The Bronx native began singing as a background singer/songwriter. Wanting to take his career to the next level, James dropped out of college and branched off to start working on this solo project.

In an interview with RESPECT, James spoke about his process putting together this project.

“I turn my journals into songs. ‘Boys Hurt too’ is similar to it in that there may be one page where I say, man I love this girl. Yet the next day it could be today was crazy man fuck everything. It’s made for times like that. It’s definitely a vibe. The pain after a heartbreak kind of feel.

Further explaining the album, James’ spoke about the lead single, “With You” saying,

“My mom one day just opened the door and asked how’s this person. Like last week we had that conversation, and I was like yeah we broke up. It’s cool. She has somebody new I can’t really be mad. And a week after she opened [the conversation] back up and asked yo are you serious, really? I said yeah it really happened. She told me don’t worry, I know you’re hurt right now but you’re going to grow from it and you just have to be the best person you can be for yourself and someone will love you for that. I was like yo, you’re a real mom.”

https://soundcloud.com/jamesxscott/sets/boys-hurt-too

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Literally – 18 reasons.

Frank Ocean’s 18-track visual album, Endless has been the spark of controversy for both fans and naysayers alike. When the singer unveiled yet another mysterious video stream on his site, boysdontcry.co (last evening), it set the cyber world ablaze. This caused pandemonium, forcing major publications to copy, paste and analyze the estranged, yet hidden works Frank Ocean had presented. After all of the elevated gossip, endless hours of wait time and several disappointments, the album had come and gone in a matter of hours. And of course, no one could truly appreciate it’s glory before its swift departure from the net.

And who took it down you ask? Well, we can speculate Mr. Ocean himself.

Not free for the public as it was last night, Endless now currently streams on Apple Music exclusively. And of course, you have to own a subscription to view. But for the many fans who don’t have access, they are forced to wait.

hypefresh won’t let you sit cold – as we present “18” reasons why you should head over to apple music and purchase a subscription. If only for Frank Ocean, it’s the best way to show your love and support for his favorited gift in music. Listen below (for your personal pleasure) and head over to Apple to grab your 45 min visual album.

Stream Here: http://goo.gl/tUcOKL

Stream courtesy of hypefresh.

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After the release of her visual for  “Country”, SZA has recieved some promising accolades. If you enjoyed the music, she’s keeping it going with her debut EP, See SZA Run. Check it out below and get into the positive vibrations. The soulful, yet eclectic project features great production from Brandun Deshay and AP Super Producer and more.

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