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The Redemption
Studio album by Brooke Hogan
Released	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
Recorded	2006-2009
Genre	R&B, hip hop, electropop
Length	47:35
Label	SoBe Entertainment, Fontana
Producer	Keith "Mizzle Boy" Pittman, Y. Barker, Derek Allen, Trevor "Baby G" James, Ken Gioia, Shep Goodman, Warren "Oak" Felder, Aaron Accetta, Jered Hancock
Professional reviews
Allmusic link US Weekly link Associated Press (unfavorable) link
Brooke Hogan chronology
Undiscovered (2006) The Redemption (2009) TBA (2010) Singles from The Redemption "Falling" Released: March 31, 2009 "Hey Yo!" Released: June 30, 2009

The Redemption is the second studio album by American singer Brooke Hogan. The album was released on July 21, 2009.

Recording

The album was recorded in Miami, Florida and Los Angeles, California. After Brooke's debut album, Undiscovered failed to achieve much success, Brooke began recording new material for a second album only two months after the release. However, Brooke stated at the time, in December 2006, that the recording was not serious, and more for fun than for another record. Brooke was slated to re-release her debut album in February 2007, but opted to record her second album instead. Brooke did more writing throughout the spring of 2007, and stated she would be splitting from her label, SoBe Entertainment. Brooke later retracted those statements in August 2007, but did state she was very unhappy with her debut album and did not feel it truly reflected her as an artist. Brooke also stated she felt "controlled" by and disliked working with Scott Storch, and consequently would be departing from his company, SMC, but would remain with SoBe Entertainment. Brooke then stated in October she had signed with another label that works alongside SoBe Entertainment, called Fontana Records, and she was very happy with them. Brooke stated in November 2007 that she was then seriously recording her second album, and it would be released in late spring or early summer of 2008.

In July 2008, Brooke stated she wanted to write and record more songs as she was enjoying taking time with the album which she felt was more "her". In September 2008, Brooke stated she was 50% done with the album, and could have it out by March 2009. Brooke later stated in March 2009 she was about 90% done with the album, and would record over the course of the next 2 or 3 months, just to make sure it was a better album than her first, because she felt that she made a lot of mistakes making that album. In early May 2009, Brooke recorded the second single "Hey Yo!" with Colby O'Donis, and eventually had a short fling with him as seen on Brooke Know's Best. Brooke stated on June 18, 2009, she was finally done with what she called her best album. Brooke stated she had spent two and a half years making the album, and had recorded from December 2006 to June 18, 2009.

Singles

• "Falling" was released as the first official single from the album on March 31, 2009. The song was announced to be the official lead single from her sophomore album in early March, 2009, after the promo single "By Heart". A music video was filmed in mid-April, 2009, and premiered on May 19, 2009 on her official website. After the song failed to garner success, Brooke stated that she was recording even more material, and that her album was going to be released on June 30, 2009.
• "Hey Yo!" was released as the second official single from the album on June 30, 2009. Brooke confirmed on July 3 that she would be filming the video right before the album's release. After only a few days the song debuted at #48 on iTunes. The song was expected to become her second big hit after "About Us", but did not chart. A video was made but never released according to the Myspace of Colby O' Donis.

Other Songs

• "Ruff Me Up" was going to be released as the third official single from the album on September 8, 2009. The song was announced as the third single on July 10, 2009. A video was to be filmed in mid-August 2009, but was then re-scheduled to late September, and the release of the single up to September 8, 2009 until being cancelled for sounding to much like Britney Spears' "Womanizer"

• "Strip" is rumored to be released as the third single in November 2009, but Brooke has not officially confirmed this herself and never happened. She has performed the song several times to promote the album, but it is unknown whether it will actually be released. The song has been featured on the first episode of The Jeff Dunham Show and the last episode of the second season of Brooke Know's Best. However due to the fact that she is recording her third studio album the would be single was cancelled.

Commercial reception

The Redemption debuted at #144 on the Billboard 200 with 3,381 copies sold, as was anticipated by critics as neither of the two singles charted.^[1] Her debut album debuted at #29 on the Billboard 200 with 29,000 copies sold. The next week the album fell off of the Billboard 200 selling 1,700 copies. In its third week, the album sold 1,000 copies, still off of the Billboard 200, bringing the albums sales to 6,000 copies. While still not on the Billboard 200, the album did increase in sales in its fourth week selling 1,500 copies bringing the albums sales to 7,500 copies. To date only 11,000 copies have been sold, which is a disappointment. Her debut sold 127,000 copies in total, much more than The Redemption has sold so far. The album is considered by many to be one of the biggest flops of the year. Many fans have stated that Brooke should have released "Ruff Me Up" and "Strip" as singles along with music videos, which could have possibly boosted album sales.

Critical reception

Reviews for the album have been fairly mixed, but more positive than reviews for her debut album Undiscovered.

• Us Weekly gave the album a positive 3 out of 4 stars review, stating: "Brooke Hogan knows best . . . not to put out a CD like her weak 2006 debut. Luckily, the VH1 reality star, 21, has whipped up a much-improved set of pop love songs for her second effort."^[2]

• Allmusic gave the album a mixed 2 and 1/2 stars stating: "In a sense, there's a crass purity to the bad taste of Redemption, as it's nothing more than the product of a pretty, curvy girl who just wants to sing, and producers who create tracks to fit those curves, and if it's not a lot of fun to hear Hogan and team race toward the same goal on parallel tracks, at least it produces a whole lot of bewildered fascination."^[3]

• Ron Harris of the Associated Press wrote: "Brooke Hogan may know best on her reality show, but she should have known better than churning out the lackluster album "The Redemption." It's all tricks, and few treats. On most songs it's hard to tell where the vocoder and production tricks end and Hogan's own voice begins. This is bad, since Hogan has a perfectly fine pop music voice. But she lets the folks behind the mixing board overpower her to a fault."^[4]

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

External links

• Official Website