Released: August 21, 2016

Songwriter: Frank Ocean

“Crosstown Traffic” , Jimi Hendrix

“How Insensitive”, Frank Sinatra

“Scarborough Fair”, Simon & Garfunkel

“Alina”, Arvo Part

“I Feel Love”, Donna Summer

“To The Last Whale”, Crosby & Nash

“Prints Tie”, Bobby Hutcherson

“Jardim Dos Deuses”, Joyce Moreno

“Fade Into You”, Mazzy Star

“No More Shall We Part”, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

“I Never Learnt To Share”, James Blake

“One Mo Gin”, D'Angelo

“The Last One To Be Loved”, Gabor Szabo

“Shadows”, Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes

“Images Live In 1964”, Nina Simone

“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”, Roberta Flack

“It’s Gonna Rain”, Steve Reich

“Stardust”, Willie Nelson

“Nós e o mar”, Tamba Trio

“$”, D.R.A.M

“When I Die”, Goldlink

“The Man-Machine”, Kraftwerk

“Asiko”, Tony Allen

“Earth Bound Hearts”, John Mclaughlin feat. John Surman

“Simply Beautiful”, Al Green

“Mr. Bojangles”, Nina Simone

“Flamingo”, Todd Rundgren

“The Medley Of Praise”, Daryl Coley

“Claire De Lune”, Isao Tomita

“Calls”, Robert Glasper feat. Jill Scott

“Your Smile”, Chaka Khan and Rufus

“Bitch Please”, Death Grips

“Anthrax”, Gang Of Four

“I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles

“Jesus Children Of America”, Stevie Wonder

“Garden Of Linmiri”, Caustic Window

“Home (YouTube Rip)”, Kim Burrell

“Vibrate”, OutKast

“12 Aisatsana”, Aphex Twin

“Mis”, Alex G

“Right Down The Line”, Gerry Rafferty

“Anytime”, Ray J

“Jesus”, Curtis Mayfield

“Something About Us”, Daft Punk

“Your Daddy Loves You”, Gil Scott Heron

“Portrait Of Tracy”, Jaco Pastorius

“Rusholme Ruffians”, The Smiths

“When U Were Mine”, Prince

“Road To Nowhere”, Talking Heads

“Boys Don’t Cry”, The Cure

Frank Ocean

Christopher Edwin Breaux, professionally known as Frank Ocean, was born on the 28th of October, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has earned cult-icon status with his enigmatic persona and idiosyncratic approach to pop. It is reported that the name “Frank Ocean” was partially inspired by the original Ocean’s 11 (1960) film, which starred Frank Sinatra.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed his recording studio in New Orleans which prompted his move out to LA, joining hip hop collective Odd Future later in 2009. Ocean started out ghostwriting tracks for pop stars such as Justin Bieber and Beyoncé, but decided on a career

There was a point where I was composing for other people, and it might have been comfy to continue to do that and enjoy that income stream and the anonymity,“ he says. "But that’s not why I moved away from school and away from family.