Action Bronson’s new full-length Cocodrillo Turbo, comes off the heels of one of the most challenging periods in recent memory. For artists of all stripes, the pandemic has had a kaleidoscope of effects. For Action, it seems to have provided personal mastery and musical experimentation. Gone are the bodacious beats that Action debuted with on “Dr. Lecter,” perfected on “Mr. Wonderful,” and morphed into the blissed-out production on the rapper’s last album, Only For Dolphins. Instead, we have a record’s worth of production that is never exuberant, always subdued. But it’s not a bummer. It’s the auditory equivalent of veins brimming with euphoria, too enraptured to make a big scene. It sounds like the musical sensibility of Miles Davis and his contemporaries, fiery with musicianship and char...