Boys Don’t Cry features a series of interviews by Illegal Civ founder Mikey Alfred with five of Ocean’s other friends in LA around 2012 or 2013, titled “Hopes and Dreams.” Recordings from these sessions were sampled in Ocean’s song “Futura Free,” which closes out his companion album, Blonde. The interviewees include his brother, Ryan Breaux; Illegal Civ skaters Sage Elsesser and Na’kel Smith; and friends Brahim Hariri and Evan Clark.
Read MoreA photoshoot for XXL magazine turned into an impromptu music video for Odd Future’s new track “Oldie,” premiering alongside their new album, The OF Tape Vol. 2. The 11-minute track features a verse by Frank Ocean, who appears with the rest of the OF crew in the video filmed by Lance Bangs.
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