Chris Breaux, who goes by Frank Ocean, is a male R&B singer with male R&Bcontradictions: As much as he wants to listen to his heart, he can'tcompletely ignore his dick. He covers a Coldplay ballad about childhood withabsolute dedication but ends it with the rude sound of an alarm clock: Thedream is over. A minute later, he's back in a mutually destructiverelationship, and has the guts to remind himself that he got what he wanted.The cover of the album features a striking orange 1980s BMW, but on SwimGood, he's stuck driving a Lincoln Town Car over a cliff. In a skit calledBitches Talkin', the ladies tell him to cut it out with the damn Radiohead;in Songs For Women, he obliges-- he's an indie kid when it comes toalienation but a pragmatist when it comes to sex. The boy in him wails, theadult wins out. The victory-- if you can call it that-- is bittersweet.