“I’d rather this be my Colin Kaepernick moment for the Grammys than sit there in the audience.
“I think the infrastructure of the awarding system and the nomination system and screening system is dated,” he added. It just doesn’t seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from, and hold down what I hold down," he told the publication in November 2016. “That institution certainly has nostalgic importance. Ocean refused to submit Blonde for 2017 Grammy Awards consideration, which he spoke about in a rare interview with The New York Times. The album featured uncredited vocals from Beyoncé, André 3000, Sebastian and Ocean's late brother, Ryan Moore, who died in a car accident in 2020. Released on August 20, 2016, Blonde is Ocean's sophomore album, since certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ocean, 35, also dropped t-shirts and posters to accompany the release, with an image of himself sitting at a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop, logos for Blonded Radio and edited shots of Succession actor Jeremy Strong. On Saturday (December 17), the Grammy-winning singer restocked Blonde vinyl on his website for the first time since Black Friday 2016, just months after the album's release to streaming platforms.Īlthough the latest vinyl edition of Blonde has sold out, it features a lyrics insert and poster.
Like the rest of Nostalgia, it's dark, playful, a little tasteless, and absolutely riveting.Over the weekend, Frank Ocean restocked Blonde vinyl on his official website, complete with a lyrics foldout and foldout poster.įrank Ocean had a holiday surprise for fans over the weekend.
Sampling world-class sulkers like Coldplay and Radiohead, as well as Stanley Kubrick's queasy dissection of marriage, Eyes Wide Shut, Ocean saves his boldest move for the 7-minute epic "American Wedding," fantasizing about his nuptials as the ultimate hymn of coke-addled self-absorption, The Eagles' "Hotel California," plays out in its entirety. Ocean presents himself as a troubled guy in his early 20s who does cocaine for breakfast (as he sings over an aestheticized shuffle supplied by superstar producer Tricky Stewart on "Novacane") and can't decide whether to rue or revel in his conflicted feelings about women (the hit-single-in-waiting "Songs For Women"). Nostalgia is a moody, frequently downbeat character study, a sort of musical version of the Reagan-era confessional Less Than Zero. Hearing the record, it's no shock that Ocean's label didn't know what to do with him.
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But after going nowhere as a solo artist signed to Island Def Jam, Ocean decided to post Nostalgia, Ultra as a free download last month. That doesn't jibe with his resume, a seemingly impeccable combination of mainstream R&B credentials (he's co-written songs for John Legend and Justin Bieber) and underground cool (he's associated with outlaw hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All).
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