Why Frank Ocean Is a Lyrical Genius

So as you can all see, our name is Blonded Reviews but we haven’t talked about Frank Ocean himself in a pretty long while. (Besides that one post on Instagram we have about Blond and why it’s my favorite album of all time) So here’s some background info about his life, the tracks he produced, becoming the influential artist he is today, and some of the reasons why we love him so much. To begin, Frank Ocean was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1987 and once he turned 17-years-old he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in music. He started off as a ghostwriter and a stand-out member of the now very popular rap group called Odd Future. Frank, Tyler the Creator, and Earl Sweatshirt are all regarded as the big three of the group and they really are pure genius’ of wordplay and rhythm. Though Frank doesn’t focus too much on rap, he can still rap, he probably could even make a rap album of the year if he really wanted to. After his success in writing for Odd Future, Frank began his solo career with exceptional lyricism being showcased on an album of his very own titled Channel Orange. While the album wasn’t very cohesive as his future projects turned out to be, Frank’s vocal talents came into full fruition as well as his excellent showcase of wordplay and rhyme style. Then in 2016, Frank finessed the heck out of Def Jam and it’s parent company; Universal records, for $20 million to put out his new solo album Endless on apple music then for him to break off from the clutches of these music companies and make his very own label called “Boys Don’t Cry.” Then, it happened. Frank released probably one of the greatest hip hop and R&B albums of our generation titled Blond. Everything about this album is top notch. The vocals, the lyrics, the cohesiveness, the production, the rhythm, the overwhelming amount of details, and message, baby. Frank was so focused on this one album after creating his own label and going solo that this album turned out to be a nothing less than a masterpiece. No other R&B artist has come close to his skill in any project before. (maybe Malibu or Trilogy are the only albums that come close to rivaling Blond) His terrific lyricism is why we love him so much and why he is regarded as the king of R&B and Hip Hop.