Action Bronson and Roc Marciano Link on “Peppers” Ahead of Planet Frog (5/8)

Action Bronson and Roc Marciano trade verses on “Peppers,” a sticky new single from Bronson’s Planet Frog LP, which arrives 5/8. The track lands as Bronson’s latest push after “Triceratops,” his recent collab with Paul Wall and Lil Yachty, and it leans into the same appetite for playful excess and unhurried bravado that fans have come to expect.

Bronson and Roc Marci move in their familiar lanes here: Bronson gruff and gleeful, Marciano a velvet-voiced counterpoint. They do it over a slinky, low-key ominous loop cooked up by Bronson and Daringer, the sort of beat that gives both emcees room to smirk and flex without shouting.

“Yeah, I’m dancing but the Ox is in my hand/ Platinum Patek, call him Aquaman/ Bitch, it’s the doctor, give him some Clonazepam/ Turn him to Hallow Man/ Baklava been spotted in Rotterdam/ Chilling with Suriname woman, smokin’ pot again.”

“Yo, castle full of foreigns/ Hard castle in McCormick/ Was pumpin’ tall capsules, but I knew rap was my calling/ Before I became the Flash Gordon of recording/ The J.P. Morgan of slick talking/ Y’all Christopher Walken/ I was nice before British walkers and Walkmans/ Walkin’ in, I’m like Dr. Kevorkian.”

There’s a wink to the video too — Chris Grosso’s clip for “Peppers” finds Bronson and Roc Marci leaning into charisma out in the woods, letting the verses and the mood do the work rather than a frantic visual gimmick. It’s a neat companion piece to the song: cool, a little ominous, and very New York in attitude if not in skyline.

Planet Frog lands 5/8. If “Peppers” is any indication, Bronson’s appetite for collaborators and oddball production choices hasn’t slowed down.