My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

with Kanye West · prod. Plain Pat, Emile Haynie · CD Quality

Early version of the song with a fully finished Kanye verse which was cut for release. Most likely recorded during Hawaii sessions for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy alongside his "Erase Me" and "MANIAC" features.

prod. Jeff Bhakser, Madlib, Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Jeff Bhasker, Anthony Kilhoffer · CD Quality · 2023

OG Filename: Mama's Boy_JBAug2010 Track 10 on the original My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tracklist shared by Complex. Leaked months after the albumreleased. Kanye's team released a statement stating the beat was fake, but it was played during a Q-Tip Red Bull Interview 5 years later. Madlib who likely did one of the sample chops, implied Kanye didn't want to pay him for his work and possibly wanted to take primary credit for the beat which might have been why the song was scrapped. Samples "The Velvet Swing" by Acoustic Alchemy and "The Heritage of a Black Man" by Sam Dees. Interpolatesa scene from the movieFriday. Originally leaked June 13th, 2011, before the OG file would later surface in May 2025.

with Pusha T, John Legend · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, DJ Frank E · Not Available

Pusha T's feature was mentioned in the tracklist for a promotional CD of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and confirmed by the October 2010 iTunes tracklist.

with Soulja Boy · prod. Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Jeff Bhasker, Anthony Kilhoffer · Not Available

Version with a Soulja Boy feature, mentioned by Q-Tip in a Red Bull Interview. Nothing much else is known.

with Mr Hudson · prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Listed as a bonus track for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Deluxe) by HipHopDX. Has a feature from Mr Hudson and is most likely fully finished since it was intended to be released, similar to "Momma's Boyfriend" and "Chain Heavy".

with Mos Def · prod. S1 · Not Available

According to an Instagram post by S1 after the Record4Hype leak, there is a finished version of the song with a feature from Mos Def. Intended to be on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Interpolated for the bridge on the GOOD Fridays song "Chain Heavy". Samples the U.S. Army cadence "Here We Go" and "I'm Glad You're Mine" by Al Green.

with Charlie Wilson, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, Elton John, Alicia Keys, La Roux, Fergie, Ryan Leslie, THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, Ken Lewis, Rosie Danvers, Tommy D. · High Quality · 2010

Solo Kanye, unfinished and unmastered leak. Has slight production differences to released. May be partially fake or a stem edit with how a Charlie Wilson vocal effect sounds and the abrupt outro.

prod. Elton John, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2025

OG Filename: All_Of_The_Lights_Interlude_Early_Mix Early mix of released.

with Rihanna, Kid Cudi, John Legend, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Charlie Wilson, Drake, La Roux, Fergie, Ryan Leslie, THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, Ken Lewis, Rosie Danvers, Tommy D. · Not Available · 2011

Consequence is said to have recorded a reference track for every song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Unmastered version that leaked before release. Currently lost.

with Kanye West · prod. Xaphoon Jones · Not Available

According to Big Sean in a Tweet, there was a remix of this song off of his mixtape Finally Famous Vol. 3, which featured Kanye. Was not released due to sample issues, with it sampling"Too Fake" by Hockey.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2024

An earlier mix with more prominent Kanye vocals and an alternate Big Sean vocal take on the first verse. Snippet leaked January 30th, 2024.

with M.I.A · prod. Q-Tip · Recording · 2010

A version that was played for one second during Kanye's first UStream while in Korea. Has a different vocal take.

with Drake, T.I., Fabolous, Rick Ross, André 3000 · prod. Kevin McCall · Not Available

Version without the Kanye verse. In September 2010, Chris Brown said "I'm actually supposed to be getting Kanye's verse any minute now," said Chris. "I got everybody else's very ready, so we're waiting right now. We're gonna put it together and have it to y'all either by next week or this week, probably Friday. I ain't making no promises."

with Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks, Ryan Leslie · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2020

Version very similar to release.

with Teyana Taylor, CyHi · prod. Hit-Boy · High Quality

Original version, has a totally different CyHi verse and an open verse. Kanye has different bars and outro vocals as well. Lacks the other verses from the GOOD Fridays release. Leaked sometime around December 2010.

with Sly Polaroid · prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Unreleased Common song, produced by Kanye. Has a verse from Sly Polaroid, and an open verse.

with JAŸ-Z · prod. Daft Punk, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2014

Unreleased Daft Punk track featuring JAŸ-Z, rumored to have co-production from Kanye, although Pitchfork disputed this. Recorded for for Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy soundtrack, after Walt Disney Records “tortured” the duo for a single. Contains samples from "The Son of Flynn" from the Tron soundtrack, and keeps a similar chord progression. Interestingly, this is the same song sampled in "Can't Look In My Eyes" which JAŸ-Z also recorded for.

with Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, Amber Rose · prod. RZA, Kanye West, No ID, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN · High Quality

Version from the final cut of the Runaway short film. Similar to the version found in Record4Hype, but with Nicki's intro having the same lyrics as release, but is a different vocal take. Still lacks Teyana Taylor's vocals.

with Rick Ross · prod. Bink!, MIKE DEAN · Not Available

Rick Ross stated in an interview that his final verse on this song was not the original. He recorded a completely different verse from the final in Hawaii, and Kanye invited him back to New York to re-record it after MIKE DEAN's guitar bridge was added. He was asked to rewrite the verse since Kanye scrapped the first one, citing it wasn't "perfect enough", which was why "Devil In A New Dress" released as a solo song during the GOOD Fridays release.

with Drake, Charlie Wilson, Big Sean, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, John Legend, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, Elton John, Alicia Keys, La Roux, Fergie, Ryan Leslie, THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, Ken Lewis, Rosie Danvers, Tommy D. · High Quality · 2010

Version with a Drake verse. Leaked on Lime Light Exclusives 2.

with Kid Cudi, Raekwon · prod. No ID, Kanye West · High Quality

Tagged unfinished and unmastered leak. From SoundTrack To The Streets by Cavery Leaks.

prod. Kanye West, No ID, MIKE DEAN, Mike Caren · Not Available

Consequence is said to have recorded a reference track for every song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

with Kanye West · prod. Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Ammo, L. Leon Pendarvis · Lossless · 2010

OG Filename: ET for mix hopefully 1.0 Early mix of the solo Katy Perry version. Found in the session for the remix.

prod. Dan Black · Not Available

Original version performed live by Kid Cudi with different lyrics and hook. Was cut from Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Kid Cudi is known to perform finished versions of unreleased songs acapella style at concert, this is not a freestyle. Performed in April 2011.

with Kanye West · prod. Jim Jonsin · CD Quality · 2023

Version with explicit adlibs, extra vocal layering, pitched down guitar, and an extra hook according to seller. Kanye is said to have recorded in early May 2010. Original snippet leaked May 11th, 2023. Leaked as a bonus for the "Can U Be" groupbuy.

with Kanye West · prod. Ray Bradley, MIKE DEAN, Anthony Kilhoffer · Not Available

Anthony Kilhoffer revealed this song was made during the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions and had a Kanye verse. Possibly unfinished, however "Wild'n Cuz I'm Young" by Kid Cudi has a fully finished cut Kanye verse.

prod. Plain Pat, Emile Haynie · CD Quality

Version with an open meant for Kanye. Most likely very similar to the version below but with an open in place of Kanye's verse.

with Fabolous, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Ryan Leslie, Pusha T · prod. Cardiak · High Quality · 2010

Version with a scrapped Pusha T verse. Previewed by DJ Kast One on Hot97 radio in October 2010.

with Fabolous, Kanye West, Swizz Beatz · prod. Cardiak · High Quality · 2010

Version with just Lloyd Banks and the Fabolous feature. Has an alternate intro, including Cardiak's producer tag. Snippet heard in a behind the scenes video for Bank's album Hunger For More 2.

with Mos Def, Raekwon, Charlie Wilson, Swizz Beatz · prod. Kanye West · Not Available · 2010

According to Kanye on Twitter, Swizz Beatz laid the verse down around 10:27 PM, about 18 minutes before the song was released the same day. This is why Swizz's vocals are completely unmixed.

with Bon Iver, Charlie Wilson, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, La Roux, Alicia Keys, Kaye Fox · prod. Anthony Kilhoffer, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Ken Lewis, Mano, Alvin Fields · CD Quality · 2010

Unfinished and unmastered. Has a messier mix with some extra ad-libs, missing production elements, and a lot of the backing vocals are much more prominent. Elly Jackson's vocals haven't been added to the pre-chorus. Leaked in 2010 and reappeared online in August 2020. Likely the version on the tracklist shown by @dp16 judging from the length.

prod. Q-Tip, Madlib, DJ Premier, Jeff Bhasker, Anthony Kilhoffer, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2023

Similar to the version played during a Q-Tip Red Bull Interview, with a worse mix.

with Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver, Charlie Wilson · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Plain Pat · Not Available

Consequence is said to have recorded a reference track for every song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

with Kanye West, Charlie Wilson · prod. Drew Money · High Quality

OG Filename (?): Blazin' (KW Verse - Reference 1) Demo of the song featured on Nicki Minaj's 2010 album Pink Friday. Has Charlie Wilson vocals which were cut for release.

prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, S1, Andrew Dawson · Not Available

Consequence is said to have recorded a reference track for every song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

with John Mayer · prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, S1, Andrew Dawson · Not Available

A second "POWER" remix with John Mayer was announced by him in a tweet and supposed to release during GOOD Fridays, but never did.

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Consequence reference track, said to exist by crave.

with Kanye West, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, John Legend, Connie Mitchell · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality

Later version of the song, after being given to Rick Ross.

with 88-Keys, Big Sean · prod. Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, MIKE DEAN, Emile · Not Available

On 88-Keys' Instagram, he said to have recorded a spoken word verse 3 times that consisted of "My The Death of Adam Vocal Effect & Just Talk Outlandish Douchebaggery Completely Through The Song".

with Beyoncé, Charlie Wilson · prod. Kanye West, No ID, Lex Luger · Not Available · 2010

OG Filename: See Me Now Feat. Beyoncé & Charlie Wilson - KW Version seen on the tracklist shown by @dp16. According to Kanye, Beyoncé recorded the day before release.

prod. No ID · Not Available

Consequence is said to have recorded a reference track for every song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

prod. S1 · Not Available

According to crave, a Consequence reference track exists.

with Kanye West, Kid Cudi · prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2020

Original version. Has some instrumental and vocal effect differences and additional Kid Cudi vocals in the chorus.

prod. Kanye West · High Quality

Unreleased Twista song produced by Kanye. Samples "Jesus Walks".

Not Available

Charlie has said that he and Kanye "ended up doing 10 songs together. A lot of those records will be for other artists as well". They have 9 known tracks from this time period.