Merrick Ales/FilmMagic)
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'The Rising' Featuring Big Body Bes - The big man from Queens tears into this Statik Selektah beat with a gang of ferocious metaphors and bars to keep your head rocking. With his sight set on victory, Bam annihilates the cut as he spits, "I'm from a dirty borough where that Sun don't come out / But when the moon come and the goons come, the crew runs / Like a big Jamaican, I stand adjacent / To that S600 in amazement..."(Photo: Action Bronson via Instagram)
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'Actin' Crazy' - Action Bronson goes into beast mode and demolishes this production from Drake's production crew Noah "40" Shebib and Omen. The Queens emcee unleashed the wrath with bars like, "Motherf**kas I'll dump heat from Jump Street / And turn your chest plate to lunch meat / I'm in a Humvee, looking like a young me / Now these motherf**kas all wanna be chubby."(Photo: Splash News)
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'Terry' - Queens breeds rhyme stars and Action puts on nicely for his borough on this psychedelic production from The Alchemist, boasting, "I'ma strike it rich any day now / Uh, you know I gotta get a plate now / Virtuoso on a keyboard, I rep the eastern seaboard, jeez Lord."(Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)
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'Falconry' Featuring Meyhem Lauren and Big Body Bes - The Alchemist brings the boom bap here as Bam Bam and his crew break out into a lyrical cypher. Bronson kicks off the battle with, "Somebody get the kid a deal he sound like me / But nah, dunny don't get down like me / The falcon flies back to the glove when I whistle / Don't try to put me in the box like a tissue."(Photo: Action Bronson via Instagram)
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'THUG LOVE STORY 2017 THE MUSICAL (Interlude)' - Everybody has a story to tell and Action lets a local storyteller get his shine on as he sings a few bars chasing an unreachable high, which could be drugs or an alluring woman that stays just out of arm's reach.(Photo: William Perlman/The Star-Ledger/Corbis)
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'City Boy Blues' Featuring Chauncey Sherod - Action Bronson switches up completely here and gets on his rockabilly vibe with a little help from 88Keys and Chauncey Sherod. Putting a gold digger on blast, he shares his blues with, "She won't think twice, to hurt me /...She only wants money from me, love from somebody else." (Photo: Action Bronson via Instagram)
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'A Light in the Addict' Featuring Party Supplies and Black Atlass - Bam Bam spaces out with Black Atlass and Party Supplies on this waiting to come down medley. Letting his dabs take effect, Action goes deep in thought as he declares, "Staring out the window with the mind of a schizo / Thinking if I jump, will I feel it when I hit the ground?/ F**k that, I want the crown off anybody head / I wouldn't care if everybody's dead."(Photo: Action Bronson via Instagram)
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'Baby Blue' Featuring Chance the Rapper - Chance the Rapper falls through and the two emcees show their comedic side on this Mark Ronson piano-driven backdrop, where they shout out a few ex-girlfriends who caught the vapors after they started blowing up. Action holds no punches as he spits, "All your childish attempts to make me angry fall short."(Photos from Left: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella, Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)
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