Rap-Up.com || New Music: Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean Friday continues. After announcing a July 17 release date for his Def Jam debut channel ORANGE and a North American tour, the singer-songwriter gives us the first offering “Pyramids,” which can be heard in the video teaser. His Odd Future cohort Tyler, the Creator called it his “FAVORITE FRANK SONG EVER. EVER. EVER.” Listen to the 10-minute track below.

What do you think of Frank’s new song? Let us know.

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86 Comments

Rossetto
June 8th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
Awesome, but too fucking long. Trynna to see what the stations gonna do.

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edison Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
@Rossetto, Kanye was the first person to this thing w/Runaway on his Mbdtf the 9 min one

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Rossetto Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
@edison, But there was a short version. “This” music is 2on1. I guess he chooses the last one, as Tyler said he only listen the second part.

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holla Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 2:58 am
@edison, Tons of people did this before Kanye smh

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Jstamir Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 8:24 am
@edison, Nah that was Big L n Jigga

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Peter
June 8th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Some long shit!

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Yas
June 8th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Ocean knows what he’s doing.

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T
June 8th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
I listend to the song in full and it’s all cohesive and doesn’t sound like one big long mess. I’m excited for his debut. He’s bound for greatness.

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Miles
June 8th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
OFWGKTA taking over this year. first Frank, Next is MellowHype, Then Tyler, Last Earl

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My Name U Dont need 2 kno dat Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
@Miles, 4 the record Earl isnt on OF he is in Tan Cressndia

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Miles Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@My Name U Dont need 2 kno dat, He is still with Odd Future. he is just on a different Label.

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CarlosBonegro Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
@My Name U Dont need 2 kno dat, tell earl his not in OF and he’ll probably call you stupid and walk off

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CarlosBonegro Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
@Miles, this comment couldnt be more right my dude

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mia
June 8th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
Has anybody been cyber bulled (bulled online)
because i have and it wasn’t just a long time ago it all started yesterday and it’s still going on today and probably tommorow i’m only 9 years old and your probably thinking how can you get bulled online if your only 9 it only started happening because i sent my best friend a email on my school website that said “Do you want to come over because my Mum said your aloud to”
And she started typing me nasty comments for no reason.
So if you’ve ever got cyberbulled can you please tell me so i can tell you what you can do to get help

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Miles Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
@mia, Well first of all a 9 year old should be using email of social networking sites

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freshed Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
@mia, get offline and read a book!!!

use the phone (call) next time you want to ask questions

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Cranberry
June 8th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Great! The more to replace trash like Fist Brown the better.

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mia Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
@Cranberry, are you talking about the picture

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Ok... Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
@Cranberry, Yeah whatever… Just like most people’s guesses and theory. Bringing Chris up in every post you see keeps him relevant. What part of that do you twats not comprehend? Do you know he would’ve been long gone by now, if you people would stop caring so much about what he says/does? But I guess he has people like you to thank for that for the most part. An invisible hand is never far away.

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CarlosBonegro Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
@Ok…, i know right

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Yeah Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
@Cranberry, fist brown? thats horrible =, dumbass

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lolwut? Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 7:25 am
@Cranberry, fist brown? is he a woman beater or a lesbian that little nickname you
made for so gay and childish…

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mia
June 8th, 2012 at 2:32 pm
If you don’t know what cyber bulling is try watching the movie called “Cyberbully”.

It stars Emily Osment.

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Nick Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
@mia, shut the fuck up and gtfo that’s irrelevent to everything this post is about

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damn
June 8th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
ILLUMINATI WRITTEN ALL OVER THIS

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CarlosBonegro Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
@damn,you dumbass

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maya Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 9:55 am
@damn, you dumb as hell

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CleoJam Reply:
June 17th, 2012 at 9:53 am
@damn, There’s a difference between the Illuminati pyramid and the actualy Pyramids. The real pyramids don’t have an eye on the point yet, they want it to happen but it ain’t going to. This is a GREAT song though

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coolio
June 8th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
CAN’T…..STOOOOP….LISTENING UGH SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

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LOL
June 8th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I love it so much but did I just listen to an entire EP and not one single.

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BLAZE
June 8th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
I love this song his writing is Amazing! He just takes you on a journey

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Miszi
June 8th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Great one although I think it’s a bit too long for me. The production is amazing btw.

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Umm..
June 8th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
I liked him A LOT at first, but now he’s becoming kind of gimmicky. Hopefully it doesn’t show on the album.

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CarlosBonegro Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
@Umm.., youve comment on the wrong person and post go away

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honesty Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 4:10 am
@CarlosBonegro, I second that. This is not the ocean we knew singin about prostitution really? the beat is good tho

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freshed
June 8th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
i personally anticipated that orange record channel or what ever that was. no offence but the harmonies were greater than this here but im sure his project will be well balanced. he’s dope

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freshed Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
@freshed, *spoke too soon, its heard around the 5 minute mark* i guess thats the downfall in having 10 minute records. Listeners jump to conclusions quickly

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Ice Reply:
June 8th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
@freshed, ^ This. The second half sounds like it could be the radio edit, the first part is more experimental.

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Yaasss
June 8th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
This is weak.

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eqfwoi
June 8th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
this is just 2 songs joined together.

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Ice
June 8th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
The second half sounds radio friendly, the first 5 minutes sounds like an interlude.

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@DrewShane
June 8th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
I like the song at the end better than the first much, much, much better. Still a good listen

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TheDreamer
June 8th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Great song. Frank’s really creative. He tells a stories with his music. Can’t wait till the album.

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Hugh
June 8th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Classic

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Speechless
June 8th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
I’m a little confused. Why did he do from extremely short songs to extremely long ones? And this really does sound like 2 songs put together.

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Michelle
June 9th, 2012 at 12:22 am
His be writing his ass off.

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johnnieboy
June 9th, 2012 at 12:48 am
Frank should cut the song in half, with the second half being a cool ass radio track

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Wozzle
June 9th, 2012 at 3:08 am
It’s funny how everyone always use to say his songs were too short now he makes a long one he still gets criticised. No pleasing some people.

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Miszi Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 3:35 am
@Wozzle, Well I prefer 9 minute track over the ones that had barely 2 minutes. Though everything the guy makes is magic.

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Sean Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 8:33 am
@Wozzle, PREEEEEERAAAAACH!!!

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Mentamir Reply:
June 11th, 2012 at 6:48 am
@Wozzle, it’s because he went to the other side of the spectrum this time. I don’t think he purposely put out a long track, though. If he wanted to cater to people’s demands of a longer track, he would have been smart enough to realize the average person holds an attention span of 3 to 5 minutes tops, when it comes to songs. It’s not like the “criticism”, if you want to call it that, comes out of the blue. Nine minutes is a very long time and not every person likes to listen to the same track for that long. I personally didn’t have a problem with it, but I can see why others would have.

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CleoJam Reply:
June 17th, 2012 at 9:56 am
@Wozzle, I prefer a longer song, because if it’s almost 10 minutes long and still great, it’s obviously a classic. Longer songs show more talent, and with sound like this, Frank should blow up this year.

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Miszi
June 9th, 2012 at 3:43 am
Btw am I the only one who enjoyed first part more?

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Tev Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 7:36 am
@Miszi, No u r not I think I like the first part more 2

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Marcus Blaze
June 9th, 2012 at 5:58 am
I fucking love Frank Ocean!!! This man is a damn genius!!!

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Jilly
June 9th, 2012 at 6:42 am
Im curious to see if people who claim it sounds as if it’s two separate songs actually listened.
The change up at 5:23 is a turn in narrative.. Listen to the lyrics and you’ll realize that the overall concept/execution is pulled off exceptionally. It’s referencing the exploitation of women (Black women to be specific). The cynicism towards the system that exploits them is apparent in paralleling Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile with a nameless vixen who is only Queen of the Pole…
Frank is an EXTREMELY intelligent guy

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Cable Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 8:34 am
@Jilly, YES YES YES!

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Jilly Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 10:44 am
@Cable, Why are people so slow/unwilling to listen… I worry about my generation when folks have zero attention span and are adamant their media fits such a basic form. :0\

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CleoJam Reply:
June 17th, 2012 at 9:59 am
@Jilly, Especially to talent like Frank Ocean. I swear, people need to realise that thsi goes beyond music. Frank and The Weeknd should make a song together

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#RihannaNAVi
June 9th, 2012 at 7:44 am
put me to sleep tbh

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maya Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 9:56 am
@#RihannaNAVi, your faves songs has no damn lyrics or substance tbh

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eqio Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 10:09 am
@maya, ^hater. learn to tolerate differing opinions.

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Pam and Gina Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
@eqio, Thank you this IS NOT the post for that nonsense

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RealIssh Reply:
June 10th, 2012 at 8:18 am
@eqio, That’s her opinion so how is she a hater ?

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maya Reply:
June 10th, 2012 at 9:49 am
@RealIssh, thank you!

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maya Reply:
June 10th, 2012 at 9:51 am
@eqio, but you didn’t tolerate my opinion, hypocrite.

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Lexx_Janay
June 9th, 2012 at 8:19 am
His album will be dope! I cant wait to see him in Dallas! He’s sooooo talented and i love his voice! although this song is extremely long ill take this over his 2 minute songs anyday!

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Pam and Gina
June 9th, 2012 at 8:37 am
This is absolutely AMAZING!!! Sooooo different and fresh … The first part is cool but I LOOOVEEE how it slows down in the second part… When the bass drops >>>>>

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maya
June 9th, 2012 at 9:54 am
It always takes me a minute to understand wtf he’s talking about b/c he has such clever word play in his lyrics but all I can say about this song is that it’s AMAZING.

He could’ve kept it simple & called the girl a hoe but the fact that he uses different analogies in his music to express a situation is great. Looking forward to 7/17!

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MH
June 9th, 2012 at 9:56 am
I never know what the hell Frank Ocean is singing about in his songs. He has an amazing voice and I really want to like him but I can’t connect with his music.

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Miles Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
@MH, the song is basically about a stripper

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Jilly Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
@Miles, If that’s all you took away from the song, your not listening.

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Miles Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
@Jilly, I know its more than that. I’m summing it up though. it’s simply about a stripper

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The only comment Reply:
June 11th, 2012 at 3:31 am
@Miles, Not really about a stripper but a prostitute. “She works on the pyramids” means she works on a D. The text gots reference to queen Cleopatra on old Egypt and the relation between this girl and a customer.

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Neickha Reply:
June 9th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
@MH,really? I know some of his songs use metaphors and what not but I dont think they’re hard to interpret.

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Marc
June 9th, 2012 at 10:56 am
This song is amazing. He is surely about to blow up

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Great song
June 9th, 2012 at 10:59 am
I cannot stop listening!!!!! It grew on me I love it

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(UPDATED) Frank Ocean * channel.ORANGE 7.17.12 « Rap Haterz
June 9th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
[...] Frank Ocean Friday continues. After announcing a July 17 release date for his Def Jam debut Channel Orange and a North American tour, the singer-songwriter gives us the first single “Pyramids,” which can be heard in the video teaser. His Odd Future cohort Tyler, the Creator called it his “FAVORITE FRANK SONG EVER. EVER. EVER.” Listen to the 10-minute track below. – Rap-Up [...]
MusicFan
June 9th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
@MusicFan,

Cheap**

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Say word
June 9th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Yes! Say word ? Just changed my life.

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OpD2
June 9th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
this is some kayne west grammy winning sh1t.

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front street
June 9th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Doesnt sound

timeless

too me

sounds like a dj mash up

and a iffy one with being said

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ORDINARY LOW END
June 9th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Low End Theory sound Since 2001

He is turnt out on that cali SOUL

FYI

dude is from La, Baton Rouge

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@ThatGuyTahji
June 9th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I like the song but, it’s too damn long. I still fucks with it thou.

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The only comment
June 11th, 2012 at 3:37 am
I’ve got one interrogation,

the album will come on july 17th???

It will be cool but it means that it will be the first album to come with only 1 month of promo???

Even an album from DefJam like Rick Ross got more than 2 months between the annoucement of the release date and the relaese date, so wait and see if this will be push back

Song cool btw. Lot of meaning in this

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Mentamir
June 11th, 2012 at 6:38 am
It sounds nice, but I am having a hard time understanding all the words and understanding the meaning behind them. But you can still sense the amount of emotion put into his music, whether you understand the meaning or not and capturing emotion like that shows of true craftsmanship for me. So, I will have to listen to it a couple of more times, to fully understand what the song is about, but overall it’s a good listen.

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