Frank Ocean Goes IN On The Grammy's In New Tumblr Post
Ma, put the kettle on! It is time for some sweet, sweet tea.
Frank Ocean was infamously omitted from this year's Grammy nominations as he never submitted his album Blonde for consideration thus deeming it ineligible. Otherwise it is a very safe bet to say that he would have definitely been nominated otherwise.
Grammy creative executives - producer Ken Ehrlich and writer David Wild - gave an interview with Rolling Stone about Frank Ocean's performance at the 2013 ceremony, which has a reputation for not being his best work. "Frank had a very definite idea of exactly what he wanted to do and how he wanted to do it," said David. "That's not great TV and what Ken's taught all of us is, 'We're not putting on a radio show ... you have to make it a TV moment.' And he knew from the start that that was not one of those moments."
Well, Frank Ocean isn't having a bar of it.
NOT. ONE. F*CKING. BAR. OF. IT.
He took to Tumblr today to write a lengthy and angry post condemning Ehrlich, Wild, and the entire award ceremony which you can read in full below:
"Ok Ken (and David). As much as I hate to make you guys famous or even respond to you directly. We all die one day and you’re old so fuck it. Yea yea my 2013 performance at the Grammys was absolute shit. Technical difficulties, blah blah. Thanks for the reminder. Very much appreciated. Fuck that performance though. You think that’s why I kept my work out of the Grammy process this year? Don’t you think I would’ve wanted to play the show to ‘redeem’ myself if I felt that way? In reality, I actually wanted to participate in honoring Prince on the show but then I figured my best tribute to that man’s legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful. Winning a TV award doesn’t christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that. I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful. Blonde sold a million plus without a label, that’s successful. I am young, black, gifted and independent.. that’s my tribute. I’ve actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what’s really not 'great TV’ guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty’ TV moments I’ve seen. Believe the people. Believe the ones who’d rather watch select performances from your program on YouTube the day after because your show puts them to sleep. Use the old gramophone to actually listen bro, I’m one of the best alive. And if you’re up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from then I’m all for it. Have a good night."
