But was it a coincidence that this was 6 days before the release of his dГ©but album? It probably was inevitable but the timing meant people who were like 'Who the hell is Frank Ocean?' are now like 'I like this Frank Ocean guy because he's bi and black in a homophobic group and he stands up for himself'. Frank did well here, expressed his true feelings, freed himself of a burden and all that jazz. Janelle's already done that! Have you even heard 'BaBopByeYa'? Maybe Frank Ocean has it in him to produce an iconic essay of a track later on but he's not in the position to do that now. Seriously though, the much hyped 'Pyramids', which has been compared to the incomparably awesome 'Purple Rain', is waaaaay too long and if I say that about a song, that's a problem because I listen to far longer songs it needs to be artfully done. Unfortunately for me, by the time I heard the album I realised that most of it was the same with a few exceptions. I could have just assumed 'Hey, I've heard one so I've heard them all,' but I didn't. Before channelORANGE came out I knew a few Frank Ocean songs and I thought they were all very similar. I'm the kind of person who would give something a chance before passing a judgement.

Have the reviewers even heard these albums or are they just supporting Frank Ocean because all of a sudden he is a symbol for everyone who needs to be liberated in some way? Have they heard TheArchAndroid, the album that is STILL the best album of the decade that Janelle MonГЎe released more or less on her own with little publicity? Have they heard Illinois which taught me that I like folk music even though I thought I didn't like folk music? Does Frank Ocean know me better than myself like Sufjan Stevens does? Eminem's alter ego, Slim Shady, returns and Eminem's wordplay relates back to his previous albums so flawlessly that it almost seems like Relapse and Recovery never happened.ДЄctually, Metacritic aren't to blame. His collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on 'Love Game' was one of the collaborations of the year but for me the final track Evil Twin confirmed that this album is one of the best rap releases this year. The other singles, however, (particularly 'Rap God') reminded me that Eminem IS a living rap legend. Yeah, I thought 'Bezerk' was a little bit too Beastie Boys-esque for a 41 year old man in 2013 but that was down to Rick Rubin's production. I was a bit skeptical about Eminem releasing a sequel to his masterpiece album but it didn't disappoint. This album, however, was a return to form and it was the Eminem that I had grown to love in the Marshall Mathers LP. No one will ever understand how happy I am that Eminem is appearing on this list because for me he hasn't had a worthy album since The Eminem Show back in 2002 (not to say that Encore wasn't a decent album, it just wasn't what I had grown to expect from Eminem).

Haim days are gone metacritic