Blood on the Leaves
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| Song by Kanye West from the album Yeezus | |
| Released | 2013 |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 6:00 |
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"Blood on the Leaves" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West from his sixth solo studio album Yeezus. It was produced by West, Hudson Mohawke, Lunice, Carlos Broady, 88-Keys, Arca and Mike Dean. It contains samples of Nina Simone's 1965 rendition of "Strange Fruit", and of TNGHT's song "R U Ready." "Blood on the Leaves" peaked at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Gil Kaufman of MTV called "Blood on the Leaves" "a churning anthem about conspicuous consumption" and "example of West's signature dichotomy in which he melds the sacred and profane." The original version of "Strange Fruit" recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 has been deemed "shorthand for music that deals with racial injustice." Kanye also interpolates rapper C-Murder's 2000 song "Down for My N's", beat produced by KLC.
Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork called the song "a nightmarish story of divorce and betrayal," while Jody Rosen of Vulture states that "[Kanye is] well aware how audacious to interpolate that sacred song into a monstrously self-pitying ... melodrama about what a drag it is when your side-piece won't abort your love child." Nicholas Troester of conservative magazine First Things labeled the song as an "anti-abortion anthem" and thought the focus of the song is "the tremendous selfishness of adults who cannot understand the importance of families or children."
West performed the song live at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
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