Frank Ocean - "Channel Orange" First Week Sales Thread **Ends 7/16/12**

[That Singer Guy...]

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Few albums recently have generated as much excitement as the latest from Christopher Breaux. The 24 year-old – who records as Frank Ocean and is a member of highly provocative LA hip hop crew Odd Future – dropped his mixtape, ‘Nostalgia, Ultra’ free online early last year, to foamingly enthusiastic response. It’s no surprise, then, that his ‘official’ debut has everybody so pumped. The anticipation around the July 16 release was upped this morning, when Ocean revealed his sexuality on his Tumblr, in a strikingly honest and poignant post. He was likely to have been driven to make some kind of a statement soon, not because of rumour and speculation (there’s really been none), but because of the gender-specific nature of some of the songs’ lyrics.

We heard ‘Channel Orange’ at a listening session for UK press on Monday. Hype and personal revelation aside, it’s an extraordinary record – forward-thinking, imaginative and properly fresh – that puts most commercial R&B-pop/hip hop in the shade in terms of inventiveness, despite being stuffed full of funk-pop hooks and packing a potential four chart-topping singles. It sets Prince-, Stevie Wonder- and Michael Jackson-styled melodies in soundbeds that recall Kanye, Jay-Z and Flying Lotus, but which streak past them in the post-modernism race, while Ocean’s lyrical concerns range from troubled love to the dark side of teen hedonism and (so it seems) abortion. In between the tracks there are blasts of white noise and chaotic channel-surfing. It’s an ambitious, sophisticated and complex tour de force, but also utterly accessible and immediate.

 

[MightyHealthy]

where's the "less than 50k" option?

 

[That Singer Guy...]

thread is open

 

[WickedGames]

Mangoes, Peaches and Lime

 

[Loose]

120-150k

 

[charmander]

where is the "banana nut muffin" category, sweet ass fakkit ass frank

 

[That Singer Guy...]

where is the "banana nut muffin" category, sweet ass fakkit ass frank

 

[concise]

Just off the strength of all those twitter followers gained and buzz all over , I think this will do numbers.

 

[Capitol]

90k I'm guessing

 

[MightyHealthy]

I'd be amazed if it hits 50K. Tyler had a hell of a lot more buzz for his album, and he only sold 45K.

Frank is even less accessible, and I think his admission will probably hurt more than help him.

If we get the option for sub-50, I'll definitely bet then. Otherwise, everybody's gonna lose

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[CantStop]

where is the "banana nut muffin" category, sweet ass fakkit ass frank

 

[Loose]

he aint doing over 100k.. put all my coli cash on dat.

you about to be broke

I'd be amazed if it hits 50K. Tyler had a hell of a lot more buzz for his album, and he only sold 45K.

Frank is even less accessible, and I think his admission will probably hurt more than help him.

If we get the option for sub-50, I'll definitely bet then. Otherwise, everybody's gonna lose

he's selling out shows im pretty sure he's more popular than tyler , shyt he dont even have album out and has a million followers.

 

[Capitol]

I'd be amazed if it hits 50K. Tyler had a hell of a lot more buzz for his album, and he only sold 45K.

Frank is even less accessible, and I think his admission will probably hurt more than help him.

If we get the option for sub-50, I'll definitely bet then. Otherwise, everybody's gonna lose

There is no way in hell you have ever heard a Tyler song if you are saying someone is less accessible

 

[That Singer Guy...]

so many people gonna lose money thinking he aint pushing over 100k, yall out yall mind. This dude is on Def Jam for gods sake, they wont allow him to flop.

http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/home.aspx?artistID=7449