Every song on this album is a hit. There’s music for any occasion, with songs that blend genres more effectively than Travi$ Scott and with less gravitas than Kanye West. Azealia can do whatever she wants with her voice and it never sounds forced. When she raps she stays in-pocket, allowing each track to power forward without missing a note. Broke With Expensive Taste solidifies Azealia Banks’s position as one of the best musicians in New York City.
She could’ve called it The New Classic.
Azealia Banks is young, brilliant, and believes herself to be omniscient. Like so many artists before her, this has led to self-inflicted problems. In the words of her contemporary: “Soon as they like you, make ‘em unlike you.” Azealia will continue to be herself. She’ll break the Internet by dubbing that fraud “Igloo Australia” and subsequently Tweet offensive generalizations. She’ll make mistakes, grow, learn, and mess up again. She lived in label purgatory for 3 years, got dropped, then put out a classic. She’s innovative, provocative, creative, inspiring, and anything but cookie-cutter. She will say whatever the **** is on her mind and deal with the consequences. In other words, she’s a goddamn artist. And in an era where Apple autocorrects “Azealia” to “Azalea,” I’m thankful for that. — Brad Beatson
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