A vocal switch, he sounds normal, I’m a fan of rapping Frank. I love how the beat is getting more frantic and raw. Especially the high notes, they really sound high, like they’re being projected from a place you can’t reach without levitation. The pitched vocals feel so alien as if he’s high off ganja and helium. A Carmelo and Othello reference, a simple rhyme scheme but only Frank would conjure such a juxtaposition. The vocalist comes with a voice that’s heavily manipulated. The production is heavy, spacey, I love this build-up. This will be a 1-Listen to remember and hopefully an album worth the wait. It’s a review that is about gut reaction, letting the fingers move faster than the mind. Per usual, the 1-Listen review rules are still in place-no stopping, no rewinding, and no fast-forwarding. For Frank, for fans, and for all the brilliant memes, jokes, and trolls that were made during the wait, it has been one hell of a ride. It is the listen that closes a chapter that’s been on-going for the last four years, and the beginning of a new one. I believe the first listen of Blond/ Blonde is very crucial. The same debates are still being had over Channel Orange, Blonde is no different.
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He can disappear again, this time the memes won’t follow.Ĭlassic or trash, the debates are in full swing and they will likely continue. Emerging from the shadows killed his anonymity, he is no longer on Mount Olympus, but another mortal that’s among us. Unlike Detox and Outkast, Frank decided to give the people music to love, to hate, and to view critically. The demand he has created is a rare one, cult-like, only a few artists will ever be in this position. Hunger can cause people to act irrational, the hunger for this Frank album is no different. So you wait, and for that reason the disappointment that comes with an unsatisfying dinner is devastating. Imagine the feeling of your ribs touching due to starvation, there’s nothing more you desire than an excellent feast knowing a 5-star meal awaits your growling stomach is enough to pull through any minor suffering.
I relate waiting for Blonde to the wait you will experience at a renowned restaurant where the line wraps around the building.
With Endless, the visual album, we had the luxury of knowing something else was coming, which allowed Endless to be like an appetizer, a warm-up, but now Blonde is here, the chef has finally served us a long-awaited main course. Finally having the album comes with fear-the fear it will not match four years of high expectations. There's no longer the thought of what it could be, simply what it is.
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