Frank Ocean

When it comes to hip hop and RnB, it's been a long while since I've heard an album that blew me away. The whole thing isn't perfect but some of the joints are just incredible.

"Strawberry Swing" and "We All Try" are the soulful tracks that have been sorely missing in the game. And I'm not talking about syrupy, corny, formulaic and ultimately empty 'soul'. I mean something that sounds like some passion went into it. Where the only formula is the finding the right construction to make the melody, not the pandering to consumers.

"Swim Good", "Novacane" and "Songs For Women" are also bangers!

I came across another blog that reviewed Ultra. I entirely agree with his/her sentiment, so much so that I'm gonna copy the paragraph:

"Ocean isn't as corny as Drake and not as earnest as Bruno Mars. He's more nimble and intelligent than Trey Songz, and not as overt or agressive as Chris Brown. Hopefully nostalgia, ULTRA and Frank Ocean mark the turning point for sensual, thoughtful contemporary R&B."

 http://theshimmyshake.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-were-listening-to-frank-oceans.html