Devonté Hynes' genre-hopping career has been nothing if not an exploration of identity.
So if Hynes' time with Test Icicles represents early teenage angst, and Lightspeed Champion is the melancholic bewilderment of the early twenties, then surely Blood Orange is the assured, almost full-blown, adult? Not quite.
Although the quest for personal discovery never truly ends, there comes a time when we stop looking inward and begin to question our place in the wider picture, fraught with injustice, prejudice, and peers who are just as lost.
The struggle with identity and its interaction with the world is perfectly captured within the 17 tracks of Freetown Sound; often confusing, with multiple overlapping thoughts, the album charts a parallel course through Hynes' personal reflections on race and gender, and his impetus to call out the obstacles shared by all those who consider themselves outsiders.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By OurselvesAdam Bainbridge, Ashlee Haze, Devonté Hynes, Charles Mingus | Blood Orange | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 2 | AugustineDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | ChanceDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | Best to YouChris Amoo, Edward Amoo, Devonté Hynes, Lorely Rodriguez | Blood Orange | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 5 | With HimDevonté Hynes, Beatriz De Rijke | Blood Orange | Play | 01:25 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 6 | E.V.PWaliou J. Badarou, Devonté Hynes, Beatriz De Rijke | Blood Orange | Play | 05:43 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | Love YaEddy Grant | Blood Orange | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | But YouDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | DesireeDevonté Hynes, Patrick Wimberly | Blood Orange | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Hands UpDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Hadron ColliderNelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 12 | Squash SquashDevonté Hynes, Beatriz De Rijke | Blood Orange | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 13 | Juicy 1-4Devonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 14 | Better Than MeDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 15 | I KnowDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 16 | Better NumbDevonté Hynes | Blood Orange | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 55 mins | 127 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 339 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Amoo | Composer |
| 2 | Edward Amoo | Composer |
| 3 | Jason Arce | Saxophone |
| 4 | Waliou J. Badarou | Composer |
| 5 | Adam Bainbridge | Composer, Producer |
| 6 | Bea1991 | Vocals |
| 7 | Blood Orange | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Bryndon Cook | Vocals |
| 9 | Beatriz De Rijke | Composer |
| 10 | Chris Egan | Drums |
| 11 | Rodney Franklin | Composer |
| 12 | Nelly Furtado | Composer, Vocals |
| 13 | David Ginyard | Bass |
| 14 | Eddy Grant | Composer |
| 15 | Debbie Harry | Vocals |
| 16 | Ashlee Haze | Composer |
| 17 | Devonté Hynes | Arranger, Bass, Cello, Composer, Drum Machine, Drum Programming, Drums, EWI, Guitar, Juno, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Scratching, Synthesizer, Vocals |
| 18 | Ian Isiah | Vocals |
| 19 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Vocals |
| 20 | John Kirby | Keyboards |
| 21 | Kelsey Lu | Vocals |
| 22 | Aaron Maine | Guitar (Acoustic), Hook |
| 23 | Zuri Marley | Vocals |
| 24 | Charles Mingus | Composer |
| 25 | Benjamin Morseberger | Guitar |
| 26 | Ava Raiin | Vocals |
| 27 | Lorely Rodriguez | Composer, Vocals |
| 28 | Patrick Wimberly | Bass, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Producer |
Ashlee Haze
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |