“This book would not exist without blonded.blog,” says author Yousef Srour. The latest installment of Bloomsbury’s Thirty-Three and a Third book series explores the creation, content, and cultural impact of Frank Ocean’s 2016 album Blonde.
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10 years after debuting at #1 on Billboard’s best-selling albums chart, Frank Ocean’s Blonde continues to be one of the most popular records in the United States. Billboard has ranked it among the top 200 in album sales for 96% of the time since its release on August 20, 2016.
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The magazine has unveiled its inaugural “300 Greatest Albums of All Time” list, and two of Frank Ocean’s records are ranked among the best of the best.
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The lyrics foldout accompanying the December 2022 LP reissue features a cryptic note, titled “Cost of Master Recordings.” It tells a fictional story based on Ocean’s real-life struggle to retain ownership of his 2016 studio album from Def Jam.
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In yet another surprise merch drop, Frank Ocean has reissued his 2016 album Blonde as a double LP. Also available are some new Blonded Radio T-shirts and posters. Actor Jeremy Strong is featured on variants of both.
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Emails from Frank Ocean’s producers shed light on his 2016 album’s development, detailing changes made to several released and unreleased tracks between January 2014 and February 2015.
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Frank Ocean’s albums debut on the entertainment magazine’s revised list of classics.
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UK singer James Blake released his own rendition of Frank Ocean’s 2016 song “Godspeed” as a digital single and music video for his upcoming EP Covers. Blake helped produce and arrange the original song, which debuted on Ocean’s 2016 album Blonde.
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Frank Ocean’s 2016 studio album takes bronze in the “100 Best Albums” of the decade, voted on by contributors to the world’s largest collection of lyrics and musical knowledge. His 2012 studio album is not far behind.
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The French electro-house producer contributed production and arrangement to both Endless and Blonde, but is perhaps best known to Frank Ocean fans as the narrator of “Facebook Story.”
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After a decade filled with incredible records, “the most trusted voice in music” places Frank Ocean above all others.
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Blonde joins singles “Novacane” and “Thinkin Bout You” in the distinction. Channel Orange remains certified gold.
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In the written testimony given to the courts this week, Keith claims that negotiations began in 2014 for his contributions to an upcoming Frank Ocean project (Blonde) and that he traveled alongside Frank up through August of 2016.
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According to the video, Lean contributed to “Godspeed” where he has formerly been credited as a contributor on “Self Control.”
Read MoreKeith claims to have co-written those 11 tracks, but Ocean and his lawyers disagree.
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The new mini-documentary is part video scrapbook and part time capsule, making a good primer for those who weren’t waiting with bated breath for the album’s arrival.
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Buddy Ross' song "Running Around" was sampled by Frank Ocean twice on Blonde, specifically on two interludes called "Be Yourself" and "Facebook Story."
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Frank Ocean and Buddy Ross perform the Blonde lead single “Nikes” in a clip posted on Tumblr. It appears to be from a live band rehearsal for Ocean’s 2017 Blonded Tour.
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A newly surfaced promotional video captures scenes from Frank Ocean’s 2016 pop-up shop in Chicago, Illinois, one of four locations where fans picked up free copies of Boys Don’t Cry magazine and its companion album, Blonde. The company Square56 produced the one-minute feature, which is the third hype video to emerge since Ocean released the two projects.
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At some point prior to the release of Blonde in August of 2016, Kia Tasbihgou was commissioned to create artwork for six singles on “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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