Alright brother, I don't really see how this is anything new and just lazy criticism for something you personally don't like, a cover doesn't have to be something grand and extravagant to be good

Facts

Both these covers were dope, but these were mixtapes. They both do not look good next to his older albums

How? I’m talking about his albums. His last 3 album covers have been s*** compared to his older albums

Frank Ocean will the industry shaking feature, right? Drizzy posted Blonde vinyl the other day, and Zane posted it right after talking about it apparently.

Again just your opinion, first you said he was being lazy and not putting effort in, now they just aren't good

His covers have always been simple, outside maybe Take Care, he just no longer has his face on them

I bring up albums, buddy brings up mixtape covers and tells me I’m moving goalposts lol

The TML cover has never really had a good reputation either

It's really just Take Care and NWTS that get unanimous love

The two covers you posted are also lazy and lack effort dog

If it is, hope it's a rapping feature.

Album covers don't matter (enough for all this)

Especially for an artist who isn't dropping physical media in mass

Where's the music

The "never-done-before" part makes me think its not him, because Frank has been on plenty of rappers albums.

Travis has a pretty good cover with Utopia

Didn't matter much to me as I'm kinda done listening to that album

Awful cover

Yet three albums of literally just his face but aren't "lazy and lack effort"

Frank is not industry shaking.

Adele and Sade are tho.

Encapsulates the music well

The music just isn't that good

All 3 of these better than CLB and FATD it’s really not even comparable idk why you taking the time to prove my point but thanks

Well of course it matters. There wouldn't be as much widespread discussion on musicians' art direction and packaging if it didn't matter.

But the cover is fine.

Bro do you know how crazy it would be to see Drake ft Frank Ocean on a song???

This was my thought also. He’s had the late Michael Jackson on a song already, so I don’t know who would be “industry shaking”

Bro you gotta loosen up. You have this ridged view of what an album cover is “supposed to look like” and the reality is there ain’t no rules to this s***. It’s 2023 not 2013.
His earlier album covers come from a time where people were still adhering to music industry standards and norms but those days are over. People just doing what they want to do now. Art can’t be contained man. As soon as you start making rules and having expectations the rules change on you.

Your point is you are confusing your opinion on these and trying to make an objective point of "laziness and lacking effort" when that is absolute horseshit