This voice carries on for nearly the entirety of the track and is something that we’re not really used to getting from Ocean. Mellow, ambient vibes underly his use of a very high-pitched “chipmunk” version of his voice. However, “Blonde” delivers the opposite - Ocean stripped down his sound to the bare bones with drums being used in four of the 17 tracks.Īt the start of the album, Ocean throws his audience a curveball.

With more than 45 A-list artists being officially credited for their work on “Blonde,” one would expect the production to blossom into symphonies of textures and compositions. Ocean roughly 24 hours after his visual project “Endless,” a much more abstract and loose piece of work relative to “Blonde.”įollowing the incredible success of Ocean’s “Channel Orange,” fans had a lot to expect from “Blonde” in terms of its production and collaborators. Alas, after four years of hiding, singer-songwriter Frank Ocean finally dropped the highly anticipated “Blonde.” The album was released independently by Mr.

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