In the past few months alone, rappers like iLoveMakonnen and Taylor Bennett have come out as gay and bisexual, respectively. Especially black music, which has long been in desperate need of a voice like Ocean's to break the layers of homophobia." It’s now been five years since Ocean’s transcendent breakout album, and the effects of his sexual emancipation are as influential as ever. Kennedy explained, this was "the glass ceiling moment for music. As Los Angeles Times music writer Gerrick D. In one letter and two tracks, Ocean singlehandedly ushered in a new era for queer inclusiveness in mainstream music. “My fingertips and my lips, they burn from the cigarettes, Forrest Gump," he croons, wistfully. “I can never make him love me, never make him love me,” he cried out on the taxicab confessional, “Bad Religion.” On “Forrest Gump,” Ocean sings from a proverbial football stadium stands about the “buff and strong” Forrest Gump, who's running through his mind. On two tracks, “Bad Religion” and “Forrest Gump,” Ocean sang about a male love interest, which was a profound act in a genre still stifled by homophobia.
His letter was an introduction-a precursor of what would come when Channel Orange eventually dropped July 17. When Ocean uploaded that post late night on July 3, 2012, he changed everything. Grateful that even though it wasn’t what I hoped for and even though it was never enough, it was. It was my first love, it changed my life To my first love, I’m grateful for you. There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. "I’d hear his conversation and his silence.
"Most of the day I’d see him, and his smile," he wrote. Days before the LP was released, Ocean penned an open letter about his experience falling for a young man when he was a teenager. While the sound Ocean created and curated on Channel Orange has shaped music, so too have his personal lyrics and open identity as a queer artist. Related | Frank Ocean's Bisexual Lyrics Were Used in Chanel's Mysterious Ad Much has been said about the way the 17-track epic rewrote hip-hop and paved the way for a more nuanced, experimental sound that’s influenced Solange, SZA, Khalid and so many other artists. Five years ago today, Frank Ocean did all of that and more when he released his debut album Channel Orange. We patiently await the next one.A good album gives you something to bop to repeatedly for weeks, but a great album is timeless, genre-defying and ultimately changes the very fabric of the music industry. It’s a worthy follow up to ‘Channel Orange,’ although I think I do prefer the former, this release is great and cemented Ocean as one of the greats of our generation. There so many great songs on this ‘White Ferrari,’ ‘Nights,’ ‘Self Control,’ ‘Good Guy’ amongst them. ‘Solo’ is next, a quietly lush song which also received a lot of radio in Aus. A funny, if not heartwarming moment on the album. Next up is the interlude, ‘Be Yourself,’ featuring a voicemail of a mother telling her child not to consume alcohol or drugs. On ‘Ivy’ he sings “We'll never be those kids again,” perhaps a reference to ‘Super Rich Kids’ from ‘Channel Orange.’ ‘Pink + White’ was co-written and produced by Pharrell Williams, and features the vocals of his aforementioned friend, Beyoncé. Thanks to triple j’s habit of not necessarily only supporting singles, most of the tracks are familiar to me on this album.
For the first 3 minutes of the song, his vocals are very affected before finally delivering his unaffected “no filter” vocals. Only one official single was released, ‘Nikes,’ the opening track. The production takes its cues from Brian Wilson, while the vocals are comaprible to Prince at times. It’s more experimental than his debut, featuring sounds of psych pop, avante garde soul and RnB. ‘Blond’ was recorded across three cities in three famous studios Electric Lady (New York), Abbey Road Studios (London) and Henson (LA, the location of Charlie Chaplin’s old studios). Mere hours later, in the early hours of the next morning, Ocean dropped ‘Blond’ (taking a leaf out of friend, Beyoncé’s book - #81). Instead came the visual release, ‘Endless,’ which fulfilled his obligations to Def Jam. 3 years in the making, Ocean didn’t want to give his next record, ‘Blond’ to the label. Following the release of his ground-breaking album, ‘Channel Orange’ (#148), Frank Ocean owed label, Def Jam, one more album.
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