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.

In July 2008, Hogan stated she wanted to write and record more songs as she was enjoying taking time with the album which she felt was more "her".

"[4] 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.

"[5] 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."

[7] The album's second track "Strip" was featured in the pilot episode of Comedy Central's The Jeff Dunham Show, in which Hogan made a guest appearance.