Hear Paul McCartney And Kanye West's Emotional Ballad 'Only One'

The new runway surprise is the first in what is the rapper rep calls "a prolific musical collaboration between these two legendary artists"

Paul McCartney and Kanye West at the Grammy Awards 2009. The two collaborated for the surprise new track "Only One".



D'Angelo however, no surprise Beyonce-esque albums by the end of 2014. However, when the clock became another year Wednesday night, Kanye West released "Only One" minimal new track, moving with Paul McCartney on the keyboard. The song is available for listening on the website of West or through the iTunes store.

Written from the perspective of Kanye's late mother Donda, who died in 2007 from complications of surgery, "Only One" sounds like a bittersweet bonus track 808s and heartbreak Kanye. "Remember how I say one day / you be the man I always knew it would be," the Auto-Tuned voice sings west. "And if you knew how proud he was / you never shed a tear / having a fear / No, do not do that." McCartney, meanwhile, avoided any histrionics in favor of a simple and plaintive style commensurate with emotional lyrics. "My mom was singing to me, and through me to my daughter," West said in a statement, noting also that the name "Kanye" means "Only one".

The surprise track seems to be the starting point for the two icons randomly once. According to a spokesman for West, "Only One" is the first "publicly available record of what has become a prolific musical collaboration between these two legendary artists."

McCartney and West began working at the track early last year in Los Angeles, from, like notes state, "a simple brainstorming session ideas between the two, with McCartney improvising on keyboards and Kanye vocally drawing and shape ideas into a stream of -consciousness riff.

"Kanye sat there with his family, with his daughter on his lap North and heard his voice, singing," Hello, my only ... '"said the statement." And at that time, could not only remember having sung those words, but realized that maybe the words never had come from him. The process of artistic creation is one that does not involve thinking, but often the pipe. He understood then that his late mother, Donda West doctor, who was also his mentor, confidant and best friend, had spoken through him that day. "

As complex notes, the wife of West Kim Kardashian called "Only One", his favorite song by her husband.

"People always ask me what my favorite song Kanye is and is alone. Kanye feels like his mother sang through it for our daughter."