This Frank Ocean still goes hard.....*Official Thread*

[airjordan jb23]

Originally Posted by hymen man

I read a little review of the album listening party and even though they only heard it once.. and it's hard to pick up on things that fast but 'Forrest Gump' (I think it's the last track on CO) is the only song that seems like it might be about a guy.

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/70179558.html

Sweet Life was really hyped up in this review... Can't wait

 

[Jordan8]

People talking about a marketing ploy must not realize even people at Def Jam (the marketing team) didnt know.

 

[sonoftony]

at the thread title change

 

[niquefreak94]

Originally Posted by prison mike

Originally Posted by YaBoyDiddy

Not completely sold yet. Until he comes out in plain text: "I'm a bisexual or gay man." Not some thank you's for an album.
They're thank you's...he's already in a full scale, big picture mindset - he's a songwriter!...do u know how easily he could of intentionally planned to troll us and flip the script
and say  the "him" he was referring to is music. "The come out" ("The decision"

) was well written but still vague enough that it could apply to music.


"4 summers ago, I met somebody" [music]
"We spent that summer together and the summer after. Everyday almost." [music]
"Time would glide." [music!!!!!]
"I'd hear his conversation and his silence until it was time to sleep [music!!!!]
"It was hopeless...no escaping...no negotiating..."  [music!!! Once you're into creating music it takes over your u ]
"I reminisced about the songs I enjoyed as a teenager... I realized they were in a language I didn't speak yet [music]
"He wouldn't tell me the truth about his feelings for me for another 3 years. I felt like I only imagined his reciprocity for years."
[You got a love for something but you're looking for and u wont that acknowledgment and success. He was demoing for Def Jam but his solo +%@+, him an artist, was on the back burner.]
"I kept up a peculiar friendship because I couldn't imagine keeping up my life without him [music]
"I'll remember who I was when I met you." [Music. His Career is taking off...he wont forget his artistry or compromise]

Damn near most of that thank u, u could apply to music. Maybe I'm reaching...maybe I'm not 

If he's gay...It is what it is...it wont change his music.

Sexual orientation aint ever cross my mind when listening to music. I'm listening for craft.

Naw, your def reaching.

yes. reaching. shut up. 

 

[redman]

Originally Posted by cartune

People talking about a marketing ploy must not realize even people at Def Jam (the marketing team) didnt know.

The same people who didn't know about Frank until he dropped his mixtape.

 

[servechilled81]

new track   Sweet LIFE by Frank Ocean

 

[10027]

Originally Posted by bonafide101

Ya think he would have still been on Watch The Throne if Ye and Jay knew this beforehand?

Uh, yeah...  Because Jay-z isn't a bigot and has spoken out in favor of marriage equality.

 

[k3stacks]

sweet life fire. that beat>>>>>>>>>>

pharrell served us right

 

[witnessmycalm21]

Sweet life

 

[goldenchild9]

Originally Posted by SonOfTony

at the thread title change

 

[me no pass]

Originally Posted by SonOfTony

at the thread title change

sweet life...str8 top down summer cruising music

cant wait

 

[shoeking2101]

Originally Posted by 10027

Originally Posted by bonafide101

Ya think he would have still been on Watch The Throne if Ye and Jay knew this beforehand?

Uh, yeah...  Because Jay-z isn't a bigot and has spoken out in favor of marriage equality.

Or because both of them play for both teams...

 

[ill legal operation]

Originally Posted by CasperJr

1st track I hear about a man I'm finger rolling that joint into the trash and keeping it moving

 

[dipsetgeneral]

​

He said that his open letter was written in December 2011 with a view to include it in the album sleeve notes in order to pre-empt speculation that might arise from some of its songs addressing men. “I knew that I was writing in a way that people would ask questions,” he said. “I knew that my star was rising, and I knew that if I waited I would always have somebody that I respected be able to encourage me to wait longer, to not say it till who knows when.”

The Odd Future member also downplayed the risk in his coming out. “People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I’m black. They could do the same just because I’m American.”
Full Story: Guardian

Read more: http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/#ixzz21Epcxgw8

 

[thecoolestguyuno]

I've always thought Frank Ocean was overrated (except in hooks & choruses). But I tried to give it time, but I just couldn't get into his music.

Maybe cause of the era of Rap/R&B I grew up in, but even by heterosexual standards...his music is too soft for me. I'd rather listen to a female R&B artist cover the subject matter he does in his songs. This being said the speculation of him singing love songs to other men doesn't surprise me, nor does the acceptance from society he would receive for it if he was.

 

[yaboydiddy]

Sweet Life is dope

It dont matter what he is

 

[omgitswes]

Yeah it's pretty smooth. Probably one of my favorites from him

 

[guttagetsbusy]

Originally Posted by goldenchild9

Originally Posted by SonOfTony

at the thread title change

 

[buc em]

Son.....his lyrics took over a whole new meaning.

Nature Feels

"I've been meaning to @*## you in the garden
 Been breathing so hard we both could use the oxygen
 Just hop on my back I'll take you down the stairs
 Into my backyard then lay you right on the grass"

Swim Good

"that's a pretty big trunk
on my lincoln town car ain't it
big enough to take these broken hearts
and put em in it..
now i'm driving round
on the boulevard trunk bleeding"

Uhhhh.....

 

[airjordan jb23]

Really wanna give this track a listen, but Im gonna hold out until the 17th

 

[boys noize]

Originally Posted by Buc Em


Son.....his lyrics took over a whole new meaning.

Nature Feels

"I've been meaning to @*## you in the garden
 Been breathing so hard we both could use the oxygen
 Just hop on my back I'll take you down the stairs
 Into my backyard then lay you right on the grass"

Swim Good

"that's a pretty big trunk
on my lincoln town car ain't it
big enough to take these broken hearts
and put em in it..
now i'm driving round
on the boulevard trunk bleeding"

Uhhhh.....

Dude is bisexual. For your sake, just imagine it as him singing about a woman 

 

[cparkfresh]

Frank Ocean is one of my favorite artists out. I was and still am very much anticipating this album. However, I would be lying if I said that his songs didn't take on a new meaning to me. Read his letter then listen to Thinking Bout You and I can almost guarantee it will not be the same.

Yes, of course

I remember, how could I forget?

How you feel.

And though you were my first time

A new feel

It won’t ever get old, not in my soul

Not in my spirit, keep it alive

We’ll go down this road

‘Til it turns from color to black and white





As a matter of fact the entire song is about how his relationship grew with dude.

 

[purplenurple1414]

Originally Posted by GuttaGetsBusy

Originally Posted by goldenchild9

Originally Posted by SonOfTony

at the thread title change

 

[snowboardingpanda]

Originally Posted by Boys Noize

Originally Posted by Buc Em


Son.....his lyrics took over a whole new meaning.

Nature Feels

"I've been meaning to @*## you in the garden
 Been breathing so hard we both could use the oxygen
 Just hop on my back I'll take you down the stairs
 Into my backyard then lay you right on the grass"

Swim Good

"that's a pretty big trunk
on my lincoln town car ain't it
big enough to take these broken hearts
and put em in it..
now i'm driving round
on the boulevard trunk bleeding"

Uhhhh.....

Dude is bisexual. For your sake, just imagine it as him singing about a woman 

Those are horrible examples too. 

 

[dt43]

Sweet Life is dope (title is def a subliminal though

)