Oct 1, 2016

"Preaching self made millionaire status​

When we could only eat at Shoney's on occasion
After 'trina hit I had to transfer campus
Your apartment out in Houston's where I waited"​

The Final Round is Over!
It took @threee weeks but we've finally found a worthy winner of the Official Blonde Elimination Game!

It is with great pleasure that I announce that 'Self Control' is the winner of the game! 'Nights' comes in as runner up with it losing by the smallest of margins.

Who would've thought that Nights would be defeated at the death considering the overall favouritism for the splendid track that situated in the middle of the album of the year!

Just goes to show how great of a track Self Control is. The outro is most definitely the highlight of the year for many including myself. Otherworldly is one way to describe it. And who'd have thought YUNG LEAN would add a layer of depth to the track? I certainly didn't considering the different vibes from Lean's usual rapping.

So there you have it folks. Self Control wins in a thrilling contest. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who voted throughout the game and for being patient with me during days where I've either forgotten about this game or was busy to tally the votes. Perhaps we could do channel ORANGE next...

Self Control won but the real winner was us fans as we were blessed to listen to this wonderful album by Frank.

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem, @YDB, @Lil Flash Stan, @reD10S, @BuffaloBoy V The World, @CWCooper810, @KnobodyKnows

And that concludes the elimination game. Until next time.



Tracks Eliminated:
1) Nikes
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
4) Be Yourself
5) Solo
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
9) Nights
10) Solo (Reprise)
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Winner:
7) Self Control

 

Sep 8, 2016

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL FRANK OCEAN 'BLONDE' ELIMINATION GAME!
​

It's been a good month since this beautiful album came out. Fair to say it'll be in the running for AOTY across all genres. Personally speaking I honestly think this album is better than channel ORANGE but only just. For the day one Frank fans, it has been a long and agonising four years since his acclaimed channel ORANGE album was released. For others, it hasn't been as long of a wait but it's hard not to be swept and caught up in the constant hype and mystique that surrounded Ocean since mid last year when the tentatively titled Boys Don't Cry was being rumoured to be released in July 2015. A year and a bit later and finally, we got it delivered to us.

But I digress. With enough time passed between the album itself being released and giving you guys ample time to soak in all the intricacies of the project, it's time for the elimination process to begin!

Like others before me (shoutout @Jordan and @Jakey), I'll be following their rules for this game.

Rules:
- Pick your least favourite track to be eliminated
- Track with the most votes will be eliminated
- Each round will last roughly 24 hours

Tracklist:
1) Nikes
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
4) Be Yourself
5) Solo
6) Skyline To
7) Self Control
8) Good Guy
9) Nights
10) Solo (Reprise)
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Good luck to everyone playing, this won't be easy.

​

@FrankOceanSXN (tagging you guys once to kick off proceedings)

Eliminations by Round:

Spoiler: Round 1

Spoiler: Round 2

Spoiler: Round 3

Spoiler: Round 4

Spoiler: Round 5

Spoiler: Round 6

Spoiler: Round 7

Spoiler: Round 8

Spoiler: Round 9

Spoiler: Round 10

Spoiler: Round 11

Spoiler: Round 12

Spoiler: Round 13

Spoiler: Final Round

 

Sep 28, 2016

I'm sorry for the delay everyone. Was gonna do it a few hours back but WE ALL HAD A BLACKOUT OVER HERE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA!

And to make matters even more exacerbated... WE'RE TIED ON VOTES! Both Nights and Self Control are neck and neck so I'm allowing one more day for more votes or changes to votes.

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem, @YDB, @Lil Flash Stan, @reD10S

 

Sep 24, 2016

"I wanted that act right in Colorado that night
I brought trees to blow through, but it's just me and no you
Stayed up 'til my phone died, smoking big, rolling solo"​

ROUND 12 IS OVER!
And now there were three, with 'Solo' making way. Fourth best song according to the majority voters. I love it though, just an exceptional example of Frank's penmanship and his ability to cover many facets of his life conceptually with the solo/so low double entendre. Now we're down to the final three. Vote wisely people of s80.



Tracks Eliminated:
1) Nikes
3) Pink + White
4) Be Yourself
5) Solo
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
10) Solo (Reprise)
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Tracks Remaining:
2) Ivy
7) Self Control
9) Nights


Round 13 now commences, vote now for the next track to get the

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem, @YDB, @Lil Flash Stan

 

Sep 21, 2016

"I may be younger but I'll look after you
"We're not in love, but I'll make love to you​

When you're not here I'll save some for you​

I'm not him but I'll mean something to you"
​

ROUND 8 IS OVER!
'Nikes' gets cut! The wonderful introduction to this magnificent album has done well to last this long. Perhaps it should've lasted longer, but the people have spoken! One of the more polarising singles in Frank's career, this song utilised a pitch shift for the first verse/half of the song and touched on materialistics and topics of pleasure and life.



Tracks Eliminated:
1) Nikes
4) Be Yourself
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Tracks Remaining:
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
5) Solo
7) Self Control
9) Nights
10) Solo (Reprise)
14) White Ferrari


Round 9 now commences, vote now for the next track to get the

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem

 

Sep 19, 2016

TIEBREAKER TIME!

Nikes and Siegfried are tied on votes. Someone needs to either change their vote or someone who hasn't voted yet needs to cast their vote.

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT

 

Sep 11, 2016

"I know you don't need me right now
And to you it's just a late night out​

"
​

ROUND 2 IS OVER!
The next song to be eliminated is 'Good Guy', with it garnering 40% of the votes. Four songs were voted up for elimination but it was this minute-long interlude-y track that had to go. Reflective in nature is this track, Frank shares a private moment to the listener where he talks about his blind date with another man in NY hoping to look for more than a one nighter and perhaps a strong relationship. The sad realisation that the other party had different intentions sinks in towards to the end of his verse. Personally speaking I do feel like this track served as a good breather between the highly emotive Self Control and the dual-sided Nights.



Tracks Eliminated:
4) Be Yourself
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
8) Good Guy

Tracks Remaining:
1) Nike
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
5) Solo
6) Skyline To
7) Self Control
9) Nights
10) Solo (Reprise)
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Seigfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Round 3 now commences, vote now for the next track to get the , I'll try to be more punctual with wrapping up this next round.

@Jakey, @Fire Squad @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne,@Kanyesucksdealwithit, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187,@Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface

 

Sep 28, 2016

You don't have to state your vote unless you're changing it

 

Sep 26, 2016

"Safe in my rental like an armored truck back then
We didn't give a f--- back then
I ain't a kid no more
We'll never be those kids again"​

ROUND 13 IS OVER!
Quite possibly my favourite track on the album is now gone... 'Ivy' was the majority vote to be outed. This song's an absolute beauty with it's ability to evoke strong feelings and nostalgic power, making the listener reflect and feel melancholic. Jamie XX's production was just top notch on this song and Frank's emotion and chaos at the end of the song just adds to the atmosphere. I thought that I was dreaming, when you guys voted this out.

THE FINAL ROUND IS UPON US! BEEN A LONG JOURNEY BUT IT ENDS TOMORROW. Vote for the runner up now.



Tracks Eliminated:
1) Nikes
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
4) Be Yourself
5) Solo
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
10) Solo (Reprise)
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Tracks Remaining:
7) Self Control
9) Nights


FINAL ROUND now commences, vote now for the next track to get the

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem, @YDB, @Lil Flash Stan, @reD10S

 

Sep 24, 2016

 

Sep 23, 2016

"You'd kneel down to the dry land​

Kiss the Earth that birthed you
Gave you tools just to stay alive
And make it out when the sun is ruined"​

ROUND 11 IS OVER!
'Pink + White' is gone. Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe this song. Pharrell is a f---ing genius for this arranged production, and Queen Bey's backing vocals throughout the track just lifts this song up a notch. On a good day I might even consider this a top three track on the album such is it's quality, but regardless the majority have spoken. Regard my dear, it's all downhill from here.




Tracks Eliminated:
1) Nikes
3) Pink + White
4) Be Yourself
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
10) Solo (Reprise)
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You
14) White Ferrari
15) Siegfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Tracks Remaining:
2) Ivy
5) Solo
7) Self Control
9) Nights


Round 12 now commences, vote now for the next track to get the

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Hank Moody, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr, @PYT, @Sleepy, @Radeem, @YDB, @Lil Flash Stan

 

Sep 22, 2016

anyone who votes nights should k--- themselves

 

Sep 15, 2016

"In comes a morning, hunting us with the beams
Solstice ain't as far as it used to be"​

ROUND 4 IS OVER!
'Skyline To' gets the boot! With 50% of the votes it becomes the fourth song eliminated (sixth song overall). A melting pot of thoughts, Frank touches on drugs and sex as well as reflecting on the season passed. The song exhibits your typical "end of summer nostalgia" feeling to it. Kendrick Lamar is supposedly linked to this song through writing credits and perhaps slight backing vocals in the second verse. This song seemingly blends together a lot with Solo (the track before this one) and Self Control. All three in my opinion are songs to come down to before the glorious Nights takes us on a journey.



Tracks Eliminated:
4) Be Yourself
6) Skyline To
8) Good Guy
11) Pretty Sweet
12) Facebook Story
13) Close to You

Tracks Remaining:
1) Nike
2) Ivy
3) Pink + White
5) Solo
7) Self Control
9) Nights
10) Solo (Reprise)
14) White Ferrari
15) Seigfried
16) Godspeed
17) Futura Free

Round 5 now commences, vote now for the next track to get the

@Jakey, @Fire Squad, @Jet✞, @Worm, @Riley, @Moondyne, @Kanyesucksdealwithit, @Packman, @21 Squid, @Shwin, @Gae4Swae, @Kvp187, @Fazers, @YungGawd, @Swizz, @furface, @swr

 

Sep 8, 2016

I dont think you should even include Be Yourself and Facebook Story.

I'll go with Pretty Sweet

 

Oct 1, 2016

You and @Sleepy were my inspirations. Thank you for being my predecessors.

 

Sep 30, 2016

 

Sep 30, 2016

We're still tied...

 

Sep 28, 2016

doesn't count...you're bisexual and bisexuals can't agree on what they like. It's science

 

Sep 28, 2016

It's 6am let a muthafucka live

 

Sep 26, 2016

Beat switch, the hook, the atmosphere of both sides of the song.

Very memorable imo.