Here is your first look at the packaged CD for Kanye’s new album, Yeezus, which hits stores June 18th. Tracks confirmed thus far are “I Am A God”, “Black Skinhead”, and “New Slaves”.

Both of Ye’s performances from SNL last night. #Yeezus in stores June 18th.

Last night, Kanye West premiered the first track from his new album, Yeezus, which is due June 18th, entitled “New Slaves”. A video for the track was projected on the side of the building in multiple different cities. The clip above shows the event in New York City, captured at Prada Fifth Ave.

Given Kanye’s rants lately, and the fact that he has a new album coming next month (supposedly), we’re guessing he’s going to wig out on live television this Saturday for the season finale of SNL. Here’s the already awkward promo.

Yeezy did a surprise show for Adult Swim in New York City last night, backed by a Daft Punk-esque light pyramid. In the clip below, he performs a new track that may-or-may-not be called “So Awesome”, adding in one of his usual rants.

Amateur filmmaker James Workman has put together this unofficial documentary on Kanye West, made up of older interviews and clips, chronicling his rise to fame. It’s very well done.

We assume that June 18th will be either a release announcement – or an actual release – of his new, as-of-yet untitled album.

According to Hot 97′s Peter Rosenberg, Kanye West’s as-of-yet-untitled LP, is finished, and has been previewed to select members of the industry at Def Jam last week. Rosenberg has elaborated, saying that the album is “dark, but really good”. Lisen to the whole clip of Rosenberg’s report, below.

Ray J’s inexplicable Kanye/Kim dis cut gets a video. We have a feeling the fallout from this will be career-destroying for Brandy’s brother….

This collection of early Kanye demos surfaced on the net via the KanyeToThe.Com forums, which is run by a small, dedicated legion of West super-fans. 1. Home (Windy) 2. Jesus Walks 3. Have It Your Way 4. Out Of Your Mind 5. Wow! 6. Need To Know 7. Gotta Pose 8. Never Letting Go (The [cont.]

Nigerian G.O.O.D. Music artist collabs with Sir Kanye on this remix to his track, “Scape Goat”.

Yasiin Bey (the artist formerly known as Mos Def) surprises the crowd in at La Bataclan, Paris by bringing out Mr. West to join in the performance.

For fans of our house/EDM sister site, WeAllHitPlay.Com, Daft Punk news exploded over the weekend, including a new preview of their track with Pharrell, “Get Lucky”. But there’s something more interesting worth reporting over here for the hip-hop heads, that being that Kanye has reportedly recorded at least two tracks with the Daft duo, which [cont.]

My Name Is My Name coming soon….

The CDQ – although perhaps unmastered – version of Mos Def’s lost collaborative track with Kanye surfaces.

Tony Williams grabs some fellas from his backyard for this Chi-Town love rap.

Update: Looks like this rumor we reported on back around Valentine’s Day turned out to be true, according to The Huffington Post. Malik Yusef has cleared things up a bit in a Tweet, saying the track is called “I Am A God”, referencing Psalm 82, which reads: I said, “You are gods, And all of [cont.]

We usually avoid live performances, but new (old) music from Mos Def is something to take notice of.

JT appeared on Jimmy Fallon last night, and shrugged off his alleged Kanye dis on SNL, where he changed a “Suit & Tie” lyric from “Shit so sick got a hit and picked up a habit” to “My hit’s so sick got rappers acting dramatic.” This, after Kanye said “I got love for Hov, but [cont.]

After Kanye took a shot at Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z’s “Suit & Tie” single in an on stage rant a few weeks ago, JT has returned fire this past weekend on SNL. In a performance of the track – featuring an appearance from Jay-Z – Justin altered the lyric “Aw, shit so sick, got a [cont.]