![]() ![]() And it’s not even three minutes long! I need more.Īt this point, Twitter has been abuzz with “Pink Matter” because it features OutKast’s Andre 3000, who peeks his head out about as often as Puxatawney Phil. This track, and the video from “Fallon,” is on repeat. ![]() It all came together into one sonically orgasmic package. It had a melancholic beauty to it from the string section, the Roots’ accompaniment, Ocean’s falsetto. Let’s start with “Bad Religion.” Ocean performed it on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” which aired Tuesday night as the album was released on iTunes. I can’t stop listening and I honestly don’t know that I will any time soon. ![]() I’ve listened to “channel ORANGE,” which has released on iTunes a week early, almost four times through. Hell, there was already plenty of buzz before Ocean put those rumors about his sexuality to rest, but I assumed after last week’s news the album would be charged with a kind of raw emotion that would really make the album resonate. My expectations were pretty high for the album. (But because I can’t control myself, my stance is essentially this: Shouldn’t it be all about the music, man? Why do we, as modern Western folk, even care what a person’s sexuality is anymore? Ah, here I go …) Heck, I could even need to get into why it’s not important, but that’s an entirely different conversation for another time and place. I don’t need to get into why that was important. He confirmed on his own accord that he is, indeed, bisexual. In the early hours of that Independence Day, Ocean posted an image to his Tumblr containing the raw text from the liner notes for his upcoming debut studio album “channel ORANGE.” Now, though, rumors are circulating that he’s bisexual. Ocean has since dropped a mixtape, nearly fallen out with Def Jam Recordings and has become a prominent figure on the Odd Future Records roster. A rough beat eventually opens up a silky hook not from one of the usual suspects – not John Legend or Kid Cudi or even Justin Vernon – but rather Frank Ocean. “No Church in the Wild.” It’s the first of the album’s 16 tracks. My iTunes pre-order downloads at the stroke of midnight. Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” drops … finally. I’ve sat here for about four hours trying to put the words together for this review.Ĭorny as it may sound, it’s the honest truth.Īug. Review: Frank Ocean's 'channel ORANGE' channels raw emotional resonance ![]()
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