Blog: Hipster RunOff

Pitchfork gives Frank Ocean a controversial 9.5. Is it unfair buzzfirmative action?

Billy Ocean -- Caribbean Queen (Studio 2, TOTP)
Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/16859-channel-orange/ >Frank Ocean is gay. He came out last week, and then got so much buzz and attention for being a 'hiphop artist who is openly kinda gay because he fell in love with a man' that they moved up the album release one week just to capitalize on the 'I pretended to come out because I wanted attention' buzz. It was definitely a savvy PR move, even if it takes away some one else's spotlight when they 'come out' because our society is s0o0o0 [...]