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kanye west bound 2gether book
kanye west bound 2gether book

Read The Children's Book Version Of Kanye West's "Bound 2"

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When it comes to Kanye West, we're not one for using words like "childish." Still, there's nothing but a few harmless laughs to be had by checking out graphic designer Zak Tebbal brand new children's book rendition of West's 2013 single "Bound 2"--you know, that one closing track on Yeezus that had everyone feeling some kind of classic Ye way. In the book, entitled Bound2Gether, an eager Kanye professes his love for a chick (yes, an actual baby chicken) named Kim, and comes to regret his wandering eye after realizing how much the little bird truly means to him. It's a sort of barnyard paraphrasing of "Bound 2" lines such as "I know I got a bad reputation / Walking-round-always-mad reputation / Leave-a-pretty-girl-sad reputation" into pastel-tinted lessons of simple kindness and respect. Yes, this is a kinder, gentler Kanye character (complete with a somewhat weird undertone of inter-species romance).

The full book can be scoped at Tebbal's website, and while there's currently no word of an actual, physical book release, we have to expect some intrepid literary hip-hop head is firing up their printing press and getting ready to actually bind Teball's pages.