Frank Ocean mutum ne mai rufewa, saboda haka ya fi ban sha'awa. Shahararren mai daukar hoto kuma mawaƙi mai zaman kansa, ya gina kyakkyawan aiki a ƙungiyar Odd Future. Baƙar fata rapper ya shirya game da cin nasara a saman Olympus na kiɗa a 2005. A wannan lokacin, ya sami damar saki LPs masu zaman kansu da yawa, kundi ɗaya na haɗin gwiwa. Kazalika da "m" mixtape da kundin bidiyo.
Yara da matasa na Frank Ocean
An haifi Christopher Edwin (sunan gaske na mashahuri) a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1987 a Long Beach (California). Lokacin yana ƙarami, danginsa sun ƙaura zuwa New Orleans. A can ne Christopher ya yi kuruciyarsa da ƙuruciyarsa.
Frank ya saba da kiɗa a hanya ta musamman. An hana iyaye su taɓa abubuwan sirri. Amma wata rana ya kasa yin tsayin daka kuma ya gudanar da "bincike", sakamakon abin da bayanan masu wasan kwaikwayo na jazz suka fada hannunsa. Mutumin mai duhun fata zuwa "ramuka" ya shafa waƙoƙin jazz na gargajiya.
Lokacin da Christopher ya gane cewa ya yi fice wajen rubuta waƙa, sai ya fara aiki a ɗakin karatu. Don biyan kuɗin lokacin studio, Edwin ya ɗauki ƙananan ayyuka na ɗan lokaci.
Iyaye sun dage kan neman ilimi mai zurfi, saboda suna son ɗansu ya sami sana'ar da ta dace. A 2005, ya shiga Jami'ar New Orleans.
Kuma a cikin wannan shekarar ne wata guguwa mai karfi Katrina ta afkawa yankin. Garin ya kasance cikin rudani sosai. Babu hasarar abin duniya. Filin faifan rikodin da Christopher ya yi aiki na dogon lokaci ya cika da ruwa tare da kwashe. Mutumin ya yanke shawarar yin aikin kiɗa. Ilimi a jami'a ya kasance a baya. Ba da daɗewa ba Edwin ya koma Jami'ar Louisiana a Lafayette.
Frank Ocean da aikinsa
Don mafarkinsa, Frank ya tafi yankin Los Angeles. A cikin ɗakin karatu na abokai, mawaƙin ya rubuta nau'ikan demo da yawa. Bayan ya gama aiki, sai ya sayar da bayanai a kewayen birnin.
Sai arziki yayi murmushi akan Tekun. Ya fara hada kai da furodusa masu tasiri. Frank ya rubuta kiɗa don Justin Bieber ne adam wata, John Legend, Brandi Norwood da Beyonce.
"Akwai wani lokaci a tarihin rayuwata da na rubuta waƙa ga wasu taurari. Aikin ya ba ni kuɗi mai kyau, amma ina son ƙarin. Ban bar garinmu don haka ba. Ina so in gane kaina kuma in sami wadata domin in tsaya da kyar a ƙafafuna… ”, Frank Ocean ya tuna.
Mawaƙin ya yi farin ciki da gaske lokacin da ya shiga ƙungiyar Odd Future. Kyakkyawan liyafar da membobin ƙungiyar suka yi sun ƙarfafa Ocean don rubuta sababbin waƙoƙi. An cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar Odd Future tare da hits "zinariya" waɗanda suka kawo shi zuwa sabon matakin.
A cikin 2009, Trick Stewart ya taimaka don sa hannun Frank zuwa Def Jam Recordings. Bayan ƴan shekaru, hoton mawaƙin ya cika da faifan solo ɗin sa na farko. Muna magana ne game da tarin Nostalgia, Ultra. Aikin ya sami karbuwa sosai ba kawai daga magoya baya da yawa ba, har ma da masu sukar kiɗa.
Mawaƙi na farko
Haɗin tafsirin halarta na farko na Frank Ocean ba wai kawai “dummy” ne tare da ma’ana mai ruɗi da rashin fahimta ba. Abubuwan da aka tsara na tarin sun mayar da hankali ga masu sauraro kan dangantakar mutane a cikin al'umma, tunani na sirri da kuma maganganun zamantakewa.
Gaskiyar cewa aikin ya sami karɓuwa da masu sukar da masu son kiɗan ya ƙara ikon Frank Ocean a cikin da'irori na kiɗa. Ya fara hada kai da shi Jay Z и Kanye West.
Farkon bayyanar Frank akan mataki ya faru ne a cikin 2011. Sa'an nan kuma shi, tare da ƙungiyar Odd Future, ya bayyana a babban bikin kiɗa na Valley Music and Arts Festival. Bayan ɗan lokaci, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya shiga cikin babban balaguron balaguro.
A cikin bazara na 2011, ya zama sananne cewa ɗakin rikodin rikodi na Frank Ocean ya ɗauki sake fitar da haɗe-haɗe na farko. Bayan ɗan lokaci, an buga waƙar Novacane akan iTunes. A lokaci guda, mawaƙin a hukumance ya tabbatar da cewa an dakatar da sakin EP Nostalgia, Ultra na wannan lokacin.
A cikin wannan shekarar, ya bayyana cewa mawaƙin ya taimaka wa Kanye West da Jay Z rikodin haɗin gwiwa LP Watch the Throne. Ana kuma jin wakokin Ocean akan wakoki da dama. Ya zama baƙon da aka gayyata na ƙungiyoyin: Babu Coci a cikin daji kuma An yi shi a Amurka.
Gabatarwar Album
2012 ya fara da labari mai daɗi ga magoya bayan Frank Ocean. Gaskiyar ita ce, mawaƙin ya gabatar da kundi na farko na Channel Orange. Tarin ya sami godiya sosai daga masu suka da masu son kiɗa. Sakamakon haka, LP ya zama kundi na shekara a cewar HMV's Poll of Polls.
Magoya bayan tare da sha'awa ta musamman sun tattauna abubuwan da aka tsara na waƙar diski. A kan zazzafar farin jini, Frank Ocean ya yi wata babbar sanarwa, yana mai cewa wasu waƙoƙin suna magana da abubuwan da suka faru na sirri.
LP na halarta na farko ya yi muhawara a matsayi na 2 mai daraja a kan taswirar Billboard 200. Abin sha'awa shine, an sayar da fiye da 100 dubu na kundin a cikin makon farko na tallace-tallace. A cikin hunturu, an ba LP takardar shaidar "zinariya".
Aikin shahara
A cikin 2013, Frank Ocean ya gaya wa magoya bayan aikinsa cewa ya fara aiki a kan kundi na biyu na studio. Sa'an nan kuma ya zama sananne game da haɗin gwiwar mawaƙa tare da Tyler, Mahalicci, Pharrell Williams da Danger Mouse.
Daga baya, 'yan jarida sun gano cewa mawakin rap ya rubuta mafi yawan kundin a Bora Bora. A wannan shekarar, ya tafi wani babban yawon shakatawa na Turai, wanda ake kira ba ku mutu ba. An ci gaba da rangadin har zuwa shekarar 2013.
A cikin 2014, Frank Ocean ya burge magoya baya ta hanyar sanar da cewa nan ba da jimawa ba zai kammala aiki a kan kundi na studio na biyu. A lokaci guda, rapper ya gabatar da sabon abun ciki Memrise. Ɗaya daga cikin wallafe-wallafen da suka yi tasiri ya bayyana abin da aka tsara a matsayin "melancholy".
A cikin 2015, Frank ya gabatar da waƙar haɗin gwiwa tare da Kanye West. Muna magana ne game da abun da ke ciki Wolves. Bayan shekara guda, bayanin ya bayyana cewa a cikin 2016 ne mawaƙin ya gabatar da kundi na biyu ga magoya baya.
An bayyana Longpei Blonde a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 2020. Wani abin sha'awa shi ne, tun da farko ya kamata a fitar da kundin da sunan Saurayi Kada ku yi kuka. Tun da "magoya bayan" sun shafe shekaru biyu a cikin yanayin "jiran", tarin ya karbi lakabin "The Most Anticipated Longplay of 2016". Kundin ya kai #1 akan ginshiƙi mai daraja na Billboard 200.
Sai mawaƙin, tare da mashahurin ƙungiyar Migos, sun yi rikodin Slide guda ɗaya ta British DJ Calvin Harris. A cikin 2017, an gabatar da Chanel na solo na Frank Ocean.
Frank Ocean: cikakkun bayanai na rayuwarsa
A cikin 2015, Christopher Edwin ya yi nasarar canza ainihin baƙaƙen sa zuwa Frank Ocean. Mawakin ya ɗauki irin wannan ƙirƙira wani suna don girmama fim ɗin 1960 na "Ocean's Eleven".
A lokacin rani na 2012, Frank Ocean ya rubuta wasiƙar da ya yi magana game da abubuwan da suka faru na sirri. Mawakin ya ce tun yana dan shekara 19 ya sha fama da soyayyar da ba ta da tushe balle makama. Frank bai yi gaggawar kiran kansa gay ko maza biyu ba. Ko da yake jama'a sun riga sun fahimci cewa mai zane na cikin 'yan tsirarun jima'i. Bayan irin wannan ikirari na gaskiya, mashahuran taurarin duniya sun goyi bayan mawaƙin.
Har kwanan nan, Frank bai gudanar da Instagram ba. Amma lokacin da tauraruwar ta ƙarshe ta sami shafi akan hanyoyin sadarwar zamantakewa, magoya baya sun sami damar gano wasu abubuwa. Da fari dai, mawaƙin ya yi kama da salo sosai, na biyu kuma, a kan Instagram ne sabbin abubuwan kiɗa suka bayyana. Na uku, Ocean ta kan raba hotuna tare da saurayinta, mai suna Memo.
Magoya bayan suna ƙarƙashin ra'ayi cewa Frank da saurayin sa Memo sune ma'aurata cikakke. Maza suna aiki tare kuma suna "kwarewa". Bugu da kari, suna raba soyayyar keke.
A cikin 2020, Frank ya ba magoya baya mamaki tare da sanarwar cewa ya rabu da Memo. Mawakin bai bayyana dalilan da suka shafi wannan shawarar ba. A cikin dangantaka na sirri, Ocean yana nuna hali tare da kamewa, saboda haka ya fi son kada ya raba irin wannan bayanin.
Abubuwa masu ban sha'awa game da Frank Ocean
- Mawaƙin yayi mafarki. Gaskiyar ita ce, yana so ya yi iyo hudu a karkashin ruwa a cikin tafkin.
- Frank ya ce kerawa a gare shi wata dama ce ta samun kuɗi mai yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu, sannan kuma jin daɗi.
- Yana goyon bayan al'ummar LGBT.
Frank Ocean a halin yanzu
Wasan karshe na singer ya faru a watan Agusta 2017. A wannan shekara ya zama kanun labarai na bikin Flow a Helsinki. Kuma a karo na ƙarshe da ya yi waƙoƙi daga albam ɗin sa Blonde.
Ga babban nadama na magoya baya, tun lokacin da mawaki ya yi shiru. A tsakiyar Afrilu 2020, ya kamata ya yi wasa a bikin Coachella, tare da fitar da sabon LP. Amma da alama wani abu ya faru. Kwatsam kwatsam kwatsam kwatsam cutar amai da gudawa ta rushe shirinsa.
A cikin 2020, mawaƙin ya gabatar da waƙoƙi biyu lokaci guda. Muna magana ne game da waƙoƙin Cayendo da Dear Afrilu. Abin sha'awa, waƙoƙin farko (tare da remixes) an sake su ne kawai akan bayanan vinyl. A halin yanzu, ana iya sauraron waƙoƙi akan kowane sabis na yawo. Wataƙila, aikin zai kasance cikin sabon LP na Frank. Amma har yanzu ba a san ranar da za a fitar da kundin studio na uku ba.
