Frank Ocean

Released: February 11, 2017

Songwriter: Frank Ocean

ok ken (and david). as much as i hate to make you guys famous or even respond to you directly. we all die one day and you’re old so fuck it. yea yea my 2013 performance at the grammys was absolute shit. technical difficulties, blah blah. thanks for the reminder. very much appreciated. fuck that performance though. you think that’s why i kept my work out of the grammy process this year? don’t you think i would’ve wanted to play the show to ‘redeem’ myself if i felt that way? in reality, i actually wanted to participate in honoring prince on the show but then i figured my best tribute to that man’s legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful. winning a tv award doesn’t christen me successful. it took me some time to learn that. i bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful. blonde sold a million plus without a label, that’s successful. i am young, black, gifted and independent.. that’s my tribute. i’ve actually been tuning into cbs around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what’s really not 'great tv’ guys? 1989 getting album of the year over to pimp a butterfly. hands down one of the most 'faulty’ tv moments i’ve seen. believe the people. believe the ones who’d rather watch select performances from your program on youtube the day after because your show puts them to sleep. use the old gramophone to actually listen bro, i’m one of the best alive. and if you’re up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from then i’m all for it. have a good night.

Christopher Edwin Breaux, professionally known as Frank Ocean, was born on the 28th of October, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has earned cult-icon status with his enigmatic persona and idiosyncratic approach to pop. It is reported that the name “Frank Ocean” was partially inspired by the original Ocean’s 11 (1960) film, which starred Frank Sinatra.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed his recording studio in New Orleans which prompted his move out to LA, joining hip hop collective Odd Future later in 2009. Ocean started out ghostwriting tracks for pop stars such as Justin Bieber and Beyoncé, but decided on a career

There was a point where I was composing for other people, and it might have been comfy to continue to do that and enjoy that income stream and the anonymity,“ he says. "But that’s not why I moved away from school and away from family.

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