Open Mic: Action Bronson, Danny Brown & Bruiser Brigade On [Interviews]

In two separate but equally entertaining interviews, Scion AV caught up with the Flushing, Queens phenomenon Action Bronson and Motor City MVP Danny Brown with his Bruiser Brigade - a deep bench of Detroit players working as a collective to churn out the head crack crunk Brown has become known for. Featured as a part of the Scion AV Open Mic series, both rappers discuss their meteoric rise to fame as two cult figures with the types of personalities and quirks we haven't really seen since the reign of ODB.

Equally adept as spitters, Brown and Bronson appreciate being in the position to do what they love and contribute to a shift toward preservationism in rap music that finds newer MCs reviving old traditions. But neither MC is really drinking the kool-aid when it comes to conversations about their popularity. In a similar show of humility and general disinterest both men brush their notoriety under the table - Bronson touting his omnipresence in Flushing, Queens where being surrounded by friends and family who will talk trash about him keeps him grounded. Brown seems a little confused by the whole thing, given that he has yet to release a retail album. With all of the people on Brown's team at least one person in the Bruiser Brigade is sitting on the kind of heat that could change that. Stay on the look out!