On the first Blue Chips, those touches came from a surprising emotional depth which I’ve written about extensively here and here-and which may have thrown listeners off if they looked for something similar on the sequel. In fact, it’s only a couple of extraordinary touches in a run of typical Bronson songs that sets these two above the rest. But it’s not as if there’s actually some big secret that distinguishes the Blue Chips. It’s what Bronson chooses to do with the moments that Supplies supplies him that makes up the difference between a top-notch release from Bronsolino and something that’s merely fun to throw on.
Even Supplies’ smaller decisions-like the one to break up the album with selected commercials, including a mind-blowing spot from Phil Mickelson endorsing the way-more-dangerous-than-it’s-worth joint pain drug Enbrel-pay off enormously. The songs that are attracting the most attention on Blue Chips 2: “Through the Eyes of a G,” Contemporary Man,” “Twin Peugots,” “9.24.13,” and “Amadu Diablo,” just to name a few, wouldn’t have half the appeal if they were being rapped over the more standard boom-bap that Bronson otherwise favors. Of course, much of the credit can be placed at the feet of Party Supplies whose penchant for thumbing through low-budget samples with expensive taste could not be better suited to Bronson’s Cam’ron-2.0 flights of fancy. Now it’s just a question of figuring out why. But for many, if not most of us, the two BC’s reign supreme. Saab Stories was underrated, and some feel that Rare Chandeliers was on par with the original Blue Chips. Jonah Bromwich steers the whip with one arm like Herman of Herman’s Military Antiques.Īction Bronson is so consistent that it can be tough to figure out what makes his two best projects to date, Blue Chips and now Blue Chips 2, qualitatively better than other recent work.
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