Kanye West performed a freestyle of his single, "Pinocchio Story" from his new album, "808's & Heartbreak" during his concert gig at Singapore. In related news, Kanye has said that hip-hop has become too 'cliche' for him. And I quote the source: "This is not hip-hop music. Taking a sample, looping it and doing all that 'throw your hands up in the sky' thing has become such a cliche. Hip-hop is over for me. I sing, not rap, on this album. I now want to be grouped among those musicians you see in those old black-and-white photos - the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles. And I'm not going to get there by doing just another rap album full of samples. I've had to create a whole new musical genre to describe what I'm doing now and I'm calling it 'pop-art' - which is not to be confused with the visual art movement." (Kanye may be onto something with that statement.)



Seal has a new video premiere taken from from his album, "Soul" for the single, "People Get Ready." I like how all of the videos he released so far are done in black and white. I love the way he performed the song live. The song is a remake of the classic The Impressions song.

Labels: Kanye West, Music Hoopla, Seal, Video Hoopla