Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

TheThinWhiteDuke said:
Unpopular opinion- the only reason Frank Ocean is hype is the scarcity. If I could go to amazon and get his album right now no one would care, like what happened with FlyLo's last two albums.

He is so overrated it's absurd.
Click to expand...
I think the hype/scarcity has driven up the prices for sure. I guess you could say he's overrated at this point because of how crazy of a stan group he has. I still think the guy is insanely talented though and I love Blonde and CO. He's still one of my favorite current musicians. For every person that is obsessed with Frank, there's a person on the opposite end of the spectrum who seemingly thinks he has no talent simply because they hate how hyped his stans make him.

I think FlyLo’s last two albums sold poorly because A) there were a ton of variants (at least for Flamagra) and they got drip released, B) the initial prices were really high and C) there was little to no build up for the release and marketing was bad. Frank has the whole reclusive artist persona, and the release for Blonde was this great weird build with a surprise second album drop. Watching the live stream was almost like a TV show finale event where so many people were watching, on message boards, trying to see if anybody figured out clues or saw anything new.
 
Last edited:
Tys1 said:
He’s the Supreme of vinyl. All hype beast type of shit, the appeal is the limited access.
Click to expand...
While I can’t disagree with the fact that exclusivity helps drive the hype, I feel like it’s unfair to think that all music fans are also record collectors.

I think it’s ok to assume that a big majority of his fan base doesn’t even have an idea of how much a copy of Blonde goes for.
 
MikeH said:
I think the hype/scarcity has driven up the prices for sure. I guess you could say he's overrated at this point because of how crazy of a stan group he has. I still think the guy is insanely talented though and I love Blonde and CO. He's still one of my favorite current musicians. For every person that is obsessed with Frank, there's a person on the opposite end of the spectrum who seemingly thinks he has no talent simply because they hate how hyped his stans make him.
Click to expand...
Yeah, so many people on this forum think Frank Ocean is overrated! 😢

But I think he's perfectly rated, and is incredibly talented, and Frank Ocean is someone that's never on Social Media or doing interviews etc. He's like Prince in that sense; isn't into the whole social media thing and is more reserved!

I love Frank Ocean so so so much. I love him and cannot wait for his next studio album!
 
Tys1 said:
He’s the Supreme of vinyl. All hype beast type of shit, the appeal is the limited access.
Click to expand...
That’s pretty unfair. The mans talent definitely matches the praise, it’s not his fault he’s also soundtracked a generation of sadboi hype beast. I was in love with his music far before he even released vinyl and think it goes without saying he’s one of the most important/influential artists of my generation. Blond was a religious and transcendent experience for me and I know it was the same for many many people, that definitely didn’t happen because he only sold his records on Black Friday. Probably happened because homie made the nastiest mid song beat switch of the 21st century. SICKO MODE WISHES THEY WOULDVE! Just kidding kind of, Blond and Channel Orange AND Nostalgia/Ultra are all like 9/10-10/10s for me
 
Ghost said:
That’s pretty unfair. The mans talent definitely matches the praise, it’s not his fault he’s also soundtracked a generation of sadboi hype beast. I was in love with his music far before he even released vinyl and think it goes without saying he’s one of the most important/influential artists of my generation. Blond was a religious and transcendent experience for me and I know it was the same for many many people, that definitely didn’t happen because he only sold his records on Black Friday. Probably happened because homie made the nastiest mid song beat switch of the 21st century. SICKO MODE WISHES THEY WOULDVE! Just kidding kind of, Blond and Channel Orange AND Nostalgia/Ultra are all like 9/10-10/10s for me
Click to expand...

My intention wasn’t to knock his talent at all, just the hype surrounding the vinyl. I can see how that was misconstrued though with my blunt response.
 
NathanRicaud said:
Yeah, so many people on this forum think Frank Ocean is overrated! 😢

But I think he's perfectly rated, and is incredibly talented, and Frank Ocean is someone that's never on Social Media or doing interviews etc. He's like Prince in that sense; isn't into the whole social media thing and is more reserved!

I love Frank Ocean so so so much. I love him and cannot wait for his next studio album!
Click to expand...
At this point though...what don’t you love?;)
 
McGlam said:
I don't really like having records that are worth a lot of money, they make me anxious when I want to play them and think the responsible thing to do would be to sell them. I love Blonde, but almost never spin it, I just stream.
Click to expand...

Over the years I traded in most of my pricey records for that reason. I figured they were worth more to someone else. In retrospect, I wish I had held on to that OG Electric Ladyland.
 
McGlam said:
I don't really like having records that are worth a lot of money, they make me anxious when I want to play them and think the responsible thing to do would be to sell them. I love Blonde, but almost never spin it, I just stream.
Click to expand...
NathanRicaud said:
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly, and my 3rd favourite of the decade is Kamasi Washington's The Epic.

What's your top 3 albums of the 2010's?
Click to expand...
Off the top of my head right now

1. To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Crack-Up (Fleet Foxes)
3. Blond

that’s what my gut is telling me without mulling it over to much lol
 
TheThinWhiteDuke said:
Well I mean a 40% increase to free is still free right? What's not to love
Click to expand...
But the add-ons are going to be $10 more. I definitely won't be getting all the R&HH ROTM's now, only ones I am super keen to grab!

It does make me more lucky to have free membership because I know I'd still be a member, even with this increase in pricing. So I'm very fortunate to be getting any ROTM free + being a member!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top