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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 232 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 7 out of 232

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  1. Aug 22, 2016
    6
    While the hooks and lyrics show that Frank Ocean is a rising talent who transcends the Odd Future aesthetic through his songwriting alone- not to mention his warmly conversational tenor croon- the production relies too heavily on samples to match his singular talent.
  2. Jul 1, 2022
    4
    Frank's leasf intresting releaas to date. It's a mixtape in the worst way:scattershot, short&boring. Few moments such as "novacane" or "therewill be tears" almost grasp something only for throwaways like "dust" and "we all try". But with the aforementioned considered it's an interesting start to an enigmatic talent .
  3. Oct 25, 2019
    6
    It plays heavily on nostalgic feelings, which makes it good, but not that good, but still pretty decent, but eeehh...
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Jan 24, 2012
    80
    Compared to most releases of its kind, Nostalgia, Ultra is plotted with care, not slapped together with haste.
  2. 100
    His romantic laments are models of texture, respect, and profound loss, their beats subtle, seductive, weird, and seized like time.
  3. Jan 24, 2012
    80
    He's an intuitive r&b stylist, with a firm sense of song structure (he's written for Justin Bieber and Beyoncé) and a conversational talk-singing voice that is as indebted to Justin Timberlake and Pharrell as it is to R. Kelly.