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Originally Posted by pepper_green
both TLOP and Blonde are great in an 3/4 way. otherwise it's nothing outstanding just they are what they are. artist being artist. TLOP is cast off genius by luck but, really only having the charm of an A + album by an upstart which adds up to 3/4 of the album being relevant. Blonde sounds like the opposite. tying to overcome the famous sophomore slump with 3/4's success. one is more important than the other because the other has already got the critical advantage with legend statist. at least Blonde is not shrouded in jackass publicity stunts.
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TLOP > Blonde. Not that they're really comparable.
Blonde was successful because it didn't eat shit like a lot of follow-ups to classic albums. And it's good, but it's not on the level of TLOP. It doesn't contain the schizoid multidues that Pablo does. It's a relatively safe record, and TLOP is the complete opposite of safe in every way... bordering on self-sabotage even.
I'm assuming you mean Blonde is more "important" and TLOP is the record with the "critical advantage" of "legendary status" but that's an oversimplification, and it's not super accurate. Do you understand just how criticially acclaimed Channel Orange was? I mean, come on man. In the grand scheme of 2010's hip hop records, it is only outhyped by MBDTF/Yeezus and Good Kid/TPAB. It didn't have the same level of impact as either of those albums, but aside from Ye and Kendrick, it's like the most hyped album in the hip-hop/r&b world.
I think when comparing the two albums, everything can be pretty much summed up by this one fact: the most enduring part of Blonde, and the only part that is still discussed (even though it's still fucking new) is.... the Kanye West McDonald's poem that came with the accompanying publication.
Love Frank Ocean, but Blonde stopped spinning for me after just a few weeks. I'm still listening to Pablo regularly and it's been out for 8 months.