Once again, Frank Ocean has pushed the boundaries of R&B, and it's beautiful to hear. Though complemented by moments like Beyoncé backing vocals, André 3000 spitting about race, and conversations about love in the age of social media - there is one overriding star on this strange, meandering, quasi-dream pop album. Tellingly titled both ‘Blond’ and ‘Blonde’ - both masculine and feminine - the record is a subtle exploration of gender fluidity and queerness that is sweet yet contemplative. Frank Ocean is an outlier, an artist who can produce an album this phenomenal and nevertheless fall a bit short. It inherits the bagginess of his overstuffed debut, but lacks the thrill of groundbreaking novelty. 7digital What we said: After several missed release dates and a visual album that showed the artist doing woodwork, the summer of 2016 finally saw Frank Ocean drop his follow-up to 2012’s highly acclaimed channel ORANGE. 7digital What we said: After several missed release dates and a visual album that showed the artist doing woodwork, the summer of 2016 finally saw Frank Ocean drop his follow-up to 2012’s highly acclaimed channel ORANGE. On the whole, Blonde is more assured and consistent than Channel Orange.
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