UFrank Ocean ungumuntu ovaliwe, ngakho-ke kuthakazelisa nakakhulu. Umthwebuli wezithombe odumile nomculi ozimele, wakha umsebenzi omuhle eqenjini elithi Odd Future. Umrepha omnyama waqala ngokunqoba isicoco se-Olympus yomculo ngo-2005. Ngalesi sikhathi, wakwazi ukukhulula ama-LPs amaningana azimele, i-albhamu eyodwa ehlangene. Kanye ne-mixtape "enamanzi" ne-albhamu yevidiyo.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaFrank Ocean
UChristopher Edwin (igama langempela likasaziwayo) wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 28, 1987 eLong Beach (California). Esemncane, umndeni wakhe wathuthela eNew Orleans. Kulapho uChristopher achitha khona ubuntwana nobusha bakhe.
UFrank wajwayelana nomculo ngendlela engavamile. Abazali babengavunyelwe ukuthinta izinto zomuntu siqu. Kodwa ngolunye usuku akakwazanga ukumelana nokwenza "ukusesha", ngenxa yalokho amarekhodi abadlali be-jazz awela ezandleni zakhe. Indoda enesikhumba esinsundu "emigodini" ihlikihle amathrekhi e-jazz akudala.
Lapho uChristopher ebona ukuthi unekhono ekubhaleni umculo, waqala ukusebenza endaweni yokuqopha. Ukuze akhokhele isikhathi se-studio, u-Edwin wathatha amatoho amancane.
Abazali baphikelela emfundweni ephakeme, ngoba bafuna indodana yabo ibe nomsebenzi ofanelekayo. Ngo-2005, wangena eNyuvesi yaseNew Orleans.
Futhi ngonyaka ofanayo, isiphepho esinamandla uKatrina sahlasela isifunda. Idolobha laligcwele isiphithiphithi. Akubangakho ukulahlekelwa kwezinto ezibonakalayo. Indawo yokuqopha lapho uChristopher asebenza khona isikhathi eside yagcwala amanzi futhi yaphangwa. Umfana wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi womculo. Imfundo yasenyuvesi yayingemuva. Ngokushesha u-Edwin wathuthela eNyuvesi yaseLouisiana eLafayette.
UFrank Ocean nomsebenzi wakhe
Ngephupho lakhe, uFrank waya endaweni yaseLos Angeles. Esitudiyo sokuqopha sabajwayele, umculi urekhode izinguqulo eziningi zedemo. Ngemva kokuqeda umsebenzi, wathengisa amarekhodi edolobheni.
Wabe esemamatheka u-Ocean. Waqala ukubambisana nabakhiqizi abanethonya. UFrank wabhala umculo u-JUSTIN bieber, UJohn Legend, uBrandi Norwood kanye beyoncé.
“Kunesikhathi ku-biography yami lapho ngibhala ngentshiseko izingoma zezinye izihlabani. Umsebenzi wanginika imali enhle, kodwa ngangifuna okwengeziwe. Angizange ngilishiye idolobha lakithi ngenxa yalokho. Ngangifuna ukuzibona futhi ngicebe ukuze ngime ngiqine ezinyaweni zami ... ", uFrank Ocean uyakhumbula.
Lo mculi wajabula ngempela lapho ejoyina iqembu elithi Odd Future. Ukwamukela ngemfudumalo kwamalungu ebhendi kukhuthaze u-Ocean ukuthi abhale izingoma ezintsha. I-discography yebhendi ye-Odd Future igcwaliswa ngamahithi "egolide" alethe ezingeni elisha.
Ngo-2009, u-Trick Stewart wasiza ukuthi uFrank asayine ku-Def Jam Recordings. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, i-discography yomculi yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyingxubevange. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo le-Nostalgia, Ultra. Umsebenzi wamukelwa ngemfudumalo hhayi abalandeli abaningi kuphela, kodwa futhi nabagxeki bomculo.
Umculi wokuqala
I-mixtape yokuqala kaFrank Ocean ayiyona nje “i-dummy” enencazelo engacacile nengaqondakali. Izingoma zeqoqo zigxilisa ukunaka kwabalaleli ebudlelwaneni babantu emphakathini, ukucabanga komuntu siqu kanye nokuphawula komphakathi.
Iqiniso lokuthi lo msebenzi wamukelwe kahle ngabagxeki nabathandi bomculo lakhulisa igunya likaFrank Ocean emibuthanweni yomculo. Waqala ukusebenzisana naye Jay Z и Kanye West.
Ukubonakala kukaFrank okokuqala esiteji kwenzeka ngo-2011. Khona-ke yena, kanye nethimba le-Odd Future, babonakala emikhosini ehlonishwayo ye-Valley Music and Arts Festival. Ngemva kwesikhashana, umculi wabamba iqhaza ohambweni olukhulu.
Entwasahlobo ka-2011, kwaziwa ukuthi isitudiyo sokuqopha sikaFrank Ocean saqala ukukhishwa kabusha kwe-mixtape yakhe yokuqala. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, iculo elithi Novacane lafakwa ku-iTunes. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umculi uqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ukukhululwa kwe-EP Nostalgia, i-Ultra imisiwe ngalesi sikhathi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwavela ukuthi lo mculi usize uKanye West noJay Z baqopha i-LP Watch the Throne. Izingoma zika-Ocean nazo zizwakala kumathrekhi amaningana. Ube isivakashi esimenyiwe sezingoma ezithi: No Church in the Wild and Made in America.
Isethulo se-albhamu
U-2012 uqale ngezindaba ezinhle kubalandeli bakaFrank Ocean. Iqiniso liwukuthi umculi wethula i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Channel Orange. Iqoqo lathakaselwa kakhulu abagxeki nabathandi bomculo. Ngenxa yalokho, i-LP yaba i-albhamu yonyaka ngokusho kwe-HMV's Poll of Polls.
Abalandeli ngentshiseko ethile baxoxe ngezingoma ze-disc. Endabeni yokuduma, uFrank Ocean wakhulumela phezulu, ethi amanye amaculo akhuluma ngezinto azidlulele.
I-LP yokuqala iqale endaweni yesi-2 ehloniphekile kumashadi e-Billboard 200. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyi-100 zamakhophi e-albhamu athengiswe aphela ngeviki lokuqala lokuthengisa. Ebusika, i-LP yanikezwa isitifiketi "segolide".
Umsebenzi osaziwayo
Ngo-2013, uFrank Ocean watshela abalandeli ngomsebenzi wakhe ukuthi useqale umsebenzi ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo. Bese kwaziwa ngokubambisana komculi noTyler, The Creator, Pharrell Williams noDanger Mouse.
Kamuva, izintatheli zithole ukuthi lo mrepha uqophe iningi le-albhamu eBora Bora. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wathatha uhambo olukhulu lwaseYurophu, olwalubizwa ngokuthi Awufile. Ukuvakasha kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-2013.
Ngo-2014, uFrank Ocean wahlaba umxhwele abalandeli ngokumemezela ukuthi maduze uzoqeda umsebenzi we-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-rapper yethula ingoma entsha ethi Memrise. Enye yezincwadi ezinethonya ichaze ukwakheka ngokuthi "i-melancholy".
Ngo-2015, uFrank wethule ithrekhi ehlangene noKanye West. Sikhuluma ngengoma ethi Izimpisi. Ngemva konyaka, kwavela ulwazi lokuthi kwakungo-2016 lapho umculi wethula i-albhamu yakhe yesibili kubalandeli.
I-Longpei Blonde yethulwa ngo-Agasti 20, 2020. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ekuqaleni icwecwe bekumele likhishwe ngaphansi kwegama elithi Abafana Abakhali. Njengoba "abalandeli" bechitha iminyaka emibili kumodi "yokulinda", iqoqo lithole isihloko esithi "I-Longplay Elindelwe Kakhulu ka-2016". I-albhamu ifinyelele ku-#1 eshadini elihlonishwayo le-Billboard 200.
Khona-ke umculi, kanye neqembu elidumile iMigos, baqopha ingoma eyodwa ethi Slide ka-DJ waseBrithani uCalvin Harris. Ngo-2017, kwethulwa i-Chanel eyodwa kaFrank Ocean.
UFrank Ocean: imininingwane yempilo yakhe yangasese
Ngo-2015, uChristopher Edwin washintsha ngempumelelo iziqalo zakhe zangempela zaba nguFrank Ocean. Umculi wathatha i-pseudonym yokudala ehlonipha ifilimu yama-1960 ethi "Ocean's Eleven".
Ehlobo lika-2012, uFrank Ocean wabhala incwadi lapho ekhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe. Lo mculi uthe eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala wahlushwa uthando olungafanele ngomfana. UFrank wayengajahile ukuzibiza ngesitabane noma ubulili obubili. Yize umphakathi ubusuqonda ukuthi lo mculi ungoweqembu elincane ngokocansi. Ngemva kokuvuma lokho okungagwegwesi, umculi wayesekelwa izinkanyezi ezidumile emhlabeni wonke.
Kuze kube muva nje, uFrank akazange asebenzise i-Instagram. Kodwa lapho inkanyezi ekugcineni ithola ikhasi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, abalandeli bakwazi ukuthola amaqiniso athile. Okokuqala, umculi ubukeka enesitayela kakhulu, futhi okwesibili, kwaku-Instagram lapho kuvela khona izinto ezintsha zomculo. Okwesithathu, u-Ocean uvame ukwabelana ngezithombe nesoka lakhe, ogama lakhe linguMemo.
Abalandeli banomuzwa wokuthi uFrank nesoka lakhe uMemo bangabashadikazi abaphelele. Amadoda asebenza ndawonye futhi "ahlanganyele". Ngaphezu kwalokho, babelana ngothando lokuhamba ngebhayisikili.
Ngo-2020, uFrank wamangala abalandeli ngesimemezelo sokuthi usehlukene noMemo. Lo mculi akazidalulanga izizathu ezibe nomthelela kulesi sinqumo. Ebudlelwaneni bomuntu siqu, u-Ocean uziphatha ngokuzithiba, ngakho-ke ukhetha ukungabelani ngolwazi olunjalo.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngoFrank Ocean
- Umculi unephupho. Iqiniso liwukuthi ufuna ukubhukuda imizuliswano emine ngaphansi kwamanzi echibini.
- UFrank uthi ubuciko kuye kuyithuba lokuthola imali eningi ngangokunokwenzeka, bese kuba injabulo.
- Usekela umphakathi we-LGBT.
UFrank Ocean okwamanje
Ukusebenza kokugcina komculi kwenzeka ngo-August 2017. Kulo nyaka ube yinhloko yomkhosi we-Flow e-Helsinki. Futhi okokugcina enza izingoma ezivela ku-albhamu yakhe ethi Blonde.
Ukuzisola okukhulu kwabalandeli, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umculi ubelokhu ethule. Maphakathi no-Ephreli 2020, bekufanele acule emcimbini weCoachella, aphinde akhiphe ne-LP entsha. Kodwa ngokusobala kukhona okungahambanga kahle. Izinhlelo zakhe zaphazanyiswa ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus ngokuzumayo.
Ngo-2020, umculi wethula izingoma ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Sikhuluma ngamathrekhi uCayendo no-April othandekayo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi izingoma zokuqala (kanye nama-remix) zikhishwe kumarekhodi e-vinyl kuphela. Okwamanje, amathrekhi angalalelwa kunoma iyiphi isevisi yokusakaza. Ngokunokwenzeka, umsebenzi uzofakwa ku-LP entsha kaFrank. Kodwa usuku lokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu ye-studio ayaziwa okwamanje.
