Its direct inspirations were Pink Floyd, Sly and the Family Stone, Prince and Jimi Hendrix, though it never sounds derivative or retro, but grand, inventive and ambitious. Ocean's producer Malay has spoken about the recording process, revealing that there were barely any leftovers from the sessions, which gives an idea of the precision involved. Like Beyoncé's 4 (which contains I Miss You, an Ocean composition), its tracklisting doesn't feel like a commercial exercise – it starts slowly, rather than with an attention-grabbing banger, and takes its time to build in tempo and mood. It insists you listen to it from start to finish, to experience the considered unravelling of its carefully plotted pace. It is an album that demands to be received as such, a true long-player in an age of cherry-picked tracks and edited highlights. It's a staggering achievement of rare scope and variety, an album that builds on Nostalgia, Ultra's foundations and brings that vision to completion. It was startlingly intelligent and new.Ĭhannel Orange, though, far outshone both Nostalgia, Ultra and Ocean's Odd Future colleagues. Novocane was an indie-film love story, all sepia tones and drugged anti-romance. Swim Good told the tale of a desperate murder-suicide. It was a promising start, particularly in its narrative reach – Ocean pulled the strings of his songs' characters with easy artfulness. His debut album Nostalgia, Ultra came out that same year as a mixtape leaked by Ocean himself, frustrated by the slowness of his record company in releasing it. But it was Frank Ocean, the oldest, most soulful member of the crew, a singer more than a rapper, who made the biggest waves. When he released the single Yonkers in February 2011, it brought global attention to his LA rap collective. Tyler, the Creator was supposed to be the breakout star of Odd Future.
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