[VIDEO] FRANK OCEAN COMES 2ND ON BBC SOUNDS OF 2012

As previous mentioned here on Say Somethin’ Frank Ocean was nominated alongside A$ap Rocky for the BBC sounds of 2012. This award by the BBC has been won by some of music’s biggest stars including Adele, Jessie J, 50 Cent and Corrine Bailey Ray. So coming in second is still a huge achievement for one of 2012′ most anticipated rising stars. To celebrate his second place achievement the BBC conducted an in-depth interview with Frank talking about Odd Future, His recent success and What 2012 holds for Mr Ocean, Check out the interview below!

Frank Ocean has come 2nd in the BBC Sound of 2012. Christopher Francis Ocean is set to finally establish himself as a solo artist of Worldwide acclaim in 2012. The 24 year-old OFWGKTA member moved from Louisianna to Los Angeles following hurricane Katrina to work on his first album, and legally changed his name from Christopher “”Lonny”” Breaux shortly after.

In L.A. the singer soon hooked up with the Odd Future collective and began work writing for the likes of Brandy, John Legend and most recently Beyonce on I Miss You. Ocean was also called up to work on two tracks from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne.

Collaborations aside, it was Ocean’s solo work which garnered most praise. Signed to Def Jam in 2009, Ocean delivered his debut mixtape nostalgia,ULTRA earlier this year, winning fans on both side of the Atlantic, including Zane Lowe, who debuted tracks from the release on Radio 1 in November.

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