The Breakfast Club - Action Bronson Interview

Episode Date: March 27, 2015

Action Bronson discusses dropping 40 lbs, his decision to start singing, his new album and his hope for a collaboration with Pitbull. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetw...ork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:03:28 Join the Breakfast Club. Black stuff in your ear. Weekday mornings, 6 to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Shalameen Nogai. We are the Breakfast Club. Special guest in the building. His album is out right now. That's right, Mr. Wonderful.
Starting point is 00:03:41 Action Bronson. We're here. Thank you, guys. You got the alchemist with him. That's right. Producer extraordinaire. What's up, sir? What's up, what's up? Can I just Wonderful. Action Bronson. We're here. Thank you, guys. You got the alchemist with him. That's right. Producer extraordinaire. What's up, sir? What's up?
Starting point is 00:03:47 What's up? Can I just say, Action Bronson, you look like you slimmed down a lot. I did. I lost 40 pounds. How'd you do that so quick? It wasn't that quick. I was on the way when we met last time, but I've just been eating right and getting it together.
Starting point is 00:04:02 What's eating right for you? What's eating right because you're a chef? Eating right because I usually, I usually, you know, I eat at terrible times. So in the morning I start off with a banana shake with peanut butter and some raw cocoa. I do that twice a day.
Starting point is 00:04:16 Do you? But then I hit the ginger shot, wheatgrass, about two gallons of water a day, just walking around, just going in. Now, I saw you at the food truck at South by Southwest. That food you was giving out didn't look healthy, though.
Starting point is 00:04:32 It was not healthy whatsoever. That was the one time, you know. I let it go a little bit down there, I'm not going to lie. I ate a lot of beef, a lot of beef ribs. It's the brisket in Austin, man. Oh, man, the brisket was out of control, the beef ribs was out of control. But the food that I was serving, the people
Starting point is 00:04:47 loved it. It was like, it's something that everyone could eat down there. It's fried potatoes with gravy, cheese, and brisket. Everyone loved it. Did you cook the food yourself? I gave them the recipe, and then the girls that were... You directed. Yes, I directed. I produced it. You produced it.
Starting point is 00:05:03 I produced the situation. But the girls that were working on the truck, they I directed. I produced it. You produced it. I produced the situation. Yeah, but the girls that were working on the truck, they killed it for me. They really, they knocked out about 2,000 plates and I just gave them all away.
Starting point is 00:05:12 It was great. Now, who comes up with those marketing plans? Because as a chef, do you feel like, okay, that's stereotypical. You're just going to make me serve out a food truck?
Starting point is 00:05:19 No, I wanted to do that because I feel like, you know, connected with the fans, especially through food. It's what I'm known for. Yeah, I think it makes sense. It makes sense.
Starting point is 00:05:26 And down there, it's a food truck heaven in Austin. It's like it's the biggest boom of food trucks in America. The best marketing plans, I think, are the ones that make sense for who you are. Exactly. And, you know, a lot of the ideas I come up with myself, but I can't execute it all the way. So we have the good people that are helping execute it. And that's just the way it goes. All right. Now, I was listening to Mr. Wonderful. I didn't see it all the way, so we have the good people that are helping execute it, and that's just the way it goes. All right.
Starting point is 00:05:46 Now, I was listening to Mr. Wonderful. I didn't see the production credits yet, so I'm assuming Alchemist did a lot of joints on it. He did three joints on it, yeah. Okay. Yeah, man. This is awkward. What'd you think?
Starting point is 00:05:54 Alchemist is here because I had some questions. I thought it was dope. I thought it was dope. You played it all morning. Yeah, it confused me a little bit, though, because some of the records wasn't no rap on them. Yeah, I know. I was just trying to do more of just like different pieces of music,
Starting point is 00:06:10 not just only rap, because I gave out ten projects of straight, ridiculous rapping. You know what I mean? Just nonstop. So now this time I just wanted to take the time and just really like do the music I wanted to do. Did Alchemist tell you you should experiment a little? He was iffy about those joints at first, honestly, but then he came back around, and, you know, he was like, yeah, you know. I just felt like he'd done so much already, but it at first, honestly, but then he came back around and he was like, yeah, you know.
Starting point is 00:06:30 I just felt like he'd done so much already, but it was like, okay, now it's the major album on the label. You got to take it one step. Don't be afraid, because I felt like he built. He sometimes gets put in a category that's like, keep it real rapping. Backpacks. But he's not that. He listens to salsa music. He listens to crazy.
Starting point is 00:06:51 He doesn't sit around and listen to us. That's right. backpacks but he's not that he's not like he needed to show that too right he said that on the record Terry he said you do a remix with Pitbull and I'm gonna tell you who the remix is gonna be for that song me Pitbull and MF Doom. You got it done already. I have the Doom verse. All we need is Pitbull. All we need is Pitbull. Cool. City Boy Blue, that sounded like a jam session. Yeah. It was just kind of like a light hook on there. That was just the better music, man.
Starting point is 00:07:17 That song right there was specifically, well, City Boy Blues, A Light in the Attic, and Baby Blue. It's supposed to be like a little mini musical in the Attic, and Baby Blue. It's supposed to be like a little mini musical in between the album, you know? So that starts it off. It's all about kind of like, you know, relationship things, the woes that I've gone through. And I just caught a bug. 88 Keys produced that one right there with Party Supplies,
Starting point is 00:07:44 and he just played it for me, and I just couldn't rap to it. I couldn't catch a rhythm to rap or make it sound good at least. So I was like, you know, I'm writing a song. I was listening to a lot of Billy Joel that day and I was like, yo, I'm going in. You listen to everything. I actually really like Billy Joel. I really like Billy Joel's hits. Billy Joel's incredible. Billy Joel's
Starting point is 00:07:59 salsa. Explain the Light in the Attic record because it's attic like drug attic. Yeah, exactly. It was a play on the Shel Silverstein book the Light in the Attic record, because it's attic like, drug attic. Yeah, exactly. It was a play on the Shel Silverstein book, A Light in the Attic. Yeah. A Light in the Addict is, you know, it's just, it's kind of heroine-y. It's kind of, you know, it's like dope-y.
Starting point is 00:08:17 It's like dope music. It's just party supplies and the dude who wrote it, Sean, they were sniffing dope at the time and taking a lot of hallucinogens as well. And that's just... You say on the album you did acid for 10 days straight. In the mountains. In the mountains. Is that true or is that just rap?
Starting point is 00:08:35 That one's rap, but you know... It was three days. You know what I mean? That music made me feel like I was taking acid for 10 days straight. That's what I meant. Imagine. It's just like that Turkish Funkadelic, man. It's just some next level music.
Starting point is 00:08:50 The music from all over the world is... There's so much out there that you have not heard. You just need to... Like Al, he goes all over these places and just gathers records, gathers records. We come back and we listen to him and it's just like... We can make beats from them or I can just put them in my iTunes and just listen all day long gathers records. We come back and we listen to them and it's just like, we can make beats from them or I can just put them in my iTunes and just listen all day long and bump them in the car. Now the name Mr. Wonderful, explain that.
Starting point is 00:09:11 You know, Mr. Wonderful is just something my mother used to call me. It's kind of tongue in cheek, you know. She used to, if you're like, kind of like a, you know, a mess up or you do terrible things or you act up all the time, huh, Mr. Wonderful over here, you know. It's ironic. It's ironic. It's like an OG wrestling name. Exactly. Well, it's Paul Orndorff's name as Huh. Mr. Wonderful over here, you know? It's ironic. It's ironic. Like an OG wrestler name. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:09:27 Well, it's Paul Orndorff's name as well. Paul Orndorff, yeah. But, you know, he was also like a real jerk. So that's why it kind of played funny, you know? I'm not really a jerk, but sometimes I could be mean. You play one sometimes. I play one on TV. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:41 Now, let me ask you this. I was just talking about, you know, just you trying to experiment with different things. Did it make you nervous that your fans would be like, what the hell is he doing? Of course you don't want to, I mean, if they're real fans, they're going to understand the growth and everything that needs to, you know, me, me musically, I've, I came into the, into the music thing late, you know? So right now I'm really just getting my, I'm getting my feet under me um it's only been five or six years since i've been rapping so i'm just really getting into music as a whole and understanding it more and being able to use different vocals and stuff like that
Starting point is 00:10:20 because i was definitely scared or self-conscious about singing, but then I was like, you know what? All these other dudes can't sing for me. They stink. And I definitely could throw some effects that make me sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan or something. So that's you singing on Baby Boop? That's me.
Starting point is 00:10:38 I couldn't figure it out. Good. It's like Jim Morrison or something. It's like some 70s, some vibe. Now, what chick had you in your feelings on that record? Yeah, definitely. Was that a true story? It was a true story.
Starting point is 00:10:49 Oh, that's a true story. All that. Heartbreak. Like you bought her a crib? Oh, yeah. Come on. How much was the house? It's not that much.
Starting point is 00:10:58 Okay. $1,900 a month. Was that a baby mom or was that just some girl? Well, yeah, it has a lot to do with that, but it's like a lot of relationships that go wrong in general you know it's usually that's how it goes that's actually the first time I ever heard chance to rap a rap he rapped and I told him I told that last time I met
Starting point is 00:11:14 him like I never heard a verse from you and he stood in by the song but I like chance though he's a good kid but I heard him spit was on you yeah we did that I've seen at South by Southwest together, too, performing. Yeah, we did that. I seen Charlamagne over there. He was hosting the— The Woodies. The Woodies. Did a good job over there with Nessa. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:31 And— Now, I have some questions for you. If you had to pick between two different things. All right, go ahead. Some of these might be hard because Alchemist is right here. Okay. All right, Alchemist or Mark Ronson? I mean, you don't have to go without.
Starting point is 00:11:46 Okay. Okay. here okay all right alchemist or mark ronson i mean you don't have to go without okay that's that queen's bias too because you grew up on mob deep that's that's just what it is okay um hubby or bae who good answer you gotta pick one who hubby or bae for what are we referring to? What does that help you? Don't worry about it. Just your first instinct. Nah. Nah. I guess Bay. All right. Coachella or South by Southwest?
Starting point is 00:12:15 Am I wrong here? I'm sorry. You were doing what? That was how we got here. To what? Coachella or South by Southwest? South by. Coachella is amazing as well.
Starting point is 00:12:27 I'm doing Coachella this year, by the way. It's amazing as well. But South by, you get this concentration of everybody down there. That feels a good feeling down there. Moving from place to place. Everyone's running to go see this person. Oh, I got to leave on the last song. I got to go run here and catch this person.
Starting point is 00:12:44 It's just a cool feeling. It's like a conference. I don't know. And the food. The food is incredible. You got to keep it in Austin. You got to keep it there. It's just a good time.
Starting point is 00:12:55 It was snowing up here and it was cold, so we were down there. Sweating. It was like 80 degrees. All right, shrooms or mollies? Shrooms. I've never done a molly in my life. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:13:04 All right, J. Cole or Kendrick? Kendrick. I like your honesty. People might hesitate. The only one you hesitated on was hubby or bae. Well, yeah, I don't know. I said hubby. You said shrooms.
Starting point is 00:13:17 You rap a lot about drugs on the album. I didn't know if you were really into drugs. Was it just rap? I don't know. No, later on in my life, I started, I've used shrooms. You know, like, I actually, the first, one of the first times I took shrooms was in Africa. And we went to South Africa and I took these, this dude had these,
Starting point is 00:13:35 these concentrated psilocybin drops, which is just pure extract. So I took one. We all wilded out Went to Nobu I don't know For eight hours Just the precursors of it No bugging out Just laughing uncontrollably
Starting point is 00:13:50 You were in Nobu for eight hours? Yeah So at least five They didn't kick y'all out? No In South Africa In Nobu Wow
Starting point is 00:13:58 It was crazy Wow The faces in there It was just That's all I remember Is these crazy faces man now with most New York rappers if you look like you say mob deep they're known as a New York rapper but you're not you're just action bronzes does that bother you
Starting point is 00:14:12 at all that people don't associate you necessarily from New York um I mean nah I just think they're uneducated you know honestly um you probably got more stamps on your passport than most I mean rappers. I mean, I had to get a new passport. I had to add 30 extra pages also. Straight up. You know, I'm a Queens native.
Starting point is 00:14:35 There's no other place I'm from. There's no other place that explains me. It's just straight Queens. If you don't understand, where could I be from? If you hear me talk, you know I'm not from Indiana. You know what I mean, it's just straight queens. If you don't understand, where could I be from? If you hear me talk, you know I'm not from Indiana. You know what I mean? I might look it, but I'm not, you know? Who are some other artists that hit you up, like on the regular,
Starting point is 00:14:53 on your phone asking you to, you know, just consider your friends? Vince Staples hits me up constantly. We always talk to each other. I saw you hanging out with Ray Kwan the other day. Yeah, Ray. I mean, Ray's the man. He's always showed love since the beginning.
Starting point is 00:15:10 Yeah, I talk to Ray a lot. I talk to Prodigy. That's really it. You know, like a lot of younger dudes that are not really like that poppin'. I just, I keep in contact
Starting point is 00:15:19 with a select few. Not too many. I don't like to be fake with people. You know what I mean? I dig it, but what do we have to talk about other than, you know, rap music or something like that, you know? Right.
Starting point is 00:15:30 Now, Alchemist, you was one of the architects of that 90s sound. What makes you gravitate towards Bronson? I mean, you know, first when we met, it was like first just music. You know, I dug his stuff, and then we kind of clicked. Because, you know, when you make music, you end up, in my travels, it's like you make the best music with the people you're cool with so we just kind of clicked like i liked i don't remember what it was we first met i think let me like i've asked him to hook me up with some weed and he just gave me an ounce and was like take that i think it was
Starting point is 00:15:57 that it was something like that i love how people become friends over weed i mean you know because he's a legend he's like one of the people that grew up, you know, not to say he's an old man, but you know, he's not young. No, but you know,
Starting point is 00:16:10 that was first, you know, it was the music then we linked and I was like, this kid is, you know what I mean, this is somebody
Starting point is 00:16:14 I could be, you know, friends with and we kind of linked like that and through time, him coming out to LA, we working,
Starting point is 00:16:20 we just built a relationship where it was like, that's how we broke the ice to make more than just a joint here or there and I know his I know what he's about now And I know how to fit the right beats so when we get up. It's like guarantee. We're gonna make something anytime Well, I take rap literally messes the few things off the album. I need to know can you really speak six languages and three voices? I could speak two languages and two and a half voices
Starting point is 00:16:43 Just speak English and Spanish, and I understand a little bit of Albanian, but I don't speak it fluently, which I'm embarrassed about. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest. Have you ever really been in first class with a hard on? 100%.
Starting point is 00:16:55 Okay. One million percent. Like, coming back from Texas, I had a hard on, and I was sitting in first class. Was that just random, or were you thinking of stage music? A lot of times when you fly,
Starting point is 00:17:04 I don't know if it's something about... I don't know what it is, but I should have a penis. You had a hard on coming back from Austin? Yeah. Were you sitting next to Alcone? I was sitting in first class. Was that just random or were you thinking of daydreaming? A lot of times when you fly, I don't know, something about it. You had a hard-on coming back from Austin? Yeah. Were you sitting next to Alcremes? I was sitting next to you. Wow. Weird. There's a separation there, fam.
Starting point is 00:17:14 You don't need to know that. Good to know. So were you daydreaming or is it just a random? It's the pressure or something that, you know. Early morning flights. Early morning woodies on first class. Exactly. You just, you know, damn, I'm up here.
Starting point is 00:17:26 I got all this room. Might as well get comfortable. What if you guys both had hard irons at the same time? That's crazy. We wouldn't know. We wouldn't be conversing around that. We wouldn't know about that. That's not something you turn your homework and be like,
Starting point is 00:17:35 you're not got a hard iron. Me too, same way. And you also said overseas you probably got mad kids you don't even know about. That could be a possibility. You got to start wearing condoms overseas. Or at least pull out. Listen, I...
Starting point is 00:17:49 Prematurely ejaculate. Never. Rappers think when they're overseas it doesn't count. Yeah, right. That's a hair. Overseas. They wear different outfits. Straight up.
Starting point is 00:18:00 I know dudes that only wear certain tight shirts in New York. They will not wear that in New York. You paid homage to Lost Boys, too. You said you'd resurrect Freaky Ty to do your ad-libs. I have to, man. That's why I grew up on that LB fam, you know? He's just one of the best, you know? He's kind of like Migos are now.
Starting point is 00:18:19 He started that crazy ad-lib stuff in the back, you know? I thought about that. Do you feel like this is your debut album, though? It is my debut album because I put a lot more work into this than I did a lot of other projects. Gotcha. Like the Blue Chip stuff, that was really like just having fun and going in. It's not really like taking time to listen to the EQ of the drum
Starting point is 00:18:42 or the EQ of the bass. On this project, I really, really dug in and was in the studio for 95% of everything being done. Do numbers matter to you? Yes and no. Explain. Yes, because you want to show that you're on that level of artist where people are dying to just buy your music.
Starting point is 00:19:05 I've given a lot of stuff out for free, and I've made a lot of money on the road. So in that sense, I don't care. But now I'm not dealing with an independent situation. I'm dealing with people that are looking at me like, oh, they're only going to do better for you when you're showing that you're moving for them. Right. you when you're showing that you're moving for them. So me making numbers happen is going to be a lot more helpful for myself and my situation with the label and they're going to want to push me more and do more things possibly, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:19:38 Did you think about things like what is my first single going to be? Is this a radio friendly song? Things that you'd never thought about before? R rappers rappers think that every new song is their single you know the newest song that they just made is their single i thought of mad songs on my single i don't know what a single is but baby blue the new one is definitely my best shot right i like that and acting crazy i hear that on the radio it's on the radio a lot, but I don't know. I can't call it. Baby Blue is more of a musical piece.
Starting point is 00:20:12 The other one is more of a street single. But that's good because then that keeps you, you know. It keeps me on both sides. They probably said they're going to throw this out first, your core fan base, and then we're going to put out the one that's a little different for you. Listen. It's like I work at a little different for you. Listen. It's like I work at a label.
Starting point is 00:20:26 Yeah. I don't know how these people think, honestly. I just don't get it sometimes. What is it like for you in a meeting when you have to sit down and go over? I can't even see you in a label meeting. What is that like? It's so crazy. It's ridiculous.
Starting point is 00:20:39 The breakdowns, I'm just sitting there like this. Because, you know, I don't really like I don't like doing those types of things but you have to you have to be on top of your business and know exactly you got to know who your marketing person is you got to know who's doing this you got to know who's doing that you got to know who's doing this you got to have everybody under control and you got to show face and be like listen you know you guys are ready to work this and just talk to people and build relationships with people and i feel like i've done that i feel like i know a lot of the people that are working on this project down from the lowest to the highest and that's pretty much the way it is you do have a tv show oh i have a tv show for sure we have the web series called F*** That's Delicious right now out on
Starting point is 00:21:25 Vice Munchies, and it will be coming to a cable network near you in the fall. Is it HBO? Can't disclose which network it is. I just read that, so I don't know. It's a major move. It better be MTV because they love you in that building.
Starting point is 00:21:41 Help me out, man. Let's go. I'm not exclusive. This is a non-exclusive thing. How hard is it to not rap on records? Because, like, I hit the road with a new idea. I'm like, that's a tough track, but you don't rap. Like, how hard is it to say, you know what? I'm just going to let that one ride out.
Starting point is 00:21:55 You got to, I mean, I just, I was like, you know, I got to think out of the box on this and just let it go. I just let it go, man. Honestly, I did less thinking and more from the gut, just feeling, just, you know what? Boom. Let's do this. This feels good right here. This feels like a movie. I'm more trying to paint the scene and create a whole spectrum of sound other than hit people with just single songs. So with this album, I'd love it to be listened through the whole way, you know, so you could hear the transitions and the interludes and for it to make sense. Now, having lost 40 pounds
Starting point is 00:22:30 recently, has that changed your sex life? No, my sex life was incredible before. Just new moves, new moves. I read that you like to get the back of your knee licked. I was just talking crazy. I was just talking crazy. You looked really high in there. I was out of control. I didn't know what I was saying, honestly. I looked at that, and I was pissed. That interview was not sanctioned.
Starting point is 00:22:53 I was a non-shat. That was a non-sanctioned interview. But it was explanatory because you had that huge joint. It was an authorized joint. It was like that. Yeah. It was like the seagull, the whole seagull. Do you feel like this album tells your story?
Starting point is 00:23:05 I think it does. I feel like this album tells you exactly who I am and what my influences are and where I am musically in my life and where I am in my life, period. I feel great. My mind is clear and I'm ready to tackle everything that's put in my path. And not only that, I'm at my most creative at this point, I feel. Just, you know, from everything that's going on. Just ideas just pop up all the time, and it's not like anybody else's. Who would you love to work with that you haven't worked with yet? Carlos Santana. Carlos Santana.
Starting point is 00:23:40 Straight up, man. Straight up. I love him. We were in South Africa, and I saw him at breakfast. I couldn't even say a word to him. I was like... You didn't even speak? I couldn't.
Starting point is 00:23:50 I couldn't, because he's my idol. I fanned out. He's one of the first albums I've ever heard in my life, in my father's car back in the day, driving the Bear Mountain. The Bear Mountain. Straight up. We used to take those trips, too, bro. Bear Mountain, man.
Starting point is 00:24:03 Carlos Santana is one person for sure. We appreciate you joining us this morning. Thank you guys for having me again, man, for sure. Alvin Storrs right now. Make sure you pick it up. Alvin's dope, too. Thank you, man. He's wonderful.
Starting point is 00:24:14 Yeah. It's the Breakfast Club. Action Bronson. Yes. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.
Starting point is 00:24:26 It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakatistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,
Starting point is 00:25:13 their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 00:25:56 Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus
Starting point is 00:26:32 nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa It was called a moment Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records.
Starting point is 00:26:51 Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974. George Foreman was champion of the world. Ali was smart and he was handsome. Story behind the Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie.
Starting point is 00:27:16 But that is only half the story. There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba. All the biggest black artists on the planet. Together in Africa. It was a big deal. Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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