Ballads of the Broken was the major-label debut studio album by American rapper Jelly Roll, released on September 17, 2021, through Bailee & Buddy and BBR Music Group. It includes the singles ""Dead Man Walking"", which reached number one on the US Mainstream Rock chart, and ""Son of a Sinner"", which reached the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Country Airplay chart.
 
The success of ""Son of a Sinner"", one of the few Nashville country-influenced songs on the album, inspired Jelly Roll to fully take on a country sound for his following album, Whitsitt Chapel (2023).