page_title: Violent Crimes (song)
section_title: Background and development
hierarchical_section_title: Violent Crimes (song) / Background and development
caption_attribution_description: English: Channel 7 in February 2005.
context_page_description: "Violent Crimes" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, released as the final track on his eighth studio album, Ye. It contains vocals from rappers Ty Dolla Sign and 070 Shake, along with a voicemail message from rapper Nicki Minaj; the voice recording was viewed as possible shade towards American singer Taylor Swift. The song was written by West, 070 Shake, Mike Dean, Kevin Parker, Ty Dolla Sign, Malik Yusef, 7 Aurelius, Irv Gotti, and Pardison Fontaine, though Fontaine was revealed by West to have contributed to most of the writing and was unhappy with him for revealing this information. The song features an R&B background and West raps about his feelings towards fathering a daughter within his verse.
  "Violent Crimes" received mixed to negative reviews from music critics, with the majority of them criticizing West's rapping and mostly panning his lyricism, while its position as the closing track also faced criticism. However, some critics that generally placed less focus on West's verse expressed more positive feelings, often highlighting the inclusion of the song on the album and a few complemented the composition.
context_section_description: Along with "Violent Crimes", Ty Dolla Sign also has vocals on Ye tracks "All Mine" and "Wouldn't Leave". On June 4, 2018, three days after the album's release, Ty Dolla Sign teased a joint album with West. He recalled "going off on the backgrounds, no Auto-Tune" when working with West in a phone conversation with Rolling Stone on August 30 of that year. 070 Shake saw an increase in popularity after appearing on the track and "Ghost Town" from the album, which was recorded in 2018. When asked in a June 2018 interview with Billboard about how she felt to be a part of the track, 070 Shake was quoted as saying: 
  Look, it feels good. I love being apart of [music with a message], no matter who it is. My goal is to be able to impact people in a positive way. So that just made the song that much better.
   West asked his wife Kim Kardashian to get Nicki Minaj's help with figuring out how to deliver some lines on "Violent Crimes", yet he ultimately decided on including the actual voice note itself that was received from her. Nicki Minaj revealed on Queen Radio that she was initially surprised when Ye premiered due to being unsure about how her voice note would end up being used. West had previously collaborated with Nicki Minaj on his 2010 single "Monster" that features Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Bon Iver alongside her, which he references with the lines "I hope she like Nicki, I'll make her a monster/Not havin' menages".
  Co-writer Kevin Parker of Tame Impala was unaware that the track would be on the album until a friend informed him that it was being played at the listening party; Parker previously thought he was credited on "Ghost Town", not "Violent Crimes". Allegedly, Parker sent a number of samples to West for the album, though assumed that they hadn't made the cut after not hearing back from him. Prior to co-producer 7 Aurelius receiving credit on the song, he had been inactive musically since 2012. West's track "Brothers" later surfaced online in July 2019 with production included from 7 Aurelius, and the track flips "Violent Crimes".
caption: 7 Aurelius originally produced the song as "Brothers" and was credited for his contributions.
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