Blog: The Line Of Best Fit

After yesterday's hinting and then full-blown announcement of Frank Ocean 's first album proper (20112s  Nostalgia, Ultra was regarded a mixtape), the R&B upstart has been mighty generous and dropped a first track from this very upcoming release. His flow is still smooth as heck, but production-wise it's probably the most raw we've ever heard Frank Ocean. There are chopping arpeggios, some admittedly rather horrorcore-sounding organ samples and even a synthline dancey enough that Ocean seems destined for the clubs at long last. Channel Orange  is due [...]