Complex sentence: In 2011, after the release of his mixtape "Nostalgia, Ultra", Ocean began writing new songs with a record producer and fellow songwriter Malay, who assisted Ocean throughout the whole recording sessions and its production on the album at EastWest Studios in Hollywood.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2011, after the release of his mixtape "Nostalgia, Ultra". Once Ocean began writing new songs with a record producer and fellow songwriter Malay, who a producer assisted Ocean with the recording on the album at EastWest Studios in Hollywood.