Known for being a perfectionist, Frank has time after time left fans hanging after announcing or teasing the release of projects that later ended up either being pushed back into an unforeseeable future or never seeing the light of day at all.

One thing can be said for certain about Frank Ocean fans – they are patient. Having joined the hip hop collective Odd Future the year before, Frank Ocean’s self-released solo endeavour quickly caught the attention of music critics and fans across the globe and marked the starting point of one of the last decade’s most celebrated and influential forces in music.

You know, a virtual thing.On Februa young songwriter and aspiring artist uploaded a 14-track mixtape entitled nostalgia, ULTRA for the world to download – for free of course – from Tumblr. She told me like, uh, it’s over and I can’t believe it. And she told me like, ‘Accept me on Facebook.’ It was virtual, made no sense,” he says on the track. And I don’t want it because I was like, in front of her. “Facebook arrived and she wanted me to accept her on Facebook. On the new album, there’s a track in which SebastiAn tells a story about a girl who once dumped him after he refused to accept her friend request on Facebook. French producer SebastiAn, who has worked with Daft Punk, Beastie Boys, and Charlotte Gainsbourg, collaborated with Ocean on a few songs for Endless and Blond. “Facebook Story” is a dating anecdote from producer SebastiAn. Not to drink alcohol, not to use drugs, don’t use that cocaine, or marijuana, because that stuff is highly addictive.” This might be a little awkward since his opening essay on Boys Don’t Cry references the first time he did ’shrooms and that “Mine,” a song off of Endless, features the lyrics “how come the ecstasy always depresses me so?” Maybe you should listen to your mother, Frank?

“You’ve understood the things that I’ve taught you.

Be yourself and know that that’s good enough,” she says. In the one-and-a-half minute clip, his mom gives him a little pep talk and warns him of the dangers of drugs. The track “Be Yourself” is actually a voicemail message from Ocean’s mother, Katonya Breaux Riley, which may have been recorded when he was in college. A voicemail message from Ocean’s mom appears on the album.

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