Rocker Reacts to Blood on the Leaves (live performance) by Kanye West

[@mell6619]

A good Kanye performance that's a must watch is "All Day" at the BRIT awards, it's amazing!!

[@amrit-2865]

Best kanye performance

[@SamuTT]

Yea and that one isn't on any of the albums either so he might not hear it otherwise.

[@ResidentMatty]

Yes!

[@thealessi]

Goat performance. And better than the studio version. The confused T Swift dancing is a highlight.

[@MrPaperRolls]

@@amrit-2865 facts

[@marwanitoh]

Kanye has a very emotional raw voice, he isnt the best singer, but he's so powerful when he's singing and he made autotune an amazing weapon to get creative with

[@astronova6150]

He is really good at singing now, he sings his ass off on donda

[@Karl671]

Amen

[@yanoman8706]

Actually T-pain changed auto tune and paved the way for everyone else.

[@iiiin4red446]

@@yanoman8706 T-pain was great with auto tune.. but you can't deny Kanye West is alot more influential and its his influence that inspired the artist who started using it. I'll even add lil Wayne. NO knock to T-pain.

[@---m---]

The entire yeezus tour is such a spectacle. The visuals, wardrobe and choreography are incredible

[@hustlehumbly6169]

Easily my favorite Kanye era

[@saqib7965]

Kanye's tours have been amazing since glow in the dark tour

[@abrahamsanchez7455]

I wish I was old enough to understand the concept 😂 I’m 20 ngl just now seeing how amazing this album is. My favorite from him no question

[@TommyTom21]

If you’re a big fan of Kanye’s autotune singing I’d recommend you listen to 808’s and heartbreak. It features some of the best autotune tracks of all time (imo) and is really emotional at times.

[@KungFuTayo]

Im not sure if he'd like that. He really liked Yeezus cause it was aggressive

[@skulls3211]

@@KungFuTayo he should try death grips then

[@kero2962]

@@skulls3211 death grips is ass

[@sthompson12132]

@@KungFuTayo he also liked the bass and sparseness of the beats on yeezus which was a huge part of 808s

[@yayayayayaya8140]

@@KungFuTayo he liked yeezus cuz it was a really full deep heavy synth sound, similarly to 808s

[@axron810]

Kanye is one of the best live performers ever in my opinion, all of his live tours are incredible especially his last 2 the yeezus tour and the saint pablo tour, both of these shows visually incredible and the stage design is probably the best I’ve seen personally.

[@fernandomartinez-jf8gd]

Jik isn’t one of his best albums but is my first Kanye’s concert and seriously BLOW MY MIND

[@kidcurry7052]

@@fernandomartinez-jf8gd Life of pablo live is amazing. such a great vibe in general

[@johnbirmingham7618]

imo best show visuals are 1. YEEZUS 2. DONDA 3. SAINT PABLO

[@legitballin1986]

It started with The Glow in the Dark Tour. He’s been progressive ever since. My favorite Yeezy concert was Watch the Throne

[@avinashpatel6181]

New slaves performance on SNL. He brings all the intensity to that second verse and doesnt miss a word

[@ComradeHB]

That's one of my fav SNL musical performances ever

[@axron810]

One of the best snl performances along side when he performed jesus walks, only one, and wolves

[@ComradeHB]

@@axron810 ultralight beam is another good SNL performance too

[@cedex141]

The Kanye West rabbithole is one that is completely worth going down, there is so much to this man that he truly has lived a thousand lives. I was lucky enough to get into his music when his first album came out so I was able to experience most of it in real time. While his music doesn't get outdated, it is still definitely made in the moment and very relevant to his life at that time, it is so interesting to see the interviews of him from and how they reflect on him and the music he released at the time. I really hope you go down the whole thing, you will really enjoy it.

[@rcl9922]

Kanye is a top tier performer. His tours are amazing, and refers to his shows as full on plays. His energy is always there.

[@khhww22]

Need to watch Pinocchio’s story live from the Hollywood bowl, one of the greatest performances of all time in my opinion

[@pawem2173]

Need to react to full 808's first

[@stellar1252]

Omg you just reminded me of that masterpiece

[@lef1228]

Absolutely

[@johnny_bagpipes_2297]

Not really

[@ayamurayama3961]

@@pawem2173 he’s gonna think it’s boring

[@xavvi]

During the Yeezus Tour performance of this song there was full on fire and craziness happening. That concert was basically performance art, there was a mountain with a demon and he was in jeweled masks until Jesus came and lifted it off but not before laying on a moving cliff as snow fell on him and he sang about his mom dying. My wife was in tears, it was pretty heavy. The man is a lot of things but among them you have to call him a showman.

[@stellar1252]

I went to the TLOP show in atlanta and I agree. Shit was magical and chaotic at the same time.

[@guilherme7722]

hes performance of black skinhead on snl is fire too

[@GeoFinesse]

He’s A Great Performer His Coachella Set Is One Of The Best Shows I Ever Seen

[@Bellamy_Koby]

Glad you watched! Happy to have recommended it, didn't expect you to react. You get soooooo many suggestions now. That last portion after the final verse still gives me chills.

[@bobthepoppop]

I get So. Many. Suggestions. My "list" has turned into an endless scroll of names and albums and songs lol

[@KashKicks]

I love that you’re reacting to live performances! Kanye has some super emotional live songs (Runaway, Pinocchio story, etc…) that I’d love to also see reactions to once you listen to those off of the albums

[@ZChoate]

It's very appropos you talk about "performance". Kanye's performances are unmatched in hip-hop, and imo music in general. Definitely an aspect of his career that is worth looking into all itself.

[@sunmags]

Definitely check out all the live performances of songs you’ve listened to during album reactions, it makes it that much more immersive

[@joeyz6415]

when he does the scream towards the end of the performance that shit gives me chills everytime, fits so well somehow. man is such a living legend

[@4rogo]

You should totally react to kids see ghosts, you'll love that record

[@tysonjankowiak]

Really Enjoying your reactions! Cannot wait for more Kanye and in general more Hip Hop :)

[@tysonjankowiak]

You should check out "Blood on the Leaves - live at the Saint Pablo Tour" Its an insane stage concept and I feel like you would really like it :)

[@StormsoCool]

Love the reactions ,next album should be 808s and Heartbreak, very emotional and vulnerable as well as a gateway for newer artists of this generation - huge Kanye Fan btw

[@reyman011]

You are well spoken. I respect your open mind and wish you a successful KZbin career. You have gained a sub

[@JP2647]

Can’t wait for you to listen to my dark twisted fantasy it was given best hip-hop album of the 10s by a lot of credible reviews. Also has a lot of energy like yeezus but in a different style.

[@TerraFirma47]

To me, MBDTF is Kanye making the most maximalist, perfected, layered hip-hop album whereas Yeezus is the complete opposite but on purpose; as a protest to the music industry

[@bons4037]

his bound 2 performance for this same show is real good as well!! a must watch

[@aruchill]

With uncle Charlie, outstanding version!

[@bennettr9218]

have you watched him perform Bound 2 on the Jools Holland show? Charlie Wilson was amazing

[@biglocc2209]

When I saw him live. It was this song and runaway that let me know despite what anyone thinks. This man is a musical genius and an incredible live performer

[@ye4us]

The sample is Nina Simone saying: "Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze."

[@Jamieconstable]

He knows

[@itsberzerk9279]

You talked about performances, the yeezus tour that happened when the album came out was a expirience, it was a real performance, the concerts had a story, it was symbolic, full of religious images and powerful, maybe the best live tour ever, it is very long so idk if u have time to react to it but i reccomend watching it here on youtube

[@lowrytv6736]

Mad respect for doing this reaction I always thought this live performance captures Kanye at his best giving a powerful performance with just him and the mic.

[@Diana-zl3ue]

One of my favorites of his and I still remember the sensation when I heard him perform it live back in 2016 on tour. So glad I got to experience that, rapped a long to every word!

[@shotkiller9997]

If you want to continue listening to Kanye West try to go through his discography in chronological order. That's without yeezus since you already listened to that. Since you like heavy production on albums like tyler and kanye I suggest you to listen to artists like Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Daft Punk, Mike Dean etc, some talented dudes. Also try some of Kanye's unreleased work, really nice stuff as well.

[@ayamurayama3961]

I don’t think he’ll like Blond or Channel Orange because he wants heavy production more so like Yeezus. Death Grips he’ll love a lot.

[@shotkiller9997]

@@ayamurayama3961 You're right about that. Forgot about death grips but yeah he will love that.

[@alexanderwebster3894]

He will love WLR when he gets round to it lmao. As a metalhead I love WLR

[@lucas.c6911]

If you like more of Kanye's agressive stuff, I'd recommend to listen to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, The Life of Pablo, Ye and Kids see Ghosts. My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is kind of a "Grande" album, amazing prodcution (a lot of Rock elements), he mainly speaks about the hate he had on the few past years and how he has overcome it, and also kanye's best Album The Life of Pablo is a bit of a mess, really meaningfull with the whole "Pablo" concept, also agressive and controversial Ye is a small album, really experimental and with some amazing tracks like Ghost Town (which is kind of a Rock song) Kids see Ghosts is a collaborative album he did with Kid Cudi, it's basically a continuation of Ye and it's also very experimental, it has alot of Rock Samples and it's just amazing. Probably missed alot of stuff about the albums, but this is just from the top of my head... I would advise to listen to these in order, but if you are more interested on a specific album, go ahead!

[@andrewmurphy2634]

I love the ending, you can feel such emotion in his voice

[@zach_7ay]

Listened to ninas song and came back to this vid. Thank you for including the link

[@waze5493]

gotta watch the most unruly videos on the college dropout and yeezus and watch them after every kanye album nobody has ever done it, and you got to do all the kanye albums in order, and can’t wait for dark fantasy reaction, you’ll see why.

[@KobiFC]

Kanye's Life Of Pablo tour has some of my favorite Kanye live performances If you wanted to see more of him live

[@acosta814]

My main man Bob! Excellent reaction vid, I love to hear what Kanye sounds like to someone that isn't as familiar with his work as a fan would be. So thank you for stepping out of your cultural comfort zone and checking Ye out. Secondly I couldn't agree with you more, I've said for years that Strange Fruit should be part of our children's music curriculum. Along side a historical analysis of what happened in this country and how this country was funded for hundreds of years on slave labor. But letting kids hear a song as powerful as Strange Fruit and explaining the meaning behind it, letting kids feel the enormity that the song and what life was like under Jim Crow, that will only lead to a curiosity that will allow kids to do their own research and come to their own conclusions. Without the left or right media telling them how they should feel about this countries original sin. Rock on Homey!

[@avinashpatel6181]

Kanye also said that the second new slaves verse was like the greatest written verse of all time or something lol, and it is damn good

[@ban9880]

kanye’s black skinhead snl performance is probably my favorite performance of all time, you should react to it

[@Kipthunder]

The SNL performances he did for Black Skinhead is also well worth your time, he has a few iconic SNL performances.

[@michaknyziak7519]

let's go, you're reacting to my favorite live performance of my favorite song EVER

[@gaabeey9230]

Bob is gaining popularity exponentially!

[@qwiswaz9774]

im pretty sure that auto tune can be set to a separate track that is synched to the actual track playing, and does the effect in time with the music, like a midi effect track in a daw... allowing the specific amount of effect of the input (mic) in real time. . love these vids man , good stuff..

[@12joaoo]

Dudes reactions are always dope man

[@0bryant13]

Man I love to see a dude like this take this music serious wish my rock listening friends would lol

[@ritaavilasprayberry]

Blood on the leaves led me to the sample and now I’ve got a Nina Simone collection too. Thank you Ye🕊️

[@mgintz]

fun fact, strange fruit is a cover of the billie holiday song of the same title, and theres a billie holiday movie coming out (may have already)!

[@itsberzerk9279]

Woo you are mentioning tool again, cool! They are one of my favourite bands

[@adam-hp6qt]

You don't have to sing out of tune with autotune, it just corrects the notes, phrases that are not in the key. So you still have to reach for the right notes that are in a particular melody, and autotune just corrects some out of key moments

[@Arzareth]

I’m loving these Kanye videos. Keep it up!

[@ayylmao3030]

Long time Kanye fan here- love the videos. I don't think I've heard this performance yet but wow!!

[@RyanTford]

Check out his performances of “coldest winter” too. Also very emotional, generally goes on some random riffs about his mom/life mid way through the song. And to your point about his live shows, he can bring the big stage production or just slow it down and enthrall you with his nuanced emotion. He’s a master of his craft(s).

[@joemomma6317]

That’s a common misconception. You don’t have to sing out of key to make autotune work. You actually have to be able to somewhat hold a note for it to work. People think autotune makes anything sound good or that anyone who doesn’t know how to sing can sound good on autotune which couldn’t be further from the truth.

[@d2ygo]

Hey man, you’re my favorite music react channel by far. I love how you’re just one dude vibing out and being honest and loving your own interpretations. If you started a patreon where people could pay for requests I would join. If you want to get deeper into rap, you should know that Madvillainy by Madvillain is probably the best rap album of all time. If you want to explore music even further, i think Discovery by Daft Punk is one of the best and most influential albums of all time. I know a lot of people in the comments will agree with both of these sentiments. The latter album has some rock influence that you’ll resonate with, but it’s just a beautiful board of sound. Cheers

[@bobthepoppop]

Madvillainy is on my list. That's been mentioned quite a bit. Thanks for the compliment on the channel :) I'm staying away from things like Patreon for now because I want this to remain fun. If it turns into work and obligations, I worry I'll lose interest and eventually stop.

[@tysonjankowiak]

Happy that the Kanye Cultis blwing up your channel :)

[@Im__Gavin]

My favorite Kanye live performance is at the Brit Awards when he performed “All Day” with a bunch of grime artists on stage in front of a crowd of unenthusiastic rich folks (and Taylor Swift). You should check it out

[@josereid2796]

That sample blood on the leaves was first done by Billie holiday in 1939 the song is about racism slavery lynchings torture and the overall oppression of black people at the time. As song goes Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and Blood at the root, Black body swinging in the southern breeze, strange fruit hanging from the poplar tress symbolizing the brutal torture and lynching of many African Americans in case anybody wanted to truly know what blood on the leaves really means.

[@MinutesANdPrincipleslife]

I cannot listen to this song without getting hyped and rapping it. You should react to the all day live performance

[@rexxisdead]

808s and heartbreaks live at the Hollywood bowl is a must watch!

[@djmannystylz1285]

Of course he's sincere.. cant u tell?? 😐 Ye also always pays homage to and uplifts hip hop culture thru his choice of samples and rhyme phrases/styles/references. Masterful💯

[@Masterziux]

Can't wait to see what you think about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy !

[@pulsare.m.6719]

I can't stress enough how much I am enjoying Kanye's performances

[@Luvrite-w7s]

Hi! Musician here, Auto-Tune is a brand of pitch-correction and what it does is basically snap a pitch to the nearest note in the musical scale (major, minor or any set scale). So let’s say you sing an E but it’s sharp by 20 cents, auto-tune will correct that to exactly E. You can control how quickly the tuning happens, which we call the retune speed. This controls how quickly it snaps to the note, on fast retune speeds you don’t need to be off-pitch in order to hear the tuning as the human human obviously “shifts” between notes and doesn’t “snap” between them. This creates the robotic sounding effect. At slow retune speeds you’ll hear more of the singer’s flaws and if the singer’s good you shouldn’t be able to hear it too much. Kanye has got a very emotional voice and writes great melodies, which is one of the reasons why he’s my favorite artist. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that he’s a good singer tho.

[@brandonmunson9781]

wow man your channel is growing pretty fast. Congrats bro! Keep up the good work

[@mikemedz973]

Love Ye...his performances are always EPIC

[@staigenerator2949]

You should watch 808s and heartbreak live at the Hollywood bowl

[@v0id715]

Just found your channel and I'm enjoying your reactions and insights so much. Looking forward to the future content coming!

[@jeefnana]

Check out the Black Skinhead live on SNL, the performance is powerful

[@saqib7965]

Kanye is the greatest artists of the 21st century just check his tours albums fashion shoes producers beats influence on his peers

[@AwesomeSauceVv]

You gotta watch Ye's live performance of all day at the 2015 brit awards you'll love it!

[@iseko4094]

Yes

[@lito5953]

Kanye performing live is an experience, his glastonbury fest set is iconic to me

[@wedabest4545]

That Nina Simone version of Strange Fruit song is a cover of Billie Holiday. Definitely checkout the OG version too.

[@foltest2407]

You need to listem to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy! My absolute favourite!

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

Your reactions are honestly great. Do you plan on sticking to reacting to rap? Because I (and I believe others aswell) would definitely watch you reacting to other stuff too (like rock artists you don't know, for example).

[@theunityofknowledge2887]

Please watch the live performance of "Pinocchio Story" live at the Hollywood Bowl (2015). It is my favourite live performance by Kanye.

[@evandeary5358]

His Yeezus Tour performance of this song is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen

[@kidthekiddo8996]

i’ve always thought blood on the leaves is about someone who loses their identity to fame, fortune, and celebrity. in an odd way, i think the sample has relevance, strange fruit and the idea of being a slave to the image of yourself, so much so that you lose yourself. years ago, i saw somewhere that it could be loosely about kanye’s mom, obviously he supported her monetarily (first verse). how he’s been troubled since her passing because he never got to save her from his image/antics (second verse), or reconcile for them before she was gone. that’s why this performance is so powerful

[@theinitiative3139]

Highly recommend seeing his live performance of ONLY ONE. Beautiful performance.

[@Nicky-zz8np]

All day is one of Kanye’s best live performances.

[@meeraaudio]

This performance gives me chills everytime. Yeezus was the era where Kanye was arguably the most locked in on a rampage

[@gabeccsup]

The autotune here is like a super saturated live corrector, but the magic of it is that Kanye knows exactly the range he needs to go for the autotune to correct it to another tone, like at the end of the original song where he crates like a wave of notes, watch how he opens his mouth at the end of the performance, its pure autotune manipulation.

[@ayamurayama3961]

Rocker needs to react to DEATH GRIPS Experimental Hip-Hop at its finest. React to Money Store or Bottomless Pit

[@ramyozi]

Kanye was soo hated when this came out. you kinda need to listen to his albums (or read about them) in order to understand why Fans weren't feeling it much (in addition to the "GOD COMPLEX" he was going through)

[@starchillius]

Not suire if you're a Bon Iver fan, but the man behind it, Justin Vernon is all over yeezus. He took inspiration from his time with Kanye on Yeezus to make the album "22, a million" with Bon Iver. I consider both albums completely linked. Yeezus was a massive departure from anything Kanye had done, as is "22, a million" for Bon Iver (who were primarily acoustic folk indie beforehand). If you enjoyed the soundscapes on Yeezus, I'd recommend

[@david___a23_34]

You HAVE to react to his SNL Black Skinhead performance, it’s one of his best

[@And1__]

Kanye is the genius of live echos the way his echos grab ur attention is crazy he’s the only artist I kno that can do that

[@jordangrocerys3378]

You should react to some Travis Scott. He is one of if not the most important and influential people in pop culture as of right now. He’s heavily inspired by Kanye. He also uses Autotune but just like Kanye he uses is as if it’s an instrument. One of the most unique rappers to come out in a long time. Oh and his performances.....he kills the autotune live (in a good way). His performances are maniacal from mosh pits to kids head banging and passing out and bleeding, it’s all insane.

[@jordangrocerys3378]

He has gotten so good at performing that if you look at any rap music festival list he is 10 times out of 10 headlining the event, and if he isn’t it’s probably because he declined the festival.

[@Griffmcc1111]

Damn he sounds good live here

[@chrisoverton2759]

You know, I never thought about this, but I bet blood on the leaves refers to nosebleeds from coke on dollar bills. The lyrics seem to lean in a direction that he has/had a sidechick/mistress that he would sin with, but she wanted to be his main girl and it ended up not working out due to that, which led to legal issues, contracts, lawyers, etc.. More blood in the leaves

[@newchoppak]

One of the most emotional and real Kanye performances Pinocchio at the Hollywood bowl

[@marloncumberbatch9442]

there are a few different performances of Yeezus songs online with Jools Holland, same format. You'll love them all.

[@acecardinal]

Watch Pinnochio Story at Hollywood Bowl in 2015, absolutely genius.

[@schoolboykaelin3970]

Definitely check out 808s & Heartbreak where Ye started using auto tune. Very emotional and personal album

[@AdrienAranda]

Hey man, music producer here. Loving your videos. I'd like to clarify something you said and I think you got a bit wrong. You don't have to sing intentionally out of tune with autotune to make it sound good. He's trying to sing well but we all naturally never sing perfectly on tune so singing well is enough to make it work. Specially, when we slide our singing gradually from one note to another that's when autotune shines, because he is converting that vocal slide (which contains many notes that are not naturally in the key the autotune is set to) into a stepped sequence. The better you sing, the better the autotune sounds. If you sing completely out of tune, autotune just goes crazy and it sounds like shit.

[@metroidM1A1]

The history of Strange Fruit starts with Billy Holiday!

[@hen913]

Kanye has had some of the BEST live performance stages/direction/visuals EVER! You have to check out his Yeezus and Life of Pablo tour videos

[@ColeFriedman]

I highly urge you to listen to a track called Be Free by J. Cole (the live version specifically, I think on Letterman). It's not rock or anything but it's one of, if not the most emotional rendition of something I've seen in a while. The pain in his voice and the performance is so sincere and haunting imo. The song itself is also special. Even without a video, I'd advise you to check it out, but I think a reaction would be pretty cool :) J. Cole is a pretty dope artist in general Side note - Please go down the Kanye rabbit hole, I would go next to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, I think the majority of people agree it's his magnum opus and it's an insane album, well worthy of a reaction/review.

[@liluglydxde9992]

U should react to his live performance of black skinhead on snl it was very very very unique I think you’ll like it.

[@ThoustBarrett]

it was in the title, (archive 2013)

[@josueeeggg2619]

That´s my favorite perfomance, the way he use the autotune is so good