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J. Cole officially announced yesterday that his sophomore album, Born Sinner, was pushed up to June 18th which is the same day that Kanye West is set to drop his new album as well. Billboard caught up with Cole to find out exactly why he made the bold move, check it out below.

“Instantly the lightbulb [turned on]… it got real. I made one phone call to somebody that would know, just to make sure first. As soon as I got it confirmed, I was like, ‘Yo…’ The idea hit me instantly: ‘You got to go to that date. I’m not going to sit [here]… I worked too hard to come a week later after Kanye West drops an amazing album. It’d be like, ‘Oh and J.Cole dropped too, a week later.’ Nah. I’m going to go see him on that date. He’s the greatest. So it’s like, I’m a competitor by nature so it was instant, it wasn’t even a thought.”

“It’s a definite statement about how I feel about my album, which is confident. At the same time, let’s not forget this is Kanye West. He bets 100, 1,000, whatever the perfect is. His track record is flawless. I’m only expecting an incredible album from him, But I know what I have.”

Kanye West has taken over the internet, and the world these past few days. Now we get a look at the official album cover for Yeezus which is due out on June 18th. It appears to be a face split in half, inspired by these pieces here. Props to KTT for the breakdown.

Kanye took the stage during the SNL season finale, check it out above. Excited for the album yet?

Continue below for the rest of the performance, where Kanye performs New Slaves.

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Yeezy Season is upon us. After years of waiting, Mr. West will be releasing his 6th studio album on June 18th.

RapUp has confirmed the release date, and also that the rumored Yeezus title is in fact the name of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy‘s followup. Kanye debuted a new track visually across the globe last night called “New Slaves“, and tonight you can catch him performing new music on the season finale of SNL. Tuck your whole Summer in.

UPDATE: First look at the album cover HERE.

Kanye West took to his Twitter to announce that his new single “New Slaves” would be premiered live tonight in 66 different locations. The music video was projected onto buildings across the globe, which we have footage of below. Expect the full song to hit the internet soon.

NEW SONG AND VISUAL FROM MY NEW ALBUM BEING PROJECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE ON 66 BUILDINGS, LOCATIONS @ KANYEWEST.COM

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 18, 2013

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This what you all been waiting for, ain’t it? Yeezus makes his appearance on the season finale of SNL on May 18th. Expect new music.

Kanye West performed at the Adult Swim Upfront event tonight which took place at the Roseland Ballroom in New York. During his performance he treated the crowd to some new music, a short preview of “Yeezy Season” (above), and a track called “Awesome” which you can check out below. Look for Mr. West to debut more new music during his performance on SNL this Saturday.

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G.O.O.D. Music producer Travi$ Scott briely speaks to MTV about the upcoming Kanye West album. Expect a single real soon.

After deleting all of his tweets just a few days ago, Kanye West surfaced on the social media site to tweet a date…June 18th. What does this date mean? Well, nobody knows. All we can do is speculate. But if we know one thing about Kanye, there is definitely something important about this date if he put it out there this way. We’ve already heard rumors from good sources that his album is indeed finished, and he’s set to perform on the season finale of SNL on May 18th which would be the best time for him to debut a new single. Stay tuned for more info.

Look what we have here. Courtesy of the powerful internet, we have the original demo from Kanye West that dates back to 2001. This features original versions of songs that made his debut album, and later albums. It also features unreleased songs, new verses, and more. It’s not often that a rare gem such as this gets released to the masses, so take advantage of it. Continue reading below.

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