Instead of trying to parse all of that (and more) in the space of a few paragraphs, it may be better to let the track speak for itself. “Pyramids” has so much going on that it’s overwhelming for a short-form write-up like this: the Michael Jackson lilt in Ocean’s delivery during the early section, the structural metamorphosis from thumping single into a restrained dissolve, its toying with Top 40 lyrical conventions, the extended and evolving titular metaphor, the layers of instrumentation. While all of that is well and good, in the end it’s all beside the point because this track is its own star. He’s written songs for vocalists ranging from Justin Bieber to John Legend, is an associate of the trailblazing Odd Future collective, has thrown down a set at Coachella, and appeared on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne album last year. Track 10 on channel ORANGE This is Frank Ocean’s near 10 minute long tale of the ancient history of the Black woman, and her gradual decline from a Queen in her homeland to. Remember the first time you heard “Bombs Over Baghdad” and thought, “Whoa–what is this?” That’s how “Pyramids” feels: the unmistakeable sound of boundaries being redefined, of genres being pushed around.įor a twenty-four year old, Frank Ocean already has a ridiculous resumé. Yesterday, Frank Ocean announced his proper debut album Channel Orange, out July 17th on Def Jam, with a video and snippet. Each spin of “Pyramids” moves my thinking more toward the latter option but either way, one can’t help but feel that the sound here is the sound of the future.
Kelly or if he’s into something more insidious, exploding those conventions in an undercover operation. Now, many listens later, it’s still difficult to pinpoint whether Ocean is celebrating slow-jam forerunners like R. He has helped pen tracks for Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy, and Beyoncé over the last few years. He was born Christopher Edwin Breaux in Long Beach, California. The first time I listened to Frank Ocean‘s nearly ten-minute suite–the first taste of his upcoming Channel Orange debut LP–I was intrigued the second time, I was sold on its genius. Frank Ocean (born October 28, 1987) is an American singer/songwriter and member of the gleefully hedonistic hip-hop collective OFWGKTA. Is “Pyramids” an affirmation of contemporary R&B or a complete refutation of it? The debut studio album by the American RB singer and songwriter Frank Ocean is Channel Orange (stylized as Channel ORANGE).
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