Broke with Expensive Taste

In 2011, it was reported that Banks was working on a studio album with British producer Paul Epworth despite not having signed to a particular record label at that time.{{cite web|last=Cragg|first=Michael|title=New music: Azealia Banks – Liquorice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/19/azealia-banks-liquorice|work=The Guardian|access-date=December 19, 2014|date=December 19, 2011}} In January 2012, Banks signed a record deal with Interscope and Polydor Records to work on her album, and a month later, she announced the title of the album—Broke with Expensive Taste.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/02/who-is-azealia-banks/15|title=Who Is Azealia Banks?|work=Complex|date=February 14, 2012|first=Insanul|last=Ahmed|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=November 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105033536/http://www.complex.com/music/2012/02/who-is-azealia-banks/15|url-status=live}} Approximately a year later, she handed a complete album in to the labels. Banks initially thought that the album would receive favorable reception from the labels; however, the representatives told Banks that she had not recorded a "hit" single for the album. She consequently recorded a song called "Chasing Time" for the project, yet the label denied the track and forced Banks to choose "Soda" as the lead single, which made Banks become incredulous. Ultimately, Banks ended the record deal with Interscope/Polydor in July 2014. She later approached Jeff Kwatinetz and signed a contract with his company, Prospect Park.{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.com/4529433/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-interview/|title=An Interview with Azealia Banks|work=Vogue|first=Mark|last=Guiducci|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214074352/http://www.vogue.com/4529433/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-interview|url-status=dead}} She reveals her dissatisfaction to Rolling Stone,

I just spent a whole 'nother fuckin' four months in the studio trying to come up with some shit, and you want to go with fuckin' 'Soda'? I really just lost it. That was the day you saw me on Twitter, like, 'The fuck? I'm tired of talking to these white guys about my shit.' It felt like they were playing some sort of head game. And you know I love conspiracy theories. I was like, 'They're trying to brainwash me! Fuck these guys!'{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/azealia-banks-long-twisted-road-to-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141125|title=Azealia Banks' Long, Twisted Road to 'Broke with Expensive Taste'|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Simon|last=Vozick-Levinson|date=November 25, 2014|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214235807/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/azealia-banks-long-twisted-road-to-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141125|url-status=live}}

File:Life Ball 2013 - opening show 034 Azealia Banks (cropped).jpg in Vienna, Austria, May 2013]]

In regard to the album's sound, Banks has stated that she was aiming for something "just as stylish and authentic as anything that I do."{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks Discusses '212' and Love for Beyonce|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETY0sSVlsU|publisher=YouTube|access-date=26 June 2013|date=13 November 2012|archive-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731181439/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETY0sSVlsU|url-status=live}} She added that she did not want to do anything "young [or] mainstream" and described the album as "anti-pop".{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks to Drop 2 Albums in 2013 (And Quit Rap?)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pln2lVctIig|publisher=YouTube|access-date=26 June 2013|date=24 December 2012}} Steven J. Horowitz from Billboard characterized Broke with Expensive Taste as a hip house record with touchstones from R&B, UK garage, Bounce music and drum and bass. Mark Guiducci of Vogue noted the elements of trance and trap, while The Observer{{'}}s Suzie McCracken described the record as "an aggressive strain of hip hop" blending with UK garage, deep house and trap.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/09/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review|title=Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste review – Azealia delivers… at long last|first=Suzie|last=McCracken|work=The Observer|date=November 9, 2014|access-date=November 9, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111212856/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/09/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review|url-status=live}} Writing for The New York Times, Jon Pareles also detailed the fusion of Caribbean beats, punk and surf rock. On behalf of The Irish Times, reviewer Jim Carroll called Broke with Expensive Taste an album of "dance-pop gallivanting".Carroll, Jim (November 21, 2014).{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-tastes-1.2008829 |title=Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Tastes |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=2015-09-03 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105011152/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-tastes-1.2008829 |archive-date=2015-01-05}}

The album opens with "Idle Delilah", a glitchy mid-tempo track that contains "tropical, thuggish and quirky" sounds and was compared to the work of Lauryn Hill and Missy Elliott due to its use of both rapping and singing, which were noted for being rugged and velvety.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7569491/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-album-review|title=Azealia Banks' 'Broke With Expensive Taste': Album Review|first=Bianca|last=Gracie|work=Idolator|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2014}} "Gimme a Chance" contains feather-light synths, an '80s-style sample, bold brass instruments and haphazard DJ scratches. The song's production changes towards the end and takes influence from a bachata groove, while Banks sings in Spanish. "Ice Princess" is an uptempo song that juxtaposes a sample of Morgan Page's 2011 dance song "In the Air" against a heavy trap drum pattern.

"Yung Rapunxel" sees Banks alternating between rapping and shouting over a manic '90s Hi-NRG-influenced "witch-hop" beat.{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/03/11/azealia-banks-yung-rapunxel/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411101622/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2013/03/11/azealia-banks-yung-rapunxel/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|title=New Song: Azealia Banks, 'Yung Rapunxel' (NSFW)|publisher=MTV Buzzworthy|author=Depland, Michael|date=March 11, 2013|access-date=March 14, 2013}} "Heavy Metal and Reflective" is built over clanging synths and wobbling bass with elements of Bounce. "Chasing Time" is a dance-pop track,{{cite web|last=Sweeney |first=Joe |date=December 19, 2014 |work=The Quietus |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/16943-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review |title=Broke with Expensive Taste |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150317054354/http://thequietus.com/articles/16943-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review |archive-date=2015-03-17}}{{cite magazine|last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |date=November 25, 2014 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/azealia-banks-long-twisted-road-to-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141125 |title=Azealia Banks' Long, Twisted Road to 'Broke With Expensive Taste' |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128032729/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/azealia-banks-long-twisted-road-to-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141125 |archive-date=2014-11-28}} that takes influence from UK garage, deep house and jazz music.{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/azealia-banks-chasing-time|title=Chasing Time|first=Mike|last=Diver|date=November 11, 2014|work=Clash|access-date=May 23, 2015|archive-date=July 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702085747/http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/azealia-banks-chasing-time|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141119|first=Suzy|last=Exposito|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Broke With Expensive Taste|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122172451/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141119|url-status=live}} "Nude Beach a-Go-Go" is an alternate take on Ariel Pink's song of the same name, which is featured on Pom Pom (2014).{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/news/57348-surprise-azealia-banks-long-delayed-broke-with-expensive-taste-is-coming-out-tomorrow/ | title=Surprise: Azealia Banks' Long Delayed Broke With Expensive Taste Is Out Now | work=Pitchfork | date=November 6, 2014 | access-date=April 2, 2015 | author=Gordon, Jeremy | archive-date=November 6, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106155408/http://pitchfork.com/news/57348-surprise-azealia-banks-long-delayed-broke-with-expensive-taste-is-coming-out-tomorrow/ | url-status=live }}

In July 2013, Banks announced that the record would be released in the following fall; however, this was delayed to January, and again to March 2014.Album delay references:

• {{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/20/azealia-banks-gets-loud-at-lovebox/ |title=Azealia Banks Gets Loud at Lovebox |work=Rap-Up |date=July 20, 2013 |access-date=November 7, 2014 }}
• {{cite web|last=Greger|first=Mike|title=Azealia Banks gets ready to drop 'Broke With Expensive Taste'|url=http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/2013/08/18/azealia-banks-gets-ready-to-drop-broke-with-expensive-taste/|publisher=Metro International|date=August 18, 2013|access-date=August 19, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185513/http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/2013/08/18/azealia-banks-gets-ready-to-drop-broke-with-expensive-taste/|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Marc|title=Azealia Banks Pushes Back Album Release Again|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/01/azealia-banks-album-delay-march-disclosure/|work=Spin|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=September 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901112427/http://www.spin.com/2014/01/azealia-banks-album-delay-march-disclosure/|url-status=live}} Ultimately, the album was released by Banks and Prospect Park via Caroline Records on November 7, 2014, without any prior announcements.{{cite news|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/azealia-banks-interview|title=Interview: Azealia Banks Is Still Broke With Expensive Taste|first=Lauren|last=Nostro|date=December 13, 2014|work=Complex|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219081458/http://www.complex.com/music/2014/12/azealia-banks-interview|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6319569/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-rap-albums|title=Azealia Banks' 'Broke' Bows at No. 2 on Rap Albums Chart|first=Amaya|last=Mendizabal|magazine=Billboard|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321032020/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6319569/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-rap-albums|url-status=live}} In December 2013, Banks announced the first four tour dates in support of the album. The tour was set to begin in March 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite news|last=Whitehill|first=Gaby|title=Azealia Banks confirms long awaited debut album will be out in March|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/87273/azealia-banks-confirms-long-awaited-debut-album-will-be-out-in-march|work=Gigwise|date=January 3, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=January 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104001413/http://www.gigwise.com/news/87273/azealia-banks-confirms-long-awaited-debut-album-will-be-out-in-march|url-status=live}} However, in early March 2014, weeks before the opening date, Banks rescheduled the tour dates and cancelled some as the album's release was delayed.{{cite web|last=Milton|first=Jamie|url=http://diymag.com/archive/azealia-banks-postpones-uk-shows-again-reschedules-dates/|title=Azealia Banks Postpones UK Shows Again, Rescheduled Tour Dates|work=DIY|access-date=March 13, 2014|archive-date=November 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107023131/http://diymag.com/archive/azealia-banks-postpones-uk-shows-again-reschedules-dates/|url-status=live}} The rescheduled tour took place in Europe throughout September.

In January 2015, Banks began to announce tour dates to support the album. Touring began in Japan, in March 2015, and extended throughout the year.{{cite web|title=AZEALIA BANKS|url=http://www.creativeman.co.jp/artist/2015/03azealia/|work=Creativeman.co.jp|access-date=February 8, 2015|date=February 2, 2015}} The tour marks Banks' first concert in New York since performing at the Bowery Ballroom in 2012 for her debut tour, The Mermaid Ball.{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks schedules NYC show (and other dates)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/02/azealia_banks_s.html|work=Brooklyn Vegan|access-date=February 25, 2015|date=February 24, 2015|archive-date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225013839/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/02/azealia_banks_s.html|url-status=live}} Banks also played festivals to support the album, including Coachella,{{cite web|title=Coachella 2015 Reveals Lineup Featuring Drake, Azealia Banks, And More|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/coachella-2015-reveals-lineup-featuring-drake-azealia-banks-and-more|work=Vibe|access-date=February 8, 2015|date=January 6, 2015}} Reading and Leeds,{{cite web|title=Reading and Leeds' 2015 lineup features a grand total of eight female acts|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/reading-and-leeds-2015-lineup-includes-a-grand-total-of-eight-female-acts/|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=February 25, 2015|date=February 24, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226023821/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/reading-and-leeds-2015-lineup-includes-a-grand-total-of-eight-female-acts/|url-status=live}} and Glastonbury.{{cite web|title=First line-up announcement for Glastonbury festival 2015|url=http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/first-line-up-announcement-for-glastonbury-festival-2015/|work=Glastonbury|access-date=March 16, 2015|date=April 14, 2015}}

In January 2013, Banks announced that the album's lead single would be "Miss Amor", which would be accompanied by "Miss Camaraderie" as a B-side.{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/01/new-music-azealia-banks-bbd-bad-bitches-do-it/#more-146339 |title=New Music: Azealia Banks – 'BBD' |work=Rap-Up |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127030412/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/01/new-music-azealia-banks-bbd-bad-bitches-do-it/#more-146339 |url-status=live }} Ultimately, the plan was cancelled and later that month, she confirmed that "Yung Rapunxel" would be the official lead single from Broke with Expensive Taste.{{cite web|title=Azealia Banks Unleashes 'Yung Rapunxel' on First Single|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/28/azealia-banks-unleashes-yung-rapunxel-on-first-single/|work=Rap-Up|access-date=June 28, 2013|date=January 28, 2014|archive-date=May 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516024516/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/01/28/azealia-banks-unleashes-yung-rapunxel-on-first-single/|url-status=live}} The track was made available for streaming via SoundCloud in March 2013,{{cite web|last1=Minsker|first1=Evan|last2=Snapes|first2=Laura|title=Listen: Azealia Banks: "Yung Rapunxel"|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49850-listen-azealia-banks-yung-rapunxel/|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=June 5, 2013|date=March 11, 2013|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106160547/http://pitchfork.com/news/49850-listen-azealia-banks-yung-rapunxel/|url-status=live}} and was released for digital sales a month later.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yung-rapunxel-single/id632218929|title=Yung Rapunxel – Single by Azealia Banks|publisher=iTunes Store (US)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112032043/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yung-rapunxel-single/id632218929|archive-date=November 12, 2014}} "Yung Rapunxel" peaked at number 25 and 152 on the Australian Urban Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart, respectively.*{{cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1210.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130507222200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130508-0822/Issue1210.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-07|title=The ARIA Report: – Week Commencing 6th May 2013|journal=Pandora Archive|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=May 6, 2013|page=18|issue=1210|access-date=December 19, 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

• {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130427cluk.txt|title=Chart: CLUK Update 27.04.2013|publisher=Zobbel Archive|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231093311/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130427cluk.txt|url-status=live}}

On May 6, 2013, Banks announced that "ATM Jam" featuring Pharrell would serve as the second single from Broke with Expensive Taste.{{cite web|last=Diep|first=Eric|title=Azealia Banks Announces "ATM JAM" Single Featuring Pharrell|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/azealia-banks-announces-atm-jam-single-featuring-pharrell/|work=XXL|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2013|archive-date=September 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925235632/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/05/azealia-banks-announces-atm-jam-single-featuring-pharrell/|url-status=live}} It was released on July 11, 2013.{{cite web|title=New Music: Azealia Banks f/ Pharrell – '#ATMJAM'|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/11/new-music-azealia-banks-f-pharrell-atm-jam-full/|work=Rap-Up|access-date=July 11, 2013|date=July 11, 2013|archive-date=September 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925184247/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/11/new-music-azealia-banks-f-pharrell-atm-jam-full/|url-status=live}} However, due to negative fan feedback and personal disinterest regarding the song,{{Cite web|last=Weinstein|first=Max|title=Azealia Banks Keeps It Real About Being Shut Out of the Music Industry - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/azealia-banks-interview-music-industry/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=XXL Mag|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322100308/https://www.xxlmag.com/azealia-banks-interview-music-industry/|url-status=live}} Banks later announced that "ATM Jam" would be removed from the album.{{cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Gerrick|title=Azealia Banks blames Pharrell for 'ATM Jam' performance|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-azealia-banks-blames-pharrell-for-atm-jam-performance-20131112-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=July 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711053422/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-azealia-banks-blames-pharrell-for-atm-jam-performance-20131112-story.html|url-status=live}}

The second official single from Broke with Expensive Taste was "Heavy Metal and Reflective", which was released for digital sales on July 28, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/heavy-metal-reflective-single/id903487239|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818194947/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/heavy-metal-reflective-single/id903487239|title=iTunes – Music – Heavy Metal and Reflective – Single by Azealia Banks|publisher=iTunes Store (NZ). Apple Inc|archive-date= August 18, 2014}} The song peaked at number 40 on the UK Indie Chart. Due to a leak of the song, "Chasing Time" was rush-released as the third single from the project, being released on September 22, 2014, a day after the leak.{{cite web|url=https://www.7digital.com/artist/azealia-banks/release/chasing-time/|title=Chasing Time (2014) {{!}} Azealia Banks|publisher=7digital|location=United Kingdom|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712002546/https://www.7digital.com/artist/azealia-banks/release/chasing-time|url-status=dead}} On March 23, 2015, "Ice Princess" was released as the fourth single from Broke with Expensive Taste.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/14af6d/Azealia-Banks-Ice-Princess|title=ultratop.be – Azealia Banks – Ice Princess|work=Ultratop|access-date=July 12, 2015|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314002305/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/14af6d/Azealia-Banks-Ice-Princess|url-status=live}} The music video for "Ice Princess", filmed on February 2 and 3, 2015 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was released on March 31, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/59050-azealia-banks-is-a-frozen-medusa-in-ice-princess-video/|title=Azealia Banks is a Frozen Medusa in "Ice Princess" Video|work=Pitchfork Media|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106160850/http://pitchfork.com/news/59050-azealia-banks-is-a-frozen-medusa-in-ice-princess-video/|url-status=live}}

In further promotional efforts for the album, a music video for a non-single track "Wallace" was filmed in April, 2014 in New York City and released on March 11, 2015. The video is an interactive project released through Google Cloud.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/control-azealia-banks-in-interactive-wallace-video-20150311|title=Control Azealia Banks in Interactive 'Wallace' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317000756/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/control-azealia-banks-in-interactive-wallace-video-20150311|url-status=live}} Years later on March 20, 2018, Banks released the music video for non-single "Soda". The video portrays Banks walking through the desert and sitting on rocks whilst shots jump to her band playing on the drums.{{Cite web|last=O'Neill|first=Lauren|date=2018-03-21|title=Azealia Banks' "Soda" Video Gives Me Hope for Her Next Era|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/azealia-banks-soda-video-fantasea-ii/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Vice|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615170219/https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kzxa73/azealia-banks-soda-video-fantasea-ii|url-status=live}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.3/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6835/Azealia-Banks-Broke-With-Expensive-Taste.aspx|title=Broke With Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks reviews|website=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219160248/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6835/Azealia-Banks-Broke-With-Expensive-Taste.aspx|url-status=live}}

| MC = 77/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/broke-with-expensive-taste/azealia-banks|title=Reviews for Broke With Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks|website=Metacritic|access-date=November 21, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111010238/http://www.metacritic.com/music/broke-with-expensive-taste/azealia-banks|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/broke-with-expensive-taste-mw0002780344|title=Broke with Expensive Taste – Azealia Banks|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 12, 2015|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225023855/http://www.allmusic.com/album/broke-with-expensive-taste-mw0002780344|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Horowitz|first=Steven|date=November 7, 2014|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6312085/album-review-azealia-banks-surprises-on-broke-with-expensive|title=Album Review: Azealia Banks Surprises on 'Broke With Expensive Taste'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714143148/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6312085/album-review-azealia-banks-surprises-on-broke-with-expensive|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = Cuepoint (Expert Witness)

| rev3Score = A{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=December 26, 2014|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-c691650fc17b|title=Robert Christgau: Expert Witness|work=Cuepoint|access-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226140835/https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-c691650fc17b|archive-date=December 26, 2014|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|last=Macpherson|first=Alex|date=November 11, 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/11/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review-the-album-she-wanted-to-make|title=Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste review – the album she wanted to make|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=November 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121073941/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/11/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-review-the-album-she-wanted-to-make|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=November 11, 2014|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141111-story.html|title=Review: Azealia Banks' 'Broke With Expensive Taste' worth the wait|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122093115/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141111-story.html|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Horton|first=Matthew|date=November 7, 2014|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/azealia-banks/15776|title=Azealia Banks – 'Broke With Expensive Taste'|work=NME|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107210345/http://www.nme.com/reviews/azealia-banks/15776|archive-date=November 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Observer

| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 8.0/10{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Craig|date=November 11, 2014|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19998-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste/|title=Azealia Banks: Broke With Expensive Taste|work=Pitchfork|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113192620/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19998-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste/|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|issue=1223|date=December 4, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141119|title=Azealia Banks's New Album: Broke With Expensive Taste|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122172451/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141119|url-status=live}}

| rev10 = The Times

| rev10Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|date=November 14, 2014|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-nlg9ckqlvkw|title=Azealia Banks: Broke with Expensive Taste|newspaper=The Times|access-date=September 15, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916040309/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article4266757.ece|url-status=live}}

}}

Broke with Expensive Taste received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In Rolling Stone, Suzy Exposito hailed the record as possibly "the year's boldest release", while Matthew Horton from NME called it "a cascading flood of madcap imagination". Suzie McCracken of The Observer deemed it "a contender for album of the year" while praising the music's eclecticism: "Banks immerses herself in 90s nostalgia, spitting darkly and sharply over tracks full of elements of UK garage, deep house and trap (an aggressive strain of hip-hop)." Brennan Carley from Spin felt that Banks displayed a "burst of personality" and on an album "dripping in confidence, class, bursts of brilliance, and personality".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/11/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-album-review/|title=Review: Azealia Banks Silences Haters on Debut 'Broke With Expensive Taste'|first=Brennan|last=Carley|work=Spin|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=July 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709182000/http://www.spin.com/2014/11/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-album-review/|url-status=live}} Critic Robert Christgau commended her vocal performances but stated that while her understanding of sex was more dynamic than her male counterparts', "her troubles are the usual star-time overindulgences, and just about every terrific song here is a boast one way or another. Yet just about every song is a serious pleasure regardless."

In a less enthusiastic review for Clash, Mike Diver felt the album was as much enjoyable as it was "schizophrenic and really quite silly in places".{{cite journal|last=Diver|first=Mike|date=November 12, 2014|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste|title=Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste|journal=Clash|access-date=November 22, 2014|archive-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115060659/http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste|url-status=live}} Nolan Feeney of Time qualified his praise of Banks' ability to make the lines in her raps sound melodious: "She lines up syllables like a firing squad, repeating the same sounds and hums and clicks with a sing-song-y cadence. When she's in the zone, it's vaguely hypnotic. The downside is that it's also a limited tool set — her flows sometimes sound too much like her other verses. Get deep into one Azealia Banks song, and you'll often hear a line or two that remind you of another."{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3571596/azealia-banks-review-broke-with-expensive-taste/|title=Azealia Banks Starts a New Chapter on Broke With Expensive Taste|first=Nolan|last=Feeney|magazine=Time|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=November 7, 2014|archive-date=November 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110034957/http://time.com/3571596/azealia-banks-review-broke-with-expensive-taste/|url-status=live}} Fred Thomas from AllMusic said the record's highlights, including "the time-tested singles", were spoiled by musically incongruous filler, making it feel "like a piecemeal collection of tracks that spike and dip in terms of quality and intent".

Broke with Expensive Taste appeared on several publications' lists of 2014's best albums. It was ranked number 38 by Spin,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/12/50-best-albums-2014/azealiabanks_brokewithexpensivetaste/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2014|date=December 9, 2014|work=Spin|access-date=December 14, 2014|archive-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426045641/http://www.spin.com/2014/12/50-best-albums-2014/azealiabanks_brokewithexpensivetaste/|url-status=live}} number 25 by Pitchfork,{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9558-the-50-best-albums-of-2014/3/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2014 {{!}} Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork|access-date=December 19, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224032946/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9558-the-50-best-albums-of-2014/3/|url-status=dead}} number 15 by Complex,{{cite web|url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2014/12/best-albums-2014/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste|title=Best Albums 2014 {{!}} Complex|work=Complex|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219224317/http://uk.complex.com/music/2014/12/best-albums-2014/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste|url-status=dead}} number 10 by Boston Globe critic James Reed{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/13/the-best-albums/0JSgHH1CN5C2psdcKUh0RJ/story.html|title=James Reed's 2014 best album picks|work=The Boston Globe|first=James|last=Reed|date=December 13, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613123824/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/13/the-best-albums/0JSgHH1CN5C2psdcKUh0RJ/story.html|url-status=live}} and Nolan Feeney from Time,{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3613540/top-10-best-albums/|title=TIME's Top 10 Best Albums of 2014|date=December 3, 2014|magazine=Time|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109203013/http://time.com/3613540/top-10-best-albums/|url-status=dead}} and number 3 by Jon Pareles of The New York Times{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/arts/music/jon-pareless-favorite-albums-of-2014.html|title=Jon Pareles's Favorite Albums and Songs of 2014|work=The New York Times|first=Jon|last=Pareles|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216180652/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/arts/music/jon-pareless-favorite-albums-of-2014.html|url-status=live}} and Cosmopolitan editor Eliza Thompson.{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a33585/best-albums-of-2014/|title=Cosmo's 20 Best Albums of 2014|date=December 3, 2014|work=Cosmopolitan|first=Eliza|last=Thompson|access-date=December 12, 2014|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019042658/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a33585/best-albums-of-2014/|url-status=live}} In Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the year's best rap records, it was named the 10th best and "the sort of effortless triumph that deserves to outshine the Internet circus".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2014-20141223/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141222|title=40 Best Rap Albums of 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 29, 2014|archive-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225221057/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-best-rap-albums-of-2014-20141223/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-20141222|url-status=live}} Broke with Expensive Taste was also voted the 14th best album of 2014 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice.{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/ |title=The Village Voice's 42nd Pazz & Jop Music Critics' Poll: The Last Word on the Year in Music |work=The Village Voice |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104055239/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/ |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=dead}} Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, named it the year's 7th best album in his own ballot.{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2014/684394/ |title=Ballots |work=The Village Voice |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119104928/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2014/684394/ |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Broke with Expensive Taste debuted at number 62 on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending November 15, 2014, with 1,751 copies sold.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-ed-sheeran-pips-calvin-harris-to-no-1-on-albums/060086 |title=Official Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran pips Calvin Harris to No.1 on albums |work=Music Week |publisher=Intent Media |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=November 14, 2014}} {{subscription required}} The album debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard 200, selling 11,000 copies.{{cite magazine | last1=Mendizabal | first1=Amaya | title=Azealia Banks' 'Broke' Bows at No. 2 on Rap Albums Chart | magazine=Billboard | date=2014-11-14 | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-rap-albums/ | access-date=2022-11-09 | archive-date=2022-11-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109024700/https://www.billboard.com/pro/azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-rap-albums/ | url-status=live }} In its second week of sales, the album dropped to number 105 on the chart, selling an additional 4,096 copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.31473/title.hip-hop-album-sales-big-k-r-i-t-t-i-chris-brown|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: Big K.R.I.T., T.I., Chris Brown|magazine=HipHopDX|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121172015/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.31473/title.hip-hop-album-sales-big-k-r-i-t-t-i-chris-brown|archive-date=November 21, 2014|url-status=dead}} As of April 2015, Broke with Expensive Taste has sold 31,000 copies in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6523916/billboard-cover-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-barack-obama-twitter-controversy-playboy |title=Billboard Cover: Azealia Banks on Why No One Really Wants to See Her Naked, Her Impure Thoughts About Barack Obama and Why She's 'Not Here to Be Your Idol' |last=Syme |first=Rachel |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403141437/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6523916/billboard-cover-azealia-banks-broke-with-expensive-taste-barack-obama-twitter-controversy-playboy |url-status=live }}

Credits for Broke with Expensive Taste are adapted from the digital booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Broke with Expensive Taste|others=Azealia Banks|location=United States|type=digital booklet|year=2014|publisher=Azealia Banks, Prospect Park}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

|headline=Broke with Expensive Taste track listing

| title1 = Idle Delilah

| writer1 = {{hlist|Azealia Banks|David Kennedy|Kevin James|Harvey Mason, Jr.}}

| extra1 = Pearson Sound

| length1 = 4:32

| title2 = Gimme a Chance

| writer2 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Mason, Jr|Enon|Oskar Cartaya}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Enon|Oskar Cartaya}}

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Desperado

| writer3 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Mason, Jr|M. J. Cole}}

| extra3 = M. J. Cole

| length3 = 3:57

| title4 = JFK

| note4 = featuring Theophilus London

| writer4 = {{hlist|Banks|London|James|Alexander Green}}

| extra4 = Boddika

| length4 = 5:00

| title5 = 212

| note5 = featuring Lazy Jay

| writer5 = {{hlist|Banks|Jef Martens}}

| extra5 = Lazy Jay

| length5 = 3:25

| title6 = Wallace

| writer6 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Filip Nikolić|Trevor McFedries}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Yung Skeeter|Filip Nikolić}}

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = Heavy Metal and Reflective

| writer7 = {{hlist|Banks|James Strife|Julian Wodsworth}}

| extra7 = Lil Internet

| length7 = 2:37

| title8 = BBD

| writer8 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Jonathan Harris}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Apple Juice Kid|Sup Doodle}}

| length8 = 3:18

| title9 = Ice Princess

| writer9 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Harris}}

| extra9 = AraabMuzik

| length9 = 3:43

| title10 = Yung Rapunxel

| writer10 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Premro Smith|Chadron Moore}}

| extra10 = Lil Internet

| length10 = 4:00

| title11 = Soda

| writer11 = {{hlist|Banks|SCNTST|Jack Fuller}}

| extra11 = SCNTST

| length11 = 3:43

| title12 = Chasing Time

| writer12 = {{hlist|Banks|Harris|Warren "Oak" Felder|Ronnie Colson|Steve Mostyn|Andrew "Pop" Wansel|Kelly Sheehan}}

| extra12 = Pop Wansel

| length12 = 3:30

| title13 = Luxury

| writer13 = {{hlist|Banks|Travis Stewart}}

| extra13 = Machinedrum

| length13 = 2:48

| title14 = Nude Beach a-Go-Go

| writer14 = {{hlist|Banks|Mason, Jr|Ariel Rosenberg|Kim Fowley}}

| extra14 = Ariel Pink

| length14 = 2:20

| title15 = Miss Amor

| writer15 = {{hlist|Banks|James|Fuller}}

| extra15 = Lone

| length15 = 4:28

| title16 = Miss Camaraderie

| writer16 = {{hlist|Banks|Fuller|Cutler}}

| extra16 = Lone

| length16 = 5:09

| total_length = 60:19

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese deluxe edition{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00UI9C73G/ |title=アジーリア・バンクス : ブローク・ウィズ・エクスペンシヴ・テイスト - 音楽 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |access-date=November 4, 2015}}

| title17 = Chasing Time

| length17 = 5:26

| note17 = Amorphous Atmospheric Trap Remix

}}

Sample credits

• "Idle Delilah" contains excerpts from "WAD" by Pearson Sound
• "Gimme a Chance" contains excerpts from "Knock That Door" by Enon
• "Desperado" contains excerpts from "Banderlero Desperado" by MJ Cole
• "JFK" contains excerpts from "Breezin'" by Boddika
• "212" contains elements of "Float My Boat" by Lazy Jay
• "Ice Princess" contains samples from "In the Air" by Morgan Page featuring Angela McCluskey
• "Yung Rapunxel" contains a sample of "No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige and "Fuck da' Haters" by Ruff Ryders and samples a portion of "Stop Playing Games" by 8Ball
• "Miss Amor" contains excerpts from "Coreshine Voodoo" by Lone
• "Miss Camaraderie" contains excerpts from "Rapid Racer" by Lone

Credits adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/broke-with-expensive-taste-mw0002780344/credits|title=Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste – Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 23, 2015|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153545/https://www.allmusic.com/album/broke-with-expensive-taste-mw0002780344/credits|url-status=live}}

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{{col-2}}

• Lone - Production and Songwriter
• Steve Ace – production
• The Apple Juice Kid – production
• AraabMuzik – production
• David Baker – mixing assistance, vocal engineering
• Azealia Banks – A&R, composition, executive production, vocals
• David Boyd – assistance, engineering assistance, engineering, vocal engineering
• Oskar Cartaya – composition
• Ronald "Flippa" Colson – composition
• Nick Conceller – engineering, mixing
• Calum Crease – art direction
• Warren "Oak" Felder – composition
• Flippa123 – production
• James Strife – composition
• Jack Fuller – composition
• Jonathan Harris – composition
• Andrew Hey – bass, engineering, guitar, horn engineering, vocal engineering
• Dan Higgins – clarinet
• Kevin James – composition
• Rob Kinelski – mixing
• Dave Kutch – mastering

{{col-2}}

• Lazy Jay – vocals
• Theophilus London – composition, vocals
• Jef Martens – composition, production
• Harvey Mason, Jr. – composition, vibraphone
• Trevor McFedries – composition, production
• Ric McRae – engineering, mixing
• Steve Mostyn – composition
• Filip Nikolić – composition, production
• Oakwud – production
• Abraham Orellana – composition
• Ariel Pink – composition, production
• Rob Sizwe Price-Guma – engineering assistance, engineering
• Scntst – composition, production
• Kelly Sheehan – composition, engineering
• Travis Stewart – composition, production
• The Underdogs – additional production, executive production
• Julian "Lil Internet" Wadsworth – composition, production
• Andrew "Pop" Wansel – composition

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