He made the decision to pursue a career in music at a young age, and as a teen, he did neighborhood chores to fund his early studio sessions. Following its release, both Ocean and the mixtape have developed a cult following.ДЇrank Ocean was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Subsequently, Ocean collaborated with recording artists BeyoncГ© Knowles and Jay-Z after they were introduced to the mixtape through West.

Recording artist Kanye West was reportedly a fan of the mixtape, which lead to him inviting Ocean to appear on his album Watch the Throne. 'Novacane' was also listed as one of the best songs of the year by several publications. Complex named it the second best mixtape of the year. The album appeared on several music critics' and publications' end-of-year albums lists, including ones published by Pitchfork Media, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. Ocean performed both singles and several other songs from Nostalgia, Ultra during his concert tour. Ocean embarked on a solo concert tour through North America and Europe to promote the record, playing a total of 7 shows. 'Novacane' received chart success on the Billboard Hot 100 and both singles charted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Both songs received music videos directed by Australian director Nabil Elderkin. Two singles were released from the aborted EP version 'Novacane,' and Swim Good'. However, the release of the EP was indefinitely delayed in July 2011 and has since been cancelled. In May 2011, Def Jam announced its plans to release tracks from the mixtape as an EP on July 26, 2011. Following its release, the mixtape received general acclaim from music critics, receiving an 83% on Metacritic. The content mostly focuses on interpersonal relationships, personal reflection and social commentary. The mixtape was noted for its surreal themes, its unique R&B aesthetic and the nostalgic lyrical value. It was made downloadable via Ocean's personal blog. After joining alternative hip hop group OFWGKTA at the end of 2009, he self-released the mixtape on February 18, 2011, without initial promotion. Ocean was inspired to make the mixtape after he moved to Los Angeles following his hometown being hit by Hurricane Katrina.

(stylized as 'nostalgia,ULTRA.') is the debut mixtape by American artist Frank Ocean, released on February 18, 2011. Oddly (or fittingly) enough, it's one of the most realistic, down-to-earth songs on the set.Nostalgia, Ultra. 'Swim Good,' a grim escape fantasy, has the singer driving his car to the shore, his trunk вЂњbleedingвЂќ with вЂњbroken heartsвЂќ: вЂњI woulda put tints on my windows, but whatвЂ™s the difference?/I feel like a ghost, no Swayze, ever since I lost my baby.' 'Nature Feels' is a Garden of Eden fantasy over the swirling neo-disco of MGMT's 'Electric Feel.' And then there's 'Novacane,' a dreamlike midtempo tale filled with drugs, conquests, and anxiety. When he's not looking back, he's still living in his head. It's all in his wistful, often self-effacing perspective and numbed, restrained delivery, heard at full power in 'Songs for Women,' where he tries to arrange an after-school rendezvous in his dad's empty house and brags about 'harmonizing to Otis, Isley, Marvin' but eventually laments that his woman doesn't listen to him or his music: 'It's like she never heard of me.' Much of the material indeed carries a longing for the past - strange since Ocean is still in his early twenties. Ocean's uniqueness doesn't lie in the productions he uses - they're neither exceptional nor particularly left of center here - or his range of inspirations and references. Ocean also weaves clever threads, like mentioning Stanley Kubrick one moment and sampling dialogue from the director's Eyes Wide Shut during another. It shifts between original material - produced by Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart, MIDI Mafia, Happy Perez, and James Fauntleroy II - and anti-pigeonhole re-voicings of songs by Coldplay, Mr. Compared to most releases of its kind, Nostalgia, Ultra is plotted with care, not slapped together with haste. Frank Ocean co-wrote songs for John Legend ('Quickly') and Brandy ('1st & Love'), signed to Def Jam, and connected with rap group Odd Future, but his career as a solo artist did not gain traction until he linked to an upload of this, his first mixtape, on his Tumblr blog in early 2011.

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