Frank Ocean hasn’t released an official video since “Pyramids,” but the Odd Future crooner surprises with the visuals for “Lost” off his Grammy-winning album channel ORANGE.
The split-screen clip features footage of his travels around the world from last summer, playing shows, recording in the studio, and hanging with his Odd Future crew.
The singer is currently in the studio working on a new album. He had recorded 10-11 songs as of February.
Get “Lost” with Frank. Continue reading
Frank Ocean has decided to let fans hear some of the goodness that is driving his direction with the upcoming LP, which he has already completed 11 songs. The two-time Grammy Award winner recently dropped an unreleased track that reportedly is a leftover from his channel ORANGE recording sessions.
On “Eyes Like Sky” Frank sings, “He’s watching…with eyes like sky, eyes like I’ve never seen.” Listen below… Continue reading
Frank Ocean’s remix of “Pink Matter” featuring Andre Benjamin a.k.a Andre 3000 with a new verse by Big Boi premiered on Elliot Wilson’s East Village Radio show “Keep It Thoro”. Big Boi first revealed news about the collaboration on his Tumblr account when he posted a snapshot of the song’s lyrics, hinting that he was writing a new verse for the Andre 3000-assisted track from Frank Ocean’s, Channel Orange album.
Ocean had initially wanted both Outkast members for the original version of “Pink Matter” but Big Boi reportedly did not want to reunite with Andre 3000 on someone else’s track. “I was busy doing my record,” said the rapper/record producer, “and we didn’t want to commercially release an Outkast song on someone else’s album.”
Since the original version features only Andre 3000′s rhyming skills, Big Boi has had a change of heart and has written the new verse. He will also add a verse to T.I.’s “Sorry” which his Outkast partner had also collaborated on. Continue reading
Producer/Singer Frank Ocean premiered the brand new video for “Pyramids,” from his Def Jam debut channel ORANGE. In the eccentric video, directed by Nabil, Ocean stumbles upon John Mayer, who performs a guitar solo and then, he wanders off into the desert with a pyramid backdrop. Watch below… Continue reading
Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, where he gave a stunning performance of “Bad Religion,” backed by the legendary Roots band. The track features on Ocean’s debut album Channel Orange via Def Jam, available on iTunes today & everywhere July 17th. Watch below… Continue reading
As you METY viewers know, I’ve been raving about Frank Ocean and his artistry for quite some time now & nothing has or will change my perception of him with the week’s events in regards to Ocean addressing rumors of his sexuality. Honestly, I do not care about his personal affairs because it is his music that speaks to me & that’s all that matters! The latest track unveiled is “Sweet Life,” off of the Channel Orange album, dropping July 17th via Def Jam. The Odd Future singer-songwriter teamed up with Pharrell for the production and it’s great, I hear so many elements of Stevie Wonder in this track. Also, Ocean is scheduled to perform on Monday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” so be sure to tune in! Listen below… Continue reading
Artist-producer Frank Ocean has announced his upcoming project “Channel Orange” with a release date of July 17th, confirmed by Def Jam. The highly-anticipated album will follow his 2011 release Nostalgia, Ultra, which Ocean delivered against the label’s direction because he felt they were not giving him ample attention to mold his artistry. The mixtape had everyone buzzing from singles “Novacane”, “Swim Good” and “Thinkin’ Bout You,” which was released to iTunes in April and everyone made their own renditions on YouTube. “It succinctly defines me as an artist for where I am right now and that was the aim, just to make something that represents where you are at that time,” Ocean told BBC of his upcoming work. “It’s about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness.” Listen to Ocean’s new song below entitled, “Pyramids” that almost touches on 10 minutes!
Roc Nation artist Rita Ora performed an acoustic cover of Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Watch The Throne single “No Church In The Wild”, for Radio 1′s Live Lounge. Completely stripped down, Ora pulls off the hook, which Frank Ocean performs on the original and did a good job on the bridge as well. Listen here…
Rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West release a new video for their latest single “No Church in the Wild” from 2011′s The Throne album, but both are missing from the Roman Gavras-directed clip. The visuals are action-packed with explosions and revolutionaries protesting and rioting against police. Also, the hook features Frank Ocean. Watch here…
Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean gives a closer look into his songwriting process as he composes his new song, “Summer Remains.” Ocean released the song on his Tumblr page for his supporters. As for now, no official date has been noted in reference to his upcoming album and it is driving me crazy. This is something I can’t wait to get my hands on. Watch here…
Frank Ocean returned to the Coachella festival performing his songs from the debut Nostalgia, Ultra, as well as, some of his new material. The New Orleans native covered Bob Dylan’s “Long Time Gone” and of course, his hit song everyone else loves to cover “Thinking Bout You.” Also, Tyler, the Creator joined his OFWGKTA group member and performed “Analog 2″ off The OF Tape Vol. 2. Even though he experienced some technical difficulties, other tracks Ocean continued to belt out during the 35-minute set included, “Whip Appeal”, “Voodoo”, “Novacane”, “White” and more! Press play! {Disclaimer: The following audio is explicit}
As stated in previous posts, Frank Ocean is one of my favorite new producers/artists. Here is another unreleased track he created, “PDA” a demo from the Lonny Breaux mixtape. Listen here…
