Stereogum — Jeff Parker, guitarist for Chicago post-rock legends Tortoise, released his first-ever solo album last month. Slight Freedom is a collection of four isntrumental mood pieces, and one of them just so happens to be an atmospheric bossa nova take on Fra... more info

Idolator — Thoughts? more info

USA Today Music — Burrell, under fire for homophobic comments, is featured on Ocean's song 'Godspeed.'             more info

Idolator — She recently worked with Frank Ocean and is about to appear on  Ellen with Pharrell. more info

Dlisted — I know what you’re thinking. “When the hell did Cher and Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man drag have kids?!!!” Believe me I said the same thing, but that is not them. 2016’s winner for Most Miserable Khristmas Kard is brought to you by none oth... more info

MTV.co.uk News — From Skepta winning the Mercury Prize to Frank Ocean's long-awaited return, here are the top ten music moments of 2016. more info

Chorus.fm — Joe Coscarelli interviewed Jimmy Iovine and Larry Jackson of Apple Music for The New York Times: We wanted to work with Frank Ocean. We had a deal—we were working with Frank Ocean, and he controlled where his music came out. Why would it be in our ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Los Angeles Times’ music team is diverse — sometimes even argumentative — in its opinions. But one artist united almost all of us this year: Beyoncé. What follows is the 10 favorite records from each contributo... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Los Angeles Times’ music team is diverse — sometimes even argumentative — in its opinions. But one artist united almost all of us this year: Beyoncé. What follows is the 10 favorite records from each contributo... more info

Stereogum — The first time I heard “Be Yourself,” I couldn’t help but laugh because of the haunting sentiment that an older maternal figure was commanding me to not drink and do drugs on a Frank Ocean album. Flashbacks to my mom hammering in these same val... more info