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Broke with Expensive Taste, the official debut album from rapper/songwriter Azealia Banks, finally appeared in late 2014, despite originally having been scheduled for a 2012 release and well after several songs showed up as singles many months and sometimes years before an album surfaced. Various delays and major-label red tape ultimately saw Banks walking out on her contract with Polydor/Interscope and independently releasing the album digitally with no press notification or promotional lead-up. This surprise-attack release followed a similar approach as Beyoncé's late-2013 self-titled album, which simply appeared online in full without notice about a year prior to Broke with Expensive Taste. Finally a reality, the strengths of Banks' debut are incredibly strong. Aforementioned long-available singles like "212," "Chasing Time," and "Yung Rapunxel" showcase aggressive production that winds together dubstep's relentless bass pounding and Banks' talents as a fluid, sometimes vicious MC as well as a serviceable R&B vocalist. Production assistance from underground dance figures like Lone, AraabMuzik, and Lil Internet, among many others, gives the album an incredibly varied feel, sometimes losing focus and spilling into confused territory. The Spanish-sung rhymes, Latin breakdown, and funky horn sections of "Gimme a Chance" sound like a different artist when held up to the harsh minimalism of "Heavy Metal and Reflective" just a few tracks later. Likewise, the commercial rap routines and haunted trap beat of "Ice Princess" make the kitsch-heavy faux-surf nonsense of the Ariel Pink-produced "Nude Beach A Go-Go" sound even more out of place, both tunes on the same album making it harder to take either at face value. While the time-tested singles are highlights and several other tracks hit similar highs, the album ultimately goes in too many directions that feel like filler, leaving this debut coming across more like a piecemeal collection of tracks that spike and dip in terms of quality and intent.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Harvey Mason, ComposerLyricist - David Kennedy, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Pearson Sound, Producer
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Harvey Mason, ComposerLyricist - Oskar Cartaya, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Enon, Producer, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Harvey Mason, ComposerLyricist - MJ Cole, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Theophilus London, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Boddika, Producer - Alexander Green, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Jef Martens, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lazy Jay, Producer, FeaturedArtist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Trevor McFedries, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Yung Skeeter, Producer - Filip Nikolic, Producer - Filip Niklic, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Strife, ComposerLyricist - Julian Wodsworth, ComposerLyricist - Lil Internet, Producer
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Harris, ComposerLyricist - Apple Juice Kid, Producer - Sup Doodle, Producer
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Harris, ComposerLyricist - AraabMuzik, Producer
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Premro Smith, ComposerLyricist - Chadron Moore, ComposerLyricist - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Lil Internet, Producer
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - SCNTST, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jack Fuller, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Steve Mostyn, ComposerLyricist - Warren "Oak" Felder, ComposerLyricist - Kelly Sheehan, ComposerLyricist - Pop Wansel, Producer - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Harris, ComposerLyricist - Andrew "Pop" Wansel, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Colson, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Machinedrum, Producer - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Travis Stewart, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Harvey Mason, ComposerLyricist - Ariel Pink, Producer - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ariel Rosenberg, ComposerLyricist - Kim Frowley, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Lone, Producer - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kevin James, ComposerLyricist - Jack Fuller, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Lone, Producer - Azealia Banks, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Cutler, ComposerLyricist - Jack Fuller, ComposerLyricist
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
Album review
Broke with Expensive Taste, the official debut album from rapper/songwriter Azealia Banks, finally appeared in late 2014, despite originally having been scheduled for a 2012 release and well after several songs showed up as singles many months and sometimes years before an album surfaced. Various delays and major-label red tape ultimately saw Banks walking out on her contract with Polydor/Interscope and independently releasing the album digitally with no press notification or promotional lead-up. This surprise-attack release followed a similar approach as Beyoncé's late-2013 self-titled album, which simply appeared online in full without notice about a year prior to Broke with Expensive Taste. Finally a reality, the strengths of Banks' debut are incredibly strong. Aforementioned long-available singles like "212," "Chasing Time," and "Yung Rapunxel" showcase aggressive production that winds together dubstep's relentless bass pounding and Banks' talents as a fluid, sometimes vicious MC as well as a serviceable R&B vocalist. Production assistance from underground dance figures like Lone, AraabMuzik, and Lil Internet, among many others, gives the album an incredibly varied feel, sometimes losing focus and spilling into confused territory. The Spanish-sung rhymes, Latin breakdown, and funky horn sections of "Gimme a Chance" sound like a different artist when held up to the harsh minimalism of "Heavy Metal and Reflective" just a few tracks later. Likewise, the commercial rap routines and haunted trap beat of "Ice Princess" make the kitsch-heavy faux-surf nonsense of the Ariel Pink-produced "Nude Beach A Go-Go" sound even more out of place, both tunes on the same album making it harder to take either at face value. While the time-tested singles are highlights and several other tracks hit similar highs, the album ultimately goes in too many directions that feel like filler, leaving this debut coming across more like a piecemeal collection of tracks that spike and dip in terms of quality and intent.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:08
- Main artists: Azealia Banks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Prospect Park
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2014 Prospect Park 2014 Prospect Park
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