GENIUS PYRAMIDS FRANK OCEAN SERIES

This does not need to be a nearly 10 minute song. Am I supposed to be impressed by the breadth of expression here, or the ambitious structure? You can likely guess IвЂ™m not. And itвЂ™s a nice jolly song for just shy of five minutes and then it gets lost up its own arse. ThatвЂ™s the power and impact that Frank Ocean has had in the last decade. TheyвЂ™ve saturated all kinds of other forms of cultural consumption and made their way into my consciousness without me noticing. The intro, the nine-note riff, the вЂow-ow-ow-owвЂ™ vocal line. вЂPyramidsвЂ™, of course, is familiar to me through some kind of passive infiltration. Perhaps your hand-selected playlist can do the trick for me Tom? The playlist ThatвЂ™s where I am with Frank Ocean so far. I came to them several years after release, and based on the hyperbole that often accompanies talk about Frank, often from artists I like and respect, I had high expectations that were not met.

I say another go as IвЂ™m sure IвЂ™ve tried to listen to channel ORANGE and Blonde aka Blond (which is it?) before but they were pretty forgettable to me at the time.

And itвЂ™s about time I gave Frank another go. So the Frank Ocean playlist from the infamous вЂlostвЂ™ episode of the Picky Bastards podcast finally makes the light of day. Today itвЂ™s Tom BurrowsвЂ™ turn to convince James Spearing of the genius of Frank Ocean, with a carefully curated 10-track playlist (detailed below).

GENIUS PYRAMIDS FRANK OCEAN SERIES

Do Believe The Hype is a series where a writer introduces a beloved artist to another writer who has yet to be convinced by their legend.

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