Action Bronson & Party Supplies explain 'Blue Chips'

The good folks over at Pitchfork recently sat down with Action Bronson and Justin Nealis, better known as producer Party Supplies. The duo has recently released the excellent mixtape Blue Chips. What started out as a series of carefree hangouts in Nealis’s apartment off Bedford Avenue in the heart of Williamsburg last year has evolved into one of the most original music projects this year. Read excerpts of the conversation below and find out about the rather unique creation process as well as Action Bronson’s infatuation for the lifestyle of hookers.

Pitchfork: How did you pull together all the different samples for this record?
Action Bronson: We used unorthodox techniques that I’m sure no one has used before. Let’s put it this way: We used the internet to make this music. Not everybody digs out records.
Party Supplies: Without the internet, there would be no Blue Chips.
AB: A friend of mine who drums with TV on the Radio put me onto this soul-type music from Vietnam from the early 70s, and we made “Ron Simmons” off that joint. And we hit up this Italian festival and were like, “Let’s do stuff from old Italian gangster movies like A Bronx Tale.” We took inspiration from Frankie Valli joints, too. We don’t stick to anything; the samples come from rock to hip-hop to soul to freaking who even knows? Wild Japanese songs, just a bunch of shit.

P: What inspired the song “Hookers at the Point”?
AB: We were looking for samples, and I was like, “Let’s watch [2002 HBO documentary] Hookers at the Point because the character Cindy is the best hooker ever from any of those shows. I have an infatuation with the lifestyles of hookers.

P: Do you have friends who are hookers?
AB: No, but I have stripper friends, and they’re always down to be hookers. They fuck older men for TVs, and trips to Montego Bay and Barbados. I’m trying to get inside the mind of a hooker, but I don’t pay for pussy.
PS: Go to the Upper East Side and sit in a few cafes, and you will see a few hookers. They’re walking all around New York City and they need love too. Give a shout out for all of them.

In order to read the interview in its entirety, go here.