Well here this goes. Frank Ocean is, in fact, the best thing since sliced bread (to me). It’s hard to exactly pinpoint the specific reason that I like Frank Ocean as an artist. It’s more of several things. Pride could be one thing for me. I’m proud that being the hipster I am I have listened to his music even before he released the hit song “No Church in the Wild” that launched his mainstream musical career. Being the Odd Future fan that I am, I have sensed his eventual success. Pride that also is derived from the fact that he comes from this very state of Louisiana only to be evacuated out of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. But that doesn’t really explain why I like his music so I’ll get more into that. What it boils down to in the end is the pure passion, substance, and emotion that you feel in his music. Not only does he write every one of his songs based on anecdotes, but he also includes extremely complex chord progressions, something that you don’t often see in mainstream music in general. Sure he’s bisexual (yes he has a song called ‘Songs for Women’ leaving me to believe he likes both sexes), but that does not take away the pure heartbreak and sadness that you can almost feel in these songs. For example, every time I listen to “Bad Religion” I get chills. Frank reminds me of anyone that experiences heartbreak. Just a normal guy that uses music as a medium to write of this heartbreak. So essentially, most people can relate to him even if they are gay or not. The CD in itself expresses this theme throughout its duration. Instead of rapping about explicit themes involving sex, drugs, and cash-flow, Frank talks about love in a poetic form of music. This in itself earns a great amount of respect from me. So far I think this album has the potential to grab Pop Album of the Year from many award shows, including the Grammys. I don’t know what else to write about so I’ll just leave it like this. - @ChanduhluhYoung

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