The song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of over 500,000 copies. It also charted at numbers 21 and 30 on the Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts respectively. "Baby Blue" was Bronson's first solo appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 91 for one week. The song received positive reviews from critics, who generally praised Chance's verse. A breakup song, "Baby Blue" ends a three-part suite started by "City Boy Blues" and "A Light in the Addict" that is preluded by the album's interlude, "Thug Love Story 2017 The Musical". It was co-written by both artists, along with Zane Lowe, who did a punch-up to the chorus, and Mark Ronson, who also produced the song. It was released on Maby Atlantic and Vice as the fourth and final single from his second album Mr. Bronson's next album, Only for Dolphins, arrived in 2020 with the rapper's typically brash rhymes outfitted with wide-ranging productions referencing Latin soul, reggae, and even mid-'80s Russian fusion."Baby Blue" is a song by American rapper Action Bronson with a guest appearance from fellow rapper Chance the Rapper.
Teamed again with frequent collaborator the Alchemist, he returned near the end of 2019 with the Lamb Over Rice EP, and at the start of 2020 added key inspiration Kool G Rap to the list of artists who have received one of his guest verses (heard on "A Queen's Thing"). The following year, Bronson self-released his fourth album, White Bronco, which featured the Daringer-produced title track and a handful of Knxwledge collaborations highlighted by "Prince Charming."Īlthough Bronson continued to diversify through the end of the 2010s and into the 2020s - he appeared in the films The Irishman and The King of Staten Island, for instance - it didn't slow his musical output. He also starred in a cooking show of the same name. Another album for Atlantic, Blue Chips 7000, and a book, Fuck, That's Delicious: An Annotated Guide to Eating Well, arrived in 2017. Headband," and the Suicide Squad: The Album inclusion "Standing in the Rain" also reached the public during 2016. The Traveling the Stars theme "Descendant of the Stars," "Durag vs.
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In 2016, Bronson took his food-and-travel web series, Fuck, That's Delicious, to cable television, and only a few months later launched a second series for the Viceland channel, Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch Ancient Aliens. The success of pre-release single "Baby Blue," featuring Chance the Rapper, helped take the full-length to number two on the rap chart and number seven on the Billboard 200. Bronson continued to stockpile guest verses on the way to third album Mr. Another collaborative tape with Party Supplies was out by the end of that year. Given an extra boost by appearances from Prodigy and Raekwon, two of Bronson's key '90s hardcore inspirations, the EP peaked at number six on Billboard's rap chart. Lecter and Well-Done, the latter co-billed to producer Statik Selektah.Īfter Bronson issued mixtapes recorded with Party Supplies and the Alchemist, the rapper made his major-label debut on Atlantic (via Vice) in 2013 with Saaab Stories, a Harry Fraud-produced EP. His career truly achieved flight in 2011, a year in which he released his debut mixtape, as well as his first two proper albums, Dr. Bronson's first major showcase arrived in the form of a 2007 mixtape as a member the Outdoorsmen, which was trailed by several guest verses and a solo single. Serious effort wasn't put into rapping - which he had started on a lark - until a broken leg precluded kitchen work. After studying at the Art Institute of New York City's culinary program, he filled multiple roles in the restaurant industry. Wonderful (2015), his major-label debut, featuring the gold-certified Chance the Rapper collaboration "Baby Blue." He has since expanded his reach as a television personality, author, and actor, and has juggled this work with continued artistic growth displayed on full-lengths such as Blue Chips 7000 (2017), the self-released White Bronco (2018), and Only for Dolphins (2020), his first album for Loma Vista.Ī New York City native from Queens' Flushing neighborhood, Bronson, born Ariyan Arslani, developed his first area of expertise in his family's restaurant.
The rapper emerged from the underground in the early 2010s and crashed the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 with Mr.
Known for detailed wordplay imbued with filth and humor, Action Bronson draws influence from the likes of fellow Queens native Kool G Rap and Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah, and calls upon his past life as a chef to spit major culinary knowledge.
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