![]() ![]() ![]() I probably slept something like 15 hours. When August came around and both projects were uploaded I felt the euphoria, yeah, but mostly I just needed to sleep. If the files had leaked, everything would have worked out very differently for me. Those drives became a physical representation of the stakes. ![]() In a recently-released interview with Dazed, the oft-reclusive artist answered the question, which was posed. "I carried my hard drives around with me when I travelled because I used to not store anything online. Frank Ocean’s Grammy-nominated album Channel Orange is reportedly coming to vinyl. So I kept it to myself and a few in my circle," Ocean said. But I also couldn't talk with anyone at Apple because the industry is too small and it would've gotten back to the label for sure. Couldn't tell anyone at the label, obviously. "You know, it's funny talking about it these days because I couldn't really tell anybody anything for a couple of years. "How did it feel fucking over a label like that? Old white niggas do that to us all the time, but how did it feel giving them a taste of their own elixir?" JPEG asked. The story, which finds Ocean answering questions from other artists and creatives (John Waters, Nile Rodgers, Billy Porter, and Amandla Stenberg), includes a question from rapper JPEGMAFIA asking about the Def Jam situation. READ: Nostalgia, Ultra: A Look At Frank Ocean's Vintage Intimacy The Blonde artist addressed the split in a new story for Dazed magazine. Since leaving Def Jam back in 2016, Frank Ocean has occasionally discussed his split with the label in different interviews since then. Photo Credit: Vickey Ford of Sneakshot for Okayplayer In the interview, Ocean also talks about the most insane movie he's ever seen, wanting to build a family, and more. ![]()
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