Frank Ocean will miss out on the opportunity to receive one of the most coveted honors in music, due to a missed deadline.
Billboard reports Ocean’s Blonde and Endless albums, which were both released before the September 30 Grammy cutoff, weren’t submitted for consideration for the awards by his labels, management, or any other rep.
A source tells the publication that Ocean’s team was well aware of the deadline and made an informed decision to not submit the projects. The former Odd Future member has a penchant for doing anything but the conventional. With the fan support and commercial success of Blonde — it debuted at the top of Billboard’s 200 albums chart — maybe Ocean is channeling Public Enemy and saying “Who gives a fuck about a goddamn Grammy?”
Even if Ocean’s visual album, Endless, was submitted for consideration, it’s unclear if the project would have been eligible for a Grammy nod due to its video format and the fact it’s only available for streaming on Apple Music.
Some controversy surrounded the release of the Blonde album, given that Ocean was able to release the album independently after getting out of his contract with Def Jam. The project reportedly made him $1 million.
The 2017 Grammy nominees are set to be revealed on December 8.
Whatever, just be another Nas stan there Frank. The only people who don’t care about a Grammy are the ones that can’t win one. That’s what makes King HOV so great, he wins all these awards that old white dudes give out, there is no better judgment in taste. Broke ass Nas stans.
Cosign everything but the JAY Z dick riding. Other than that, every year, some worthless artist goes on a Twitter rant about not caring that their album wasn’t nominated and how it’s ran by a bunch of clueless old white people blah blah blah, knowing damn well that they do (i.e. Chris Brown) who usually does it every year. BUT, if and when they finally do win, they brag about it on record for the rest of their career.
C’mon we all know you want some quality surfboarding time with King HOV as well. You can’t see broke ass Nas stans when you’re riding on top.
Lmfao! Nas must’ve smashed your girl in front of you or something.
Tupac was famous for saying he wanted to fuck Jay Z? I thought as Tupac fan you might wanna ride bonnie and clyde with King HOV. Stop being a broke and sexual frustrated Nas stan.
Except he actually has won a Grammy before? What are you even talking about?
Good for him. The ONLY opinions that matter come from the streets! Fuck award shows, they only go off record sales, not true talent.
Wow. So brave. So deep. Lmfao?
So HHDX makes the headline a question and then immediately answers it with a “no.” Whoever wrote this should be drenched in gatorade and cussed at.
Oooh, if artists follow his footsteps, then no one will care for the Grammy’s..