5:56 pm - 07/02/2012
Today we were lucky enough to hear the brand new debut album from Brandy SUPERFAN Frank Ocean, it’s called Channel Orange and we can tell you the music is everything we wanted it to be and much more. The new album Channel Orange has him working with Andre 3000, guitarist John Mayer has a interlude moment with ‘White’ while Earl Sweatshirt features on the brilliant ‘Super Rich Kids’.
Frank has also opened up about his sexuality on the album, we think it’s brave and admire him for being so honest and sharing such a personal aspect of his life through his music. On the songs ‘Bad Religion’ ‘Pink Matter and ‘Forrest Gump’ you can hear him sing about being in love and there are quite obvious words used like ‘him’ and not ‘her’.
In the world we live in now we can’t see this being an issue or why it should be?? But we do commend him for not continuing a facade and conforming to what a Hip Hop so called rule book expects, we say live your life and be yourself. If you love women and men, that’s your business.
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frank ocean comes out?
Today we were lucky enough to hear the brand new debut album from Brandy SUPERFAN Frank Ocean, it’s called Channel Orange and we can tell you the music is everything we wanted it to be and much more. The new album Channel Orange has him working with Andre 3000, guitarist John Mayer has a interlude moment with ‘White’ while Earl Sweatshirt features on the brilliant ‘Super Rich Kids’.
Frank has also opened up about his sexuality on the album, we think it’s brave and admire him for being so honest and sharing such a personal aspect of his life through his music. On the songs ‘Bad Religion’ ‘Pink Matter and ‘Forrest Gump’ you can hear him sing about being in love and there are quite obvious words used like ‘him’ and not ‘her’.
In the world we live in now we can’t see this being an issue or why it should be?? But we do commend him for not continuing a facade and conforming to what a Hip Hop so called rule book expects, we say live your life and be yourself. If you love women and men, that’s your business.
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I've listened to hip-hop since I was like 7 years old, and I'm gay, and I just gradually came to accept the fact that when rappers say 'faggots' in their songs they're not literally meaning 'gay people' (even though that is the definition). Obviously to us that's stupid but to certain people who grew up in a certain neighbourhood/culture, it's different for them. When they say "you're a faggot" I don't think they mean "you're a gay person" they just see it as a negative connotation and apply it to someone they want to insult. And YES I'm aware of how wrong that is, but my point is, THEY are not aware of that because of where or how they grew up. Therefore when I hear 'faggots' in songs from people such as Nas, Biggie, or Tupac, I don't take it as a homophobic remark against gay people; even though I'm aware that it's wrong to say (for obvious reasons).
That's just me personally though and I fully understand how other people (if not MOST people) would take their usage of the word 'faggot' as an offense.
i just wonder how they learned to call someone that, like who taught them that that's what you call a guy that you don't like.