The mixtape’s inspiration came after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, which is where Frank himself used to live.

I don’t want to seem like I have a cause against genres, or maybe I do… Bluegrass is swag. He uploaded the mixtape to iTunes with the genre labeled as ‘bluegrass’ and ‘death metal.’ When asked why, he responded, saying: is Frank Ocean’s debut mixtape, which released on February 16, 2011, on Ocean’s Tumblr page with almost no promotion. TV One does not take responsibility for their content.Nostalgia,ULTRA. (The views contained herein are solely the views of their respective authors, and do not express the views of TV One. He received support from his Odd Future groupmate, Tyler, the Creator, who wrote, “PLAY HIM INGLORIOUS AND TELL HIM I SAID HE’S A F WORD.” “i got his DNA though, maybe I inherited some of his karma too,” quipped the 6-time Grammy nominee. Ocean has publicly addressed his father’s absence on his song “There Will Be Tears” off his 2011 album nostalgia, ULTRA. It’s unclear what exactly he wants to sue for.

weak individual bought me a swiss knife at 6yrs old then dipped on me,” wrote Frank before deleting the tweet. The normally reserved star took to Twitter to express his frustrations. Meanwhile, Ocean also claimed this week this his father is trying to sue him ( via Rap-Up): You can read the rest of the interview at The Guardian. I did write a song recently, and the first line of the song was, 'First off, fuck art.' That was the first line! Like, I have this little theory that a lot of today’s geniuses don’t even go into the field of art any more. I’m beginning to question the importance of art in this world these days. It’d be a shame if you didn’t do another. It’s topped our list, which suggests other people enjoy it too. I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing cos that’s just … that’s just telling yourself a lie. The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. It could be it, if I flew next week and my plane crashed! It could be it if somebody walked along and shot me for my bracelet or something. So Channel Orange could be your last album? This could be it? Yeah, but I was working on another artist. So much so that I might not make another album.

The singer-songwriter said: “Like I said, it’s the more interesting part about making music for me, or making albums and songs and stuff. Well, it’s actually one of those ridiculous hypotheticals, but run with it, I guess. Speaking with The Guardian, Frank Ocean says he may not make another album.

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