I wasn’t planning on reviewing the Odd Future crooner and Def Jam artist Frank Ocean’s new album, channel ORANGE, until next week. You know, when it was supposed to come out? Maybe because of the recent wave of support he is getting due to his incredibly personal blog post is why his major label debut is now available for us the consumer to digest. Maybe he just wanted it out there for us to enjoy. Whatever the actual reason for this early release, I could not be happier that the album is in my possession. After listening to his first album/mixtape, the self-released nostalgia, ULTRA a year ago, this project has been on my personal musical radar (SIDE NOTE: If you don’t have nostalgia Ultra yet, do yourself a favor and get it). Now, ORANGE sits and plays on constant loop – and is consistently enjoyable from beginning to end. [Read more...]
Review of Frank Ocean’s ‘channel ORANGE’
07/10/2012 by Leave a Comment
Looking Ahead to 2012: 3rd Quarter (July – September)
07/01/2012 by Leave a Comment
For those of you not keeping track we are about to enter the second half of the year, full of just as many exciting things as the first half. So far some entries have disappointed, some have surprised, and some have lived up to and surpassed expectations so far, so lets keep our fingers crossed that there will be more of the latter options in the months to come. So what are you excited for? Let’s give you some options to consider with this list of what the writers of HST can’t wait for. [Read more...]
