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And yet, the New Orleans native has never sounded as free as on the 2019 single “In My Room,” song that takes the best from the dreamy “Pyramids,” the stark “Solo” and the visceral “Ivy." "In My Room" sounds like it was fun to make while being a hyper-informed, genreless ode to music itself. “Pyramids” is a ten-minute song intent on establishing a world within itself, while “Thinkin Bout You” is a true R&B classic that’ll hold its own against any song by Usher or The-Dream.
The channel ORANGE album cut “Monks” is an N.E.R.D-influenced jam Frank Ocean takes a step further on Blonde with “Pretty Sweet.” "Super Rich Kids” ties up many of the aforementioned themes nicely, toying with privilege as a concept while winking at prohibition as a fact. “Lost” tackles travel, and “Sierra Leone” cuddles West African folklore. When it comes to admiration and atonement, “Pink Matter'' serves as exhibit A within Ocean's discography. I mean, the second half of “Self Control” couldn’t soundtrack two love-sick kids taking in a purplish summer sunset over their suburban cul-de-sac any better. As these songs play, the same themes unfurl themselves like once-rolled flags into a full-fledged display of hyper-sensitive American youth, privy to love and loss, luxury, liberation and more. “I woke / You were there / Tracing planets on my forehead / But I forget 23 / Like I forget 17 / And I forget my first love / Like you forget a daydream” are nostalgic lyrics about intimacy and memory only Frank Ocean could write, nestled into “White” as soft infants are softer sheets. As these songs in the playlist range from timeless, minimal ballads to soaring, anthemic hits as alluded to in LVRN co-founder Justice Baiden's tweet on R&B, it’s clear Ocean ’s reputation as one of the most acclaimed artists of his generation has everything to do with trusting intuitions and nothing to do with fearing expectations. Much of his work operates without the pretense of fear, ignoring trends in search of the bigger picture. His lyrics enjoy freeform surrealism, challenging to pin down to any one influence, and his ear for the music accompanying the words has yet to fail him. Songwriting has long been the bright red cherry on top of Frank Ocean's caked-with-soul sound. Fortunately, for the fan who prefers a tidy and neat streaming experience, the officially-sanctioned Frank Ocean discography likely satisfies even the pickiest of people. The free-to-download 2011 mixtape nostalgia,ULTRA. has yet to hit streaming at press time save for three singles, as do singles like “Whip Appeal,” “Acura Integurl,” “Pyrite” and “Memrise.” His 2016 visual album Endless can’t be streamed individually on Apple Music or Spotify. We’ve still got time.For as many songs and albums 33-year-old singer, songwriter, record producer, photographer and visual artist Frank Oceanhas put out into the world, his official discography in major streaming services comes out to just two albums-2012 Def Jam album channel ORANGE and the 2016 Boys Don’t Cry album Blonde-and a slew of singles. Here’s what we know: the album is “coming soon”, after one fan spoke with Frank it’s rumoured to focus on rap, because Frank was kicked out of sessions for Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s latest record after spitting bars some of it’s been recorded at Abbey Road there are less than two weeks left to get upset, send out more memes of Frank checking his watch in Odd Future’s “Oldie”, to bump Nostalgia, Ultra for the infinitive time, until his #July2015 prospective release date becomes redundant.
The good news, though, is that Frank Ocean’s album is on its way. I guess no one noticed the music industry’s “revolutionary” change. These people propagating the rumour are the same breed of people who plaster Facebook with fake news stories about NASA discovering a planet made from marijuana. As the popular alternative rock group Lit once sang, y’all your “own worst enemy”.
The self-perpetuating circle of thirst for Frank Ocean’s sophomore album conjured up a July 20 release date from the most far-reaching straw of information – a hash-tag that says July 2015, not the 20th of July - and coteries of Hypebeasts are spilling jamba juice over their Twitter timelines, blaming Frank for “forgetting” to release his new album. Some fans were then lead to believe Frank meant the album would be released on July 20, 15, the news circulated Twitter, and now people are bummed the album hasn’t dropped.Įssentially, the internet is mad at itself. When Frank announced the release of the long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s Channel Orange in a Tumblr post earlier this year, he hash-tagged the date #July2015, #Issue1 and #Album3. The main point of concern for many music fans today is that Frank Ocean hasn’t released his second album.
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