Era archive · 1995–2003 · Approximate dates
Before The College Dropout
123 titles · 167 entries
98 playable · 61 external · 8 unavailable
Part of the archive of Kanye's unreleased albums — songs and versions listed as documented in the Ye tracker.
Dates: Ye Tracker · Ye Archive timeline · YeWiki chronology
✨ Last Freestyle
2:44Fullprod. Kanye West · High Quality
Track 14 off of the 2001 demo tape. Included on the unofficial mixtape Freshmen Adjustment 2 under the name "I Met Oprah". Reuses lyrics from "Wow" with the same lyrics later being used on "Live From Irving NY, Plaza" and the unreleased version of "Wack Niggas". The beat would later be given to Consequence for his track "Getting Out The Game".
✨ Payback
6:13Fullwith Sly Polaroid, Timmy G · prod. Kanye West, AllDay · High Quality · 2008
Later version of the song with added production from AllDay, confirmed by Kanye's intro. Has features from Timmy G of the Go Getters and Sly Polaroid. Kanye randomly drops the F slur twice in this song. Seemingly pitched up. Samples "I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me)" by The Chi Lites. Leaked in December 2008.
⭐ Wow
2:49Fullprod. Kanye West · High Quality
Original version featuring an extra third verse. Track 5 off of the 2001 demo tape. Has lyrics that would later get reused on "Last Freestyle", "The Bounce" by JAŸ-Z, "Live From Irving Plaza, NY" by Talib Kweli, "All Falls Down" and the unreleased version of "Wack Niggas". Mentioned on "Last Call".
🏅 Green Eggs & Ham
Confirmedwith State Of Mind · prod. Kanye West · Not Available
First studio recorded track, written when Kanye was just 13 years old, with his rap group State Of Mind. He begged Donda to let him go record it, and she could see it made him so happy that she just couldn't say no. According to No ID, it was "real super-early, 90s-sounding, yelling type of hip-hop record with a computer keyboard beat that was really quite funny", but he also stated that "the music wasn't good".
🏆 Livin' A Movie Pt. 2
3:38Fullprod. Kanye West · Recording
Sequel to the song with an entirely different beat and bars than part 1, only reusing the hook and the first verse from the original. Only a video of Kanye playing the song in the studio exists. Lyrics from part 2 are referenced in part 1. Has lines that would later be used on "The Glory" and "POWER".
187th
2:56Fullwith The Chicago Outfit · prod. Kanye West · Low Quality · 2009
Song recorded in 1996 for Kanye's rap group The Chicago Outfit (later known as Go Getters). Features vocals from all members of the group (Arrowstar, GLC and Timmy C), with Kanye doing only the hook. Posted by GLC to his blog in 2009.
A New State Of Mind
Snippetwith State Of Mind · prod. Kanye West · Recording · 2017
Demo made by the first group Kanye was in called State Of Mind, formed by him and his friend Eugene "Frexx" McNair Jr. Recorded in the early 1990s, and was on a 1993 State Of Mind demo tape. Snippet was played in the Channel 4 documentary Public Enemies: JAY-Z vs Kanye.
Assassinate Rhymes
Confirmedprod. Kanye West · Not Available
Handwritten lyrics for a track called "Assassinate Rhymes" were unboxed in 2026. It was said to have been written around 1995. Most of the lyrics are indecipherable, due to Kanye's cursive handwriting and the scribbles seen on certain lyrics. The page that Kanye wrote the lyrics on had Donda's signature on the back of it.
Cardan - Get It Started
4:15Fullwith Gangsta Boo, Nelly · prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2009
Track 3 from Cardan's unreleased 1999 album Hey Young World. Production from Kanye was uncredited, but was confirmed to be real by Cardan in a 2022 interview. Posted to Gangsta Boo's official YouTube channel on June 8th, 2009.
Carmen Reece - All That I Needed
4:42OG Filewith Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2025
OG Filename: JOHNNY DOUGLAS CARMEN REECE KANYE WEST ALL THAT I NEEDED demo 1 Early vocal take for an unreleased Carmen Reece song featuring Kanye. Very poorly mixed. Said to be from the Pre-College Dropout era. Has lyrics that would be reused on "Heavy Hitters".
Consequence - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
4:02Beat Only2 versionsprod. Freeway, Just Blaze · Low Quality
Consequence has said the "first verse" originally came from a freestyle over a Freeway beat, that samples someone saying "goodbye". This is referring to Freeway's song "Goodbye", which the instrumental for is linked here. Samples "I Wish You Love" by Esther Phillips.
Dame Dash - Champions
Confirmed2 versionsprod. Kanye West · Not Available
According to Dame Dash, an early version of the beat flipped by Kanye exists. "I remember one time I asked Just Blaze to flip this beat for me and he wouldn’t. I was aggravated. So then I had asked Kanye to flip the ‘Champions’ beat and I had liked the fact that he reacted with speed".
Girls, Girls, Girls (Re-Remix)
3:23Fullprod. Kanye West · CD Quality
Remix of "Girls, Girls, Girls" by JAŸ-Z. Different from the remix on I'm Good... Found on the unofficial Freshmen Adjustment 2 mixtape. Has lines that would later be used on "Wouldn't You Like To..." by Malik Yusef and "Breathe In Breathe Out".
GLC - Baseball Song
Confirmedprod. Kanye West · Not Available
Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time. Likely an earlier version of "Take Me Out" from GLC's 2004 mixtapeHood Celebrity.
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