Channel Orange Analysis

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Why Blonde overshadows Channel Orange
Ever since July 10, 2012,when R&B singer Frank Ocean released his first Grammy winning album by the name Channel Orange, many of his fans have been begging him to make another album. He spent two years teasing his fans about another album very soon, but it never happened. With many fans getting impatient he felt the need to finally address his fans about a second album in which he released his surprise second album "Blonde". Within the first week of the release many people were comparing the two albums. Although both of his albums were very highly rated, there can only be one winner as far as saying which one is better. All around, his second album "Blonde" narrowly beats "Channel Orange".
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He uses many guitar riffs from classic rock songs and incorporates them into different songs in the album to help the listener get the overall vibe of the song. He also uses many musicians like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Andre 3000, David Bowie and many more to help him create the album. He uses them because each of them has a different style when it comes to music. They each carry something that he utilize to make each song reach out and pull the listener in. Whereas in Channel Orange he didn't have as many artist working with him. Although it still had huge success, the lack of different styles made the album slightly one dimensional
Frank has a very bright future ahead of him. Channel Orange was a big success and he did a tremendous job creating it, but when it comes to Blonde, it's nothing but spectacular. He shows his maturity through the music in the song. He uses different artist to convey the message in a special way and he gives the listener the sense of relativity that they've been wanting. Blonde is definitely projected to be one of his greatest works. It is definitely something I encourage many people to listen

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