A tough, politicized Kanye West makes two new songs public
Follow on Twitter on May 19, 2013 at 6:53 PM, updated May 20,
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West.    "Don't do no press, but I get the most press, kid,"
said Kanye West on "Mercy." He's not wrong. When West makes a
move, journalists pay attention -- even if he's just rapping up
against a wall. A video for "New Slaves," an unreleased track,
was projected on the sides of buildings around the world this
weekend. West took to "Saturday Night Live" to debut "Black
Skinhead," another new song. Both are expected to appear on
"Yeezus," his confrontationally titled sixth album, set for a
June 18 release. No sooner did the last drumbeat stop resonating
than the premature evaluations began.  Well, if there's one
thing I've learned about Kanye West, it's that you can't expect
to understand everything he's doing at the moment he's doing it.
His are ideas designed to unfold over time. I'm still riddling
out parts of "Can't Tell Me