Frank Ocean Channel Orange Analysis

Gentile waves roll in as sea gulls call out together creating a rhythm of steady breathing. During the introduction of his song entitled Blue Ocean Floor, Justin Timberlake painted this serene seashore scene. Leading listeners to a new place, the instrumentals made a background breathing sound that continued throughout the song, resulting in an overall feeling of anticipation. As the subject of anticipation, Justin Timberlake sung of a couple whose love seemed hopeless on the outside due to their surroundings but found a way to love each other forever. Justin Timberlake wrote this song in the second person, and brought a new level of meaning to it by singing solo with only loops to support him. It seemed

Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux[9] October 28, 1987), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ocean embarked on his musical career as a ghostwriter for several prominent artists, including John Legend, Justin Bieber and Brandy. In 2010, he became a member of alternative hip hop collective OFWGKTA, also known as Odd Future. Ocean subsequently released his breakout mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, to critical acclaim in 2011. The singles, "Novacane" and "Swim Good", both achieved chart success. In 2012, Ocean finished in second place in BBC's Sound of 2012 poll.[10]

Now : Songs are created by synthesizers. Nobody can realistically take credit for their own songs because most songs are re-mixes or a collage of dubs from other people's  music.

In the music industry, it is not uncommon for original songs to be rerecorded and altered by other artists resulting in what is known as a cover song. One example of this situations occurrence can be seen in Vance Joy’s indie folk-pop song, “Riptide”, that was famously covered by pop and country crossover artist, Taylor Swift. Overall, there are many factors that go into the relationship between an original and cover song and the artists of each song. Such as both artist’s connection to the song and the relationship between the artists themselves. There are also differences between the original and cover songs themselves including song structure, instrumentation, vocals, lyrics, and lyrical meaning.

Jeremy Oxley, in his younger years, started his musical career in the early 1980’s, at the early young age of 18, he was touted as one of the most talented singer/songwriter in Australia. Jeremy was the front-man of a successful rock/pop bad called “Sunnyboys”. He achieved rapid success in his musical career, where he quickly became trapped in a persistent cycle of touring and recording sessions. His brother Peter, who wanted Jeremy to achieve success,

In 2010, Christopher Edwin Breaux legally replaced his lengthy birth name with the moniker that the world knows him as, Frank Ocean. In a profiling written by Ernest Baker back in 2011, he described the name change as ‘the most empowering shit he did’, one

O’shea Jackson Sr. is an American rapper, actor comedian and songwriter. His rise to fame started with him writing the hit song “Cruisin Down Tha Street” which blew up overnight and brought fame to Eazy-E and N.W.A. Cube began his career by performing at Eazy’s shows before, over contract disputes, left the group to go solo. This proved to be good for him as his record “Amerikkka’s most wanted” which rose to the tops of the music charts in no time. Later in his life he began to write and perform in movies, the most famous of which being the “Friday trilogy.” Since then he has been cast as the roles of a “jerk” and most recently known as “Captain Dickson” in the hit jump street movies.

A woman by the name of Jean Marzollo once wrote, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue” (Alston). The poem continues to explain the peaceful journey of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, and his friendly interaction with the Arakawa natives. However, the poem fails the mention the unnecessary death of thousands of innocent Indians and the truth behind his discovery. Columbus’s journey was anything but peaceful, as he wrongly captured, enslaved, and murdered thousands innocent of men, women, and children for the sake of finding gold and settling in the New World.

Vanessa Machado MUL1010 8:25AM Aerosmith Rock 'n roll has been in the American culture since the 1950s, having roots from various genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, and jazz. One of the most popular American rock bands, and one of the best selling, is Aerosmith. This band was the top hard rock band of the 70s. "If you set foot in a high school parking lot back then, the verbose back-alley numbers on 1975's Toys In The Attic and 1976's Rocks were inescapable." Says RollingStone.

Drake began his career while working as an art director for a television company. During his time there, he started posting excerpts of his writings on social media platforms. Drake started posting his poetry online as an experiment, not knowing that it would lead him to a very successful career: “The combination

Ocean Alley is an ensemble consisting of 6 musicians (guitarist/vocalist, lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, bassist, keyboardist and drummer), which was established in 2010 on the Northern Beaches, Sydney. Ocean Alley is currently touring various local pubs around Sydney and is also going to begin recording its next EP as of next month. The band encompasses elements of natural, beat driven reggae as well as various components of psychedelic rock through a large number of inspirations(Alley). This has given the band a highly diverse, unique sound of psychedelic rock/reggae fusion(Alley). This review will examine the historical context in which this band has grown from as well as the textural and structural characteristics in its live performance, as well as in comparison to its studio recordings. It will focus on the compositions of Yellow Mellow and Freedom Lover to highlight how the use of texture, density and the fusion of two genres can create a highly distinctive sound that sets them apart from other ensembles.

In J. Cole’s G.O.M.D., he portrays a house slave who brings about an uprising against the white - owned plantation. The message in this video is not just to recognize racism, but to unify the community in the struggle against oppression and discrimination. In Antidote by Travis Scott, he explains in the video that drugs are the temporary “antidote” to his pain. Next, Jesus Walks by Kanye West takes disgraceful contemporary characters and combines them with biblical icons; this was his way of saying that God is within everyone. Finally, the meaning behind Alright by Kendrick Lamar was to address the state of everything that is going on in the world such as racism and prejudice. His message was that

Kid Blue started rapping as a fun hobby. He first started making beats and lyrics on the computer then he recorded them.

We will first discuss the group dynamics of Daniel Oceans’ team by approaching how and why they became a group. After serving his sentence, Daniel Ocean pursued a plan that would make him very rich.

A consciousness analysis of the concept elements of time, money and madness within Pink Floyd’s “Speak to me/Breathe” song as well as lyrics, released in1973, and featured on the album title The Dark Side of The Moon. Arguably, one of the best concept albums as well as a top ten best seller for fifteen years on Billboard’s top album charts is not only a great musical achievement, but a metaphoric masterpiece of imagery and personal connections to the various themes which it weaves. Influences reached in this analysis include the assemblage of experiences and views of the group, the pressures to succeed, in addition to the eventual psychotic toll it had on individual members during this journey. Environmental components of metaphors and imagery, such as the use of the bass drum symbolizes life as it begins with a simple heartbeat, which is present from the beginning of the first song and again at the end of the very last song of the album. Moreover, it is the realization of a constant threat and mental strain to produce for the industry, which holds legal agreements that bind these musical performers. Lastly, a very brief examination of the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz tied together with this concept album and synced together down a yellow brick road.