According to Mohawke, "Blood on the Leaves" was originally intended to be the album's opener instead of " On Sight", but was changed "at the last minute" due to "the message puts across that is a very different record." In November 2013, Mohawke announced via Twitter that the song was to-be released as the next single for the album, after " Bound 2" in August 2013. "Blood on the Leaves" was released on June 18, 2013, as the seventh track on West's sixth studio album Yeezus. He raps lyrics which have been speculated as a possible reference to Jay-Z being unfaithful to his wife Beyoncé.
He later interpolates the hook of rapper C-Murder's 2000 song " Down for My N's." West's verses center around the perils of fame, conspicuous consumption and drug-addled romance. After one minute, the song unleashes horns taken from musical duo TNGHT's song "R U Ready", along with animal growls that play sporadically throughout the rest of the song. The song begins with a sample of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone's 1965 rendition of "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday over rolling piano chords, after which West's vocals begins. "Blood on the Leaves" is a hip hop song in which West delivers his vocals through an Auto-Tune processor, similar to his 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak. When he first heard the combination, Travis Scott "was jumping on niggas' backs and shit, like, 'Ahhhh!'". Rapper Travis Scott viewed West as "a genius" and the only person who would think of combining " Strange Fruit" with a Hudson Mohawke beat in the "crazy-ass song". West had previously sampled the work of Nina Simone on the 808s & Heartbreak track "Bad News" and the Watch the Throne collaborative track "New Day" with Jay-Z. According to Mohawke, the duo's song "R U Ready", which is sampled in "Blood on the Leaves", was one of the first songs the two recorded together and was also one of the first pieces of music the duo sent to West to sample. After working on Yeezus, Mohawke was introduced to an entirely new approach to songwriting. Mohawke had previously worked with West on the 2012 GOOD Music collaboration " Mercy", along with other tracks on the compilation album Cruel Summer (2012). The song features production by the musical duo TNGHT, consisting of Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke and Canadian producer Lunice. The song features production from musical duo TNGHT. Since its release, West has performed the song live on multiple occasions, including at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and on the 2016 Saint Pablo Tour. A music video was set to be directed by American filmmaker David Lynch, but plans were abandoned. Despite not being released as a single, the song managed to enter charts in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia in 2013. Pitchfork later placed the track on their list of the 200 best songs of the 2010s. It was named one of the best tracks of 2013 by multiple publications. The song received universal acclaim from music critics, with many commenting on its lyrical message and praising its samples. It contains samples of both singer Nina Simone's 1965 rendition of Billie Holiday's song " Strange Fruit", and "R U Ready" by the duo TNGHT, who co-produced the track. West delivers his vocals through an Auto-Tune processor, like on his 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak. In the song West presents his thoughts on how fame can cause the destruction of relationships, while making comparisons of contemporary times to the lynching of African Americans in the United States during the pre- civil rights era.
" Blood on the Leaves" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his sixth studio album Yeezus (2013).
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