‘Nature Feels’, the closing track of the mixtape, sees Frank “borrowing” the entire MGMT tack ‘Electric Feel’ and while the only changes made are to the lyrics, Frank still manages to make the track completely his own. Now we say samples, but calling them samples could probably be seen as taking liberties at times.

Tony Visconti hails Kendrick Lamar ‘Nature Feels’Įven though the nostalgia, ULTRA tracks ‘Novacane’ and ‘Swim Good’ were re-released as singles in 2011 by Def Jam, Frank Ocean’s record label at the time, the majority of the tape has officially remained unreleased, supposedly due to the quite extensive use of uncleared samples. To date, only two albums – channel ORANGE and Blond – are widely available to listeners across streaming services.Īlthough it could be argued that there isn’t such a thing as an underrated Frank Ocean song, we took a deep dive into the catalogue to celebrate nostalgia, ULTRA’s 10 th anniversary and dug out 11 songs we think deserves an extra listen. 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.

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.

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