Late Registration

prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

According to Kanye during a live performance, "Heard 'Em Say" originally had no vocals from Adam Levine, so presumably no chorus either.

prod. Kanye West · Lossless · 2005

Late Registration-era freestyle. Partially censored, with only the words "fuck" and "shit" being censored. Likely one of the freestyles Kanye was referring to when he said that a lot of Late Registration was created by freestyling for 30 minutes until he had a verse.

prod. Warryn Campbell, Dontae Winslow · CD Quality · 2024

OG Filename: YouAgain Tony Williams reference track. This is where Tony's vocals would be taken from for release. Has different drums and some synths not present in the released version, potentially what was going to be used before Jon Brion entered the project in March 2005. Original snippet leaked April 8th, 2022.

with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2026

Original version from Late Registration sessions in early 2005. Has fully finished Kanye and Tony Williams vocals. Later given to Diddy for his 2006 album Press Play and turned into "Everything I Love". Snippet leaked August 12th, 2026.

with Strings · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

Unmixed version mentioned by Craig Bauer. Contained heavy hi-hats with distortion and phase shifting.

prod. Alicia Keys, Kanye West · Not Available

Alicia Keys said several demos of the track exist, with only her and Kanye's involvement. She described them as "several vibes". Could also be refering to different songs entirely, but this is unknown.

with John Mayer · prod. Kanye West, Miri Ben-Ari · Low Quality · 2005

Original version of "Bittersweet Poetry" from 2005, before it was later reworked and released as a international bonus track for Graduation. This version has no flute and slightly different drums. Audio comes from an MTV preview talking about the making of the song with Kanye and John Mayer.

prod. Kanye West · Recording · 2023

Version with alternate bars and a different beat. Snippet origin found by abb.

with Brandy · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

Early mix done by Craig Bauer. "When the first version of the mix was done, they requested Bauer send it as an MP3 file. ...Instead, Bauer burned a mix at 44.1kHz, 16-bit and sent it as an AIFF file attached to an iChat message, a method he says keeps the quality intact for Internet delivery." Bauer stated that "Kanye liked the mix, but sent back a laundry list of tweaks, including a request that the drums 'knock' more. ...I heard that and said OK, that's low-mids, around 800Hz to 1kHz."

with Twista, Jagged Edge · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Track from the scrapped album Nothing To Lose by Bump J produced by Kanye.

with John Legend, Miri Ben-Ari · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Track 13 from the scrapped album Nothing To Lose by Bump J produced by Kanye.

with Kanye West, Rick James · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Track 15 from the scrapped album Nothing To Lose by Bump J produced by Kanye.

with Kanye West, ???, GLC · prod. Kanye West · Low Quality

Track 17 from the scrapped album Nothing To Lose by Bump J produced and featuring by Kanye. Similar to the single release. Samples "Keep on Pushing" by The Impressions.

with Kanye West, Rhymefest, Keyshia Cole, Sly Polaroid · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Unreleased remix with a verse from Sly Polaroid.

with Kanye West, Rhymefest, Keyshia Cole · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Unreleased remix with an intro from Keyshia Cole, and a new Rhymefest verse.

prod. Kanye West · Recording · 2006

An early version with an alternate instrumental and lyrics performed live in June of 2004.

prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Unreleased track from the album Be by Common. Instrumental also exists.

with Kanye West, Mikkey Halsted · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality

Unreleased remix of "The Corner". Would later be given to Kanye and released as "Back To Basics" without Mikkey Halsted. Was put by Mikkey Halsted onto his Souncloud in 2011.

with Consequence, John Legend, Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Has a Consequence feature instead of Kanye. Leaked before Be released.

with The Game, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Keyshia Cole, Charlie Wilson, Malik Yusef · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

Kanye originally considered using "crack, music, homie" as the chorus, but he decided not to as it didn't have "the same impact".

prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion, Devo Springsteen · Low Quality · 2025

An alternate vocal take can be heard in the bleed of the harp stem found in a ProTools session that leaked February 25th, 2025.

with JAŸ-Z · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion, Devo Springsteen · Not Available

JAŸ-Z told radio personality Angie Martinez that Kanye was "not comfortable" with the [radio] debut until mixing had been done "about 14 times".

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

According to Consequence, this song was originally Diddy's track and was intended for his album Press Play.

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Kanye had something to do with The Rising Tied by Fort Minor in 2005. However, on release he was nowhere to be found as a producer/feature on release.

with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Consequence · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, Emilio Castillo, Keenan "Keynote" Holloway · Recording · 2026

Original mumble freestyle. Thought to be a reference for Diddy but this was proven false when it was revealed that the song started off as Kanye's. Originally advertised as a 2010 demo, however this was disproven after it was found the song released in 2006. Snippet leaked July 4th, 2026.

with Jamie Foxx · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion, A-Trak · Not Available

Confirmed by Plain Pat to have been the first version of the song. Recorded after Shawna, who the beat was made for, passed on it. Features a Ray Charles sample on the intro instead of Jamie Foxx.

with Rhymefest · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Version of a song that features a Rhymefest verse, not seen in the release version. Has a fade out at the end.

with Adam Levine, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

Mix by Craig Baeur that with louder acoustic guitars. Kanye told Bauer to make them quieter on the final mix.

with John Legend · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · High Quality · 2021

Version of the song that features a different mix than the final.

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

According to Kanye, this song was going to be the first single released for Late Registration. Differences are unknown.

with Kanye West, Hasan Salaam, Fabolous, Jinx Da Juvy · prod. Rich Harrison · High Quality · 2024

Original version of Jennifer Lopez's 2005 remix, containing unreleased verses from Kanye, Hasan, and Jinx. Kanye's vocals are identical the verse on "Gone". This remix was scrapped because Kanye wanted Consequence on this song but Jennifer Lopez' team didn't, so he ended reusing the verse he already made. Was posted to YouTube in April 2024, but wasn't discovered until June 30rd, 2024.

with Kanye West, ??? · prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2005

While Kanye was only on the chorus for the original "I Gotta Love", this version has a verse from him, with lyrics that would later be reused for "I Wonder" from Graduation. Meant to be a released as a remix, according to Jin, but that never happened and instead leaked online sometime in 2005, likely from the bootleg Jin mixtape The G.a.R.T.E.E.'s World. Existence of this leak was only known through an uncited claim on the Wikipedia page for Jin's album The Rest Is History, before @idrabmolcaf from the Ye Tracker Discord would come forward saying he had found the file on an old laptop of his.

prod. Kanye West, Ron Fair, Tal Herzberg · High Quality · 2022

Alternate mix.

with Q-Tip · prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2026

Song featuring Q-Tip, said to have been made during sessions for The College Dropout, though this is definitely untrue due to both how Kanye's vocals sound, and the fact that Kanye and Q-Tip first met during Late Registration sessions. Samples "Planetárium (Vchod)" by Václav Neckář. Snippet leaked January 2nd, 2026.

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

In the "Live At Abbey Road" performance of Late Registration, Kanye sung additional vocals over the end of the song, saying that, "this is the part I took off". This suggests an earlier version exists with these additional vocals.

prod. Maroon 5, Mike Elizondo, Spike · Not Available

According to Kanye during a live performance, Adam Levine was in the studio two days before the GRAMMYs and played an early version of "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Maroon 5. Kanye liked it, and he decided to rework it as the chorus of "Heard 'Em Say".

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

In a 2005 interview with MTV's Sway, Kanye was asked if the rumors about him working on Ms. Lauryn Hill's new album The Inangibles were true. Kanye responded that Sony "gave me one opportunity to do a demo track for her, or do one of her tracks but pre-produce it. And I went in, and let's just say it wasn't my best work".

prod. Salih Williams · Not Available

Paul Wall revealed that his verse on "Drive Slow" was originally the first verse the rapper wrote for his single "Sittin' Sidewayz". However, he thought the rhymes "didn't really go hand-in-hand with that beat" despite liking them, and decided to save the verse for a future collaboration with "someone big like Slim Thug".

with Malik Yusef, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. Alon Eig, Kanye West · Low Quality · 2021

Skit that is track 1 on an early version of a Late Registration tracklist. Later retooled and put on Malik Yusef's album G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night: Dawn with an Adam Levine feature.

with Malik Yusef · prod. Alon Eig, Kanye West · Not Available

Skit that is track 11 on an early version of a Late Registration tracklist. Later retooled and put on Malik Yusef's album G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night: Dawn with an Adam Levine feature.

with Malik Yusef · prod. Alon Eig, Kanye West · Not Available

Skit that is track 16 on an early version of a Late Registration tracklist. Later retooled and put on Malik Yusef's album G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night: Dawn with an Adam Levine feature.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · Not Available

According to Rhymefest, "We did this joint [where] I wrote his verse and he wrote my verse. But the verse he wrote for me is kinda ill, he was saying something like – he ain’t really wrote it all out yet – he say, “Man, why Kanye got a house and you in that?/ Why Kanye got a Benz and he make you hit that?/ Didn’t you do half of ‘Jesus Walks’?….” Like, he’s broaching that subject!". made for Rhymefest's 2005 album. Rhymefest wrote Kanye's verse and Kanye wrote Rhymefest's verse, hence the title of the song.

prod. Jon Brion · Not Available

In a New York Times article published in July of 2005, it is mentioned that "Roses" intially sampled "Heartbeat" by Taana Gardner, and as well was simply titled "Rose".

with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Patti LaBelle · prod. Jon Brion, Kanye West · Not Available

This song was originally was "initially layered...with keyboard arrangements", removed by Kanye along with the beat. Kanye "completely reconfigure the entire song" , making the "verses built around the rhythm of his vocals, while [Jon] Brion's arrangements arrive during the choruses".

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Originally, Kanye had written the lyrics to the song from a female perspective and had made the beat specifically for Shawnna during a session at Ludacris's house, however she eventually decided to pass the beat up. Had the lyrics "I’m not sayin’ I’m a gold digger, but I ain’t messin’ with no broke n****s".

prod. Kanye West · Low Quality

Post-release version of The Game's "Dreams" from his album The Documentary. Includes entirely new finished verses, seemingly to be released in 2006 and is clean. Leaked in 2011.

prod. Jack White · Not Available

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jack White said that he originally tried to make this song with his band The White Stripes during Get Behind Me Satan sessions in 2005, but it didn't work out.

with Robert Glasper, Lupe Fiasco · prod. Just Blaze, ?uestlove · High Quality · 2015

Original version with no Lupe Fiasco, drums by ?uestlove, and Robert Glasper doing piano on the outro. Played by Just Blaze on Q-Tip's Beats 1 show Abstract Radio on December 11th, 2015.

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In an interview the day before the album released, Kanye said that he a lot of Late Registration was created off freestyling in the studio. He would freestyle for "30 minutes" until he had a verse.

prod. Warryn Campbell, Dontae Winslow · Not Available

Warryn Campbell said that "me and...Dontae Winslow, who did 'I Made It' for Jay-Z, he's an amazing trumpet player. So we made a sample, and a DJ friend of mine gave the beat to Kanye. That ended up being 'We Major'."

with Common, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli · prod. Kanye West, Jon Brion · Not Available

Seen listed on the original tracklist shown by art director and designer Louis Marino. Original version of "We Can Make It Better", with a Mos Def that was cut on the released version and replaced with a Rhymefest verse. Unknown if this version has vocals from The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, as he isn't credited as a feature on any songs for this tracklist.