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Era archive · 2021 · Verified dates
113 titles · 597 entries
386 playable · 56 external · 155 unavailable
Part of the archive of Kanye's unreleased albums — songs and versions listed as documented in the Ye tracker.
Dates: AllMusic · Apple Music · Ye Tracker
with Syleena Johnson, Lil Yachty, Kodak Black · prod. Kanye West, Gesaffelstein · Not Available · 2021
In an XXL interview, Vory said that "[Kanye] had an idea that was basically, ‘Never abandon your child'...that was a whole different song". Nothing else about this version is known.
with Dem Jointz, Buju Banton · prod. Dem Jointz, BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Antman Wonder, AyoAA · CD Quality · 2023
OG Filename: Believe What I Say v3 AyoAA Version with production from AyoAA not seen on release, as well as the lyrics from the release version of the song. Seen on an August 25th, 2021 copy of Donda.
with Vory · prod. E.VAX, 88-Keys, Fya Man, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Daylight (fya man 7-16) _revised_ Version on the Donda Las Vegas tracklist. Stripped down and lacks most of the samples and other flourishes present on previous and later versions. Is slightly pitched up compared to other versions. Kanye's verse is mostly replaced with a loop of his opening line to remove mumble. Weirdly features two whole minutes of silence before part of Kanye's verse comes in, offbeat and reverbed.
with The Weeknd, Lil Baby, KayCyy · prod. RONNY J, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2021
Version played at LP2. Has completely different instrumental compared to the version played at LP1, with production based around an organ. The Weekend has replaced Ye on the hooks, and Ye has a new, fully-recorded verse. Ye's original autotuned hook can be heard in the bleed of The Weeknd's vocals.
prod. E.VAX, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: JAIL MIKE DEAN MIX 10 MIKE DEAN mix of a version of the song from an early Donda copy, with fill-in vocals from Kanye replacing most of Dem Jointz. Not every line was replaced because Kanye didn't fully re-record lines he missed for some reason.
with Chris Brown · prod. Ojivolta, 88-Keys · High Quality · 2021
OG Filename: CB KANYE NEW AGAIN REF MIX 2 Has an unused verse and chorus. Was likely taken off the song cause Chris is being hedonistic and blasphemous throughout the entire verse, not fitting with the album's Christian themes (For example, talking about having group sex right after he apologised to God for sinning). Snippet posted by Chris Brown on Instagram on September 4th, 2021.
with Playboi Carti, Fivio Foreign, Justin Austin · prod. 30 Roc, Sloane, DAVID x ELI, AyoAA, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
Played at LP2. Fivio Foreign's verse is uncensored and features completely different beatswitch 808's and drums at some parts of the song compared to release. Lacks Ye's verse. Said to be the "Mike Dean version".
with Travis Scott, Baby Keem · prod. 30 Roc, Sloane, Ojivolta, The Twilite Tone, WondaGurl · High Quality · 2021
Version played at LP1. Has extra Travis Scott vocals not found in any other version and has him going back and forth with the Donda sample on the hook with cool vocal effects. Cuts Keem's verse off before the "let's get right" line but this seems intentional.
with Roddy Ricch, GLC · prod. BoogzDaBeast, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: PURE SOULS MIKE DEAN MIX 100 Version from July 24th, 2021 that is similar to the one played at the first Atlanta LP, but features an outro speech from GLC, the MIKE DEAN drums from release, and the finished Kanye vocals. Found on a July 24th, 2021 copy for Donda. Original snippet (which was recorded at Mercedes Benz Stadium) surfaced on July 28th 2021.
with Young Thug, Kid Cudi · prod. MIKE DEAN, Digital Nas, Ojivolta, Twisco, 88-Keys, Teddy Walton · CD Quality · 2021
Played at LP2. Has a reworked instrumental by MIKE DEAN. Includes an uncensored Kid Cudi verse with lots of adlibs and backing vocals that were cut from release. that was likely from his reference track and the same Young Thug verse used in the final version. Thug also has some adlibs on Ye's second hook that were cut from release. Ye's vocals are still mostly unfinished.
with Aaron Paris, Kanye West · prod. Aaron Paris, CVRE, LUCA, Fya Man · CD Quality · 2021
Initial Ye freestyle which was cut down for later versions. Interpolates "Freestyle 4". Original snippets leaked April 2nd, 2024, with one later being posted by Sean Leon on his story May 13th, 2025.
prod. AllDay, BoogzDaBeast, The Twilite Tone, Federico Vindver, Fonzworth Bentley · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: The Seraphim_(Life of the Party_Dem Jointz - 21.05.25 Review) YE 210812 Very similar to the December 2020 version, with re-recorded lines to make the song more Christian. Featured in a deleted video posted on Consequence's Instagram and played at the Las Vegas private listening party. Date on filename is likely misspelled and intended to be written as "210712". Uses the May 25th Dem Jointz version as a base.
with Pusha T, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, STALONE, MUSYCA Children's Choir · prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
Version of the song played at the second Donda listening party in Atlanta, nearly identical to the LP1 version, but STALONE's vocals are much more prominent in the mix. Likely the last version with Pusha T vocals.
with André 3000 · prod. AllDay, BoogzDaBeast, The Twilite Tone, Federico Vindver, Ojivolta, Dem Jointz, Fonzworth Bentley · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Life of the party MIX TEST.02_02 Later version of the Drake diss version with a slightly different mix, seen on BEAM's computer.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Cashmere Brown, Dem Jointz, Ojivolta, Teddy Walton, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - RUN IT UPMIKE DEAN MIX 4 MORE TOMS From an early Donda copy from July 13th, 2021. Is a slightly different arrangement of Teddy Walton's version. Very likely the final version.
with Baby Keem · prod. Digital Nas · Not Available · 2021
OG Filename: Flagstaff Seen on a pre-LP3 tracklist. TItle refers to Flagstaff, AZ, where the James Turrell exhibit "Roden Crater" is, and where the song was recorded. According to screenshots found in Josh Berg's photos with the Google Doc filename "YE x NAS x KEEM FLAGSTAFF", indicating it has a Baby Keem feature and is produced by Digital Nas.
prod. Ojivolta, Twisco, Teddy Walton, 88-Keys, Steve Lacy, Take A Daytrip · Lossless · 2021
OG Filename: Remote Control [demo 1] One of four Lil Nas X reference tracks, said to exist by flab. Has a "little singing thing" and rapping. Has added production from Take A Daytrip, one of Lil Nas X's main producers. The file was uploaded July 17, 2021, used the June 22nd instrumental; the file linked does not include Daytrip's additions. The session is named "RCCola [yetrip, xnl]". "xnl" is Lil Nas X's name in acronym form, put backwards. flab has said that the session was deleted shortly after someone attempted to download the files, so it's possible it could be lost.
with Lil Baby, KayCyy, STALONE · prod. BoogzDaBeast, Nascent, RONNY J, MIKE DEAN, DJ Khalil, Dan Seeff, Sam Barsh, Josh Mease, Dem Jointz, Digital Nas · Lossless · 2021
Features slightly different production than the one played at Vegas, and has different mixing. Contains a Lil Baby jumpscare. The stem bounce is bounced with multiple vocal mixes for Lil Baby, KayCyy and Kanye at once, a more accurate bounce without the double vocal stems is linked.
with Young Thug · prod. Digital Nas, Ojivolta, Twisco · Lossless · 2021
OG Filenames: REMOTE DN 2_Master & REMOTE DN 2_Current A version with the LP1 piano, the Young Thug verse and new Digital Nas drums. Leaked alongside stems. Awfully mixed and has 38 seconds of silence at the end. Recorded on July 24th, 2021.
with KayCyy, Sunday Service Choir, ???, Albe Back, Kaity · prod. Rick Rubin, Cory Henry, Warryn Campbell, Rich Rubin, WondaGurl, Fya Man, BNYX®, Jay Trench, Ojivolta, AllDay, SHŌLZ, Dem Jointz, Rico Nichols, Darius Woodley, Kanye West, ??? · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: 24 X JOINTZ 10.05.20 Choir Leads in Chorus pitch down -4 210711 Ricks edit Version 2 Similar to the one played at the Las Vegas listening party, but a little shorter and with an alternate mix. This version was adapted for Fya Man's version. A mouse click can be heard at 1:11.
prod. Digital Nas, Ojivolta · Not Available
Seen on a tracklist for Donda from likely early July 2021. Unknown if any changes were made.
with Dem Jointz, STALONE, Buju Banton · prod. Dem Jointz, BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Antman Wonder, Digital Nas, AyoAA, Ojivolta · CD Quality · 2021
Version with Digital Nas production from July 28th 2021. Leaked as a bonus to the DONDA magazine groupbuy. The drums and extra production elements were in the leak, but the missing rest of the beat and vocals were edited on using release stems.
with Sunday Service Choir · prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Dr. Dre, E.VAX, Dem Jointz · Not Available
Seen on 2 tracklists meant for August 5th, 2021 Donda. Documentary footage shows Ye wanted a choir to sing the track at LP2, possibly related to the file where Sunday Service Choir does the melody.
with Kanye West, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, John Legend, La Roux · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: See Me Again JV CM 7-24-21 Version with added drums, vocal effects and mix. Also has more vocals from Bon Iver, likely related to internal documents showing him asking for the song in August 2020. This version is likely Bon Iver's song. Original snippets leaked October 1st, 2024, later leaking after a groupbuy.
with Tyler, The Creator · prod. Jeff Bhasker, Ojivolta, Twisco, Zen Micheline Hung, RONNY J, Warryn Cambell, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Come To Life - 210716 - Tyler - OxV Gtr Stems added Version of the song with Tyler vocals added, has intro trimmed and missing Kanye vocals in the first 30 seconds. Two different OG files reveal that this version was considered to be both second and seventeenth track on the album. The Tyler vocals are louder compared to later versions.
with Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign, Desiigner · prod. Justus West, damn james!, Ty Dolla $ign · Recording
Was given to CyHi in 2021. Has the full intro from previous versions and the line "Is the furniture all white like Ye and Kim house?". Snippet was found on Albe Back's Dropbox. The track would then be given back to Ye and an alternate version of this verse with some line changes would infamously have Ye AI added onto it (allegedly last minute from Ye) and it would later be released on VULTURES 2.
with STALONE, Sunday Service Choir, MUSYCA Children's Choir, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Pusha T, Federico Vindver, Shenseea, ??? · prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Ojivolta, Federico Vindver, Kanye West, ??? · CD Quality · 2021
Version featured on a July 13th copy of the album. Is very similar to the July 21st version of the song, but has a different mix.
with Syleena Johnson · prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Donda Donda Dona (Celina - Talking - Donda South Carolina - 210714 - ) Version likely played at the Las Vegas LP, as it's seen on a July 19th album copy. Filename misspells the title as "Donda Donda Dona" and Syleena's name as "Celina". Syleena says "Donda" 138 times in this version, compared to the shortened 60 times on release. This is probably the greatest song ever conducted by human beings. Donda. Donda. Donda.
prod. Digital Nas · CD Quality · 2021
DaBaby reference track, originally posted with the name "Idol" in December 2021. Was thought to be unrelated to Kanye until engineer SoundByDawson played a snippet of it. According to SoundByDawson DaBaby's reference was recorded in Flagstaff, Arizona, the day before LP3.
with Travis Scott, ??? · prod. Nabeyin, Wallis Lane, BoogzDaBeast, Hudson Mohawke, Teddy Walton, ??? · CD Quality · 2022
Made one week before the Vegas LP. Has different instrumental elements, as well as similar vocal arrangement to God's Country "Future Bounce". Likely one of the last versions of the song before being given to Travis Scott for UTOPIA.
with Vory, Justin Austin · prod. E.VAX, Ojivolta, Arrowstar, AllDay · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: GOD BREATHED ON THIS MIKE DEAN MIX 4 Found on a July 13th, 2021 copy of Donda. Version of the song played at a listening party in Las Vegas. Lacks the kick from the previous version.
with Lil Baby, KayCyy, STALONE, Don Toliver, The Weeknd, Sunday Service Choir · prod. BoogzDaBeast, Nascent, RONNY J, MIKE DEAN, DJ Khalil, Dan Seeff, Sam Barsh, Josh Mease, Dem Jointz, E.VAX, Digital Nas, FNZ, Ojivolta, Cirkut, 88-Keys · Not Available · 2021
OG Filename: Hurricane - 21.07.05 Verse Reorder COLA 2nd verse_Edits 157.6BPM_No Drums Filename shown by a trusted source. Likely the first version of the song with the "City Of Lost Angels" verse edited onto it, as it contains the stem "reorder cola 2nd verse_edits 157.6bpm..".
with The Weeknd, Lil Baby, KayCyy · prod. RONNY J, MIKE DEAN, Digital Nas · CD Quality · 2025
OG Filename: HURRICANES - LY REF 1 Has a verse from Lil Yachty, from when he recorded at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Has similar production to what was played at LP2, but with KayCyy's part and without Kanye's verse. Leaked after a successful groupbuy.
with Vory, Justin Austin, Fya Man · prod. E.VAX, Ojivolta, AllDay, MIKE DEAN, Fya Man, Arrowstar · CD Quality · 2021
Includes a new instrumental and vocals from Vory and Justin Austin. Justin Austin provides backing vocals, you can hear him talk about it 3 minutes into his interview with Josh Berg. Has an extra kick, removed in later versions.
with Fivio Foreign · prod. Boi-1da, AyoAA · Recording · 2021
OG Filename: ye x ayoaa im not ok Has alternate production from AyoAA. Filename seen in AyoAA's notes app on Auger's Twitch stream November 11th, 2025, where he also played a snippet. AyoAA would play a longer snippet on another stream November 23rd, 2025.
with JAŸ-Z, Sunday Service Choir · prod. E.VAX, Ojivolta, Kanye West, Federico Vindver, BoogzDaBeast, Keyon Christ, Dem Jointz, MIKE DEAN, IRKO, Sean Solymar · Lossless · 2021
First version with the released production. Has replayed guitars by E.VAX and Ojivolta. Version briefly sampling SupaHotFire's famous video "The Rap Battle (PARODY)" during the "let it out" line. Includes the "Hope I can post bail tonight" line. Leaked April 8th, 2023, after two fake bounces originally leaked April 2nd.
with DaBaby, Marilyn Manson, Sunday Service Choir · prod. Kanye West, 88-Keys, Ojivolta, MIKE DEAN, Dem Jointz, E.VAX, Sean Solymar · CD Quality · 2024
Played at LP3. Has DaBaby replacing JAŸ-Z and Marilyn Manson doing background vocals on the chorus. Includes additional synths. Marilyn Manson's vocals are less prominent than the released version and DaBaby's verse is uncensored.
with Swizz Beatz, J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A, The LOX, Larry Hoover Jr. · prod. Swizz Beatz, Gesaffelstein, TT Audi, MIKE DEAN, AyoAA · Recording · 2021
OG Filename: Minna St 2 Voice memo over the original beat for the song from a writing session between Rooga, Kanye, and Rhymefest. The file is dated July 16, 2021, but it was possibly recorded even earlier, as a finished version over a completely different beat was played at the Vegas LP two days later.
with Vory, Lil Durk · prod. TT Audi, DRTWRK, Wheezy, FNZ, MIKE DEAN, BoogzDaBeast, Federico Vindver · CD Quality · 2021
OG Filename: Jonah (ojivolta chop v1) A rough mumble freestyle from Kanye, chopped up by Ojivolta. Vory's chorus is still present, but does not feature Lil Durk. Leaked as a bonus from the "24" + "Praise God" groupbuy.
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