Nights is the masterpiece, using dream logic to channel Drake-style dolorous arrogance into a multi-act drama, cohering as an impressionist whole.īlonde is an extremely druggy record – its mood suggests dissociatives and rich-kid prescription pills, but mostly weed. The wandering top line of the Beatles’ Here, There and Everywhere was interpolated on White Ferrari, and Paul McCartney’s bright, asexual melancholy was also channelled on Ivy and Solo the jazzy spoken word on Skyline To was worthy of Sarah Vaughn or Ella Fitzgerald.

He lassooed rogue elements – a redlining Andre 3000, field recordings, his own heavily treated voice – so that they didn’t drag the record downwards, but still kept them bucking.īlonde was high-stakes stuff, and it was Ocean’s innate melodic brilliance that stopped it being a lofty failure. The album is rumored to be release this month, so keep your fingers crossed.Four years in the making, 17 tracks long, with an accompanying visual album and magazine, and tens of contributors either live or sampled (including Gang of Four, Kendrick Lamar, Todd Rundgren and Beyoncé), it was a pink kush cloud of music exhaled by a man with loose but absolute authority. So, maybe this album will be worth the wait. Needless to say, we can’t wait, Channel Orange was a modern classic with a unique feel. Looking closely at the bottom, July 2016 (the actual day is crossed out) and toward the top of the card a date of November 13, 2016, is shown as well (could be a release of a single – probably not a release date for an album, since albums come out on Fridays).įrank Ocean has definitely recorded some new music – via an interview of Lil’ Yachty by 106KMEL they discussed Yachty’s meeting with Rick Ruben, who heard Oceans album and said “It’s really good” others lucky enough to hear the album say “It”s another classic”. The mystery surrounding the singer continues with a photo, posted on Tumblr, of an old library insert showing a variety of missed “due dates”, presumably for the album. Frank Ocean appeared in a Calvin Klein ad showing a magazine with the title “Boys Don’t Cry” – it’s also rumored that the R&B singer maybe releasing a magazine or novel bearing the same title.

We have a feeling the hints may actually be for real this time.

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