** ****by **Amos Barshad**Photograph by **Nathaniel Goldberg

Over the summer, Frank Ocean posted a message on his Tumblr addressed to himself five years ago. In it he talks about the heartbreaks and the crappy Kinko’s job young Frank will suffer through. He tells himself he’ll record hundreds of songs, some of which aren’t good, but that in five years’ time he’ll have "finally finished an album." Even better: "people like it man." He wraps it up by saying, "i don’t wanna spoil too much for you, but...you’re on a plane right now to work with kanye west jay-z. it’s all working out kid. you made it."