Wtf! Kanye West Performs "Black Skinhead" On SNL

Kanye West paints it black in his latest music.
Pitch black.

The two songs West debuted Saturday night, as the musical guest of "SNL," assault the listener with the angriest, hardest and most confrontational music of his career. Which is saying something.

Both songs — "Black Skinhead" and "Slave" — roil with dark, stabbing synth lines and rock-hard, electro-shock beats. While West has worked with electronic music for years, most prominently with stars like Daft Punk and Kid Cudi, his latest songs sound more like an existential, industrial-rock outburst from Nine Inch Nails. In fact, "Skinhead" uses a sample from NIN's protégé Marilyn Manson (from his song "The Beautiful People").

The songs will be featured on West's upcoming CD, rumored to come out June 18th, under the name "Yeesus." Earlier reports had the album appearing under an even more blasphemous title, "I Am A God."

On Friday night, West projected a video for the song "Slave" onto buildings around the world. In New York, the clip appeared in at 14th St. and 10th Ave. in the Meatpacking District. The strikingly minimalist clip presents a close-up of Kanye's face, shot in high contrast black and white, snarling out the lyrics. As a backdrop, images of barking dogs and looming shadows surround him.

The lyrics to "Skinhead" find Kanye rapping about being a black man dating a white woman, making obvious reference to his relationship with Kim Kardashian. The words to "Slave" have already been misinterpreted by many commenters on YouTube: While some think West is describing himself as a new kind of slave, the lyrics make clear he's talking about the materialism that chains people to objects and acquisitions.

It's a pointed critique, married to a rap vocal and musical backdrop that has as much force, focus and edge as any music West has ever released.

What kinda sh!t is Ye On?



It hurts my ears!


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