So yeah, let us anticipate. This guy is good.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 10 June 2012 21:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have been a skeptic but that's really good.
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Monday, 11 June 2012 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah this is good... the second half of this is a better terius slow jam than terius himself has put out in a while
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 June 2012 01:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
self-produced i assume?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 June 2012 01:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
john mayer plays the solo on this, btw
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 June 2012 02:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
sure
― the route is ban (k3vin k.), Monday, 11 June 2012 02:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol xp
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Monday, 11 June 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
The horn accents on this are nice.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 11 June 2012 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Am I a big fan because I am so stoked for this record or a "hater" because I fear there's no way he can top Nostalgia, Ultra?
Oh man, if he tops it...
― alpine static, Monday, 11 June 2012 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
fuck this is goooooood
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 06:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is actually okay!
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 11 June 2012 10:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i refuse to contribute to any press/discussion about this guy until and unless people listen to us about dawn richard though
not entirely sure yet whether this deserves a chuckle or nonplussed respect
the dwele / el-p meeting of minds i don't recall asking for
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 June 2012 10:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
or dwel-p as i shall like to call it
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 June 2012 10:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 11:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
also like a tiny bit of vampire weekend/paul simon x gosling's drive along the transverse axis of poeticised mundanity sort of thing going on
haha what a funny song
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 June 2012 11:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
¯\_(ツ)_; ¯
^ is it super annoying or cute that this is the genre tag on the mp3
it's pretty much the crucial core question with nu-r&b really
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 June 2012 11:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
dude sang probably my single least favorite lyric of the past year so i'm sticking to my status as a non-believer who don't believe in anything
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 11:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
best part is the stevie impersonation at 3:35 appr
― cock chirea, Monday, 11 June 2012 11:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyone who replies "cute" should just go and kill themselves tbh
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 11 June 2012 11:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
relistening, the beat is great but the more i pay attention to the lyrics the more side-eye i give to it. HELLO EMPTY SIGNIFIERS OF ARTY ARTINESS. and he's still not a compelling vocal presence.
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 11 June 2012 12:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's okay but it faffs around a bit.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 June 2012 12:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
which signifiers did you mean specifically lex?
― r|t|c, Monday, 11 June 2012 13:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like it, don't love it. At least not yet.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 June 2012 13:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i like this song
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 June 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
which lyric, some dude?
― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 03:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
the one i was paraphrasing about "a non-believer who don't believe in anything"
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 03:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
I switched back and forth between which half I liked better. Now it's clearly the second half.
― ninguna informacion para la DEA (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 03:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh duh, sorry, end of a long day...
― alpine static, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel about this the same way I feel about Stevie's "Superwoman." It's all about the change and the aftermath. In both cases, I tolerate the beginning to get to the switch. Plus, I guess I like self-pity.
― ninguna informacion para la DEA (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 05:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Honestly, the thing that bugs me the most: that he says "air guitar" when there's an actual guitar playing.
― ninguna informacion para la DEA (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 05:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I feel about this the same way I feel about Stevie's "Superwoman.
would have preferred if this sounded like Karyn White's "Superwoman."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
i agree with lex that he is "still not a compelling vocal presence"
― flopson, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
some dude made me want to start a "terrible lyrics that work within the song's context" but it would just end up being dominated by New Order and Beyonce
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
"still not a compelling vocal presence"
he's a gentle coaxer
― ogmor, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Still keep hearing it as "boobies in my damn chain."
― Writ Momney (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me too! I like it like that tho.
― GoatEA Sports (It's In The Name) (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 03:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha yes
― they loooovin the crut (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 09:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
umm so twitter is saying he comes out as bi on this?
huge respect if so.
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Monday, 2 July 2012 22:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
well damn
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 July 2012 23:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
and Miguel hasn't :(
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm not sure if it's just based on track he's written from a woman's perspective or something like that
either way lotta unfollowing going on right now :(
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah: http://www.karencivil.com/2012/07/02/frank-ocean-opens-up-about-bisexuality-on-channel-orange-album/?utm_source=wordtwit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wordtwit
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
He may yet reveal his orientation but this isn't enough
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm not sure what to make of the fact that frank played the album for journalists in both NY & LA and no one caught onto any hint of bisexuality
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 July 2012 23:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
because playbacks are awful affairs where you don't get to listen properly?
― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
i only go to them if i don't have to write about the album immediately
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 3 July 2012 00:30 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
yyyeah i didnt want to come out and say max from 1xtra might not be the sharpest tool in the box but...
― r|t|c, Monday, 2 July 2012 23:38 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah i'm not believing this until there's a better source
that said, WS frank ocean he's totally my type
just sayin
― i'm a housewife, an artist, and a snow leopard (The Brainwasher), Monday, 2 July 2012 23:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
there is a lot of thing you can quit.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 00:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
Sweet Life is the one that keeps me coming back.
yes
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 9 November 2012 13:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
I think the album is pretty catchy melodically though and I keep being surprised to see so many people think otherwise!
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 9 November 2012 13:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
is it a love crime?
noooooo
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 9 November 2012 13:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
argh why won't this album come out on vinyl already COME ON
― FNORAD (jamescobo), Monday, 12 November 2012 20:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201212/frank-ocean-interview-gq-december-2012
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 12:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
Jon Caramanica @joncaramanica 7s Worth mentioning that Bieber sang about 12 bars of Frank Ocean "Thinkin Bout You" during the show tonight
― liljon /bia/ bia (k3vin k.), Thursday, 29 November 2012 05:51 (6 months ago) Permalink
Terrific interview.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Thursday, 29 November 2012 15:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
listened to this again today & it just floored me, songs that previously hadn't really struck me just sounded incredible (pilot jones, sierra leone) really, really wonderful album
― flopson, Sunday, 2 December 2012 18:43 (6 months ago) Permalink
the final :30 or so of "sierra lone" is my favorite part of the album i think
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 2 December 2012 18:46 (6 months ago) Permalink
would love to see a glenn mcdonald-type spreadsheet in which ILM's grades for this album get posted.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 December 2012 18:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
I've finally fallen for "Pilot Jones"
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
I keep thinking of "Pilot Jones" as being a love song for mentally challenged military personnel because of "Forrest Gump"
― these markers love soda (some dude), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:45 (6 months ago) Permalink
hahaha
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Monday, 3 December 2012 00:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
I wondered why Ocean didn't lead "Pilot Jones" with a Short Round sample from Temple of Doom, specifically, "Dr. Jones! No time for love!"
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 December 2012 01:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
love "pilot jones" so much. was my favorite the first time through, and i still love it dearly. so sadd. played it for a friend the other day and he would not feel. then he wanted to play me the afghan whigs doing "love crimes. friends...
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 3 December 2012 07:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
I like the Afghan Whigs cover, but if that's the only thing you're taking away from Frank Ocean....
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 08:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
it was live and sounded like a carton of bees
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 3 December 2012 08:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
Love how this album is structured. It opens with him telling lies, moves on to him telling stories, then closes with candid autobiography
― Evan R, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
Ha, not quite, but good point. I don't think "Pink Matter" or fucking "Forrest Gump" really jibe with that. It's telling in a way that he follows the emotionally nakedness of "Bad Religion" (and, in a different way, "Pink Matter", which has no real reason to connect the way it does, but damn does he make you feel his cosmic mumbo-jumbo) with a somewhat detached telling of his cheesiest tale yet, but one that only really makes sense in the context given by "Bad Religion". There really isn't any other point in the record he could have slipped "Forrest" without it being completely intrusive. He goes for the "Florida University" gambit by ending the album on a more upbeat but also very wistful moment (but without Terius' spite), which probably sums his current feelings of the relationship he described more directly in "Thinkin' Bout You" and "Bad Religion" than their in-the-moment anguish. Cause really all his stories are about himself anyway, even when goes out of his way to signpost that they're not. So for all practical intents he's back to lying again.
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
Oh, and "Fertilizer" is him calling himself out!
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
"fertilizer" in its 45 or whatever seconds is better than 95% of music this year
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
the studio version is free d00d
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
does frank sing on "fertilizer" at all or is it totally james fauntleroy
― J0rdan S., Monday, 3 December 2012 22:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
i thought it's frank singing to fauntleroy, who you can faintly hear in the background
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
or like a short cover
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
The vocals sound deeper than Fauntleroy's on the original, so I'm assuming it's Ocean. It had never occurred to me that it wouldn't be, even though I knew Fauntleroy wrote the song.
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 22:59 (6 months ago) Permalink
the instruments are different too, no?
― childish bambino (rennavate), Monday, 3 December 2012 23:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
I don't think so.
― these bitches is my sons and i make dad jokes (The Reverend), Monday, 3 December 2012 23:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
A friend's FB update, which makes perfect sense:
Who knew Frank Ocean was so good to do yoga to?
― sandwich shortage (Eazy), Friday, 4 January 2013 18:32 (5 months ago) Permalink
Official Pink Matter Remix 320 kbps courtesy of Big Boi. Do we call it Frank Ocean ft. OutKast or Frank Ocean ft. Big Boi & Andre 3000.
Either way:
https://soundcloud.com/big-boi/pink-matter-remix-dirty-1
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 12 January 2013 07:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
Part of me wishes that we got a new new Andre verse to go with Big Boi's but stilllllll.
andre's verse is still effortlessly wonderful.
the way he just rattles off "since you been gone i been having withdrawals / you were such a habit to call"
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 12 January 2013 07:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
"she had the kind of body that would probably intimidate / any of 'em that were un-southern / not me cousin"
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 12 January 2013 07:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
"if models are made for modellin'/ thick girls are made for cuddlin'"
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 January 2013 22:19 (5 months ago) Permalink
that verse is sublime
― flopson, Saturday, 12 January 2013 22:24 (5 months ago) Permalink
that verse is Sublime.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 January 2013 22:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
Frank Ocean records track with Depeche Mode's Martin Gore
http://www.nme.com/news/frank-ocean/68835
The Brit Award winning Frank Ocean has reportedly recorded a track with Martin Gore of Depeche Mode for the follow-up to his Grammy Award winning album, 'Channel Orange'.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Dave Gahan said that his bandmate Gore worked on a song for Ocean's new record alongside The Knife producer Christoffer Berg. Gahan said that they met Ocean in New York whilst they were recording."Suddenly in the doorway, I sensed this presence, and I realised there was this guy standing there just watching," said Gahan. "An assistant came up to me in between songs and said, 'Do you mind? Frank Ocean is here working in another studio and really wants to meet you guys.' I wouldn't have thought he would have even known who we are, but it turns out he's a big fan." He continued: "Martin and Christoffer Berg ended up doing a track with him, which I think is going to be part of his new record. Martin did some electronics and some modular synthesizer stuff he really wanted."
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Dave Gahan said that his bandmate Gore worked on a song for Ocean's new record alongside The Knife producer Christoffer Berg. Gahan said that they met Ocean in New York whilst they were recording.
"Suddenly in the doorway, I sensed this presence, and I realised there was this guy standing there just watching," said Gahan. "An assistant came up to me in between songs and said, 'Do you mind? Frank Ocean is here working in another studio and really wants to meet you guys.' I wouldn't have thought he would have even known who we are, but it turns out he's a big fan." He continued:
"Martin and Christoffer Berg ended up doing a track with him, which I think is going to be part of his new record. Martin did some electronics and some modular synthesizer stuff he really wanted."
― :C (crüt), Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:25 (3 months ago) Permalink
oh god
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
as if he hoped to win Ned this way.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:27 (3 months ago) Permalink
this isn't nearly as worrying as his stated desire to work with danger mouse
― The Reverend, Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:44 (3 months ago) Permalink
this is fucking fantastic tbh
― This beat is TWEENCHRONIC (DJP), Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
yeah i'm with rev, fuck danger mouse
― bish (bosch), don't kill my vibe (rennavate), Friday, 22 February 2013 00:59 (3 months ago) Permalink
Gore's a brilliant guy, could totally see him coming up with something great in a context people aren't used to hearing him work in like this
― D4y0 (some dude), Friday, 22 February 2013 01:40 (3 months ago) Permalink
certainly he was a smart guy capable of awesome things in 1990 or even 2005
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2013 01:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
Because the latest Depeche Mode single indulges Dave Gahan in the worst way, I cringe at the thought of Ocean doing likewise.
Well, we'll find out. (Sorry, for once I didn't immediately notice Depeche relevant news.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2013 19:34 (3 months ago) Permalink
Though I can see a conversation this way:
MARTIN: "You know how you write lyrics?"FRANK: "Well yeah."MARTIN: "It's not that they're dumb, it's that's they're not dumb the RIGHT WAY."
Etc. etc.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2013 19:35 (3 months ago) Permalink
"Lost" got to #5 in the NZ charts, huh.
― etc, Friday, 26 April 2013 13:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
Seems the most radio-friendly track - concise, upbeat, catchy chorus.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:55 (1 month ago) Permalink