Nostalgia Ultra was making waves and we found a bootleg LP of it on our first record store date. We were fucking heavy with odd future and especially Tyler. What's your favorite memory attached to the album? What's your favorite moment on the album? What are some of your favorite tracks off of Channel Orange? Channel Orange still stands as sharp and beautiful as it always has. 10 years later, we still how queer artists are more common in hip-hop Lil Nas X, Kevin Abstract, Syd, Young M.A etc.ġ0 years later, ranked #148 by Rolling Stones and #3 by Billboard for Top 100 2010's albums to name a few. Frank has never directly said what his sexual orientation is (neither should he), but this letter did so much for many artists. Back in 2012, many thought this as something revolutionary, as coming out as a black R&B/Hip-Hop artist was very uncommon - especially just as your career is about to take off. A love story that was portrayed throughout Channel Orange and was an inspiration to the whole album. Frank made sure that his name was out there - winning a grammy for 'Best Urban Contemporary Album', beating the likes of Miguel's - Kaleidoscope Dream & Chris Brown's - Fortune.Ĭhannel Orange was a breaking point for R&B and Hip-Hop as it was introduced by a letter from Frank Ocean's tumblr describing his love for another man. An album that forever would change R&B together with a handful of other records at the time. Today, it's officially been 10 years since Frank's debut album.

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