Broke with Expensive Taste

Broke with Expensive Taste
Broke with Expensive Taste
Studio album by Azealia Banks
Released	November 7, 2014
Recorded	2011–2014
Genre	Hip hop; dance-pop; hip house;
Length	60:19
Label	Azealia Banks; Prospect Park; Caroline;
Producer	Apple Juice Kid; Araabmuzik; Ariel Pink; Boddika; Enon; Lazy Jay; Lil Internet; Lone; Machinedrum; M. J. Cole; Oskar Cartaya; Pearson Sound; Pop Wansel; SCNTST; Sup Doodle; Yung Skeeter;
Azealia Banks chronology
Singles from Broke with Expensive Taste
	"Yung Rapunxel"; Released: April 16, 2013; "Heavy Metal and Reflective"; Released: July 28, 2014; "Chasing Time"; Released: September 22, 2014; "Ice Princess"; Released: March 23, 2015;

Broke with Expensive Taste is the only studio album by American rapper Azealia Banks, released on November 7, 2014. In 2011, Banks started working on the album despite not having signed to a record label at that time. A year later, she signed a contract deal with Interscope and Polydor Records to work on the album. However, she felt dissatisfied with the labels' representatives and consequently, she ended the contract with the labels in July 2014 and signed to Prospect Park. After being delayed for over two years, Broke with Expensive Taste was released by Banks herself and Prospect Park via Caroline Records without any prior announcements.

Broke with Expensive Taste was described as a hip house and dance-pop record which incorporates elements from a wide range of genres, including hardcore punk, punk, trance, Bounce music, R&B and UK garage. The album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised Banks' musical diversity and opined that the album was "worth the wait".

The record spawned four singles: "Yung Rapunxel", "Heavy Metal and Reflective", "Chasing Time", and "Ice Princess". Broke with Expensive Taste peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard 200 and appeared on record charts of other five countries: Australia, Scotland, Belgium, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Since its release the album has accumulated over 300 million streams on Spotify.^[4] In 2022, Rolling Stone placed it on their list of the '200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time'.^[5]

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^ Weingarten, Charles Aaron,Mankaprr Conteh,Jon Dolan,Will Dukes,Dewayne Gage,Joe Gross,Kory Grow,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Julyssa Lopez,Mosi Reeves,Yoh Phillips,Noah Shachtman,Rob Sheffield,Simon Vozick-Levinson,Christopher R.; Aaron, Charles; Conteh, Mankaprr; Dolan, Jon; Dukes, Will; Gage, Dewayne; Gross, Joe; Grow, Kory; Hoard, Christian (2022-06-07). "The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-06-07.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[5] Weingarten, Charles Aaron,Mankaprr Conteh,Jon Dolan,Will Dukes,Dewayne Gage,Joe Gross,Kory Grow,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Julyssa Lopez,Mosi Reeves,Yoh Phillips,Noah Shachtman,Rob Sheffield,Simon Vozick-Levinson,Christopher R.; Aaron, Charles; Conteh, Mankaprr; Dolan, Jon; Dukes, Will; Gage, Dewayne; Gross, Joe; Grow, Kory; Hoard, Christian (2022-06-07). "The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-06-07.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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