Frank Ocean‘s journey from the underground to the mainstream was given quite the boost this summer when a little gem he penned titled ‘I Miss You’ received a placement on Beyonce‘s critically-acclaimed ‘4’ LP.
Celebrating the all-round greatness that is the track, the 24 year old Odd Future star performed a stirring version of the it during a his homecoming show in New Orleans over the weekend.
Wonder what the hype is about? Find out after the jump…
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The BEST SONG on 4!!!!
NOO F****** WAY. did not like this one bit
not better than than bey’s version but i am in love with this song. one of the best songs on 4.
#real music
HES AWESOME!!!! PLEASE PUT “WE ALL TRY” ON THE RADIO
WOW! This was such a good cover, the emotion in his voice. I did prefer Beyonce’s version but i’d love for them to perform it together. That would be EPIC!
He did an awesome job considering he wrote the song…AHEM AHEM!!!
Awesome rendition.
Love the fact the crowd are ahead of him! haha
allll rite nahhh, say what u want, but people know this cd & every song is a banger!!! he did that!!!!
He’s so F****** TALENTED !!!!Icant, He did an amazing rendition. Thanks for Posting Sam!
Its was ok…didn’t like how he was dragging the song. I like Bey verson better but big ups on his writing ability love the lyrics to this song.
I like the original better than Beyoncé version…….. He should have kept this for himself like he originally intended to do cause Beyoncés cover of this song is lacking actually. She doesnt even emote in the song. Great performance
Is he like drake? Rapper “wanna be singer” ? I don’t get this guy
FLOP IS ON DEF JAM
Who said B don’t emote? She took this song to the next level. Tell me B don’t emote at the live show and on the record 4, then you are crazy, did you not hear her voice on the track? Only Miklo you must be pressed. Now I think Franks version of Thinking bout forever is hotter than Bridget Kellys, but saying B don’t emote, you must be thinking of BK as in Bridget not Beyonce.
WTF @ Only Miklo
you are fcuking nuts if you think that she did not emote this song well. The first time I heard it tears welled up in my eyes because I was so moved.
Bey’s version is the best, but big – ups to the pen behind the song.
I loved it. U can hear emotion and the loneliness in his voice.
@Sam —
“Billy Ocean”..?! Ha!! When “Game” called for a “truce”, cessation of/for ALL hostilities, and Chris THEN backed off, “Billy Ocean” and “Tyler tha Gimmick” THEN got on stage, in front of a WHITE audience, and then said “F*** Chris Brown.” He’s a loudmouth and ultimately a cowardly(worldstarhiphhop’s cameras were rolling): he should’ve “made that U-turn” and deposited himself into “Urban Fade Folklore”..!!
**MORE IMPORTANT** Sam, ‘X-Factor U.K.’ is losing market share. And the trend OVER THE PAST YEAR (year-over-year) sees a continuing decline for X-Factor U.K. as the B**’s “Strictly Come Dancing” displays…(wait for it..) “MOTIVATION” when now eating into X-Factor’s market share. But don’t you take my word for it. Below are a few quotes from a U.K Media Site..
“However, the dance show did win a 46.5% share of the audience at its peak viewing time, while the X Factor gained a 45% share.”
“A spokesperson for the B** said: “We are delighted that Strictly was the most watched show in terms of audience share on Saturday night, with a peak audience of 10.5 million.””
Here’s the link, have a read; a GOOD cry, and grab-hold of your fave’s lacefront: http://tv.uk.msn.com/news/x-factor-wins-latest-ratings-battle-3
X,Y,”and Z”
this is good, but Bey’s cd version is PERFECT, that was one of the true standouts on the cd
You Beyonce stans are a trip. Just cos the girl can riff and growl her way through a song does not equate to believable emotions at all.
Beyonce is an incredible technical singer but emoting is NOT her strong point.
@gauda who the hell are u too say such a thing
You Beyonce stans are a trip. Just cos the girl can riff and growl her way through a song does not equate to believable emotions at all.
Beyonce is an incredible technical singer but emoting is NOT her strong point.
^^ THE TEA HAS BEEN SPILT
I lov Frank Ocean he will do big things in the coming years watch this space.
WHAT KINDA EMOTION ARE U LOOK FOR MAN DO SHE GATTA BOWL OUT CRYING FOR HER TO HAVE EMOTION JHEEZE HATERS WILL HATE MY FAVE SONG OF 4 ALONG WITH I CARE
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @HONEY_DIP11 I FOLLOW BACK!
stp lying FRANK OCEAN WAS BETTER he killed that
I dont care if its beyonce and yall on her jock FRANK OCEAN was better its like THINING BOUT YOU FOREVER- PT. II
@tyra oh shut up yall know Frank’s was better than beyonce i like beyonce but im NOT going to lie he was 200X better
@yellow gorillah you aint lying yall beyonce fans are funny lets keep it real THE TWO DONT COMPARE Franks that dude give props where props are due and
HE WAS BETTER im sorry actually im not
@TheMan4U exactly because that was the best song on her album but to say it was perfect is A LIE Frank is best idgaf if its b her album was horrible frank that man
@C yes Frank ocean version of THINKING BOUT YOU was way hottter than bridget kelly & Frank i miss you was HOTTER than beyonce im sorry it true
stp throwing hate when i listen to this version by Frank Ocean it takes me back to MEMORIES & its SAD
sing it boy SING THE SONG HE KILLED if ya’ll aint no that whoever say other
tHAT ISH CRAY
@ Yellow Gorillah
Stop hating. Beyoncé did a great job on ‘I Miss You’. So did Frank Ocean.
I am not a huge Beyonce fan but she does have emotion when it comes to songs. Especially when it comes to songs such as If I were a boy, BTINH, Listen. Her voice and emotions are great on those tracks. I don’t know what else do you expect of her.
@X,Y,”and Z”
go lick Chris brown stale n** , Frank ocean is far better singer and writer deal with it!
and i agree with the majority Frank sings this better than B
I smell s*** and its looks like X,Y”and Z”
Save your s*** for the toilet cus u have now been FLUSHED!
#Dismissed
What kills me is when ppl compare acoustic live versions, to album cuts…..
I loved Frank version, but Bey KILLED it on the album, and Bey would KILL it even harded if she did an acoustic live version..
No one is taking anything away from Frank, he great talent. But lets not start hating on Bey…
I loved Frank’s nostalgia/ultra but everything he’s done after that is lacklustre and his voice is just blah!
Although i’m not a Beyonce fan her version is much better.
It’s kinda like JoJo singing Drakes Marvin’s room…. much better
I love this version! It’s the first time I’ve ever heard him sound decent–but I think it’s because that mike is heavily echoed. Anyway, I like the so, ethereal version that’s stripped down. Beyonce is great, and I’d like to hear her sing it this way too.
@LOVE ON TOP
Frank Ocean is a singer. Not a rapper.
Youre welcome.
I never heard Beyonce’s version so I can’t compare. I guess he did ok, I don’t think he “killed” it like some are saying. Sometimes i wonder if people really feel the way they say on here or are they just saying s*** to be saying s***.
He has an average voice and thus far I really haven’t heard vocals that blow me away. To me he sounds like Drake and Omarion mashed together vocally. I don’t follow him so maybe I will attempt to listen to more of his stuff and see if my opinion changes.
FRANK OCEAN WOULD BE HOT IF HE WAS ON ANOTHER LABEL. BEYONCE NEVER WRITES HER SONGS AND SHE STEALS DANCE MOVES AND SONGS OFF YOUTUBE.
LOL BEYONCE SINGS WITHOUT SOUL SHE GROWLS TO PROVE HER POINT.
Love it, LOVE IT! I can feel it.
people love to say anything against bey, even if you’ve never heard her version this performance was just ok and the only reason the crowd is reacting the way they are because they obviously love bey’s version, how else would they have known the words?
remember he wrote the song!! so can do what he want 2 do 2 the song & sing it how he wants
*YAWN* leave it to Bey buddy! He really is an unattractive thing isn’t he? Talking smack looking jacked! Boy bye….
I’m confused though, with all the buzz and crap given to him why hasn’t he seen more success and industry recognition? Oh well “God don’t like ugly” and Lawd knows that applies to him in spades!!
@lol
LMAO I see you are as DELUSIONAL AS EVER! Poor ‘thang’! A** Ocean looks and sounds grotesque stop lying. Beyonce sang this song beautifully!
You guys, the year is 2011. Unless you’re comparing Beyonce’s vocals to Whitney, Mariah, Celine, & even the greats before them, there is no one in the game you can compare her to. She has been killing it in the 90’s. & She has been killing it in the 00’s. Why are people still arguing that? There is no other R&B or Pop artist that is on Beyonce’s lane. She is absolutely flawless.
Anyways, this is my all-time favorite song from “4”. It’s just so beautiful & mesmerizing yet so simple & effective. I knew it was written & produced by Frank Ocean but of course I prefer Queen B’s version a lot more. However, this is the original & I did enjoy his.
I love this new sound from The weekend, Frank Ocean, and Drake. I guess it has a very Sade sound to it, Dope. Beyonce has to release this.
Its always been my favorite song. Please Sit Yall Mainjy Ass Down Somewhere!!!! Anyone That Don’t Respect Beyonce’s Greatness Is A Non-Mother-F*****-Factor!!!
It did a pretty good job !
I really love “I Miss You”.
(Meh.. These gays.. They travel in “pairs” and are the absolutely worst house guests: you can never get them out your bathroom, and NEVER know when to leave!!)
@ANTERTAIN re: 12:30 pm and LOL re: 12:18 pm —
“Flushed..?!” “Lick stale nuts”..?! <–O~o
You gays trouble me, especially YOU, Antertain! I KNEW once I'd spoke on/about "your fave", the object of your "pathological female-self-projection fantasies", you'd respond with your usual dry, witless, crusty, "Macumba-love scrotum-succulent-lip lisped" retort!
..Yes, absolutely: "the gays" scare me. I dread coming home to find my house "glitter bombed" with "paw marks" then left on the lawn. And if that's not the worst, then there's the traumatized neighbors who had to witness the impromptu "Drag Ball" – complete with wig/weave lacefront fabulosity, and "skid-marks-throated karaoke" renditions of Kelly Rowland, Tony Braxton's now-decades-past mediocrity!
Yes, absolutely: a spectacle I can do without, and one no God-fearing heterosexual should dare encounter!
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT..!
Damn he’s cute!
@X,Y,Z. : WHAT DOES KELLY ROWLAND AND TONI BRAXTON HAVE TO DO WITH FRANK OCEAN??? UR ON SERIOUS CRACK FOR REAL!!!! #SHAMEFUL. As I said before, CB, KELLY IS NOT CARING FOR YOUR ASS. FOOL!!!!
I think Frank Ocean is a better songwriter than a performer, but his cover was not bad, he can sing, so no hate there.
@Jessica re: 6:37 pm —
“30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland” and “Lupus-Bigface 40-something-year-old Tony Braxton” are Antertain’s absolute favorites. If there ever was a case of/for “self-image projection”, then he’d be a text book example. It’s HE who the women of his..”envy” should fear!
Jessica, I want nothing more than to understand you. I really do! I’d like to ask you a question, or two..
1.) Are you a “Rowdog”? If so, why?
2.) Are you really black, and if so, are you a male, or really a female?
3.) Don’t you think it’s creepy when black gay men then self–project their troubled self-images upon women who they so… vociferously adore? ..Now, mind you, these are women who have said, as in the case of 30-something-year-old Kelly Rowland: “Orlando Bloom, and (White/European) men who look like him, are THE most beautiful(of all men).”
..I mean, there’s something deeply troubling when someone dismisses, if not whole-cut rejects you, and you then STILL support them “to the ends of the earth”; yes?
..And speaking of such (and your comments regarding my support of/of CBreezy), listen, my “days” as member of “Team-Breezy” is now surely numbered. Chris, when he allowed Kelly Rowland to tour with him, pretty much destroyed any hopes of him reaching out to the young HETEROSEXUAL black men of the world; they rioted in The U.K./France/Jamaica, and here in the U.S.! They needed a “figurehead”, of sorts. They needed ANOTHER young black man they-themselves can relate to/with. I’d envisioned, and my plan was to make Chris JUST that.
..I(we heterosexual black men..) got sold-out…!! Kelly Rowland has done what near-three years of being “banned, censored, and reviled” could not do. I’d sacrificed my pride and dignity being a “good soldier”. And now, for what..?? To be sold-out..?!
..NOT TO WORRY: you’ll now see ‘less and less’ of me. BUT, if you’d like to “accelerate” the process, have Chris take to Twitter and then announce: “X,Y,”and Z” I no longer want you on my team!!” I’ll then just put my tail between my legs, pack my eggs and make my way out the door. TRUST, they’ll then be no “hard” feelings. How can there be after I’ve fought so hard, leaving blood, sweat, tears and my dignity upon these blogs? There won’t.. If you knew me, you’d have ALREADY knew that I live by a code!!
X,Y,”and Z”
I like Frank Ocean’s and Bey’s versions of this song. It’s actually one of my fave songs off 4, as well as I Was Here, 1+1, I Care, Love On Top, Rather Die Young and Dance For U.
@lol
Booboo you’re not in majority, u never were!!! Look thru d comments again n stop psyching yourself
Like some1 said, whether u compare it to Bey or not his version is not all that. Of course haters like yellow gorilla would even say non-singers like rih sounds better if given d chance smh
Hell no ! Beyonce don’t sing with emotions, she don’t got soul in her voice at all but oh well.
@X,Y,Z: You seriously need medical help for real. Yes I’m Black and yes I’m a female- NAME JESSICA, WHAT MAN HAVE A NAME JESSICA- DUMBASS!!! Yes I’m a fan of Kelly so what is your point?? You clearly TOOO DAMN OBSESSED WITH KELLY AND CB AND SWEETY ,THEY DON’T GIVE A S*** ABOUT YOU!!!!!! GET IT THOUGH YOUR THICK ASS SKULL!!! SMH. THIS IS REALLY PATHETIC AND SAD. YOU REALLY NEED HELP, GO AND SEEK IT RIGHT NOW!!!! WHAT DOES GAY MEN HAVE TO DO WITH KELLY ROWLAND?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? YOU SOUND SOO DAMN STUPID. GO AND READ A EDUCATIONAL BOOK PLEASE AND THANK YOU. IDIOT!!!
ugh Bey fns need to let it go Frank did this s***…sips green tea … get over it already
OHHHHHH Naw he didnt do this song anhy justice how can you possibly call ur self a vocalist when you sound like this.. lol sike naw he iight but he definitely didnt KILL this song people just on his d***.. theres people out here who SOUND 10 times better..!!! Check out Jwarr3n behind the scenes with beyonce.. on youtube.. he kills it plus he adds his on spin
for the last Time : SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SINGLE !!! BEST SONG ON THE LP
@Jessica re: 9:33 pm —
For someone(me) who:
1.) Is a “dumbass” .
2.) Has a “thick skull”.
3.) Is “stupid”.
4.) “Needs help”.
5.) (is in need of ..) “Reading an educational book”.
6.) Is “Idiotic”.
7.) Is “obsessed with people (CB and Kelly Rowland) who don’t give a s*** about me”..
You sure are, yourself, preoccupied, consumed, if not totally obsessed with me. This’ll be your second reply to me on this tread. This post/thread not withstanding – you’ve always gone out of your “educated” way to “properly” scold and rebuke me. But why?
..Jessica, I know why. You see, there IS some truth to what I’m saying. This is why you – yourself “made that U-Turn”, and deviated far out your way to now “come for” me.
But as I’ve said, Jessica, if you would like to NOT see me on these blogs again, all you need do is to contact Kelly Rowland and have her NEW best friend, Chris Brown, then take to HIS Twitter and then announce: “X,Y,”and Z” I now longer want you on ‘Team-Breezy’!” ..”POOF”, that’s all it’ll take: no more X,Y,”and Z”..
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT..!!
I love his voice.
omg Franks a BEAST he sung it better than b he shouldve kept it for himself
I miss you like everyday
Wanna be with you, but you’re away
Said I miss you, missing you insane
But if I got with you, could it feel the same?
FRANK OCEAN THAT MAN he was 1000000000 times better than b
lol queen b GTFOH yall Knw i Knw B knw J knw Ye knw FRANK OCEAN knw
Frank ocean KILLED THIS MOTHA he this version
NEW ORLEANS
@Betty yes he is too damn fine TOO DAMN FINE and he has the voice of a GOD love this song my new ringtone
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