Blog: The Needle Drop

R&B singer and Odd Future member Frank Ocean is having a big month. Last week, admitting to having a sexual orientation other than hetero made Frank the subject of numerous articles around the blog-o-sphere, and while I'm skeptical of the placement of this announcement, it is pretty refreshing to finally have a growing acceptance of homosexuality in the hip hop community-or at least a semblance of it. Context aside, this new track to drop from Ocean's forthcoming LP, Channel Orange , is pretty savory, taking cues from both hip hop and classic R&B stars like [...]