I'm very much the opposite, never understood what was apparently so special about channel orange as it just sounded like an okay rehash of stuff that came before it -- albeit very well produced -- whereas this actually stands up to the unfortunate mythology he's had to bear, it's a genuinely interesting/endearing pop record which approaches the whole concept of r&b uniquely (where his earlier stuff resoundingly did not) as to sort of avoid having to come at it from a specific angle in the first place.
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