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"Frank Ocean has finished in second place on the BBC&amp;#039;s Sound of 2012 poll. The hip-hop star beat 13 fellow artists to claim the position, which was given to him by a vote from a range of music critics, bloggers, editors and broadcasters. Ocean&amp;#039;s debut album Nostalgia, Ultra was leaked online by himself last February after he became frustrated with a major label system not taking notice of him. He told BBC News that his label Def Jam saw him as &amp;quot;a kid with dreams and talent with no intention of following through&amp;quot;. However, the exposure gained the attention of some of hip-hop&amp;#039;s biggest stars. By the end of 2011, Ocean had recorded vocals for two tracks on Jay-Z and Kanye West&amp;#039;s Watch The Throne album, as well as producing a song for Beyonc\u00C3\u00A9. Asked whether he regrets self-leaking his debut album, Ocean responded: &amp;quot;No, I make pop culture.&amp;quot; He insisted that his label has now forgiven him for the decision to release his album free of charge, adding: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re cool. There is a new album coming. I&amp;#039;m super proud of it.&amp;quot; Frank Ocean&amp;#039;s first official release is expected to arrive this spring. &amp;gt; Azealia Banks takes third place on BBC Sound of 2012 poll Watch the music video for Frank Ocean&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Swim Good&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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