Musical Love Letters

Kanye dedicates his new song to Kim, but he's not the first.

Best Dressed - Kim and Kanye hit up the Valentino show during Paris Fashion Week on July 4. Kim opted for an all-black outfit, teaming a lace top with a curve hugging skirt and a pair of strappy heels. Kanye donned an all-white ensemble, pairing a crip shirt with skinny trousers and sneaks.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Musical Love Letters - While at a Manhattan nightclub earlier this week, Kanye West unveiled "Perfect B---h," a new song from the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation. Later, on Twitter, he confirmed that the song was about Kim Kardashian. It's romance, Kanye style. But it's not the first audio love letter devoted to a musician's special someone. Click on to see more musical love letters. (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Break-Up to Break-Up - In 2009, Kanye dated hip hop hottie Amber Rose (now dating Wiz Khalifa). After a public break-up, Rose has stated that she would not get back with Kanye. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

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Kanye West, "Runaway" - Yeezy made it clear that "Runaway" was about his ex Amber Rose when he dedicated it to her at performance in her native Philadelphia. "To the city of Philly, I want to thank y'all for making the incredible person that this song is made for," he said. "The one place I f--ked up the most is that I thought you'd always be mine." (Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images) 

Nas and Kelis - Like Kanye and Amber, Nas and Kelis divorced in 2009. Calling it quits once they felt that the relationship was waning. Nas reportedly said, "There was a point where we were trying to hold onto a relationship that was finished." But in true artist form, Nas wrote a song about the divorce on his latest album, Life Is Good.(Photo: UPI Photo/David Silpa/Landov)

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Nas & Kelis, "Popular Thug" - It's hard not to think this Neptunes-produced song wasn't inspired by Nas and Kelis' then budding romance. ‘Cause I’m a poet, a preacher, and a pimp with words / A thief who stole her heart / A prince she deserves," Nas rapped.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé – "’03 Bonnie and Clyde" - When she said “down to ride til’ the very end," she wasn’t joking. The king and queen of hip hop have been going strong ever since. Hov and Bey stirred quite a buzz when they flipped this 2Pac classic and played the adventurous fugitive couple on the run. Almost a decade later, they’ve settled into the dull life of parenthood.(Photo: Courtesy Roc-A-Fella Records)

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Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" - They were playing sly about their burgeoning relationship at the time, but it soon became pretty obvious that this song was Jay and Bey flirting on wax. (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)

Papoose on Remy Ma's delayed release: - “It was just a big confusion over there. You know, Remy’s a celebrity, and sometimes people get overwhelmed with who she is, or the following she has, so they kind of fumbled the ball on the first day.”(Photos from left: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images, Rob Loud/Getty Images for IMG)

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Papoose, "My Girl" - The first verse to this Papoose cut is dedicated to his incarcerated wife, rapper Remy Ma. "If I could talk to the judge I'll let her know / I wish she can lock me up and let you go," he rapped.  (Photos from left: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images, Rob Loud/Getty Images)

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Common, "The Light" - Most listeners already thought Common's 2000 hit "The Light" was dedicated to his then boo, Erykah Badu, and her starring role in the sensual video seemed to confirm the rumors. (Photo: MCA)

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Common, "The Light" - Most listeners already thought Common's 2000 hit "The Light" was dedicated to his then boo, Erykah Badu, and her starring role in the sensual video seemed to confirm the rumors. (Photo: MCA)

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Diddy, "I Need a Girl" - Rumors had it that Diddy was talking about ex-girl Jennifer Lopez, who had left him a year earlier, in the following verse from this 2002 hit: "I had a girl that would've died for me / Didnt 'preciate her so I made her cry for me / Every night she had tears in her eyes for me."  Photo: Kevin Winter/ImageDirect)

Bow Wow & Ciara - Before 50 Cent loved the way Ciara rode the beat, Bow Wow was thinking about her. Appearances at basketball games, in videos and at parties made the couple a hot commodity. Here they are back on June 27, 2005, at the LaFace and AXE Present Ciara's BET Awards Pre-Party and Celebration.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Jive Records)

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Bow Wow has penned several songs about Ciara, now his ex. The pain from their breakup was still raw when he recorded "Outta My System" in 2007. "I still got a lot of pain/ I ain't dealt with it all/ I been running round with other chicks/ I'm single and they loving it/ I'm liking it, but I just want the one I was in love with," he rapped. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Jive Records)

Jennifer Lopez, "Dear Ben" - Sorry Diddy. J-Lo had her sights set elsewhere, as detailed in her 2002 song "Dear Ben," devoted to her then fiancé Ben Affleck.  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lopez, "Dear Ben" - Sorry Diddy. J-Lo had her sights set elsewhere, as detailed in her 2002 song "Dear Ben," devoted to her then fiancé Ben Affleck.  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Your Precious Love - In 1974, Valerie and Nick got married. The union came a year after the duo (now officially known as Ashford & Simpson) resumed their singing career, releasing their debut LP Gimme Somthing Real on Warner Bros. Valerie released three solo albums, starting with Exposed in 1971, but none were hits.(Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage/Getty Images)

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Ashford & Simpson, "Solid" - Few songs sum up marital steadfastness through thick and thin better than this 1984 hit from the legendary husband-wife songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson.  (Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)