Still, if he becomes a superstar then there’s a few songs from this mixtape that long-time fans will doubtless be citing as classics for years to come for that reason alone, it’s worth your attention. Nostalgia, Ultra is more a mixtape than an album, and with this comes a level of natural inconsistency – though the fact that you can imagine Def Jam pulling many of its more lasting moments certainly vindicates Ocean’s decision to self-release it. It certainly fares him well on album centrepiece ‘Songs about Women’. At other times, you start to wonder if Ocean’s got anything else to talk about – though given the hammy side of him he indulges on ‘We All Try’, maybe there’s something to be said for sticking to what Ocean knows best: girls and childhood. When he finally emerged, Ocean opened his set with Novacane, the standout from his breakout mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, before launching into a few Channel Orange songs, including. On the album’s high-points, most obviously the breath-taking ‘Novacane’, this nostalgia’s extremely effecting, honing in on very specific moments and exploring their lasting power. Ocean was inspired to make the mixtape, after Hurricane Katrina in his native New Orleans and his subsequent relocation to Los Angeles. and occasionally nostalgia/ultra) is the debut mixtape by American recording artist Frank Ocean. friend-to-friend mixtape rather than one made by a name-dropping. Nostalgia, Ultra (stylized as nostalgia,ULTRA. Nostalgia, Ultra, for free on his Tumblr. The tape is known for its nostalgic R&B aesthetic which is represented in the use of cassette and videogame sounds, as well as snippets of. Frank Ocean is a 23-year-old New Orleans. and occasionally nostalgia/ultra) is the debut mixtape by Frank Ocean, released on Februas a free download. The first sound you hear on the album is a tape deck rewinding its first line, “when we were kids.” Later, Ocean sings over MGMT’s ‘Electric Feel’ and The Eagle’s ‘Hotel California’. While merging from 'Nostalgia, Ultra.', this briefly became the 200th page on the wikiNostalgia, Ultra (stylized as nostalgia,ULTRA. Nostalgia isn’t just the title of this record – it’s all over it. Frank Ocean, he released his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra (2011) for free, which gathered the attention and praise from the music press. Last month, he gave his debut album, Nostalgia, Ultra away for free a move that may have proved smarter than any Def Jam could’ve pulled – he’s now supposedly working with Beyonce. A songwriter who’s penned material for John Legend, Justin Bieber and more, he signed to Island Def Jam around a year ago and proceeded to sit on the shelf (sound familiar?). You may already know the story with Frank Ocean.
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