Thanks to online word of mouth recognizing an immense talent accompanied by a similar frame, Queens native Action Bronson has sprinted to the underground’s forefront not even two years since his debut album Dr. Lecter. One of the scene’s more dedicated newcomers, this visibility stems from the merits of a strong work ethic, staunch determination to keep the tradition of sharp New York lyricism alive, and bizarre alliances such as freak shows Odd Future and Riff Raff.
Never leaving fans longing for more material, Rare Chandeliers is the latest in Bronson’s constant stream of releases, as he matches wits with 2012’s possibly most prolific producer Alchemist. Aiming to further the East Coast’s rather sudden resurgence heading towards winter, Action Bronson & Alchemist’s fusion on Rare Chandeliers results in heavy hitting hijinx easily overshadowing much of their present competition. The former professional chef-turned-rapper’s high pitched forceful delivery has steadily improved and his development into a kingpin of trash talk (examples including “Your boy as ill with the phonics as Gary Payton had the pill for the Sonics”) also stays equipped with humorous obscure references, giving a random shout out to actor Gerard Depardieu on the unorthodox three parter “Randy The Musical.” Likewise, “Dennis Haskins” taunts “Bring Mr. Belding out, that means you getting dismissed” (the Saved By The Bell actor being a real life comrade of Bronson’s). This and frequent mentions favoring prostitution only add to Bronson’s shockingly entertaining enigma.
Rare Chandeliers achieves its greatest success as Action Bronson and Alchemist seamlessly cater to young and past generations alike. “Modern Day Revelations” and the murky “Blood Of the Goat” have respective contributions from Roc Marciano and Sean Price (both fresh off recent full lengths). These collaborations and the ScHoolboy Q assisted “Demolition Man” establish Bronson’s versatility as a continual asset. While generally no stranger to misogyny, “Bitch I Deserve You” is his ode to the Rap game, a creative highlight as is the jazzy “Eggs On The Third Floor” that becomes a one man old school cipher. In sum, the unpredictable wild card factor found throughout this project is sure to propel Action Bronson’s riveting albeit still new career to the next level.
DX Consensus: “Free Album” (the highest possible praise for a mixtape)
dope ass mixtape
SO GOOD
Alchemist does it again,,, SICK PRODUCTION!!!
Bronson provides lyrical excellence!!!
Blue Chips better.
Bronsollini and ALC kill it.
man this dude sucks ! cant believe he is trying to mock ghost and ghost is letting him get away with it !
Shit bangs front to back
SHit was AMAZING….would be perfect if it was like 1 or 2 tracks longer but its great love it
This album is pure Action. The production is AMAZING and Action’s antics are nothing less than stellar on each of these rap songs. Dr. Lecter is still my favorite but ALL of Action’s raps are WAAAYYY above the VAST majority of MC’s out there. This guy is a HUGE (no pun intended…no double entendre intended either) breath of fresh air in hip-hop.
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This album is pure Action. The production is AMAZING and Action’s antics are nothing less than stellar on each of these rap songs. Dr. Lecter is still my favorite but ALL of Action’s raps are WAAAYYY above the VAST majority of MC’s out there. This guy is a HUGE (no pun intended…no double entendre intended either) breath of fresh air in hip-hop.
if you’ve made comments like that before with the screen name of yours they’ll block your comments. their trying to weed out the trolls and lame guys like that so icy and the dental dum boy.. i’m not saying you are i’m just sayin
EP-worthy to me, I hate when I can say the last tape was better so easily. And Blue Chips was really a whole lot better. This tape was okay a couple of tracks were really good, but not like album good.
ha ha. fools really don’t have the real criteria- giving this a 5/5-funny. Half the album is filler-more alc beats with weak drums and action is mediocre on this. 3/5. 3 or 4 really dope tracks, a couple pretty decent ones then the rest are filler. super repetitive album/mixtape for how short it is.
Doggy he’s the shit!
Bronsolini one of fa best lyricist hardcore soul
White boys are taking over rap. Before long hip-hop is going to end up like rock and roll – all white. White boys rule, our swag is too tough, women too fine and lyrics too sick.#whiteboymobb
i’m white and your a joke. hope your joking. if your not i hope you run into Lord jamar and Shabazz the Disciple in a dark alley way. Ha ha. seriously though the best mc’s are still all black except for a few white and latin dudes like Ill Bill, Vinnie Paz, Q-unique and Chino XL. Hip hop is a black art form and people of other races who want to participate in the culture need to recognize that and pay homage.
Yeah Poppa it’s not necessary to name drop underground rappers to act like you know what the fuck you’re talking about. Hip-hop isn’t afro-centric anymore, it’s cool if you pay homage but you don’t NEED to do shit.
@JRich thanks for the support. That’s the type of thinking that lead us to taking the U.S. from the Native Americans and the South West from Mexico. Damn, we can’t help ourselves. The real O.G.’s of the world. White boy swag for life!!!#whiteboymob
i said recognize that and pay homage- is that so hard to do?/ or do you think people should pretend white people invented hip hop?? GTFOH. great white hope said:”White boys are taking over rap. Before long hip-hop is going to end up like rock and roll – all white. White boys rule, our swag is too tough, women too fine and lyrics too sick.#whiteboymobb”-that shit sounds like white power to me and lame as hell. true heads know the deal, pay respects and acknowledge where hip hop came from. dosnt mean kiss ass or think racially like that dumb mother fukker “JRich” was sayin. and jrich- i dropped facts dont be jealous cause you don’t get it.
Album of the year. Not repetitive – coherent.
Good Listen
Great tape I will say that. aint no body talkin bout that duality by captain murphy tho
white boys cant rap. lmao. leave rap game to da big men like Lil Wayne and Drake. swag
Fuck you man, I’m from Europe and there are plenty of good white rappers here
Drake’s part white also
i love how they block all this geeks comments now. mwhahahha.. fuckin tard..
Thats hip hop,that is something special.
Great tape
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Odd future should have left by now…shock rap went out with everything else that went out…
The MAJORITY of odd future is not “shock rap”…Tyler’s bitchass put that stigma on them. Hes not even a bad rapper but Earl isn’t a “shock rapper” he is lyrical listen to CHum that just dropped
Bronson got me with this tape, I was not expecting it to be this damn good, I love the randomness of it. I think this is the only tape that is close to topping Covert coup which I think is a Classic! I love Alchemist beats, love how he switches shit up like in Randy the Musical!
Not gonna Lie, at first I thought he was just a Ghostface knock off because of his voice. But really he raps totally different from Ghost, he’s not as good as Ghost but what he does is really good kinda straight forward!
I think if he carried on, he’s got potential to be as good or even better than ghost..big statement i know! but this guy’s special!!
YEAH THIS IS A SOLID 4!
GREAT ALBUM!
this is better than good kid madd city
no it’s not.. it’s a good album but it’s not better than that
BRONSOLINO
First rock and roll, now hip-hop. White boys are taking over. Eminem was Elvis and he opened the storm gates and there is no stopping the white boy swag. Just give it a decade, your Black grandkids well only hear about how Hip-Hop started out “Black.” Don’t call me a racist, just stating the facts. Shit, ask white people yourself, they well tell you themselves hip-hop isn’t “black music” which is just a way to justify taking it over. WE IN HERE!!!#whiteboyswag
Eminem sucks now find me a black person that still listens, I’ll show you a wanye brady
dude i’m white and i think your fuckin gay
Eggs on The Third Floor
Omg this shit so dope, I love Boom Bap…………Action’s making ghost face seem lazy now a days,(never thought I’d say that)
Ghostface and Action Bronson have nothing to do with eachother besides being from N.Y. This fan made battle between the two is corny. Like saying Wiki is trying to be like Em.
Fantastic mixtape. NYC needs this guy!!
Amazing! Love this guy! Easily 5 stars!
This and Mic Tyson. . . On a bluetooth lol….. Check out the KA’s last joint.
first 3 posts below are all 1 person. we got stans on here using different names. this mixtape is a 3/5- erased all but 5 songs. these naive teenie boppers think everything is super dope, ha ha,
action bronson is mediocre. his multi’s are generic and weak half the time, content is played and formulaic. he’s all swag with basic skill. and that cover is gayy. trying to implant some crazy image in peoples heads with all that stupid shitt on the cover.
go listen to some chief keef then ya fuckin tard
fuckin throw up on the floor shit…
Hot joints on that mix tape word!
Why da fuck ain’t nobody pullin this niggaz card for biting Ghost’s whole shit.
ghost said himself that bronson cant help if he sounds like him… thats just dudes voice.. unnecessary beef is more cows to breed
STOP LISTENING TO HIP HOP THEY SPEAK ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AND FLOW DIFFERENTLY!! lol Plus action hardly sounds like ghost anymore his voice is getting raspier
“don’t ever say my fuckin’ music sound like Ghost’s shit”
His flow is similar to Ghostface. Subject matter too. They both be spittin bout nonsense a lot. With that being said Bronson is either hot or cold. When he’s at his best he’s super dope. Sometimes he can come wack though. Ovverall solid emcee.
six in da mornin’
When faced with moments of adversity think of dog doodoo… dream of Malone. Dream of redemption.
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Sincerely Yours
-Malone
I’ve been a terrible gym instructor to Action Bronson. I just hope that he can forgive me as a man..
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Sincerely Yours
-Malone
Cat doodoo
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Sincerely Yours
-Malone
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Those beats though!
5
Hiphop has a gang of haters…. Man y’all haters can eat a phat ball park frank.. This dude is shitting on .. A lot of rap cats.. Classic tape
If you’re an Action Bronson fan check this out on youtube. He made this track when he was on his tour in Europe (Denmark).
Crown Order feat. Action Bronson – From the Ground Up
Rare Chandeliers is a very great album. Alchemist does it again and Bronson is great. Great features to.
Slightly let down tbh..not feeling it as much as the blue chips, well done and dr lecter..
Action Bronson really is a fake ass Ghostface. SHit is annoying as hell, can’t stand this dude. Alchemist, you had like 3 beats that were decent on here, boy you are startin to fall the fuck off man! For real!
Action Bronson beeen holdin his own. Ghost even co signed him hes one of the first white rappers out of NY thats fresh. holla!
fake ghostface? your fake for saying that…..ghostface did a track with him and even ghostface says himself bronson doesnt do it on purpose, plus he said action got lines all day
If you don’t hear Ghost’s influence when you listen to Bronson, you’re not listening, or you never listened to Ghost. It’s not just the voice its the cadence and delivery too. I don’t have a problem with it, but don’t act like it’s not there.
This is a quality album that happens to be free. And ALC makes music that has replay value. It’s not that pop tart catchy bullshit. And credit bronson for doing him, and not dick riding the south like most nyc rappers these days.
TOP 10 ’12
3.5/5 for me. I heard this after 9th and Buckshot then I heard Fame and Term. That might have influeced the rating but..yep good not great.
Overrated but better than Brother Ali any day
This album is amazing. Rare Chandeliers has grown on me heaps, at first I thought it paled in comparison compared to Blue Chips but now I think it’s twice as good. Everyone download the extended edition which has 3 extra songs. 5 stars.
Every song is dope wtf else you want?
Excellent mixtape!
Bronson just keeps getting better and Alchemst’s beats are amazing. 5 stars.
Classic.
that fool better stop using my name… That being said the dude has good taste in music, this album is dope as fuck. Action’s flow is on point and his rhymes are clever, witty and offensive to women. The Alchemist is one of best producers of all time so you know the beats are going to be quality. All the guest features are on point; Meyhem Lauren, Ag Da Coroner & Styles P all murder there verses. This is Action Bronson’s best album/mixtape to date.
Nice relaese by bronsolini
classic