▁R & B / H ip - H op ▁Singles ▁& ▁Tra cks . ▁ ▁As ▁Ocean ' s ▁last ▁album ▁for ▁J ive , ▁and ▁his ▁last ▁of ▁new ▁material ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 9 ' s ▁Because ▁I ▁Love ▁You , ▁Ocean ▁ended ▁up ▁taking ▁a ▁break ▁from ▁his ▁musical ▁career . ▁However ▁this ▁break ▁wasn ' t ▁intent ional ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁interview ▁with ▁soul music . com , ▁Ocean ▁re called : ▁" It ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁interesting ▁period ▁then . ▁C live ▁Cal der ▁[ head ▁of ▁J ive ▁Records ] ▁was ▁going ▁over ▁to ▁America , ▁and ▁I ▁came ▁across ▁another ▁trans itional ▁stage . ▁I ▁had ▁fallen ▁out ▁with ▁my ▁manager , ▁so ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁mach in ery ▁that ▁went ▁into ▁creating ▁the ▁hits ▁wasn ' t ▁there ▁anymore . ▁Hence , ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁record ▁for ▁a while . ▁After ▁the ▁" Time ▁to ▁Move ▁On " ▁album , ▁when ▁C live ▁went ▁to ▁America , ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁the ▁same ▁with ▁the ▁people ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁over ▁here . ▁Instead ▁of ▁be ating ▁my ▁head ▁against ▁a ▁brick ▁wall , ▁I ▁thought , ▁' Maybe ▁I ' ll ▁just ▁spend ▁some ▁time ▁with ▁my ▁family '. ▁Of ▁course , ▁it ▁sort ▁of ▁dr ift ed ▁into ▁nearly ▁ 1 5 ▁years , ▁because , ▁you ▁know , ▁time ▁f lies !" ▁ ▁Prom otion ▁To ▁promote ▁the ▁album ▁in ▁America