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Kanye West debuted “Yeezus,” his sixth studio album, to a crowd of critics, fans and celebrities on Monday night at an event equal parts listening party and public art exhibition.

The festivities took place at Manhattan’s Milk Studios, but rather than following the countless PR and fashion events that Mlik has hosted before, West instead chose the Meatpacking District building’s loading dock. Attendees were let in one by one, a slow process that would have led one to believe that only a select few were being given the privilege of the record. That was not the case: The venue was open to the street, so anyone within earshot could hear the album which had hitherto been shrouded in secrecy, and anyone within eyesight could see the basic video imagery that went along with the audio.

That’s in keeping with West’s public — and global — debut of “New Slaves,” but there’s more to the theme than a simple stunt. Though the likes of Jay-Z, Beyonce, Busta Rhymes, Theophilus London, Timbaland and Q-Tip stopped by, West seemed most pleased to see that his work had the potential to be heard by passersby. Long after Jay-Z and Beyonce had stopped their all-out, hands-in-the-air dance-along to the vibrant album, West became excited when a city bus drove by and grabbed the microphone to remark on the fact that the event was “out here in the middle of New York City blasting music and nobody is shutting us down.”

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President Barack Obama is poised to nominate Amanda Renteria, a former Senate staffer, to replace Gary Gensler atop the main U.S. derivatives regulator amid an intensifying fight between Gensler and the world’s major banks and regulators over cross-border transactions.

If Renteria is confirmed to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the former chief of staff to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) would become the first minority and Latina to lead a member agency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council during the Obama era.

Renteria’s nomination may be announced as early as this week, according to administration officials, CFTC personnel, industry executives and congressional aides. Amy Brundage, White House spokeswoman, declined to comment on personnel matters. Gensler declined to comment. Renteria did not respond to requests for comment.

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At Sony’s pre-E3 press conference tonight mentioned again how its relationship with Activision and Bungie will see exclusive DLC for the developer’s first post-Halo game, Destiny, come to the PlayStation 4. It also showed off a trailer featuring in-game action and a live demo. The live action on-stage featured two people playing as a warlock and hunter navigating through a level and dispatching alien foes (you’ve played Halo, or Mass Effect, right?) in exactly the RPG / shooter fashion fans are expecting. Take a peek at the trailer after the break, the game hits next gen and current gen systems alike next year.

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