I kid not when I say I’d literally been wondering where the hell Ne-Yo’s follow-up to ‘Miss Independent’ was, when the clip for ‘Mad’ surfaced today. The Stargate produced cut serves as the third release from his well-received ‘Year of the Gentleman’ LP.

About the actual video, I’m liking it a lot. With most of Ne-Yo’s vids being more or less all-singing/all-dancing affairs, it was pretty cool seeing a more story-driven clip to accompany this song – which IMO on it’s own isn’t that great. Good stuff.

What do you think of the song / video?

Check out footage of Beyonce on the set of the video for her latest single ‘Diva’ this past week in Los Angeles. Looks like it’ll be an all ‘Sasha’ affair with this one.

Randomness: Is that a ladies foot in the boot of the car she’s blowing up? She’s a bad….LOL.

Your thoughts?

This week sees the official release of Kanye West’s fourth studio album ‘808’s & Heartbreak’. Led by the ‘unconventional’ smash ‘Love Lockdown’, many seem to be giving the album, which West insists be classified in the ‘Pop’ section of iTunes, the thumbs up.

That said, we, here at That Grape Juice, want to know what you think of the album…whether you’ll be buying or not.

Will you be buying?

R&B crooner R. Kelly’s unique spin on Beyonce’s ‘If I Were A Boy’ surfaced a few hours and already has tongues wagging. Though it’s a bit of a cut and paste job on the production front, it’s still pretty engaging lyrically.

Hit or Miss?

The seventh week of X Factor 2008 live shows aired last night here in the UK. Check out my 2 Pence on the Take That themed week below:

{For those unfamiliar with the show; The X Factor is the UK’s version of American Idol – with a twist in that groups and over 25’s are eligible to enter. The show also birthed the career of a certain Leona Lewis}

With the final rapidly approaching, the competition is becoming pretty intense, with there sure to be some surprising departures over the next few weeks. I wasn’t too keen on the theme this week and the performances on a whole kinda left me underwhelmed. That said, Alexandra (who had vocal issues during the week), turned in a good performance considering, with Rachel also doing an awesome job on her bottom-2 performance. Check out their showings below:

Alexandra Burke – Relight My Fire

Rachel Hylton – And I Am Telling You

It’s a shame Rachel ended up leaving, as this was hands down her best performance yet – a little rough around the edges but still an awesome job all the same.

Though Alexandra wasn’t as great as usual, the judges were right in saying she needs to be in the final. Hell, she needs to win the whole thing! There are many a void I can see her filling. With such a great talent, she has a bright future ahead of her thanks to the show.

Your thoughts?