2018Released
3:50

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Interesting facts and trivia about Bound 2. By Songfacts®.

This was one of several songs on Yeezus that super-producer Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Run-DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers) worked on. West had come to the bearded beat guru three weeks before the album's last possible delivery date to the label asking him to help complete the job. "When he first played it for me, it was a more middle of the road R&B song, done in an adult contemporary style," Rubin recalled to The Wall Street Journal. Kanye had the idea of combining that track with a cool sample he had found and liked – I removed all of the R&B elements leaving only a single note baseline in the hook which we processed to have a punk edge in Suicide tradition." American Electronic Protopunk musical duo Suicide have been intermittently active since 1970. A flyer the band circulated in November 1970 was the first ever to use the phrase "punk music" to advertise a concert. Never widely popular amongst the general public, Suicide's New Wave and Synthpop sounds of the late '70s and early '80s are regarded as highly influential by music critics.

Speaking to the New York Times, West described himself as a "minimalist in a rapper's body." He added that he brought in Rubin to "bring all those vibes" to the album. "I'm still just a kid learning about minimalism, and he's a master of it," West explained.

This soul-powered tune finds West opening up to a significant other. It features smooth R&B singer-songwriter-producer and former lead singer of The Gap Band, Charlie Wilson crooning on the hook. Other West tunes that Wilson has contributed to include "See Me Now," "All of the Lights" and several tracks from the rapper's 'G.O.O.D. Friday' series.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Bound 2.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
153BPM

Album

The album Bound 2 is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Bound 2.
Def Jam Recordings
© 2018 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2018 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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