Ocean also revealed that he wrote for the sake of his sanity and credited his inner circle: 'I'm sure these people kept me alive, kept me safe.' One listen to Channel Orange makes it obvious that he is as free as an artist as he is as a man. Ocean subsequently published a screen shot of a document, dated December 27, 2011, that included details of a crushing romantic relationship with a male. Journalists present at June pre-release listening events speculated that some of the lyrics revealed Ocean's bisexuality. He then completed this album with Malay, Om'Mas Keith, and Pharrell as his co-producers. The singer's presence spread with appearances on Goblin, 4, Watch the Throne, and The OF Tape, Vol.

One of them, 'Novacane,' clashed with everything else on the radio, reached the Top 20 of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and crossed into the Hot 100.

The label nonetheless released two of the mixtape's songs as singles. Def Jam's contracted edition of Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra never materialized.

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