Frank Ocean – Lonny Breaux Collection (compilation album)
Released: 2011
I put in work… At the very end of this article are the tracks that you SHOULD listen to (if you don’t want to listen to the entire 64 compilation, like I did). Download here.
Acura Integurl: 3.5/5 (Frank’s singing towards the end sounds NASTY)
Bedtime Story: 3.25/5
Blasted: 3/5
Bricks and Steel: 3.75/5
Broken Pieces: 3.5/5
Can’t Be The Last Time: 3.75/5
Day Away: 3.25/5
Denim: 3/5
Done: 3.75/5
Dying For Your Love: 3.75/5
Flight: 3.75/5
Focus: 3.5/5 (This is..different)
Follow: 4.5/5 (He sounds like R.Kelly on this)
Go Up: 4/5
Got The Keys: 3.5/5
Greedy Love: 3.5/5
Hardest Thing: 4.25/5
Holly Baby: 3.75/5
I Need Love: 3/5
If I’m In Love: 4.25/5
J.O.B: 4/5
Kamikaze: 3.5/5
Know Better: 2.75/5
Lights: 2.5/5
Lonny: 3.75/5
Lost Angel (no 2nd): 3.5/5
Lost Angel: 3.5/5
Love On My Piano: 4.5/5
Miss You So: 4/5 (On some Prince-ish)
No Bonnie: 3.75/5
No Love: 3.75/5
Non-Stop: 3.75/5
Ohh In Love: 3.5/5
Old Terror: 3.75/5
One Look: 3.5/5
Open Air: 3.5/5
Overload: 2.75/5
Private Show: 4/5 (Planet Rock sample!)
Quickly: 3.75/5
Read The Starts: 3.75/5
Ready: 4/5
Real: 4/5
Rewind That: 3.25/5 (…is this even Frank Ocean?)
Richest Man In The Room: 4.25/5
Rocket Love: 3.75/5
Scared of Beautiful: 4/5
She Won’t Say Hello: 4/5
Simply: 3.5/5
So Comfortable: 3.75/5
So Fresh: 4/5 (it sounds like this song was cut early)
Standing Still: 3.25/5
Stay If You Go: 3/5
Sucka 4 Love: 3.5/5
Sucka For Love: 3.5/5
Sucker For Love: 3.75/5
Surprise Ending: 3.5/5
Taste: 3.5/5
The City: 3.75/5
Time Machine: 3.5/5
Together: 3.75/5
Tonight: 4/5
Truce: 3.75/5
Wake Up: 3.5/5
When I’m Done: 4.5/5
AVG: 3.63/5
Quick Thoughts:
This little compilation from Frank Ocean is a collection of unreleased tracks, likely from his time being shelved at Def Jam/or just before the Def Jam sign. There are a lot of Brian Kennedy and Midi Mafia production spots as well as a few guest features (which are not credited). I’ve probably heard more Frank Ocean tonight than I ever though I would, but there was nothing but decent to good music on this at 64 tracks deep, so I can’t complain. While this compilation does have a lot of solid songs, a good 90% of this compilation does not stand-out.
There are only about 15-17 songs that I’d throw on my playlist out of the 64, and since I went through the mission of listening to and rating this, I’ll save you the trouble of listening through this 3 hour compilation and just list the tracks I deem worthy of numerous replays. Enjoy!
Standout Tracks (listen to these, if anything)
Follow
Go Up
Greedy Love
Hardest Thing
Holly Baby
If I’m In Love
J.O.B
*Love On My Piano (my personal favorite from this project)
Miss You So
Ready
Real
Richest Man In The Room
Scared Of Beautiful
She Won’t Say Hello
Tonight
When I’m Done