Frank Ocean - Blonde (Discussion Thread)

[VladTheImpaler]

Finally listened on my flight this morning.

It's cool. I can see it growing on me.

Seigfried + Godspeed. My favorite tracks

3stacks delivered per usual

The fukk were u going and coming from

 

[Human Torch]

The fukk were u going and coming from

What you mean lol.

I flew from DC(Reagan) to Raleigh.flight 45mins to a hour. A day trip for work. I'll be home by dinner.


Naw this shyt sucks tbh

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I dont ever wanna hear u nikkaz clown tyga ever again for gettin some good lovin from a tranny

 

[Mike Otherz]

Frank is incredible at emoting.

Songs i love off first listen. Damn near all. Like it better than channel orange which i didn't spend much time wiith.

Ivy
Pink plus white
Self Control
Nights
The beginning of godspeed before the vocals.
White Ferrari



Frank might have got the crown of CAC approved r&b brehs.

He all in his feelings on this album.

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

i think thats true too

like white gay men get to be men who happen to be gay

like this

an black gay men are portrayed as this

They're still people tho.

And to think masculinity is at risk to being wiped out is a laughable concept.

 

[volk]

Listening to both Endless and Blonde, there's not really anything feminine about his personality though imo.

 

[Loose]

I dont ever wanna hear u nikkaz clown tyga ever again for gettin some good lovin from a tranny

Really nothing feminine at all about this album. Love is universal fam

 

[re'up]

On first few listens, there is nothing as urgent or haunting as 'Novacane', or as compelling and beautiful as 'Pyramids (Second Half) but I like a lot of the songs...it's way more abstract then his previous work, with lighter production, I enjoy it, it's just missing those tracks like you zone out on over and over, it's a more cohesive project, with some incredible production, even if it it sometimes limited to interludes, or intro's. I don't connect emotionally as much to this project, I think the lyrics should be sharper drawn, to contrast the laid back, background esque sound.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Really nothing feminine at all about this album. Love is universal fam

Cant imagine bumpin this in the ride on a nice summer evening, knowin' he definitely singin about men.

And what if im scoopin my homie up to go get some ice cream?

Oh, hell naw

 

[erker]

Cant imagine bumpin this in the ride on a nice summer evening, knowin' he definitely singin about men.

And what if im scoopin my homie up to go get some ice cream?

Oh, hell naw

Lol, "scooping your homie up to go eat some ice cream" sounds a lot more suspect than this album...

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

On first few listens, there is nothing as urgent or haunting as 'Novacane', or as compelling and beautiful as 'Pyramids (Second Half) but I like a lot of the songs...it's way more abstract then his previous work, with lighter production, I enjoy it, it's just missing those tracks like you zone out on over and over, it's a more cohesive project, with some incredible production, even if it it sometimes limited to interludes, or intro's. I don't connect emotionally as much to this project, I think the lyrics should be sharper drawn, to contrast the laid back, background esque sound.

yeah that's another thing he a great song writer but there no knock out punch record that gets stuck in your head

pink and white comes close though


i think his rapping on endless is pretty tight though

 

[DoubleClutch]

I don't knock gay people for being gay, I don't view it as something they can change


Frank Ocean always came off as just another nerdy kid, so a lot of his stuff was cool to me even after he came out, but you can hear that he's been hanging out with rich white people on this album more so than the odd future days


Odd Future hanging out with them kind of kept him more grounded, and now he's moving more left,, I do think there's an agenda to feminize men and the death of masculinity is real

gay people get use for that separate from their orientation



But that's just my opinion

True and as he changed his crowd and got money it seemed he's stopped agressing issues relevant to the black community

I figured someone like frank with his type of audience would have more to say on current events or atleast a song like crack rock on Blond.

Maybe it went over my head but he didn't say much with substance this album as he has in the past.

I also don't think the album is pro Gay either. It's just whatever

I expected more

 

[Freddie.Cane]

I dont ever wanna hear u nikkaz clown tyga ever again for gettin some good lovin from a tranny

 

[blazn101]

Song order is so important, when I first tried to listen to the album is was set to shuffle. So odd and off. Then I corrected it but my first impression from the first few songs was not so good.

This seem on first listen even in order, disjointed and trying to hard to be...something. I only like a few songs so far

I need to listen again to the whole album in correct order. I'm still not over my first impression.

This..The album just doesn't feel cohesive on my first few listens.

 

[The G.O.D II]

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