More soulfulness from Mr. Ocean. Below he talks about why he turned down a Kanye West feature for his upcoming album, a luxury for most.

Speaking to BBC 1xtra back in November, Ocean dropped a bit of info on the project - and explained why he passed on an offered Kanye West collaboration. “The record is written, we’re just trying to tie up all the production. Get everything sonically pleasing to me,” Ocean told BBC’s Zane Lowe of his album. “When I started writing this record that was one of the things I said. I wanted to be able to perform well, for it to transition to stage well… It feels good, they work out well.” As for the rumors that he turned down a collaboration with Kanye West for the album, Frank explained: “I said, ‘As much as I want to work with you… I kind of want to do this without you. I kind of want this to be done without you. I kind of want to do it on my own.’”

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Download Frank Ocean - “Voodoo”

Old folks going ham, not giving one fuck, is so cool. I could only hope that when I am at that age I will still be getting jiggy like the gentleman and lady in this video. Off of Rusko’s upcoming album. Directed by Jason Miller.

TDE x A$AP. Rocky’s verse… sheesh.

Austin product Kydd teams up with those three guys from the West Coast for some old school sounding flavor in your ear.

Download Kydd ft. Pac Div - “Now & Then”

1/2 of Das Racist, 25 tracks. Hit the jump for the tracklist and download link.

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Download ASAP Rocky - “Celebration”

Cudder unleashes this new song at Heatwave Festival in Australia. Off of his collab album with producer Dot Da Genius, WZRD.

Rocky covers the February 2012 issue of one of my personal favorites.

Download Charles Hamilton & Yung Nate - “Hip Hop” (Unreleased)