Wake me when the Soul is back

It's unfortunate what happened to the style that is like no other rooted in the American DNA - the R & B / Soul. Soul was far and wide no longer be felt for years, unless in the faithful possible reproductions of Sharon Jones and Raphael Saadiq. The stars of the genre such as Beyonce, Kelis and Usher have mostly moved on machine-like rattling electro or Euro trash a la David Guetta, which acts as a marketing calculation.

But hope is coming. The incomprehensible '' Mirrorwriting '"by Jamie Woon last year and Drakes'" Take Care "' Been light lining, and now Frank Ocean sets after. After Lana Del Ray you're a bit cautious with hype, but "Channel Orange" is incredibly well and needs the inflated discussion about his being gay is basically not.

The first piece '' Thinkin Bout You '' opened like Drakes' "Over My Dead Body '' and sets a minimalist electro beat and crooning laid fine to Rahme for the album. The focus is on Oceans warm and versatile voice, reminiscent of great models; '' Sweet Life '' breathes Stevie Wonder as he sounds on '' Fertilizer '' a bit like Lenny Kravitz. The majority of the pieces remains calm, but also the faster tracks like '' Lost '' or '' Monks '' retain their casual flow.

The production makes use of the whole kaleidoscope of genres: elegant brass sections and background vocals let the Blessed 60s shine through but also modern electro beats and hip hop set pieces blend in harmoniously. The short sound bites between the pieces add the album add another unpolished aspect.

For a long time no artist has more published such a diverse and fresh album and blown up so casually the constraints of a genre. They want the young man not charge too much, but he could liberate an entire genre.