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Era archive · 2020–2021 · Approximate dates
198 titles · 352 entries
251 playable · 26 external · 75 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
with Symba · prod. Ojivolta, Plain Pat, Dem Jointz, Kevin Elson, Digital Nas, OG Ron C, Noel Cadastre, Harley Arsenault · High Quality · 2021
OG Filename: 210521 Gallery - JW and OxV_MK edit Earliest known version. Has Jason White singing rough reference vocals. Unknown who "MK" in the filename is refering to.
prod. Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Aye Ye Ye Ye - 21.06.25 ojivolta piano_FIXED TUNING 152bpm Seen on an early July tracklist for Donda. Has Tee Grizzley reference verses, and added production from Ojivolta with no drums. Uses Ye's initial freestyle chopped up into a hook.
with Steve Lacy, Dem Jointz STALONE, SAINt JHN, Buju Banton · prod. Dem Jointz, E.VAX · CD Quality · 2023
OG Filename: Believe What I Say SL Version with Steve Lacy. Has the SAINt JHN adlib from the version he was on. Original LQ snippet leaked in January 2022, with an HQ snippet leaking January 26th, 2023.
prod. Ojivolta, 88-Keys · High Quality · 2021
OG Filename: 210510 Gallery Freestyles - 03 Dangerous Liaison Largely finished freestyle, in which Kanye raps about not being impressed by someone partaking in incest, also talking about friends and shoes. Contains live production from Ojivolta and 88-Keys.
with Ty Dolla $ign · prod. DJ ESCO · CD Quality · 2024
OG Filename: PROMOTION ESCOXTY$XFUTURE Ty Dolla $ign originally recorded for this song in 2021, potentially during the Pio Pico sessions as Ty and Future were both present. Intended for DJ ESCO and Future's Project E.T. 2 mixtape. Has additional verses from Ty and Future. Leaked after a soakbuy💦.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz, Ojivolta · Lossless · 2021
Samples "High Up" by half·alive and "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. Kanye references T-Pain, specifically his viral feature on the DJ Khaled song "All I Do Is Win". Includes Dem Jointz punch-ins and weird autotuned vocal warping, as well as Boogz adding a Patternarium Generation loop.
prod. E.VAX, Digital Nas · CD Quality · 2025
OG Filename: i'm here for it (miracles) F... Cutdown version, confirmed to exist after Digital Nas was seen in a vlog previewing the original freestyle asking an engineer to "start working on 'Miracles'". Lacks the female vocal sample and has added drums. Original snippet played by Digital Nas on stream May 9th, 2025, with him later playing it in full on Auger's Twitch stream November 14th, 2025. Digital Nas would play it in full CDQ as his Twitch stream intro music on November 17th, 2025.
with Kanye West · prod. BoogzDaBeast, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: 210426 Gallery Freestyles pt 2 - Shotta Ye Ref 1 Voice memo Ye and Pusha T freestyle with a finished Pusha T hook (which would later be used on release) and lyrics from Ye about Larry Hoover. Unknown if this verse was a reference for himself, or Pusha T. Recorded alongside the "I Pray For You" freestyle.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Ojivolta, Steve Lacy · Lossless · 2023
OG Filename: sheep freestyle drum ref Version from June 2021 containing freestyle vocals not found in "Soul De La" or "Pure Souls". Features live synth production from Ojivolta and drums done by Steve Lacy over an instrumental similar to LP1 "Pure Souls".
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz · Lossless · 2021
Dem Jointz version of the original "Pure Souls" freestyle, "Sheep", from May. Has a beat completely different from "Pure Souls," but includes some lyrics reused for later versions of the song, as well as a lot of alternate lines and Dem Jointz punch-ins. Roddy Ricch's hook is taken from lyrics Kanye performs in this version.
with Sunday Service Choir, MUSYCA Children's Choir · prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Dem Jointz · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: South Carolina - 21.06.23 dR3 Features the sample at its original pitch and new lyrics that would go on to be reused for "Lord I Need You". Also replaces STALONE's vocals with vocals from the MUSYCA Children's Choir. Has 16 seconds of silence at the end. Leaked after a groupbuy.
prod. Dem Jointz, 88-Keys · Lossless · 2021
Another Dem Jointz rework of "Different Codes", with an entirely different beat from other versions of it. Features reference punch-ins from Dem Jointz meant for Kanye to record over. Produced by Dem Jointz and 88-Keys. Leaked after a groupbuy.
prod. Digital Nas, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: All These Friends of Mine - OxV - 21.05.30 Vocal Restructure Cut-down version from late May. Seen on tracklists throughout 2021. Combines the production from the two prior freestyles for the song. Originally leaked with a fake filedate of 21.11.30
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz · Lossless · 2021
Beat built around repeated vocal sample resembling Street Fighter that is chopped up and repeated, with added drums. Kanye has an autotuned singing hook. Contains punch-ins. Said to be found in a Gallery sessions folder. Reuses lines from "Fun Mistakes".
prod. 88-Keys, Ojivolta · Lossless · 2021
OG Filename: God Got Me - 21.05.13 Shorter Ref Shorter version, cutting out the open verse, made on the same day as the actual song. Some lyrics were reused for the released version of "Lord I Need You" and an unreleased version of "Donda". Has lyrics about a girl from Palestine, abortion, the industry, and his own black identity. Used on July 2021 Donda tracklists. Low quality rebounce originally leaked September 13th, 2023 after a kind of successful groupbuy - with the real lossless file leaking later.
with STALONE · prod. Wallis Lane, Mia Wallis, BoogzDaBeast, Dem Jointz, 88-Keys · Lossless · 2021
Original version of the song with a different instrumental that bleeds through on the final version. May version of the song. Includes the verse played at the first Donda listening party, in addition to 35 seconds of new vocals. Kanye says the line "Tell you the truth, my dick don’t love condoms". Snippet leaked from dbree. Samples "As 1" by Mapei, and "I'll Say It Again" by Sweet Linda Divine. Features very faint vocals from STALONE. Leaked after a groupbuy.
with STALONE, Dem Jointz · prod. Dem Jointz · Lossless · 2021
Dem Jointz rework of the Gallery "Life Of The Party" freestyle. Was described as "industrial" sounding, and was compared to the sound of Yeezus. Has Dem Jointz punch-ins and two lines of mumble, and STALONE backing vocals. Has the lyric "You probably always hiding… something like a shemale". Samples "African Mist Voice 11" from GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music - African Mist Voice Samples.
prod. 88-Keys, Dem Jointz · Lossless · 2021
Dem Jointz rework of the "Back Then", "Friends List" and "Different Codes" freestyles, using elements of the instrumental to those and vocals from "Back Then" and "Different Codes". Features punch-ins from Dem Jointz meant as reference vocals for Kanye. Produced by Dem Jointz and 88-Keys. Incorrectly believed to be produced by Pharrell Williams due to the 4-count intro. Has lyrics about dismissing suicidal thoughts. Samples "African King Ensemble" by Mike Murray.
with A$AP Rocky, BKTHERULA · prod. Swizz Beatz · Not Available
In multiple interviews, BKTHERULA has stated that there's an unreleased collaboration between her, Kanye, and A$AP Rocky, produced by Swizz Beatz. Rocky was seen with Swizz Beatz's son Note Marcato in Pio Pico sessions in a photo posted June 2nd, 2021, meaning this was likely recorded sometime around then.
with RZA, Justin Austin · prod. E.VAX, Ojivolta · Not Available · 2021
Version with Wu-Tang Clan member RZA. Uses the same Kanye vocal take as the December demo, but with added E.VAX drums. Said to be from June. Possibly seen on a July 22nd tracklist - although there is debate over whether it refers to this track or "Tell The Vision". According to RZA, he "had a chance to pop up in the studio a couple of times", likely being where his verse comes from.
with Kanye West, James Blake, Bon Iver · prod. Travis Scott, Hit-Boy, Allen Ritter, James Blake, MIKE DEAN · Not Available · 2021
OG Filename: Delresto_cabo - Kanye tracking 210603 -... June version of the song, found in an uncracked password protected zip. According to stem filenames, this version has vocals from Travis, Kanye, James Blake, and Bon Iver. The zip name mentions Cabo, Mexico, which is where Travis recorded his vocals. Kanye recorded his vocals June 3rd. James Blake said he did the "echoes/let go" hook. Filedate is June 12th. The BPM is said to be 130, but this is likely untrue as both the released song and initial Ye freestyle are quite a bit slower. The song later released on UTOPIA without Kanye and with Beyoncé doing James Blake's vocals.
prod. Kanye West, Ojivolta, Todd Rundgren · Lossless · 2021
Cutdown of the previous freestyle, with added production from Todd Rundgren. Originally believed to be from 808s & Heartbreak sessions after a fake rumor from Whisper that stated the BOOTS reference track was from that time.
with Lancey Foux · prod. FROMDABUNKA, SHŌLZ, Dem Jointz, Rico Nichols, Darius Woodley · Not Available · 2021
Lancey Foux previewed a video of him working on the song with Kanye in the studio that was taken in July. Kanye refers to Lancey's version as "the old one" meaning it was likely over the original beat.
prod. Digital Nas, Ojivolta · Not Available
Previous version with worse tuning, presumed to exist by the filename below.
prod. 88-Keys, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: 210510 Gallery Freestyles - 00 Back Then Freestyle over an improvised beat that would later become the "Thunder" beat. Filename indicates this was the first of the three known freestyles for "Thunder" and the first overall freestyle from May 10th. "Thunder" hook vocals originate from this version. Only confirmed producer is 88-Keys, but it's likely that most of the production comes from Ojivolta as they have done similar improvisatory work in the past.
prod. Kanye West · Not Available
MIKE DEAN stated in 2024 that this song was a "Donda leftover". There is a possibility that he was just comparing the sound to a Donda leftover, however Ye was doing sample chops like "Dreaming Of The Past" around this time.
with Vory · CD Quality · 2023
OG Filename: Ye x Vory 1 Rough mumble freestyle between Kanye and Vory, exact date is unknown, but it was most likely made when they first met up in late June. Nicknamed "Hefe Jefe" before its real name was revealed. Original snippet leaked December 2022.
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