Era archive · 2019–2020 · Approximate dates
208 titles · 630 entries
410 playable · 37 external · 183 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 KayCyy, North West · prod. 100K Track, BoogzDaBeast, Finatik, 30 Roc, Sloane, Zentachi, Kanye West, A-POP, FROMDABUNKA, FNZ, Dr. Dre, Travis Scott, 88-Keys, Hit-Boy · Recording · 2019
OG Filename: 191104 Ye Free_43... 43rd freestyle heard in a voice memo from the "Fighting Fires" session.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ, Israel Boyd, FXXXXY · CD Quality · 2019
OG Filename: 12000 Acres - 11.21.19 CyHi Writing Second CyHi reference track, featuring alternate lyrics closer to Kanye's initial freestyle and further along production. Has some mumble Kanye vocals. Original snippets leaked March 3rd, 2023 and October 5th, 2024, later leaking after a soakbuy💦.
prod. Blake Slatkin, BoogzDaBeast, Finatik, Rory Noble · CD Quality · 2020
OG Filename: Fighting Fires - Blake Prod 1.0 Late March 2020 version featuring production from Blake Slatkin. Features Israel Boyd and Victory's vocals, with Victory's part not having Kanye's vocals left over anymore.
with North West, Sunday Service Choir · prod. Budgie · High Quality · 2020
OG Filename: Follow me_budgie edit Throwaway track done by North, with Sunday Service Choir vocals. Later brought back by North during The Elementary School Dropout sessions. Was mentioned by waterfalls as a God's Country song, so it may have been considered for Moonwalk. Interpolates "Follow Me" by Aly-Us. Samples "Follow Me - Faith" by Sunday Service Choir.
with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. BoogzDaBeast, Finatik, Francis and the Lights, E.VAX · High Quality · 2019
OG Filenames: Lord I Need You - 11.31.20 Tony Ref & Lord I Need You - 05.31.20 Tony Ref Tony Williams reference track that his vocals would be lifted from for later versions. Has Tony interpolating the sample, doing backing vocals for Kanye on the intro, and doing a rap verse in a very, very different tone than he usually uses. Was rebounced in May, likely in preparation to be used on later versions. The 2020 in the November filename is likely a typo as the song had long developed past this production by December and was no longer using Tony's vocals and this flow.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ · High Quality · 2019
OG Filename: Tulsa - 11.09.19 Add Woo louder Version on the DONDA New Years tracklist. Cut-down of the early freestyle, containing mostly finished lines, but some mumble. Song is about death row inmate Rodney Reed, who is still awaiting trial for a 26 year old crime.
with Ty Dolla $ign, Nicki Minaj · prod. CuBeatz, BoogzDaBeast, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2020
OG Filename: New Body - 07.10.20 Ye Edit On severaltracklists throughout late June/July 2020. Has the Ty and Kanye vocals seen on the JESUS IS KING version of the song, plus a new Nicki verse. Oddly enough, the "don't be acting like you don't know nobody" line from Ty's 2018 version of the hook is spliced in with his 2019 hook. Has new drums done by Kanye.
with Kanye West, NIKKI GRIER, Chelsea West, Anthony “Jawan” McEastland · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Jay John Henry, DJ Khalil, Teddy Walton, Amaire Johnson · Not Available
According to Big Sean's engineer Tom Kahre, "we were recreating the sample we couldn’t get cleared and there were a couple of singers we had to record this part. It was a really technical part and they weren’t quite singing it right. So, I helped them. That really matched the sample so much better when we did that. I think it saved that sample replay." This replay was likely done shortly after Ye recorded, as all of the singers credited on release are part of the Sunday Service Choir.
with ??? · prod. Kanye West · High Quality
OG Filename: PERIOD STARTED_01 Abstract Mindstate version, given to them for their album Dreams Still Inspire. Lacks Olskool Ice-Gre vocals. Has different drums and horribly mixed offbeat vocals with lyrics about starting your period, likely made as a joke. Features adlibs from an unknown artist who sounds like an anime voice actor.
with Israel Boyd · prod. 30 Roc, BoogzDaBeast, Finatik, Rory Noble · CD Quality · 2020
OG Filename: Fighting Fires - 07.13.20 Fest Rhymefest reference track, recorded in the Dominican Republic. Features the 30 Roc production and Israel's vocals. Rhymefest repeats "yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!".
with KayCyy · prod. FROMDABUNKA · Not Available · 2020
OG Filename: 24 Candles 51 - 01.29.20 Kaycyy Ref_01 KayCyy mentioned in an interview that his original version of the song did not feature any Sunday Service Choir. It was written around 3 days after the death of Kobe Bryant, and made Kanye cry when he heard it. It's unknown what other differences there are compared to later versions.
with KayCyy · prod. FROMDABUNKA, Kanye West, 808 Melo · CD Quality · 2020
OG Filename: 24 Hours - 02.12.20 Kaycyy Ref Version with a more developed instrumental and better KayCyy vocals. Does not include any of the drums featured on later versions. Original snippet leaked August 23, 2021. On Christmas 2021, KayCyy posted a snippet of this song, saying he would leak it if he sold 100 hats - though it later leaked after a groupbuy. Encoded with same filename as 1.29.20 ref, so it might be very similar.
with Kanye West, IDK, Anderson .Paak · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2020
OG Filename: Kanye West X Anderson Paak X IDK X 88 Keys 1 Filename first posted partially on IDK's private instagram with eventually the full file name being posted by Alek. Original snippet leaked January 22nd, 2024.
prod. Kanye West · Not Available
Previous Andrew Dawson mixes proven to exist by filename below.
prod. Kanye West · Recording · 2024
Consequence reference track for a Kanye verse on the song. Was most likely made in 2020 around the time that the beat was given to Abstract Mindstate, and around the same time as Cons' "I Know You" reference. Played by Cons August 11th, 2024.
prod. A.G., BoogzDaBeast, FNZ · High Quality · 2019
OG Filenames: 191108 Ye Free_12 Aesop - Ref & Wash Us In The Blood - no drums Initial "Wash Us In The Blood" freestyle, said by BoogzDaBeast to have been recorded alongside 100+ other freestyles. Initially reported in the GQ May 2020 issue interview with Kanye talking about his next album. A live version was performed at Kanye's first opera. In an interview, A.G. said he sent the sample loop to Boogz a few months before the track was made.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, ??? · High Quality · 2019
OG Filenames: 191104 Ye Free_12 All Praises Due Him & 12 All Praises Due Him On a November tracklist. Recorded alongside 100+ other freestyles. Has mumble and singing. Snippet of the instrumental was leaked on November 19th, 2022. A snippet of the actual song leaked November 30th, 2022.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, Finatik, Francis and the Lights, Federico Vindver, E.VAX · CD Quality · 2019
OG Filenames: 36 Awakening & 36 Awakening - C - 80 Recorded alongside 100+ other freestyles. On a November tracklist. Described as having "crazy ass saxophones, like hardcore 'Crash Landing' energy". Has different production compared to the July 2020 version. Samples "Jonny Boxer" by Udo Lindenberg. Instrumental originally leaked November 13th, 2022.
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Unheard song seen in a selling list. Likely just a rough freestyle.
prod. SHŌLZ · Not Available
OG Filename: big bird 146_Ye freestyle Unknown Kanye freestyle over a SHŌLZ beat, most likely done in February 2020 alongside "Pomeranian". Filename leaked by flab.
with Kanye West, NIKKI GRIER, Chelsea West, Anthony “Jawan” McEastland, Justin Bieber · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Jay John Henry, DJ Khalil, Teddy Walton, Amaire Johnson · Not Available · 2020
According to producer Amaire Johnson, "Ye Was originally on the song I produced for #Detroit2 I hope you get that version on the deluxe. 🤧 it’s phenomenal". Likely made when Big Sean visited Kanye's Wyoming ranch in November 2019.
prod. BoogzDaBeast, FNZ · CD Quality · 2020
OG Filename: Blood of the Lamb - 06.18.20 Cons Verse Consequence reference track. Does not feature the adlibs seen in later versions of the song, along with featuring much simpler production. Has less than a minute of Consequence vocals.
with North West, Penelope Disick · Not Available · 2020
OG Filename: North and Penelope Break 200827 Track 6 on Ye and North's collaborative album Moonwalk."'Penelope" is likely in reference to Penelope Disick, Kourtney Kardashian's daughter, North's cousin and Ye's niece. Seemingly an interlude.
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Unheard song seen in a selling list. Likely just a rough freestyle.
prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2020
Jozzy reference track for Lizzo and Chance the Rapper with Kanye production. Originally thought to be made for Good Ass Job but according to Alek it was actually created on April 13th, 2020. Unknown if Chance, Kanye, or Lizzo ever recorded for this, or if it was actually a song intended for Kanye's album, but there's a chance Jozzy's verse was intended for Kanye, due to the "Different game and the same Yeezus" and "They say I'm bipolar" lines.
with North West · Not Available · 2020
OG Filename: Choices North 03.17.20 Edit Track 2 on Ye and North's collaborative album Moonwalk.
with North West · Not Available · 2020
OG Filename: Choices pt 2 03.17.20 - REF Track 3 on Ye and North's collaborative album Moonwalk. Likely has someone doing a reference for Kanye.
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