Frank Ocean | Artist

Christopher Edwin Breaux aka Frank Ocean is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer, born 1987 in Long Beach, California. He began his musical career as a ghostwriter, prior to joining hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010, together with Tyler The Creator, and the following year released Nostalgia, Ultra, his debut mixtape. The mixtape attracted critical acclaim and Rolling Stone magazine described Ocean as a "gifted avant-R&B smoothie". Ocean collaborated further with Tyler the Creator and in 2011 worked with Kanye West and Jay-Z on their collaborative album, Watch the Throne. In 2012, Ocean released his debut studio album Channel Orange to universal acclaim from critics, who later named it the best album of the year in HMV's Poll of Polls. It also earned Ocean six Grammy Award nominations and was credited by some writers for moving the R&B genre in a different, more challenging direction. After a four year gap Ocean released the superb Blond album, working with Tyler, the Creator, Pharrell Williams and Danger Mouse on the record. His most recent studio album Endless is also highly recommended.

Artist Website: http//boysdontcry.co

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