The album itself is brilliant, built around the loose concept of Frank searching through endless TV channels, shows and commercials. Frank's coming out was supported by OddFuture bandmate Tyler, The Creator, as well as industry heavyweights Jay-Z and Beyoncé (who would feature Frank on future albums).īut it would be wrong to state that Frank's sexuality is the most important part of channel ORANGE and its success. I feel like a free man." It proved to be a landmark moment for hip-hop culture, spearheaded by an artist many had already been hailing as a future legend. "I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore. " I don't know what happens now, and that's alright," Frank wrote. In it, he disclosed that the bulk of the album (and the topic of lead single Thinkin Bout You) had been written about a summer when he was 19 years old, where he had fallen in love with a man, his "first true love." On July 4 2012, Frank posted a message he had originally intended for the linear notes of channel ORANGE on his Tumblr page, six days out from the album's release. Not just an assured debut from one of our most talented and enigmatic auteurs, channel ORANGE also saw Frank broaden the horizons for what hip-hop could sound like.and what those creating hip-hop could sound like.
Frank Ocean's debut album channel ORANGE is undoubtedly one of them. There are few albums that you can say, quantifiably, changed and altered the course of the culture.
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