FRANK OCEAN - EYES LIKE SKY

Here's some unreleased Frank Ocean from the Channel Orange sessions titled 'Eye's Like Sky.'

ALUNAGEORGE - THINKIN BOUT YOU (FRANK OCEAN COVER)

AlunaGeorge come through the live lounge and perform a cover of Frank Ocean's 'Thinkin Bout You.'

FRANK OCEAN - THINKING ABOUT YOU (LIVE ON SNL)

Frank Ocean performs his track 'Thinking About You' Live in the SNL studios. Still one of my favourite Frank songs to date.

FRANK OCEAN - THINKING BOUT YOU (FLYLO REMIX)

Flying Lotus comes through with a remix of Frank Ocean's 'Thinking Bout You.'

DEVLIN FEAT ED SHEERAN & LABRINTH - NO CHURCH IN THE WILD (COVER)

Devlin pops into the live lounge with Ed Sheeran and Labrinth to perform a cover of Jay-Z and Kanye's 'No Church In The Wild.'

ANNIE MAC SUNSHINE MIX

This mix is a few weeks old but i've only just been put onto it. It's a collection of Annie Mac's favourite summer tunes of the last six months. You can listen to and download it below.

TRACKLISTING
Justin Martin - Hood Rich - Dirty Bird
Joakim - Labryinth - Future Classic
Cajmere and Russoul - Waterfall - Cajual
Q Tip - Work It out (Disclosure remix) (Free Music Monday)
Adam F - Circles (Eats Everything Rework) - White Label
Krystal Klear - We're Wrong - All City
Elax - Don't Do It - Boysnoize Records
Bombay Bicycle Club - How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep (Voyeur remix) - Universal
Danny Daze & Young Edits - Million - White Label
Rennaisance Man - Trance Central (Joakim Remix) Turbo
Simian Mobile Disco - Your Love Ain't Fair - Wichita
Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (SBTRKT Edit) White Label 
Jessie Ware - What You Won't Do For Love - White Label
Earth Wind And Fire - Brazilian Rhyme

FRANK OCEAN - PYRAMIDS

Frank Ocean releases the second single from his upcoming debut album 'Channel Orange.' The ten minute track is titled 'Pyramids' and features the usual Frank Ocean crooning and some solid production.

THE THRONE FEAT FRANK OCEAN - NO CHURCH IN THE WILD (VIDEO)

Here are the visuals to Jay-Z and Kanye's next single featuring Frank Ocean 'No Church In The Wild.'

FRANK OCEAN - COACHEALLA (LIVE SET)

Video showing Frank Ocean's whole set from this years Coachella festival. Frank performed a 40 minutes set, playing his biggest hits to date and even brought out Tyler, The Creator for 'Analog 2.0.'

FRANK OCEAN - WHIP APPEAL (SBTRKT EDIT)

SBTRKT provides us with his edit of Frank Ocean's 'Whip Appeal.' Some nice production from SBTRKT as usual.

FRANK OCEAN - THINKING ABOUT YOU

Here is the official single version of Frank Ocean's 'Thinking About You.' Theres only a few small differences from the original leak though.

FRANK OCEAN - VOODOO

Frank Ocean dropped his new track 'Voodoo' earlier today which you can listen to below.

FAITH SFX FEAT BLACK THE RIPPER - SWIM GOOD (FRANK OCEAN COVER)

Faith SFX the human beat machine unleashes this amazing video featuring him covering Frank Ocean's 'Swim Good.' Faith SFX creates all the sounds using only his mouth!

 

BBC SOUND OF 2012 - AND THE WINNER IS......

Michael Kiwanuka who I previewed as an artist here. It should be a big year for the singer as previous winners (Adele, Ellie Goulding, Jessie J) have shown.

The top 5 on the list are shown below.

Artists that I profiled featured on the 2012 long list include;

• Frank Ocean
• Azealia Banks
• Skrillex
• Ren Harvieu
• Flux Pavilion
• A$AP Rocky
• Dot Rotten
• Dry The River
• And Friends

To read about the other artists that I didn't get a chance to profile, you can view the Sound Of 2012 website here.

YASMIN - AMERICAN WEDDING (FRANK OCEAN COVER)

Yasmin released this brilliant acoustic cover of Frank Ocean's 'American Wedding' earlier today with her next single only 10 days away.

RICK ROSS & MEEK MILL - NO CHURCH IN THE WILD (FREESTYLE)

Rick Ross took to Twitter to release his and Meek Mill's freestyle over Jay and Kanye's 'No Church In The Wild.'

FRANK OCEAN - 4 TEARS

Here is some unreleased music from Frank Ocean titled '4 Tears.' Frank released the song on his Twitter saying;


"I just listened to this a few times for myself. figured maybe some else needed to hear it. it’s called ‘4 tears’."

MASTERPIECE SERIES PART 2 - FRANK OCEAN

Here is part two of my 2012 Masterpiece series. This second part is a breakdown of Frank Ocean's album Nostalgia, Ultra.

Open publication - Free publishing - More frank ocean

BBC SOUND OF 2012 - FRANK OCEAN

Here's part two of my 'BBC Sound of' series. Although the majority of you are probably very familiar with Frank Ocean, for those that are not, here is a short insight into the singer/songwriter. You can also listen to his songs 'Thinking About You' and 'Swim Good' below.

BBC SOUND OF 2012 LONG LIST

The BBC yesterday announced their long list for their 'Sound Of 2012' poll. The list includes

• A$AP Rocky
• Azealia Banks
• Dot Rotten
• Dry The River
• Flux Pavilion
• Frank Ocean
• Friends
• Jamie N Commons
• Lianne La Havas
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Niki & The Dove
• Ren Harvieu
• Skrillex
• Spector
• Stooshe

It is a very diverse list this year and readers of this blog should already be very familiar with A$AP Rocky, Azealia Banks, Flux Pavillion, Dot Rotten and Skrillex. I am going to do a profile on each artist leading up to Christmas, so stay tuned for those. 

The Top 5 and Winner will be decided in January of next year.