I Don"t Care About Frank Ocean or His Sophomore Album That Will (Probably) Never Be Released

Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You (Live on SNL)

In 2012, at a time when many felt as if R&B had fallen off, Frank Ocean was our savior. Channel Orange felt like love on a warm, summer day. Not only was the music on point, but it was different and inclusive.

Revealing his first love with a man and lyrics such as Youre running through my mind, boy captured the music worlds attention.I get it. I will give it credit for being a good, creative and artistically well-put-together studio-debut album. But I wont give it credit for being good enough to become a four-year member of the Where is Frank Ocean? movement.

Frank Ocean did not disappear. He continues to make music while leading people to believe he is actually going to drop another album of his own, and soon. Hes been doing this since 2013.

Im, like, 10, 11 songs into this next thing. Its another cohesive thing bordering on a concept album again,he shared on Zane Lowes BBC radio show.

Oh, and then there was 2014. Im opening up for Outkast this summer at Pemberton, so I might skip on Coachella to stay in the groove and finish this b***h, Ocean exclaimed on his Tumblr in reference to his album.

Then 2015 rolled around. Fans almost made it to the Promised Land, getting a step closer with what they thought was an album title, Boys Dont Cry, and a release date slated for July. Well, July came with no Boys Dont Cry in sight. How surprising.

And now here we are in 2016. Malay, the man who produced much of Oceans first and only album, recently did an interview with Pitchfork alluding to the mystery album dropping: Maybe.

It could be tomorrow well, not tomorrow, but maybe a month, Malay said. Weve all been working hard. Hes been working super hard. Im excited for everyone to hear it. I think people are going to be pleasantly surprised, for sure.

It is four years later and I still give zero fks about his next album.

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Im just going to go ahead and say what no one really wants to admit: Frank Ocean is overrated. His first and only album was not a classic. Channel Orange was about love, just as most R&B albums are. Take his most popular song, Thinkin Bout You, for example. This fan favorite is really no different from Brian McKnights Anytime or Ne-Yos Do You (both of which I happen to like about 15 times more than Thinkin Bout You). His version isnt any more compelling than the other songs asking the same exact question: Have you thought about me since we broke up?Page 1 of 2Next Page

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