Substance, by Bronx Slang

Substance

by Bronx Slang

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10/10 ❤️ Favorite track: Happens A Lot.

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1.	Living With A Mask On 03:46	buy track
2.	Mic Check 03:39	buy track
3.	You Already Know 03:08	buy track
4.	Happens A Lot 02:55	buy track
5.	Another Night In New York 03:41	buy track
6.	Excuse Me Again 03:38	buy track
7.	Not For Games 03:10	buy track
8.	Copy That 03:31	buy track
9.	Clock's Ticking 03:30	buy track
10.	Murder Man 03:36	buy track
11.	This Ain't No Love Song 03:22	buy track
12.	Your Mind's Incarcerated 02:55	buy track
13.	Just Say No 03:19	buy track
14.	Jane 03:20	buy track

about

“It’s a fine line between taking losses and always winning” – mind and matter from Bronx Slang, produced by Fake Blood and Jadell

It should come as no surprise that Bronx Slang bring an album brimming with ‘Substance’. Hip-hop having relinquished its hold on this all important property – and the same can be said for the world in general – Jerry Beeks and Miggs uphold a commitment to treating the bigger picture with nothing less than 20/20, during a time when an ailing planet seeks a hard reset.

‘Substance’ once again channels that good old fashioned Big Apple sound of the rap idealist and authenticator: the blasts of ‘You Already Know’, ‘Another Night in New York’ and ‘Copy That’ come through like a rhino stampede. Produced top to bottom by prolific UK pair Jadell and Fake Blood, ‘Substance’ expands to funk and soul positions spending time in the crates (‘This Ain’t No Love Song’), synth angles maximising Bronx Slang’s authoritarianism (‘Mic Check’), and pitching the pair to the edge of panic (‘Clock’s Ticking’).

Beeks and Miggs read the world its rights, and last rites, without allowing themselves a moment’s relaxation: ‘Living With A Mask On’ goes against simple COVID-related rhetoric, and ‘Excuse Me Again’ shows that the ‘Excuse Me Officer’ narrative from the first Bronx Slang album needs repeating. No political agenda will be hushed up; now’s not the time for diluting anything either.

Their inner city testimonies and fine tuning of front page news define the realistic rather than keeping it real: they remain observant, unfazed masters of keeping their heads, resistant to propaganda and managing the weight of modern life.

Eagerly anticipated, Bronx Slang’s sophomore album, preceded by 2020’s controlled explosion ‘The Bronx Kill Mixtape’, has pocketed support from BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM andDJ Tony Touch, via Eminem’s Shade 45 station on SiriusXM.

Bronx Slang’s self-titled debut from 2019, described as ‘scintillating’ by DJ Mag and also acclaimed by The Wire, featured singles earmarked as Tune of the Month in Mixmag, supported by BBC 6 Music’s Huw Stephens, Huey Morgan, Nemone, and Tom Ravenscroft, and with the backing of the legendary DJ Premier.

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released August 6, 2021

Produced by Fake Blood and Jadell.

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Bronx Slang Bronx, New York

As Bronx Slang, Jerry Beeks and Ollie Miggs yield not to evil as the calls for golden age purism grow louder.

They offer a solid gold guarantee of being able to “pickpocket your playlist, shoplift your pop hits / and show you how gritty hip-hop can get”.

“If hip-hop is dead, then it’s a brand new start” – welcome to a resurgence straight out the Boogie Down Bronx. ... more

discography

Substance

Aug 2021
Jane

Jul 2021
Happens A Lot

May 2021
Just Say No

Mar 2021
Copy That

Nov 2020
The Bronx Kill (mixtape)

Oct 2020
More Grief

Oct 2019
Bronx Slang

Mar 2019
Ladies and Gentlemen

Feb 2019
Run Away Sucker

Feb 2019
Well, Well, Well

Oct 2018

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