Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE

14232949 · 07-21-2012, 10:15 AM

I enjoyed this release. Frank's really matured, and is sounding great.
I don't think it'll be long until he completely breaks off from Odd Future, he doesn't need them anymore.

His voice obviously is the albums main selling point, but there is some really great accompanying production, namely on the albums highlight: Pyramids.
The album displays it's best material from that moment on with the second half of the record being the much stronger, with songs like Forest Gump and Bad Religion really displaying the emotional maturity of Frank Ocean.

Not to say that the first half of the album was bad, it's not, it just felt as if it didn't really serve much purpose, there were some nice melodies but the album as a whole was possibly 3/4 tracks longer than it needed to be.

Overall, better than Nostalgia_ULTRA and a good effort, firmly cementing Frank as the number 2 cool r'n'b guy after The Weeknd.

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07-21-2012, 10:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	I enjoyed this release. Frank's really matured, and is sounding great. I don't think it'll be long until he completely breaks off from Odd Future, he doesn't need them anymore. His voice obviously is the albums main selling point, but there is some really great accompanying production, namely on the albums highlight: Pyramids. The album displays it's best material from that moment on with the second half of the record being the much stronger, with songs like Forest Gump and Bad Religion really displaying the emotional maturity of Frank Ocean. Not to say that the first half of the album was bad, it's not, it just felt as if it didn't really serve much purpose, there were some nice melodies but the album as a whole was possibly 3/4 tracks longer than it needed to be. Overall, better than Nostalgia_ULTRA and a good effort, firmly cementing Frank as the number 2 cool r'n'b guy after The Weeknd.