''A Badly Broken Code'' is the debut studio album by
Dessa, a member of
Minneapolis indie hip hop collective
Doomtree. It was released by Doomtree Records in 2010.
The album title comes from a line in the poem "Nostalgia" by American poet
Billy Collins.
Reception
Jakob Dorof of ''
Tiny Mix Tapes'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "The result is likely one of the best hip-hop songs you'll hear this year, let alone from the rare type of MC that manages to be white, female, and supremely talented all in one."
[
'' The A.V. Club'' listed it as the 20th best album of 2010. In 2010, '']City Pages
''City Pages'' was an alternative newspaper serving the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area. It featured news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews and music criticism, available free every Wednesday. It ceased publication in 2020 due to a ...
'' listed it as the "Best Local Album of the Past 12 Months".
The track "The Bullpen" was frequently used as walk out music at rallies by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar
Amy Jean Klobuchar ( ; born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Minne ...
during her 2020 Democratic presidential primaries campaign.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2010 debut albums
Dessa albums
Doomtree Records albums
Albums produced by Lazerbeak
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