“Bound 2” by Kanye West

Kanye West saved "Bound 2" for the very end of Yeezus, his sixth album, in 2013, and it swings a door open onto his past: critics picked it as a highlight and heard its warm, soul-soaked, sample-built production as a throwback to The College Dropout. West produced it with Ché Pope, with Mike Dean, No I.D., Noah Goldstein and Eric Danchick adding production and Dean on guitar and bass. The loop comes from "Bound" by Ponderosa Twins Plus One, a couple of vocal scraps come from Brenda Lee's "Sweet Nothin's", and soul singer Charlie Wilson croons the bridge, borrowed from Wee's "Aeroplane (Reprise)".

As the second single it climbed to 12 on the Hot 100 and 55 in the UK, was up for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song at the 57th Grammys, and got a live airing on Later... with Jools Holland and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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