Broke (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Broke
Type = studio
Artist = Hed PE


Released = August 22, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock, punk rock, rap rock
Length = 50:22
Label = Jive
Producer = Machine
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfyxqekldhe~T1 link]
Chronology = Hed PE
Last album = "Hed PE"
(1997)
This album = "Broke"
(2000)
Next album = "Blackout"
(2003)

"Broke" is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hed PE. Released on August 22, 2000, the album incorporated more classic rock and world music influences, and featured guest appearances by System of a Down's Serj Tankian and Kittie's Morgan Lander.cite book |last=McIver |first=Joel |title=Nu-metal: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk |year=2002 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0711992096 |pages=page 61 ]

The album peaked at #63 on the "Billboard" 200, while its first single, "Bartender", peaked at #23 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at #27 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. [cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfyxqekldhe~T31 |title=Charts and awards for "Broke" |accessdate=2008-08-23 |publisher=Allmusic] A music video for "Killing Time", the second single from "Broke", was produced in promotion of the film "3000 Miles to Graceland", which featured the song on its soundtrack. [cite news |first=Teri |last=Van Horn |title=(hed) pe Shoot Video For Song On 'Graceland' Soundtrack |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1438002/20010117/hed_pe.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=January 17, 2001 ]

Reception

Allmusic's Jason D. Taylor wrote that "Broke" is essentially (hed)pe's answer to mainstream radio appeal, finding the California quintet modernizing their sound for mass acceptance while still retaining the spark that made their debut so independently accepted. [...] "Broke" may have not found as much success in the competitive mainstream market as some would have liked, and even despite its distinct departure from the group's debut, it is an album that shows more vision than other rap-tinged rock albums to come out in 2000." [cite web |url=http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfyxqekldhe~T1 |title=Review of "Broke" |accessdate=2008-08-23 |last=Taylor |first=Jason D |publisher=Allmusic]

The most negative response to the album came from critics who viewed its lyrics as misogynistic. [cite news |first=Lauren Consuelo |last=Tussing |title=Misogyny doesn't end in the studio |url=http://media.www.arbiteronline.com/media/storage/paper890/news/2003/04/14/Ae/hed-Planet.Earth-2215223.shtml |publisher="The Arbiter" |location=Boise, Idaho|date=April 14, 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-23 ] [cite news |first=Ron |last=Gonzales |title=Label switch frees HED p.e. |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5431972_ITM |publisher="The Journal" |location=Albuquerque, New Mexico |date=December 17, 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-23 ]

Rolling Stone (10/26/00, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The rare rap-metal act willing to admit that good times actually exist...Rap metal has found its Mötley Crüe".
Q (10/00, p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Focused and mature...they possess the wherewithal to express their anger and frustration musically."
CMJ (8/21/00, p.27) - "Weaves down-tuned guitars with booty-licious beats...and hardcore raps that are littered by more cussing than a sailor."

Melody Maker (8/26/00, p.59) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Brilliant, about as black as this pimp-rock is gonna get, hip-hop credible in a way no one in the field has been since Urban Dance Squad...it's a great album".

Track listing

# "Killing Time" — 3:55
# "Waiting to Die" — 3:15
# "Feel Good" (featuring Serj Tankian and Morgan Lander) — 4:15
# "Bartender" — 4:01
# "Crazy Legs" — 4:04
# "Pac Bell" — 4:54
# "I Got You" — 3:44
# "Boom (How You Like That)" — 3:56
# "Swan Dive" — 3:35
# "Stevie" — 3:32
# "Jesus (of Nazareth)" — 5:35
# "The Meadow" — 9:31

Personnel

*Jahred aka M.C.U.D. aka Paulo Sergio...little girls call me Mr. Nino — vocals
*Wesstyle — guitars
*Chad aka Chizad — guitars
*DJ Product © 1969 — tablelist
*B.C. aka B.C. The Mizak Diza — drums and percussion
*Mawk — bass

References