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
Review of Odd Future’s ‘The OF Tape, Vol. 2′
03/19/2012 by 1 Comment
There are two ways I can approach writing this introductory paragraph for Odd Future, the most controversial rap collective since N.W.A.. One, I can fly my Wolf Gang flag in the air and say that their new album, The OF Tape, Vol. 2 is the best thing ever, or I can be like a lot of critics and just label them as “a bunch of horrorcore.” Although those elements of that subgenre are definitely present on their new album, it seems like the giant collective is starting to successfully evolve and mature their sound. [Read more...]
