Stream nostalgia, ULTRA., a playlist by Everything Frank Ocean from desktop or your mobile device. Nostalgia, Ultra. (stylized as 'nostalgia,ULTRA.' ) is the debut mixtape by American artist Frank Ocean, released on February 18, 2011. Ocean was inspired to make the mixtape after he moved to Los Angeles following his hometown being hit by Hurricane Katrina. After joining alternative hip hop group OFWGKTA at the end of 2009, he self-released the mixtape on February 18, 2011, without initial. Nostalgia Ultra download. Posted by 2 years ago. Highest quality nostalgia ultra from frank's tumblr before it was deleted. View Entire Discussion (7 Comments) More posts from the FrankOcean community. Posted by 1 day ago. Boys we getting called out đ©.
Thanks to everyone who has already visited this baby blog, but thanks in particular to those who have commented, emailed, liked etc. And thank you to those who have asked where you can find âNostalgia Ultraâ, the album referred to in our earlier blog here.
Well, at the time of writing, go here to find a nice easy zipped download courtesy of the friendly folks of Get Right Music.
For the law-abiders among you, donât worry â this is all legal (well, we think so, we donât yet employ an in-house lawyer here at Pop Lifer) â Frank Ocean himself put this album out for free last year as a result of frustration at his record labelâs refusal to promote it.
Lord knows what they were thinking. While âNostalgia Ultraâ isnât as fully realised, fully rounded and fully beautiful as âChannel Orangeâ, itâs still one of last yearâs five best albums.
What with recent revelations, you might think âSongs For Womenâ â probably the catchiest song on board â was something of a red herring, but given the general mischief at work in the lyric, you canât help but wonder if Ocean knew this song was one day going to be greeted wryly. Similarly, on first listen, 50-Cent favourite âNovocaneâ might sound like typical rap bragging â âSuperhuman, even when iâm fuckingâ could be the abhorrent Chris Brown â until you hear the desperation and melancholy underpinning it: âI canât feel, canât feel a thing.â
More typical of Ocean are the slower and more reflective songs. âStrawberry Swingâ samples Coldplay and is a gorgeous, shimmering and gentle meditation on childhood, while the brooding, organ-drivenâSwim Goodâ finds Ocean heartbroken and driving out to the sea â maybe never to come back. And on âThere Will Be Tearsâ Ocean reflects on his briefly known and departed grandfather to gorgeous effect. His honesty and vulnerability were there all along.
âWe All Tryâ is the purest pop number, and should by all rights have been a global number one. On it Ocean sings of sin (âI donât believe my hands are cleanlyâ) and sadness (âCanât believe you would let me touch your heartâ) but ends on a note of ringing positivity: âI just donât believe weâre wicked/ I know that we sin, but I do believe we try.â Itâs a sort of soul âEverybody Hurtsâ and gives the clearest indication of just what Ocean would achieve on âChannel Orangeâ.
And, yes, that is Radiohead you can hear in the background of âBitches Talkinâ.
By Neil