★★★★★
Release Date: July 10th, 2012 A few weeks ago, I was at the store F.Y.E. in my local mall, and I picked up a copy of Justin Timberlake's sophomore record FutureSex / LoveSounds for only $5. I was never really into R&B, though I did enjoy a few artists in the genre. I just never have actively listened to a lot of artists within R&B. Well, I had heard of Frank Ocean for a long time, and the next week, I bought his debut record Channel Orange...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-12-12
★★★★★
After the heralded successes of Nostalgia, Ultra, Odd Future member and fast riser Frank Ocean has made his Def Jam major label debut a week early with the release of Channel Orange. Guest features on the album include include Andre 3000, Earl Sweatshirt (of Odd Future) and John Mayer, while production is provided by the headliner himself, Malay, Pharrell Williams and others. .....
- www.djbooth.net
2012-10-15
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShare Rough Tides, Beautiful Ocean In a culture where misogyny and homophobia run rampant, it takes a brave soul to step out from the clichés of hip hop ethos and let his actions do what so many of his cohorts claim they do. That's keeping it real. Frank Ocean's major label debut, channel ORANGE, is released on the heels of a media firestorm over the controversy of his public announcement of his bisexuality...
- www.mxdwn.com
2012-08-10
★★★★★
They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but Frank Ocean might have a thing or two to say about that. Since he published a certain Tumblr post (which was initially planned to be included within Channel ORANGE itself), he's become one of the most talked-about artists on the planet. There have been countless features, articles and op-ed pieces about him, though depressingly few have focused primarily on his music...
- www.noripcord.com
2012-08-07
★★★★★
No pun intended, but this is a bit of an odd album. This is the album that really blew Frank Ocean up in a big way. This is the album Jay-Z was listening to when he decided Ocean should sing hooks on "Watch the Throne." The story goes that Beyonce had a bootleg of it playing in the car, and Shawn was just amazed at how good of a crooner he was, and the rest is history...
- rapreviews.com
2012-08-06
★★★★★
Record Review People want to talk about Frank Ocean, but I just want to listen to "Pyramids." I'd listen to it with you if I could, together imagining cheetahs on the loose, watching each other's knees buckle when the beat kicks in. We'd probably have to get high, because this song doesn't make a shit-lick of sense sober. Above all, I need someone to pause for a moment with me and consider just how thoroughly and magnificently strange this ten-minute behemoth really is...
- www.cokemachineglow.com
2012-07-30
★★★★★
It's terribly hard nowadays to try and discuss an album one enjoys without sounding too preachy, too emotionally attached and too, well, in love. I'm not sure if that's a facet of the times or perhaps, it's always seemed that way (did everyone get annoyed when every single album by Stevie Wonder was universally loved or was it justly expected?) but usually, when new music strikes so hard, it's easy to let go...
- www.adequacy.net
2012-07-26
★★★★★
While most tuned-in reviewers, bloggers, and music fans discovered Frank Ocean with his critically-acclaimed mixtape nostalgia ULTRA, the majority of the mainstream were introduced to Ocean's distinct croon when he provided the vocals to the incredible hook of Kanye West and Jay-Z's hit "No Church In The Wild." It's obvious that his voice was built for stardom and top 40 radio...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-07-26
★★★★★
Since the '80s, when R&B began to lean more heavily on the candid bling-and-booty-centric tropes championed by its plain-speaking hip-hop cousins, the music's subtlety, nuance, and imagination have faded. Conversely, rap has gained more widespread acknowledgement of its capacity for layered emotional expression, and content driven less by statements than by questions...
- thephoenix.com
2012-07-26
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