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翻譯：junjie

排版：SpencerC

Frank Ocean is a 23-year-old New Orleans-born, Beverly Hills-based singer who's in the gleefully hedonistic hip-hop collective?Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Frank Ocean is also known as?Christopher "Lonny" Breaux, a songwriter who has helped pen tracks for Justin Bieber, John Legend, and Brandy over the last few years. He's the latest example of why the major label system is crumbling at the knees of Twitter and Tumblr, too. After getting signed to Island Def Jam about a year ago, the label proceeded to ignore him. Until February 16, that is. That's when Ocean decided to give away his debut album,?Nostalgia, Ultra, for free on?his Tumblr.

FrankOcean是一位出生于新奧爾良，生活在貝弗利山莊的23歲的歌手，同時(shí)是享樂(lè)主義嘻哈組合“OddFuture Wolf Gang Kill Them All”的一員。Frank Ocean也叫Christopher“Lonny”Breaux，是近年來(lái)為Justin Bieber，John Legend和Brandy寫過(guò)歌的詞曲作者。他也成了為什么大廠牌機(jī)制敗給Twitter和Tumblr等社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)平臺(tái)的最新案例。在大約一年前簽約Island Def Jam之后，唱片公司卻一直忽視他。直到2月16日，Ocean決定在他的Tumblr上免費(fèi)發(fā)行他的首張專輯《Nostalgia, Ultra.（終極懷舊）》。

Venting about his decision to drop the record his own way, he took to?Twitter?on March 1: "i. did. this. not ISLAND DEF JAM. that's why you see no label logo on the artwork that I DID. guess its my fault for trusting my dumbass lawyer and signing my career over to a failing company. Fuck Def Jam & any company that goes the length of signing a kid with dreams & talent w/ no intention of following through. Fuck em. now back to my day. i want some oatmeal and toast. brunch swag."

對(duì)于用自己的方式發(fā)行唱片的決定，3月1日，他在Twitter上發(fā)泄了憤怒：“我做的專輯，而不是ISLAND DEF JAM。這也是為什么你們?cè)谖易龅膶］嫹饷嫔峡床坏綇S牌標(biāo)志。我猜這是我自己的過(guò)錯(cuò)：相信了我的傻逼律師，并且把我的音樂(lè)生涯簽給一個(gè)失敗的公司。操Def Jam以及任何簽約一個(gè)有夢(mèng)想和才華的孩子卻無(wú)意培養(yǎng)的公司。操他們。現(xiàn)在回到我原來(lái)的生活。我想要燕麥粥和烤面包。拽拽地吃brunch?！?/p>

The mini-rant sums up this singer's demeanor well-- openly passionate and heartfelt, but also attractively off-center and humble.?Nostalgia, Ultra?finds Ocean singing over a mix of original pop-leaning R&B beats courtesy of big-ticket producers like Tricky Stewart (Rihanna's "Umbrella", Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)") and Midi Mafia (50 Cent's "21 Questions", Justin Bieber's "Down to Earth") as well as some eclectic remakes of songs including Coldplay's underrated 2009 single "Strawberry Swing", MGMT's "Electric Feel", and, most surprisingly, the Eagles' "Hotel California". Ocean's experience within the major-label hit machine comes through-- his casually hook-y voice is akin to Usher or Jamie Foxx's, and at least three of the album's songs could (and should) slot in comfortably on a R&B or even Top 40 radio station near you any day now. There are distinct elements of Drake's melancholic paranoia and The-Dream's high melodrama, too. But there's also a heady surreality surrounding?Nostalgia, Ultra?that makes it unique. The cover-- showing a bright orange 1980s BMW (Ocean's "dream car") hidden in plain sight amidst lush greenery-- is perfectly indicative of what's inside.

簡(jiǎn)短的咆哮顯得他的舉止是多么公開(kāi)誠(chéng)摯，充滿激情，同時(shí)又帶有迷人的自省與謙虛。《Nostalgia, Ultra.（終極懷舊）》里的Ocean融合早期流行樂(lè)與偏向R&B節(jié)奏，承蒙大牌制作人如Tricky Stewart（Rihanna“Umbrella”，Beyonce“Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”）和Midi Mafia（50 Cent的“21 Questions”，Justin Bieber“Down to Earth”）的幫助。專輯里還有一些風(fēng)格迥異的翻唱包括Coldplay的2009年被低估的單曲“Strawberry Swing”，MGMT的“Electric Feel”，甚至最令人詫異的the Eagles的“Hotel California”。Ocean與大廠牌熱單制造機(jī)器合作的經(jīng)歷也造就了他——那類似Usher和Jamie Foxx隨性而勾魂的嗓音，而且專輯里至少有三首歌可能（或者說(shuō)應(yīng)該）能夠輕松地上R&B或者甚至是當(dāng)下電臺(tái)Top 40的榜單。專輯整體帶有明顯的Drake式的抑郁、多疑、妄想的元素，也有The Dream式的情景劇風(fēng)格。除此之外，還有一種濃烈的超現(xiàn)實(shí)主義包裹著《Nostalgia, Ultra.（終極懷舊）》，讓它顯得格外獨(dú)特。專輯封面是一輛80年代的亮橙色的寶馬（Ocean的理想車型）隱藏在一眼就能看出來(lái)的蔥翠的綠林之中——完美地表明了里面藏著什么東西。

The record is held together by tiny interludes named after 1990s video games in which the unmistakable sounds of a cassette player rewinding, fast-forwarding, and stopping are heard. The old-school touch lends?Nostalgia, Ultra?the feel of a personal, friend-to-friend mixtape rather than one made by a name-dropping hip-hop DJ. The impressionistic, fingerprint details don't stop there. On the brief segue "Bitches Talkin'", a loving snippet of Radiohead's "Optimistic" is heard while Ocean sincerely laments how "all Bitches want is Jodeci, what the Fuck?"-- not exactly the type of sentiment you'd expect to hear on any sort of R&B album.

專輯由幾首以90年代電子游戲命名的小插曲串連在一起，清楚地可以聽(tīng)到磁帶播放機(jī)倒回、快進(jìn)、停止的聲音。復(fù)古的點(diǎn)綴讓《Nostalgia, Ultra.（終極懷舊）》成為一張帶有私人以及朋友之間傾訴感覺(jué)的混音帶，而不是來(lái)自一個(gè)借別人之名自抬身價(jià)的嘻哈DJ的作品。印象派和極具個(gè)人風(fēng)格的細(xì)節(jié)不止這些。在簡(jiǎn)短的銜接曲“Bitches Talkin”里可以聽(tīng)到Radiohead的“Optimistic”片段，同時(shí)Ocean真誠(chéng)地抱怨道“所有的婊子都想要Jodeci（美國(guó)90年代R&B四重唱組合成員之一），什么鬼？”——并不是一個(gè)你能從任何R&B專輯里能夠聽(tīng)到的觀點(diǎn)。

Meanwhile, Nicole Kidman's?adulterous bedroom soliloquy?from Stanley Kubrick's?Eyes Wide Shut?can be heard underneath the murderous "Lovecrimes", adding a sense of manic dread. The film is once again referenced on the nightmarish, Stewart-produced "Novacane", which has Ocean losing his senses in the company of a wannabe dentist/porn star he met at Coachella. And if that sounds kind of ridiculous, that's probably the point; the atmospheric track almost reads like a knowing parody of Kid Cudi's fame-as-drug diatribes. The shout outs to Kubrick's mysterious and lusty final masterpiece aren't just artsy braggadocio-- they make sense within Ocean's trickily complex world, too. Like on brooding highlight "Swim Good", where he steers his Lincoln Town Car straight into California's crashing waves. "I'm about to drive in the ocean," he sings, heart-battered. "I'ma try to swim from something bigger than me." He lightens up on the self-reflexive pop winner "Songs for Women" and the MGMT-sampling Garden of Eden Fuck ode "Nature Feels", but, no matter the mood, this songwriter is always quick to add fine particulars that make his songs?his songs.

與此同時(shí)，Nicole Kidman（妮可·基德曼）在Stanley Kubrick（斯坦利·庫(kù)布里克）的電影作品《EyesWide Shut（大開(kāi)眼界）》里的一段臥室奸情獨(dú)白被Ocean采樣放入歌曲“Lovecrimes”里作為背景音，增添了癲狂恐懼的氛圍。這部電影又一次被引用在Stewart制作的如噩夢(mèng)般的歌曲“Novacane”，里面講述了Coachella音樂(lè)節(jié)期間，Ocean在一個(gè)想要成為牙醫(yī)的女艷星的陪伴下逐漸失去知覺(jué)的故事。這聽(tīng)起來(lái)有些荒唐，但這就是他想要表達(dá)的；這首歌幾乎像是對(duì)Kid Cudi式的抨擊名譽(yù)與毒*的一種刻意模仿。對(duì)Kubrick神秘又激昂的遺作（庫(kù)布里克在完成最后一部作品《大開(kāi)眼界》四天后去世）的致敬可不是藝術(shù)吹噓——這與Ocean艱難復(fù)雜的生活世界有關(guān)。比如聽(tīng)起來(lái)充斥著陰森感的“Swim Good”，說(shuō)的是他駕駛著他那輛經(jīng)典的林肯汽車直入加利福尼亞猛烈碰撞的海浪之中?！拔揖鸵_(kāi)進(jìn)海洋（Ocean）里了”，他唱著，心遭受著重?fù)簦弧拔以谠囍纬霰任腋薮蟮臇|西”。接著，他又在有自我反思意味的的流行杰作“Songs?for Women”和采樣自流行搖滾樂(lè)隊(duì)MGMT關(guān)于伊甸園的性愛(ài)頌歌“Nature Feels”當(dāng)中放松歌唱。但是，無(wú)論何種心境，Ocean作為詞曲作者，總是能夠恰當(dāng)?shù)卦黾泳畹募?xì)節(jié)使他的歌成為“他的歌”。

At 23, Ocean is a few years older than his mostly-teenage friends in Odd Future. And his maturity is apparent not only in his vastly more laid-back style but also in how he deals with the underlying sense of abandonment and rejection that ignites much of Odd Future's bloody, cuss-laden vengeance. "Fuck a deal, I just want my father's e-mail so I can tell him how much I hate him in detail," seethes crew leader Tyler, the Creator on the title track of his album?Bastard. Ocean grew up fatherless too, according to his wrenching revamp of Mr. Hudson's "There Will Be Tears", but he handles his feelings differently. "My friend said it wasn't so bad/ You can't miss what you ain't had/ Well, I can-- I'm sad," he wails, letting his guard down completely. And the fact that Tyler and Frank are smart enough to see their thematic kinship beneath all the aesthetic disparities bodes well for both.

23歲的Ocean只比他在Odd Future的青年朋友大幾歲。他的成熟感不僅僅體現(xiàn)于悠閑自在的風(fēng)格，而且在他如何處理深層次的被遺棄和拒絕的感受，點(diǎn)燃了Odd Future血腥的滿載詛咒的復(fù)仇之心。Odd Future的隊(duì)長(zhǎng)Tyler, the Creator在他的專輯同名主打“Bastard”中憤怒地唱道：“操他媽的合約，我只想要我父親的郵箱，詳細(xì)地告訴他我有多么恨他”。根據(jù)那首翻唱自Mr. Hudson的“There Will Be Tears”中的悲傷訴說(shuō)，Ocean也在沒(méi)有父親的陪伴中長(zhǎng)大，但他處理情感的方式不同。“我的朋友說(shuō)這也沒(méi)那么糟糕/你不能想念你從未擁有過(guò)的東西/喔，我可以——我很難過(guò)”他號(hào)啕大哭，完全卸下了防備。實(shí)際上Tyler和Frank都足夠聰明地看到了：這樣的親屬關(guān)系，在所有審美差異之下，對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)吉兆。

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一直覺(jué)得法海是一只迷人的獨(dú)角獸。鮮有的街拍，近乎無(wú)的新聞，時(shí)不時(shí)地在IG上發(fā)一些奇奇怪怪的照片，或者出現(xiàn)在某些雜志采訪：（記者問(wèn)）嗨Frank，2019你過(guò)的怎么樣？（他答）一切都還行啊～一切都還好啊，保持忙碌。從他發(fā)行正式專輯之前2011年的mixtape可以看到：一個(gè)喜歡Radiohead，Coldplay和庫(kù)布里克電影的黑人文藝青年的崛起。挺有趣的。