![]() ![]() ![]() Ocean has come a long way since Nostalgia, Ultra, his 2011 debut mixtape, and he deeply feels the loss of his teenage years. ![]() In Blonde, Ocean looks to the past with fondness, but many of the tracks also mourn ended relationships-without bitterness, and often with a sense of lingering affection. It is sensitive and vulnerable, and in a hip-hop culture of destructive hyper-masculinity, Blonde’s introspection is truly brave. It is a thoughtful, expressive, layered look into Ocean’s past, his relationships, his attitudes towards fame, and his journey to discovering his own identity. Blonde is an album that has taken its time in becoming a cohesive whole. Anticipation for Blonde was high among fans it comes as the long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s Channel Orange, which proved Ocean’s talent as a singer, songwriter, rapper, and poet and launched him into the upper echelons of the R&B and rap communities.īlonde carries high expectations, especially in light of the brilliance of Channel Orange, and it does not disappoint. Blonde by Frank Ocean (released August 20, 2016) Frank Ocean’s second studio album, Blonde, is a vulnerable expression of love, nostalgia, and what it means to be “real.”įrank Ocean’s new album, Blonde, was worth the wait.
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