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StarlessCore
September 15th 2016


7813 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

twfm isnt even better than sad songs

DoofusWainwright
September 15th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Nice Freddie



Gyro this is going to be a divisive album, you've got to acknowledge that, this is almost as much a departure from expectation as the Kid Cudi last year (I'm not saying it's as misguided or badly written as that of course)

guitarded_chuck
September 15th 2016


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"this is almost as much a departure from expectation as the Kid Cudi last year (I'm not saying it's as misguided or badly written as that of course)"



omfg doof thats fucking ridiculous

DoofusWainwright
September 15th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

A lot of these songs are built around repetitive guitar strumming, the whole tone is downbeat, the sound is minimal, there are no catchy sections to rival 'Channel Orange' - it's a massive departure, it really is

StarlessCore
September 15th 2016


7813 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

actually once he explained it, yeah, i agree with doof. i never really was too into frank ocean but i was hoping this was gonna be his best and it was his worst. really really inconsistent for me

guitarded_chuck
September 15th 2016


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

it's not meant to be catchy



you want catchy "rnb" go listen to bieber

StarlessCore
September 15th 2016


7813 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

its not even about catchy....its just the tracks arent engaging lol they squander the potential. frank just doesnt perform like i want him to on this one. some of the beats and atmosphere were remarkable but his performance was flat. not even just a catchy thing, he just didnt make an impact on me whatsoever as a listener here

rabidfish
September 15th 2016


9023 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

was it meant to be melancholic and "grown up"? because it didn't manage that either.



I don't know what it was meant to be.



Please tell, what was it meant to be, man.

DoofusWainwright
September 15th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

I'm not saying that, I'm saying this is a near 180 degree about-turn. I think Channel Orange still had subtlety, it wasn't just non stop easy disposable hooks.



This also still has hooks, they just aren't very good in comparison.

DoofusWainwright
September 15th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

Starless I agree, Frank's charisma went AWOL on this

TVC15
September 15th 2016


11384 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"3.9 average here is shocking considering the level of hype everywhere else - proud of sput today" Were you here when the avg for this was higher than Channel Orange?

guitarded_chuck
September 15th 2016


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

it's subtle minimalistic rnb, man



i dont know if its purposefully meant to be grown up or whatever but sure it kind of feels that way



its certainly more cohesive than co imo

rabidfish
September 15th 2016


9023 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

minimalistic ≠ unpolished



90% of the tracks on this needed it, the whole feels so disjointed it's just a shame really, because I can totally tell that if Frank had good instrumentals and production to pull all of his ideas to the front instead of leaving them half-baked he could come up with one of the best records of the decade.







theNateman
September 15th 2016


3809 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Has This been released on wax yet? I wanna buy it but I don't wanna buy it through iTunes ya feel?

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
September 15th 2016


116811 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

About to jam this now and see what all the fuss is about.

StarlessCore
September 15th 2016


7813 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"it's subtle minimalistic rnb, man"



but haphazardly executed and frustratingly inconsistent



Hawks
Staff Reviewer
September 15th 2016


116811 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Damn this kinda sucks. :[

TVC15
September 15th 2016


11384 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

There should be some major rearrangement to the tracklisting tbh

luci
September 15th 2016


12844 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

CO wasn't released on vinyl so unfortunately this will probably go the same way

TVC15
September 15th 2016


11384 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Edit: apparently the vinyls are bootlegs. Have to ask my friend what she thinks the quality of it is cos then yeah that means it's an unofficial release



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