With a Grammy nomination for his mixtape Nostalgia Ultra, a feature in 2 songs in ‘Watch the Throne’ Frank Ocean is a talent to pay attention to. Before the release of this album Frank came out of the closet, saying that he had fallen in love with a man and if you take a listen to ‘Forrest Gump’ on the album you will realize that his ‘outburst’ was not a publicity stunt. Whether you dislike him or not, his album is worth a listen. The album is more or less similar to his mixtape though, with numerous preludes to the main songs. His biggest song ‘Thinking about you’ from his mixtape is the second track on the album. To love this album you have to understand the order of Ocean’s work because he doesn't go for the usual-although I feel he could have experimented more with his sound. Being a Frank Ocean fan I expected more in this album since he has worked on very great songs with other artists. Songs to look out for are ‘Pyramids’ (which could be turned into a party tune), ‘Lost is’ and ‘Pink Matter’ which features Andre3000.
-Andisiwe Mtengwane
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