Sweet Life" and " Super Rich Kids" depict decadent, [35] alluring rich people, [10] and are tied together by "Not Just Money", a spoken interlude with a woman discussing the importance of money on happiness. At the time of writing this every single of the 6 "promo copies" currently listed for sale is actually the bootleg.

Ocean's manager Christian Clancy responded in a message on Twitter that he found it "interesting" that Target "also donates to non-equal rights organizations", suggesting their decision was influenced by Ocean's coming out. It is about a girl that provides salvation and peace of mind for the narrator, who likens her to an island. It's hard to believe that Frank Ocean is a member of OFWGKTA when this album sits entirely on the other side of the spectrum, but even with features from Earl and Tyler, the album manages to maintain an air of maturity about it, which is refreshing to hear.Occasionally, they wrote songs together by improvising musical ideas from Malay's keyboard and guitar playing. Ocean and Malay mixed Channel Orange at Studio for the Talented and Gifted, and engineer Spike Stent mixed parts of the album at The Mix Suite in Los Angeles. Monks", a funk rock song, [61] is about finding nirvana and deals with topics such as casual sex and devout religion in a narrative that shifts from an exciting concert to a metaphorical jungle. I get to zone out and be someones hero or deviant fantasy or whatever for a hour [ sic] and some change every night though. C., Ocean reflected on the tour and wrote on his Twitter account, "This tourlife takes some getting used to.

Credits are adapted from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) [136] and Tidal. I really loved this album, not gonna lie, not every track is for me, but the ones that are they do really cause a wonderful commotion inside of me, perhaps you could say, on my soul. What remains is a solid collection of pop-soul renderings through which Ocean tries to find himself. So when Andre 3000 showed up to offer some guest rapping and singing near the end of the album, it made a hell of a lot of sense.In an essay for the poll, the newspaper's Eric Sundermann deemed the victory unsurprising as Ocean "dominated most music discussions this past year" and had an equalizing effect on listeners of all music genres. His songwriting explores themes of unrequited love, decadence, social class, and drugs through the use of surrealistic imagery, conversational devices, and descriptive narratives depicting dark characters. Earl Sweatshirt's vocals on Super Rich Kids, adds an extra element to the track which I really like.