I Like It A Lot
Singer/Songwriter/Producer Frank Ocean released a soulful new track via his Tumblr Page titled “Voodoo.” The Odd Future artist sings about love being the only thing that remains true in darker times, this is a signature Frank Ocean original, a rich blend of soul and r’n’b with influences of Prince, Maxwell and Babyface whilst maintaining a freshness that is current through song structure and lyrics. Press play below to hear a snippet of Voodoo.
The line up includes Dre Dre & Snoop Dogg, Florence and The Machine, AVICII, DJ Shadow, La Roux, La Roux, Bon Ivor, Sweedish House Mafia, The Weeknd, Afro Jack, Frank Ocean, The Black Keys, Jimmy Cliff, Mike Snow and Nero to name a few.
Frank Ocean has come 2nd in the BBC Sound of 2012. Christopher Francis Ocean is set to finally establish himself as a solo artist of Worldwide acclaim in 2012. The 24 year-old OFWGKTA member moved from Louisianna to Los Angeles following hurricane Katrina to work on his first album, and legally changed his name from Christopher “”Lonny”” Breaux shortly after. In L.A. the singer soon hooked up with the Odd Future collective and began work writing for the likes of Brandy, John Legend and most recently Beyonce on I Miss You. Ocean was also called up to work on two tracks from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne. Collaborations aside, it was Ocean’s solo work which garnered most praise. Signed to Def Jam in 2009, Ocean delivered his debut mixtape nostalgia,ULTRA earlier this year, winning fans on both side of the Atlantic, including Zane Lowe, who debuted tracks from the release on Radio 1 in November.
PROPS TO BBC
Frank Ocean has treated fan’s to an exclusive first listen to a new unreleased track titled 4 Tears via tumblr.
“i just listened to this a few times for myself. figured maybe some else needed to hear it. it’s called ‘4 tears’. – Frank Ocean” – Frank Ocean
Listen to the track below
The unofficial video was created by High5Collective, who made the unofficial videos Kanye and Jay-Z’s “No Church In The West”
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The new undisputed first lady of Roc Nation Bridget Kelly talks to complex about completion of her first album. Bridget speaks about recently collaborating with Frank Ocean on her debut single Thinking About Forever, working with The Dream, Neyo, James Fauntleroy, Shea Taylor as well as No ID and the constructive critism provided by Jay-Z. Check out Bridget’s Acoustic Version of “Thinking About Forever after the jump.
The Throne release Watch The Throne digitally worldwide 08/08/2011.
Despite the fact that Frank Ocean has not put an album out yet or is yet to confirm the completion of his own project, he continues to work with some of the music industries most respected artists, recently Frank was featured on Beyonce’s lastest album 4 credited for songwriting Miss You and will be working on placing tracks on the hottest unreleased album of the year, Watch The Throne. Below is an exclusive first listen of Thinking About You, which surficed on the internet earlier today.
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