You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
This episode contains explicit language.
Action Bronson is a rapper from Queens who's been making records since 2011.
He also stars as the host of two TV shows about food on Vice's channel, Viceland.
His third album, Blue Chip 7000, came out in 2017, and it features this song, The Chairman's Intent.
It was produced by his longtime collaborator, producer Harry Fraud.
I spoke to Action Bronson here in LA,
and separately to Harry Fraud while he was in his studio in Brooklyn.
In this episode, the two of them tell the story of how The Chairman's Intent was made.
How are you today?
This is Action Bronson.
My name is Harry Fraud.
Me and Action first met in 2011.
Many, many years ago when I first started rapping, you know, he was hitting me up to work.
And I started sending him beats.
And then I was like, you know what, fuck it, this dude keeps on hitting me up, let's go.
And then once he pulled up to my studio, we just kind of bonded.
We laugh at the same things.