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"Kanye West&amp;#xA0;concluded a performance-heavy week with an appearance at&amp;#xA0;Saturday Night Live&amp;apos;s 40th anniversary special Sunday night. Three days after headlining&amp;#xA0;the first annual Roc City Classic&amp;#xA0;with Kevin Durant and two days after surprising Drake and Nas&amp;apos;&amp;#xA0;Sprite NBA All-Star Weekend concert, the rapper donned Marilyn&amp;#xA0;Manson-esque contact lenses for an innovative&amp;#xA0;mini-medley.\r\n\r\nWest was&amp;#xA0;the only&amp;#xA0;musician to perform multiple tracks (Paul McCartney, Miley Cyrus and Paul Simon also took the stage), kicking&amp;#xA0;off&amp;#xA0;his mini-set with&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;Jesus Walks&amp;quot; off his 2004 debut album The College Dropout.&amp;#xA0;West performed the song while&amp;#xA0;lying flat on&amp;#xA0;his back with overhead cameras capturing his restless movements as he rapped into a microphone suspended over his mouth. What West lost vocally&amp;#xA0;after a week of performances and events, he made up for in emotion, tackling&amp;#xA0;the decade-old song&amp;#xA0;like he recorded it the day before.\r\nThe musician&amp;#xA0;then scrambled to his feet to perform a delicate version of&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;Only One&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;(without McCartney) before&amp;#xA0;bringing out Chicago rapper&amp;#xA0;Vic Mensa and Sia &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;the latter camouflaging herself with an oversized wig &amp;#x2014; for &amp;quot;Wolves,&amp;quot; West&amp;apos;s plaintive, melancholic song from his upcoming, as-yet-untitled new album. The trio performed on a claustrophobic, starkly black-and-white set with a low ceiling that limited their movements. All three performers stayed close to the floor, crawling and crouching while they sang and rapped.\r\nWest&amp;#xA0;would later&amp;#xA0;make a self-deprecating cameo during a &amp;quot;Wayne&amp;apos;s World&amp;quot; skit&amp;#xA0;with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. During the duo&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;SNL&amp;apos;s Top Ten&amp;quot; list, which counted down the show&amp;apos;s most alluring attributes (including&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;aftershow orgies&amp;quot;), Myers and Carvey discussed the value of the show&amp;apos;s musical guests. &amp;quot;I think Beck was one of the best,&amp;quot; said Carvey, referencing West&amp;apos;s chastising of the rocker&amp;#xA0;at the Grammys earlier this month. &amp;quot;Even better than Beyonc&amp;#xE9;.&amp;quot; The following item on&amp;#xA0;the Top Ten list: &amp;quot;Kanye, Sit Down!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe rapper premiered &amp;quot;Wolves&amp;quot; earlier this week at a showcase for the Yeezy Boost, his&amp;#xA0;new sneaker collaboration with Adidas.&amp;#xA0;The event was broadcast in 40 locations worldwide and during the show, a message appeared stating &amp;quot;This is track #1 on Kanye West&amp;apos;s New Album.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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