Although Action Bronson’s newly-released Mr. Wonderful album features over half a dozen collaborations, the Queens, New York rapper was asked why he doesn’t collaborate with many artists, during an interview with XXL magazine.
According to Bronson, he’s not opposed to working with other artists, but feels that some artists feel the need to collaborate with one another simply because they’re both rappers.
“Don’t get it wrong. I’m not opposed to working with people, but do I wanna go out of my way to chase somebody to work? I’m open to working with people like that,” Action Bronson said. “If I want to work, I’ll work with them. We’re not just gonna fucking work because we’re rappers now. What the fuck is that? When you meet me, you don’t have to say, ‘Let’s work.’ Could we just talk about something else? Naturally when rappers meet, ‘Yo, we gotta get in the studio.’ No. Why? Sometimes you just don’t have to get in the studio, smoke a blunt, chill. See how things go here. I don’t wanna go out of my way ’cause there’s times you go out of your way and you’re let down.”
Bronson later spoke on the increase in rappers mimicking each other’s flows. While speaking on artists copying Bobby Shmurda’s flow following the popularity of his “Hot Nigga” record, the rapper shared his belief that rap is “becoming like reggae.”
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“Look at what [Bobby] Shmurda did, that was a Lloyd Banks song, right? I don’t understand that with rap,” he said. “It’s becoming like reggae. With reggae everyone uses the same rhythm, but they always change it up. Two different artists are never gonna sound like they’re using the same flow on that rhythm.”
Lastly, Action Bronson was questioned about “the real New York” and the changes he’s seen in his city overtime.
“The thing is, Queens isn’t changing much,” the rapper said. “Queens is still classic. Classic feel. Brooklyn has changed a lot. Manhattan is changing every single day. Brooklyn is changing every single day in front of our eyes. Things just used to be a bit looser. We also grew older and things we used to do aren’t as fun. We used to just walk around with radio, from uptown to downtown, chill, smoke everywhere. The objective was to steal things and smoke.”
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