Kanye premiered new slaves from the upcoming album, titled yeezus, by projecting videos around the world. Kanye has a confederate flag tshirt to sell you the. Simones cover of billie holidays searing strange fruit. Sep 09, 2016 yeezus is the sixth studio album by american rapper and producer kanye west. The 6th studio album from hiphop artist kanye west. On yeezus, kanye west sounds strikingly selfaware west has been busy in both the music and gossip worlds. Jun 21, 20 on yeezus, kanye west sounds strikingly selfaware. Listen free to kanye west blood on the leaves radio. Why did kanye west sample strange fruit in blood on the. With all of the scrutiny yeezus has been receiving while under the. Download a mixtape of samples used on kanye wests yeezus. It seesaws from a plaintive cover of the jazz classic strange fruit, to kanye s autotuned vocals about the perils of fame and molly, while layering in a. Kanye wests twist on nina simones strange fruit open. Here are all of the samples used for kanye wests yeezus.
The song primarily samples nina simones 1965 rendition of strange fruit. Blood on the leaves is a song by american hip hop recording artist kanye west from his sixth studio album yeezus 20. One of the standout tracks on the album is blood on the leaves. Gianni lee and mike blud have taken on the difficult task of providing all the samples used for kanye wests yeezus album. Jul 21, 2018 provided to youtube by universal music group blood on the leaves kanye west yeezus. Kanye wests brilliant new album, yeezus, is a demanding listen, thanks in part to its gluttony of obscure samples. Stream yeezus, a playlist by kanye west from desktop or your mobile device. Jul 28, 20 pushat reveals new kanyewest produced album is coming kanye wests new album yeezus coming june 18 official artwork pushat has confirmed he has a new album on the way, and kanye west is set to produce it. As yeezy season is now upon us, the dynamic duo of gianni lee and mike blud have taken the time to put together a compilation of samples featured on. While production credits for kanye wests yeezus are technically not officially confirmed yet, theres already a mixtape of the albums source materials. The internets had kanye wests yeezus for only a very short while but we already have a definitive list of samples used on the album.
Blood on the leaves is recklessly bold as it uses nina simones performance of strange fruit under its snide tale of exgirlfriends, groupies, and date rape drugs. The release of yeezus coincided with that of rapper j. Nina simone strange fruit intro blood on the leaves mix by missyalexb ladyy b youtube. Hear every sample from kanye wests yeezus consequence. Kanye west blood on the leaves lyrics genius lyrics. A poem inspired by an iconic photograph of two lynched men in 1930s indiana becomes the song of the century, covered by one of the best voices of the 20th century and ends up being sampled on a song about fame, drugs, cheating bitches and money.
Strange fruit is perhaps the most profound and sorrowful artistic account of a century of. Produced by tnght, kanye west, mike dean, arca, carlos 6 july broady, and 88 keys intro. Earlier this month kanye teased us with another new song titled i am a god and hinted that the album would be released on june 18th. Kanye wests new album, yeezus, has leaked four days ahead of release date. Kanye west yeezus kanye wests sixth solo album yeezus is a darkly experimental tentrack record that was initially promoted in the form of performance art with worldwide projections of kanye performing content from the album. Overall opinion i really loved this song, even from when i first heard it back in 20. Here we see west heavily influenced by electronica, acid house and industrial, guided by darker sounds and more refined directions. West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for the production, including mike dean, daft punk, noah goldstein, arca, hudson mohawke, and travis scott.
On yeezus, kanye west sounds strikingly selfaware kcur. As yeezy season is now upon us, the dynamic duo of gianni lee and mike blud have taken the time to put together a compilation of samples featured on kanye west s yeezus. Rather than attacking the original era of slavery, kanye attacks todays highly consumerist society and claims that. Sampling nina simones strange fruit, wests blood on the leaves. Jun 20, 20 kanye west answers to no one but god himself. Kanye west blood on the leaves instrumental youtube. No 1 yeezus by kanye west the album that won our poll of critics was also among the years most divisive, as kanye west set out to confront, not conciliate. I got this new strategy, said kanye west at the playback for yeezus. Kanye west is a child of social networking and hiphop. It was released on june 18, 20, through def jam recordings and rocafella records. Add in kanyes use of autotune, and his legendary soulful samples, and yeezus is true amalgamation of all of kanyes most iconic sounds.
He also performed the track, and another one called black skinhead, on saturday night live. This time, its a sample of her cover of strange fruit, one of the most famous protest songs of the 20th century. And it is an album that samples nina simones version of strange fruit, then presses it into service on a song about how awful it is that kanye west has to sit in. Wests unconventional use of samples is also contained, as on blood on the leaves, which contains a sample from nina simones 1965 rendition of strange fruit. The production and sampling on the album is often genius. Unlike dalis separate delivery of the two, yeezus is an extravagant stunt with the highart packed in, offering an eccentric, audacious, and gripping experience thats vital and truly unlike anything else. Kanye west strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees blood on the leaves i just need to clear my mind now its been racin since the summertime now im holdin down the summer now and all i want is what i cant buy now cause i aint got the money on me right now and i told you to wait yeah i told you to wait so imma need a little more time now cause i aint got the money on me right. In short, it sounds like nothing else around, a fusion of harsh industrial production and some of wests most aggressive. Provided to youtube by universal music group blood on the leaves kanye west yeezus. It seesaws from a plaintive cover of the jazz classic strange fruit, to kanyes autotuned vocals about the perils of fame and molly, while layering in a. Kanye west discografia mediafire 20012019 producto.
At times it is racist, sexist and hugely narcissistic but at certain points it is also brilliant. Blood on the leaves preposterously dices up the hallowed lynching lament strange fruit for a. One stunt organized by team kanye to promote the album was to project the video new slaves on 66 buildings, spread across 6 countries. Walter crunkite notes on strange fruit in kanye and. The chicagobred producer and mc releases one of his most ambitious projects to date.
Nina simone strange fruit hangin from the poplar trees. Kanye west tilt zijn messiascomplex alweer naar een hoger plan op. West manages to take strange fruit a song, if you remember, about the lynching of black men during jim crow and turn it against gossipy girlfriends. This time, its a sample of her cover of strange fruit, one of. And he knows about all kinds of music and popular culture. Simones version of strange fruit and turn its devastating metaphor for lynched slaves into a whine about difficulties hes having with.
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 precivil rights era. Strange fruit, first recorded by billie holiday in 1939, brought the lynchings of black americans to a startling. Kanye wests blood on the leaves and the history of. Kanye west was obviously influenced by this theme of oppression in strange fruit causing him to create blood on the leaves and new slaves, another song on yeezus, that offer a twist on this idea of oppression. Collaborating with paul mccartney, rick rubin, and rihanna, he has both revitalized the careers of jayz and common and provided a platform for kid cudi and john. Blood on the leaves by kanye west sampled nina simones strange fruit. Pushat reveals new kanyewest produced album is coming kanye wests new album yeezus coming june 18 official artwork pushat has confirmed he has a new album on the way, and kanye west is set to produce it. Walter crunkite notes on strange fruit in kanye and jayz. Hear every sample from kanye wests yeezus consequence of. May, 2015 weve been trying to keep track of the samples featured on kanye west s newest opus yeezus before we get expressly confirmed production credits, but we arent quite as good as gianni lee and mike blud, who you might remember from their compilation of good kid, m. Last night, a 30secondslong video emerged see below showing kanye west in the studio with allstar producers rick rubin and mike dean.
This is the story of how nina simones rendition of strange fruit from pastel blues ended up on kanye s blood on the leaves, an effort from. Kanye wests brilliant new album, yeezus, is a demanding listen, thanks in part to its. Jun 21, 20 yeezus is an album alternately metallic, manic, and melancholy, with topdollar samples ranging from nina simones strange fruit to pusha ts blocka, plus overlapping cameos from. The song also incorporates a strong political stance stating that white supremacy in america has continually strangled blacks and they still face similar problems that older generations faced referencing the strange fruit. No one possibly expected kanye wests intensely anticipated yeezus tour to shy away from controversy, but so far its the accessories that are. Jun 18, 20 while production credits for kanye west s yeezus are technically not officially confirmed yet, theres already a mixtape of the albums source materials. By the end of the album, west finally takes some of the.
Streaming and by permanent download to your computer and. Jun 18, 20 produced by tnght, kanye west, mike dean, arca, carlos 6 july broady, and 88 keys intro. Kanye wests yeezus and jayzs magna carta holy grail, release just weeks apart, go in dramatically different directions after jay and yes previous collaboration watch the throne. Yeezus finds kanye west in a dark, but creative mood. Blood on the leaves preposterously dices up the hallowed lynching lament strange fruit for a bass. Jun 18, 20 as yeezy season is now upon us, the dynamic duo of gianni lee and mike blud have taken the time to put together a compilation of samples featured on kanye wests yeezus. Listen to a mixtape of samples used on kanye wests yeezus by ryosuke bitou kikuchi for free. Think of the rollup as a revolutionary blow against the empire or the. Yeezus is an album alternately metallic, manic, and melancholy, with topdollar samples ranging from nina simones strange fruit to pusha ts blocka, plus overlapping cameos from.
Yeezus kanye west to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Over the last twenty years, kanye west has consistently changed the course of rap music and influenced his eras pop scene like no other. Everyone professionally involved with the creation of kanye wests sixth solo effort was sworn to secrecy, and with no preorders allowed, plus the news that producer rick rubin was still tinkering with tracks seven days prior to the drop, this instant, nosingles, antihype album got prerelease hyped on an olympic scale.
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