Eras Analyzed: Frank Ocean's Channel Orange

[@Chuuzus]

frank ocean's channel orange, the weeknd's trilogy and lana del rey's born to die had tumblr in a chokehold during this era!

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

So true I remember discovering tumblr just bc of how popular The Weeknd, Frank and especially Lana were on that site Lana in particularly with her unique fashion style of combining 1950s Americana and inner city Latina glamour had me in chokehold before my woke years came along and realize how problematic it was 😂😂😂😂

[@niccole3542]

YES SIR! or (maam lol).Tumblr back then was a place to be to discover new artists.

[@naomi.cannibal]

All 3!!! and then when lorde and marina got big too... what a TIME to be alive!

[@j1918]

@@naomi.cannibalFROOT is Marina best song

[@elijahstark3663]

@@Kevin-rg3yc lana sings like a sexy ghost

[@musermusings]

CHANNEL ORANGE was groundbreaking! It covered so many topics including love, capitalism, elitism, substance abuse, existentialism, confusion, etc. Frank really expanded the horizons of R&B music. Sometimes it can feel like the genre is stagnant or regressive, yet this album makes it feel EXPANSIVE and limitless.

[@nateclipps]

Cardi b is the queen of rap

[@destinixshakur]

He did frfr

[@naomi.cannibal]

yes! and in such an artistic way you don't realize at first he's covering sooo many important topics

[@nateclipps]

@JB #grannygetsnogrammy

[@dewilew2137]

Nostalgia, ULTRA is still my absolute favorite, but seeing as that’s not a legit studio album, CHANNEL ORANGE is 100% his best work, in my opinion.

[@alyssainez]

I was 19 when Channel Orange came out. My boyfriend (now husband) would ride around listening to Pyramids. Memories I’ll never forget.

[@cchild12789]

Bad Religion and Pink Matter are my favorites on this album. It's something about those two songs that does something to my soul.

[@niccole3542]

Man I can't believe it's been a decade since this album came out.I was in middle school at the time and one of my cousins was born that year.2012 was a year that had albums that would pave the way for the rest of 2010s music.

[@naomi.cannibal]

2012 was one of the best years in music honestly.

[@selenaesia]

I remember first listening to Channel Orange when it first came out and I didn’t understand the nuances of his lyricism but I just knew from the sound mixing it was deep and reflective. Now that I’m older, it’s become a lot more relatable to my love life.

[@naomi.cannibal]

yesss there's so much to appreciate about it

[@leomcalary7320]

I actually bumped Channel Orange today and teared up to Bad Religion when you listen closely you can hear how intricate Frank lyrics are. The ending of Pyramids always has me so messed up the entire thing is so beautiful it truly feels like you're on an adventure. Yes Frank only has 2 official albums, but it feels like he's done so much more the way he constructs his songs goes beyond the surface in my opinion. Channel Orange is forever blessing this world and I was singing loud and proud to it today!

[@naomi.cannibal]

yes... his lyricism is top tier. i could be having the BEST day and as soon as i put on one of his songs im feeling everything.

[@devzeppalin]

Next to “Endless”, this is my favorite body of work from Frank. The album is aging like wine, still feeling/sounding fresh & innovative even in 2022.

[@Theeblaccking]

Frank ocean is the reason I started making music! I was always turned off by how the industry likes to portray LGBT artist and how we’re not taken super serious , which is probably due to toxic masculinity. So when he came out it really changed the way I even viewed hip hop and r&b. His celebrity is also inspiring , imagine being able to disappear for however long you want and still be relavant when you release , he doesn’t even have to engage in drama or be out looking for attention or being clout chasing.

[@destinixshakur]

Ion think it’s toxic masculinity, I think the best way I can describe it would be how people portray people out the hood . I don’t like how they portray one time of sexuality and on the latter spectrum show flamboyance. I hope this make sense

[@naomi.cannibal]

Yes... i really love how Frank is an example even BEYOND his music, and it all comes from him doing him.

[@emersontaylor732]

dude! your content is SO amazing... been binging your videos and you are one of the best creators on this platform!!

[@naomi.cannibal]

woooow that's so nice thank you!!

[@ShonnysLab1995]

This album was and still is a big part of my life. I loved every song, his music changed me. I appreciate him I was a sophomore when this album came out. He helped me heal, grow, learn and enjoy. This album should be appreciated more.

[@xXxDiamondGirlxXx53]

Thank you for the great video - I didn't listen to Channel Orange when it came out, discovered it only like 2 years ago but I’ve loved it since. It's insane how it doesn't sound outdated at all. Hard to say which song is my favourite off the album as it changes from time to time but Pyramids, Pink Matter, Monks and Thinkin Bout You are in there. Would love to hear your take and analysis on Electra Heart!

[@naomi.cannibal]

omg yes i need to do an Electra Heart video... or a Marina one in general. She's one of my favorite artists!

[@MONIMOVES]

You’ve def become my favorite KZbinr

[@naomi.cannibal]

what an honor

[@JCARTHRON]

I still get emotional over this album y’all. 😂

[@naomi.cannibal]

me too!!

[@honeyjd780]

This is probably my favorite album! It was on repeat the first time I went to cali and I was so at peace 😭

[@urgunnaluvmeh]

“Nostalgia, Ultra” is the real star ⭐️. Loved since it showed itself ❤

[@BiryaniLover365]

Amazing album still to this date. Super Rich Kids, Sweet Life, Pink Matter and etc. 🧡🧡🧡

[@yeahumok]

so happy you’re letting us see your beautiful face. I enjoy your content so much, thank you for your commitment to putting out dope videos ❤

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you so much 🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@nicolesherman8974]

I hope Frank Ocean is doing well ❤️.

[@dashiajames1882]

I hope so to cuz that mental disorder can play with your mind..!!

[@taureanmay7480]

Yes.

[@Lisax05]

This video is very timely. I too have revisited Channel Orange many times this week while on vacation. It’s masterfully executed and so emotional. I love it. Can’t wait for an official vinyl release.

[@tonybehere7792]

I love how Odd Future was a pack of Queers😭💜 I love it

[@MONIMOVES]

OOOOF IM READY FOR THIS!!!

[@dashiajames1882]

You sound like me. I get really excited when I get a notification of a new video she put out. And I click so fast...!!

[@Theeblaccking]

Yayyy!!! Love your hair today sis ! 😍

[@naomi.cannibal]

thank youuu

[@lesartistex]

My favorite album of all time! Thanks for such a cohesive and thorough analysis. I remember being 18 and listening to this album when it first came out, walking around NYC and jamming while simultaneously being in my feelings. Such good memories. Bad Religion is my fav song, encapsulates the feelings of unrequited love so perfectly

[@kellyb7561]

omg how did you know that i JUST listened to this album for the first time this week !! always on point!

[@naomi.cannibal]

woooow meant to be lol

[@kellyb7561]

@@naomi.cannibal also wanna say you look so pretty in this video I love your new hair!

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@kellyb7561 Thank you! ♥️

[@sxwx6567]

This hair looks so cute on you girl! I got curls too. Long live the curls. Here for all of this!

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you!!!

[@avansnoel]

BRB I gotta go stream Channel Orange in it’s entirety now! Great video✨🧡

[@pay4739]

i will never forget this time in music. NEVER. i’ll always remember the first time i heard Novacane and Thinking About You, SRK?! omg. probably my favorite time in life, so far.

[@Earthtonadiaa]

You’re so talented. These videos are really good and I love the way you structure them! Keep ‘em coming 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you so much 💕

[@ashley-unserious1]

so excited for this video before im even done watching!!!!

[@_m_w_m]

You are so pretty! And well spoken. Quite hypnotizing tbh 😊

[@naomi.cannibal]

thank you so much!!

[@samrhoton9844]

LOVEEE your videos soooo much. so in depth and infgormational

[@RealSpacial]

Love this video & your perspective!

[@messychicken]

22:28 Of course I love this album. I was 18 when it came out and I remember PLAYING IT ON AN iHOME in my car because I didn’t have speakers lol. Fave songs: PILOT JONES FORREST GUMP SUPER RICH KIDS

[@messychicken]

personally blond was more impactful on me but we wouldn’t have none of it without channel orange~

[@messychicken]

I bleed for blond~

[@naomi.cannibal]

not the ihooooome lol. i need to do a dive into blond as well!

[@messychicken]

@@naomi.cannibal take a dive, the waters fine!~

[@dashiajames1882]

When I get a notification I get all excited about your videos I'm like " Oooo what she have for us today. " I truly love your videos. Honestly, I'd rather watch your videos, than these stupid tv shows. They bore me. Once again a excellent video. Have a great day everyone. Thanks alot..!! 🙂🙂

[@naomi.cannibal]

I'm so glad!

[@dashiajames1882]

@@naomi.cannibal: Keep it up. We need these types of videos.

[@Jessiethechildofgod]

You look absolutely amazing btw ❤

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you 💕

[@potatomojca9067]

girl ur so pretty😩😩

[@nahmunch9794]

thank God you're still active too many times you find a great channel and they've quit!

[@greenheadblackvoodochild2487]

Great stuff , earned a new sub

[@mohdshow]

It’s a beautiful album by a beautiful artist 🧡

[@samrobinson387]

Thanks for this dope video and analysis

[@pearl559]

I love this album so much, so happy you covered it. Frank is one of the greats- as a queer person it really opened me up to the possibilities of what music from an LGBT lens can look like

[@melw9147]

This is one of the few albums that shaped my 20s ❤

[@dewilew2137]

I can’t believe this video only has 13k views...what is wrong with people??? 😫😫😫

[@antoniofonseca6888]

i don’t usually comment in general but i must say i’ve ate up every single video you’ve put out !! also pleaseeee make a video about blonde

[@Peixoto.youtube]

Love your video! 🫶🏾

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you!!

[@synschoolinyounoobsakathemaske]

Yessasssass Always always loved Frank and fall in love with this songs Super Rich Kids and I think about you banger ❤❤❤❤

[@VenusLivesInASociety]

I had to like this video instantly. What a classic

[@CNDYFLIP]

Great video really enjoyed it. Would love to see an eras video on The Weeknd if you are a fan of his.

[@BriannaRochelleCreative]

I'm ashamed that I've only ever heard the singles and not the entire album. Brb while i go listen 🎶

[@lunathibingwa8360]

Great video you've just earned +1 of a subscriber.

[@jasminew8442]

Channel Orange is the last album I purchased and definitely top 3. It is a work of art and I love to listen to it every couple of years. Edit: I do wish that he didn’t address his qwerness right before his album. Not because he shouldn’t but because I HATE when people attribute the success of the album because people wanted to hear him discuss his sexuality. No Ma’am, it’s a beautiful album and his honesty was refreshing.

[@brandoniswhoiam]

🧡 A tornado flew around my room. 🧡

[@bluethedoll6628]

Pyramids will forever be in my personal hall of fame.🧡 👑🟠

[@ambradanielle]

Listen to that song daily🧡

[@naomi.cannibal]

that song is an experience!! my second favorite just behind SRK

[@kairyu2914]

this analysis was so good omg is there one on blonde

[@pestyobsrvr4278]

Girl! PYRAMIDS! ….WHHEEEWW!!!

[@YoungRiaz]

Grime stations like deja vu, rinse fm helped grime

[@dashiajames1882]

Hello everyone: I studied Sysenthesa. Sounds like that will play with your mind. I love Novacane...!! I gotta listen to " Thinking about you "..!! I never heard the whole album. Sounds like a interesting album. Alot of his songz have like soulful upbeat sounds. I love songz that'll like speak to me in someway. Makes me love the song even more. Where is Frank Ocean..?? Its like he up & disappeared.

[@naomi.cannibal]

You'll enjoy the whole album. and frank is very private, he doesn't come out a lot lol.

[@everydayfefe]

Loved this cd

[@ioslugs]

Channel Orange is an amazing body of work

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Ighhh where do we even start with channel orange?? First I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since the album dropped I remember it was the summer before my freshmen year in high school and the beginning of my love for exploring contemporary music after spending the first half of my childhood being a snobbish old soul music lover. And secondly, the album itself is just truly a masterpiece from the musical style to the cinematic quality to the storytelling on how it uses the setting of California as its own character (side note I was already a massive book nerd and anyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for amazing usage of settings in stories) to the lyrical subject matters ranging from lost love, classism to depression and then Frank’s voice being emotive to each songs and it’s messages. I feel these elements are what keeps channel orange from aging like wine for a whole decade I definitely regard it as one of the greatest albums of both the decade and of all time Personal favorite songs: Lost Forrest Gump Super rich kids Pyramid Thinking bout you

[@naomi.cannibal]

omg we must be the same age... i started hs in 2012 too so this album came out just before. Honestly 2012 was such a pivotal year for me in terms of music, that's the year i discovered to many of my favorite projects.

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

@@naomi.cannibal I was born in 1998 is that the same year you were born?

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@Kevin-rg3yc yes!! we twins lmao

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

@@naomi.cannibal 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I found a second twin (I have a twin sister lol)

[@PeopleStream]

Ctrl is my favorite album of time❤ love this video

[@Reggie4three]

That's one of my fav also

[@osamabeenrobbin]

I still listen to ATLEAST 3 songs from this album a week

[@Reggie4three]

Just 3 lol

[@user-mb8rf7qk5q]

Channel Orange was so good I think I was musically crippled for a long time after it. That’s good music.

[@johntuff1309]

Pilot Jones, and Forest Gump are my favorites🧡🧡🧡

[@naomi.cannibal]

heavy on pilot jones!!

[@papitoquerido7827]

This june I actually listened to the entire album for the first time to get a sense of what the millennials felt , and I loved the topics he talked about and the execution. Golden Girl puts a smile on my face tho 😄

[@messychicken]

oh hey curlie gurlie~

[@barbie4549]

Sweet Life supremacy

[@Courtney-ng8qn]

Also pleaseee do like any tyler album

[@nkumbumulenga9817]

Naomi does it again I'm so going back to Frank 🤍🤍😭😭

[@YoungRiaz]

Grime also started on dvds and pirate radio and my space and youtube

[@buycrater5349]

Video Idea: can you do the downfall of the Ellen Degeneres show? I’ve always been so interested to hear what happened bc I loved the show and wasn’t aware of the chatter. You always break things down so well!

[@johntuff1309]

Can you do a bio to Azealia Banks or Junglepussy?

[@naomi.cannibal]

KZbin LOVES to age restrict my vids every time i mention azealia... honestly unfair

[@Three_Diamonds]

🧡

[@Courtney-ng8qn]

next do blonde

[@user-hc2tu7ul7j]

If you like super rich kids, I highly recommend reading ‘laws of attraction’ or ‘less than zero’. It’s literally about ‘super rich kids with nothing but loose ends with nothing but fake friends’. Warning though: both books are super F Ed up, and they are all psychopaths and narcissistic

[@teem3263]

How are you so pretty 😍

[@YoungRiaz]

Channel 0 was home and birth of grime

[@julian-tt2vq]

loved the video! you should do a look back at ctrl next! 🤍

[@naomi.cannibal]

I should omg! Esp before her new album

[@slystone4892]

Great analysis. My favorite song might be Bad Religion or Super Rich Kids or Forrest Gump or Pink Matter or… well you get the point right?

[@destinixshakur]

Ouuuu I love me some Frank!