![]() Talented? An emphatic, "hells yeah." Just bear witness to Ocean killing it with his falsetto on the dreamily seductive "Thinking Bout You," mark out as he evokes vintage Prince with "Lost" and vibe as Ocean and Odd Future standout Earl Sweatshirt examine the vapidity of young money ("Super Rich Kids") over urgent-sounding piano keys. In melding accessible melodies with conveniently obtuse lyrics (see: the sublime, Stevie Wonder-sounding "Sweet Life"), the reserved 24-year-old singer/songwriter speaks to the black experience rarely expressed upon such a vulnerable platform. While lacking the immediacy of much-heralded mixtape Nostalgia, ULTRA, Channel Orange is strategically loose and genuinely artistic in its construction. What it is, frankly speaking, is one of the brightest R&B-flavoured projects to touch the mainstream in a long time. Make no mistake, though: Channel Orange isn't a masterpiece. ![]() Engineered or not, the ensuing publicity would have been hollow if the album was a dud ― it is not. Try as one might, one can't help but flash a furtive eyebrow or two at the curious timetabling between Frank Ocean effectively outing himself and the album release date of Channel Orange.
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