Frank Ocean drops new album as an Apple Music-exclusive for the next two weeks

Fans of Frank Ocean have been waiting for this day to come. Now, if you’re an Apple Music user, you’ll get a chance to listen to Blond there. The album is spelled out as Blonde on Apple’s music streaming service and it’ll be an exclusive on Apple Music and iTunes for two weeks. The 17-track album features Ocean’s collaboration with some big names in music including Beyoncé, Pharrell, Kanye West, Tyler The Creator, James Blake, Andre 3000, Jamie xx, and Rick Rubin, to name a few.

The album was formerly known as Boys Don’t Cry and was set for an August 5^th release but when a The New York Times report detailed the release, Ocean and his team pushed back the release because they supposedly lost the element of surprise with the leak. It might be a better deal for the fans, though, because aside from Blond, Ocean also released a visual album called Endless and a new music video for Nikes, which is the first track off of Blond.

Source: The Verge

Tidal scores another streaming exclusive with Kanye West’s new album

You love him or you hate him but Kanye West isn't going anywhere. Yeezy is back with a new album called The Life of Pablo and if you want to get your hands on it, it’s available for exclusive streaming over at Tidal. You can also score a digital copy of the 18-track album on Kanye’s Tidal page for US$20. Kanye joins the likes of other music superstars like Rihanna and Beyoncé. Rihanna released her ANTI album while Beyoncé debuted her single “Formation” exclusively on the service. If you aren’t on Tidal, you have to wait for a week for the album to make its way to other services.

Source: SlashGear