Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean: Top 5 Best Songs

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When the conversation is songwriting, Frank Ocean is a cut above most in his genre these days. He always has interesting topics in his music, is very versatile, clever with his lyrics, and has a soulful appeal in his vocals. nostalgia ULTRA and channel ORANGE were both great projects, and his fans are really looking forward to what he will release next.

American Wedding

The Eagles had some beef with him for using their instrumental of ‘Hotel California’ to make this song.Frank tells a sad tale of heartbreak that came from the hasty decision of marrying a college girl. He thought it would last forever, but she wasn’t on the same page. It ends in divorce, and overall, a message to take from the song is that marriage in America isn’t held in as high a regard as it once was. To some people, a marriage is just a relationship with a piece of paper attached.

Novacane
Like alot of people, this was the first song I heard from Frank. On this song, he tells a story of a girl he meets who strives to be a dentist, does porn to pay for her tuition, and smokes novacane to ease her mind. They end up smoking it together, and Frank then experiences the general theme of the song, numbness. The lyrics cover him being numb to emotions, love, and bring on a feeling of emptiness.

Pyramids

My favorite song off of channel ORANGE. The first half of the song is cool, but it’s the second half that made this song so great and worthy of this list. Frank plays the part of a pimp he sleeps with one of his hoes. This girl is also a stripper, who works at a club called ‘The Pyramid’.  Produced by Frank himself and Malay, the 2nd instrumental is smooth, spacey and incredibly easy on the ears. Frank uses imagery to cleverly paint the picture of the song’s story.

Super Rich Kids

Another standout track from channel Orange. There is a general theme of ‘Money can’t buy happiness.’ This song covers the life of a spoiled rich kid that takes many things for granted, does drugs, drinks alot of wine, and sees the maids alot more than his own parents. Some hollow feeling that alot of rich kids most likely have in real life. Earl Sweatshirt had a witty verse that compliments the song as well.

We All Try
One of, if not the most relatable song he’s ever made. This covers his beliefs, religion, and the fact that we all try to be better people. Some have given up on humanity, but he says he hasn’t. Frank doesn’t think that humans are wicked. We sin, but we learn from past mistakes and improve on who we are as individuals.