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Channel Orange is the debut studio album by the American R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean.It was released on July 10, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings.After releasing his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra the previous year, Ocean began writing new songs with Malay, a producer and songwriter who then assisted him with recording Channel Orange at EastWest Studios in Hollywood.
"Late", Boys Don't Cry library card posted by Frank Ocean on July 2, 2016. On July 2, 2016, Ocean hinted at a possible third album with an image on his website suggesting a July or November release date. [30] On August 1, 2016, a live video marked the first update on the website since the library card post from July. [31]
American singer and rapper Frank Ocean has released two studio albums, one visual album, one mixtape, 21 singles (including 5 as a featured artist) and eight music videos. ...
[145] In a GQ article titled "Why Frank Ocean is a musical icon", Jon Savage described Ocean as a "consummate contemporary artist in every sense who is immersed in new sonic possibilities, one who is deeply committed to artistic exploration in the most profound sense." Savage praised Ocean for taking R&B to a "new level [through] constructing ...
On January 16, 2015, Ocean posted a cover of "(At Your Best) You Are Love" on Tumblr as a tribute to Aaliyah. On April 6, Ocean announced the follow-up to Channel Orange would be released in July, as well as a publication, although no further details were released. The album was ultimately not released in July, with no explanation given for its ...
Nostalgia, Ultra (stylized as nostalgia,ULTRA. and occasionally nostalgia/ultra) is the debut mixtape by American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean. It was released on February 16, 2011. [3] Ocean was inspired to make the mixtape after Hurricane Katrina in his native New Orleans and his subsequent relocation to Los Angeles.
Ocean and Malay came up with "Super Rich Kids" on their first day working together on Ocean's debut album, Channel Orange. [5] According to Ocean, the 2000 film Traffic was an inspiration for the song. [6] Ocean first performed the song during his debut solo tour in 2011, [7] and later performed it on the Channel Orange Tour. [8]
LAist observed the similarities between Ocean and Marshall's careers: Frank Ocean was born in Long Beach and Kerry James Marshall grew up in South Central Los Angeles. They both reckon with image and the dichotomy of public and private life for black Americans, as well as the narratives American forces onto the life of black men.