West Coast rapper Lil B recently dished on his relationship with singer Frank Ocean.
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The 45-minute visual album is available to stream on Apple Music.
But, while everyone has been eagerly awaiting the album Boys Don’t Cry, which has been expected to come out since July of previous year, Frank set the internet ablaze with Endless, a 45-minute visual album that was accompanied by a stream of the singer building a set of stairs from scratch. “I got two versions, I got two versions, I got two versions” says the deep voice as the track eases in, reinforcing his original promise on the new album from previous year.
His 18-track visual album Endless features collaborations with musicians such as James Blake, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Jazmine Sullivan, and the London Contemporary Orchestra provides much of the attractive background tunes thanks to its cello, violin, double bass and viola players. Ocean previously hinted at a zine project called Boys Don’t Cry, and that publication will be released today (August 20) at a series of pop-up shops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London.
“Thank you all. Especially those of you who never let me forget I had to finish”, he added, addressing dogged fans.
On Thursday Ocean had released visual album Endless exclusively on Apple Music. The record featured the hit song “Thinkin bout You” and earned him two Grammy Awards, including best urban contemporary album. We already knew Ocean’s album would be political, subversive, and revolutionary, but his title alone suggests that ocean is bucking societal norms – “blonde” typically refers to a woman with blonde hair, whereas “blond” is used for men. Which is basically every one of ya’ll.
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The video features, among other things, Ocean on fire wearing a Jenny Holzer shirt, a nude female swimmer in a large tank of water, and a rapping Chihuahua.
