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Deeper Dive: Blond (2016) – Frank Ocean
Introduction The 2016 sophomore album from Frank Ocean, Blond, was released on August 20 of that year. Frank had started work on the album in 2013, under the name Boys Don’t Cry, and was slated to release the project in July of 2015. Being pushed all to the next year, he had a gutsy delay,…
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Deeper Dive: thank u, next (2019) – Ariana Grande
Introduction The 2019 studio album, thank u, next, was released on February 8th, 2019, by Republic Records. It was released in the midst of the end of her engagement with Pete Davidson, as well as her mourning the loss of her ex, Mac Miller. The album is essentially centered around those two events and the…
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Deeper Dive: Late Registration (2005) – Kanye West
Introduction Late Registration, Kanye West’s second studio album and the second in his college trilogy, was released on August 30th, 2005. The now successful producer turned rapper released this album as a direct sequel to his first album, The College Dropout. Released by Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Records dually, the album became an instant…