So Help Me God

with Consequence, King Los · prod. ???, Hudson Mohawke, Consequence · CD Quality · 2015

Listed as being from 2015 sessions. Nothing else is known.

with 2 Chainz, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney · prod. Velous, Paul McCartney · High Quality

Version with a 2 Chainz verse. Initially claimed to be a "remix", however it is actually an original version featuring early Kanye vocals and different take. Dated later than the Kendrick reference as he records the lines that were written for him. The production has the OG beat also.

prod. Keyon Christ · CD Quality · 2023

Originally thought to have been the outro for "Pressure", but it's unrelated entirely. Likely from early 2015 as Kanye was working closely with Rihanna and Keyon Christ on her album, as well as it being ripped from the same CD as "Pick Up Your Speed" - possibly a CD of references for Rihanna - when sent to Christina Aguilera. There are acapella and instrumental files from July 2015, but those were likely bounced to send to Darren King and other producers. The song title was confirmed when Keyon Christ referred to the snippet that leaked with Kanye vox as "#Forever". Keyon later released a version of the instrumental on SoundCloud.

prod. Charlie Heat · CD Quality · 2015

OG Filename: 05 KW - How You Feeling Ref (3.12.15) Charlie Heat-produced song similar to "Facts". Has some mumble. Said to be on an unleaked So Help Me God tracklist. Samples "Vôo Cego" by Marcos Valle. Also briefly uses the same vocal sample as "How Ya Feel" and versions of "LAST BREATH". Original snippet leaked January 1st, 2026.

with Ty Dolla $ign, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - I Feel Like That Ref (8.20.14) First known version with vocals from Ty Dolla $ign and Tony Williams. Has some rough mumbly singing and freestyle vocals over the entire song and some parts that sound semi-finished, which eventually ended up being cut in favor of purely singing. Samples "I Want To Be Love" by Stevens & Foster.

with Young Thug · CD Quality · 2024

OG Filename: ....MAN UP Has slight production differences on the hook with what sounds like a brass instrument added. Snippet posted by MusicMafia in 2018.

with Styles P, THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2025

OG Filename: Styles - MIND POWER.1 Has a Styles P verse and an open verse. Leaked after a groupbuy.

prod. Hit-Boy · CD Quality · 2025

Writer's reference meant for Rihanna's album ANTI, done in 2015. Features a finished hook from Ester Dean alongside mumble reference verses from Kanye and Jeremih, and Gizzle. Unknown if she ever worked on this song further. Beat was later used by the artist PJ on her song "Something Special".

with J. Cole · prod. Keyon Christ · CD Quality · 2020

J. Cole version of the song which has two verses and a hook with reference vocals for Rihanna. Has a feature on the third verse with lyrics later reused on his 2015 track "Black Friday".

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

OG Filename: NEW RIHANNA (03) Version with finished Rihanna vocals over Kanye's reference, alongside mumble Kanye vocals likely intended to be a feature. Intended for ANTI and is from sometime in 2015. The instrumental is slightly different and it is noticably pitch shifted.

with THE-DREAM, Diddy · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2025

OG Filename: The Mind Is Powerful.12 YE VOX Initial version of the song with the finished first Kanye verse, but is otherwise still mumble. Also contains Diddy adlibs from the previous version. Dated 2015.

with Kanye West · prod. Charlie Heat · CD Quality · 2025

Ty Dolla $ign song with a feature from Kanye, likely a freestyle given to him similar to "Guard Down". Has a minute of rapping and singing vocals from Kanye, as well as punch-ins and verses from Ty Dolla over the initial reference track. Samples "Paradise" by Jeremih. Mistaken as a LOVE EVERYONE track, since the producer for "Paradise" revealed Kanye had reached out Christmas 2016 for the stems - later using them to make an altered version of the song to use as background for a sentimental home video posted by Kim Kardashian to twitter. Also thought to be made later because "Paradise" wasn't released until December 2015, but it was found that the song was previewed before, with Jeremih's album having already been delayed multiple times since 2013. Original snippet leaked April 17th, 2024. Leaked after a successful Soakbuy.

High Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Ultimate Lie Ref 2 (8.22.14) A more finished version with an extra finished line and slight production differences.

with Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney · prod. Velous, Charlie Heat, Paul McCartney · High Quality · 2014

Early version still containing Kanye's mostly finished vocal takes, but also features Kendrick filling in parts with reference vocals, some of which Kanye uses on the final version. Often mistaken for a scrapped feature. Sent to Rian Johnson in December 2014 alongside "Wolves" and "Go Pro."

with Ty Dolla $ign, James Blake · prod. Kanye West, Benji B, James Blake · Lossless · 2015

OG Filename: FADE @ 120 BPM Dm Version from March 2015. Has a feature that is most likely James Blake, as he was doing sessionswith Kanye around the same time for his album The Colour In Anything. Also contains added production from earlier versions from James, later stripped away in August 2015 before the beat was reworked entirely. Snippet leaked October 23, 2022. This version was officially scrapped after it was played to Ye, Rick Rubin and Post Malone, who picked Charlie Handsome's version of the song to further develop.

prod. MIKE DEAN, Jeff Bhasker · High Quality · 2014

OG Filename: Go Pro Ref 12.29.14 FOR RYAN JOHNSON Created while Kanye was helping Madonna work on her albumRebel Heart. Reuses drums from "Down Town". Original snippet leaked May 5th, 2023. Full tagged file leaked after a successful Soakbuy. Edit that removes the tag can be found in Fakes tab. According to Saya, the synths were done by MIKE DEAN. Sent to Rian Johnson in December 2014, alongside "Wolves" and Kendrick Lamar's "All Day" reference. Rian's name is misspelled as "Ryan" in the filename.

prod. MIKE DEAN, Hudson Mohawke · CD Quality · 2016

Version included as the second half of the scrapped "All Day" music video. Drums from this version were later reused on Hudson Mohawke's song"Indian Steps".

prod. Keyon Christ · High Quality · 2015

Kanye reference track for Rihanna, made while he was executive producing her album ANTI in 2015, sometime after playing her So Help Me God. Has vocals from Bibi Bourelly on the outro. Rihanna would later record over this reference track for her finished vocals, though for some reason Kanye's mumble vocals are used on that version. According to some it was played at a Def Jam meeting and taken for So Help Me God.

prod. Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2018

Finished track with singing. Kanye can be seen singing the lyrics in the 2nd part of the "All Day" Revolt studio session video with Diddy. Samples and interpolates "Manhattan Island Serenade" by Leon Russel, and "All Day".

prod. Charlie Heat, ??? · Recording · 2019

Snippet shown on a documentary about Charlie Heat (snippet at 2:11). Nothing is known apart from the fact that it was made sometime in 2015 and has Charlie Heat production.

with Charlie Wilson, Ty Dolla $ign · prod. Ken Lewis · High Quality · 2014

Has more developed production compared to previous versions. Now has vocals from Ty Dolla $ign. Played in Season 9, Episode 20 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

with THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2015

OG Filename: Gizzle - Mind Power Ref 2 031915 Very poor Gizzle reference track. Leaked after a groupbuy. Interpolates "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins for some reason. The last verse has off-key autotune just for good measure.

prod. Keyon Christ · Recording · 2015

Version with Pusha T punch-ins replacing vocals explicitly for Rihanna, including the opening line being changed from "that new Rihanna in the front" to "I got two Rihannas out front". According to a trusted source, this was intended for Kanye's album and no longer Rihanna's song. Title confirmed by a leaked stem from the song. Played at Glastonbury 2015 immediately after "Pressure".

with Paul McCartney · prod. Paul McCartney, David Longstreth, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - 4 5 Seconds Ref (7.22.14) Similar to the May version but with the drums removed, a better mix on David's bridge, and an extra guitar (likely by Paul) throughout the song.

prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · Recording · 2026

Has rough lyrics from 88-Keys, from when Diddy originally gave the song to him in 2015. Snippet played by 88-Keys on an Instagram live January 24th, 2026.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West, Che Pope · CD Quality · 2024

Earlier version with 4 extra lines from Kanye. Other differences are currently unknown. Was though to be solo Kanye until seller said otherwise. Snippet leaked February 7th, 2024.

with Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney · prod. Velous, Charlie Heat, Paul McCartney, Diddy, French Montana, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein, Allen Ritter, Mario Winans, Plain Pat, Travis Scott · Recording · 2015

Version played at Yeezy Season 3 and The Life of Pablo listening party, very similar to the 6.22 version, but has some open instrumental in place of Kanye's mumble lines. It's speculated that Kanye played this version because he was unhappy with the final version of "All Day". Full version hasn't leaked.

prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, MIKE DEAN, Honorable C.N.O.T.E, Che Pope, Charlie Heat · Not Available · 2015

OG FIlename: Auxillary Ref (5.19.15) Leftover filename found in the session, used as the default export when bouncing the July 13th version since that file. Since the filename is still in the session, it is very likely this version exists.

prod. Deputy · Not Available

Freestyle recorded in Deputy's apartment. The first lyric of her freestyle was "bitch better have my money" which later became the title. Following the completion of the song, Deputy believed that Rihanna would be the artist for it, stating "This is definitely something that Rihanna needs to sing. We was trying to figure out who could do it because Bibi killed it."

with Kanye West · prod. Dahi, Kanye West · Not Available

Seen on an early 2015 tracklist for Dark Sky Paradise. Likely given to him alongside "All Your Fault". Likely scrapped from the album as Kanye didn't finish his verse.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Noah Goldstein · Not Available

2015 version of the song intended for CyHi's album. Said by Hogan to have Charlie Heat's production added at this point. Possibly when Ty Dolla $ign added his vocals, but that is unknown.

with Kanye West, Bruno Mars · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · Not Available

Collaboration between Kanye, Diddy, 88-Keys, and Bruno Mars announced on 88's Instagram May 21st, 2015. Kanye also asked Tyler, The Creator to shoot a music video for it. Has Diddy's adlibs and Bruno Mars singing the hook. Interestingly, Kanye had the idea to feature Bruno on the song back in February 2015, but it's possible he never recorded as he may have been featured on later bounces if he had. Originally thought to have been called "Shit's Ugly!" due to the caption, before it was revealed to be this song. Curiously, Focus..., who works frequently with Dr. Dre, commented on the post "Um... i beg to differ general @eightyocho", indicating he knew something to the contrary of 88's announcement of the song. This lines up with 88-Keys' claim that this song was intended to be a Diddy single, but was later replaced by the song "Finna Get Loose". According to Egg, Bruno Mars never recorded, so this version may use THE-DREAM's vocals instead as a reference for him.

with Consequence, Havoc, Kanye West, Raekwon · prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Version without the intro, confirmed by the filename to the Soundcloud upload.

prod. Hit-Boy · CD Quality · 2015

OG Filename: KW - Don't Let Your Guard Down Ref (2.14.15) Initial freestyle. Later given to Ty Dolla $ign for his album Free TC, possibly alongside "Woke Up".

with Theophilus London · prod. Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Theophilus London · Not Available · 2015

Charlie Heat has stated that the first version of this song was worked on alongside "All Day". Recorded during Mexico sessions for So Help Me God and features a Theophilus London hook. His hook melody was kept for later solo Kanye versions and Chris Brown's hook on the final song. His vocal stem can be seen in Hudson Mohawke's breakdown of "Waves". Was thought to be produced by Lil Uzi Vert's producer Maaly Raw but was later said to be Charlie Heat.

with Ty Dolla $ign · prod. Kanye West, Benji B · Recording · 2014

In late 2016, Consequence posted a snippet of a so called "remix" to "Fade", claiming he would drop it in 2017. However, due to the OG beat, it was most likely a reference track. Features a simpler beat (heard in a video from August 2015) compared to the finalized March version.

prod. Charlie Heat, Havoc · Not Available · 2015

According to Charlie Heat, the reversed-organ sample was created in February 2015 with his own drums on it. "Famous" was a separate song from "Nina Chop" at this point in time.

prod. Kanye West · Not Available

Version of the song said to be from "late 2014", by Saya. No Kanye vocals present - just the sample chop.

prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, Charlie Heat, Plain Pat · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Feedback Ref (7.18.14) Version with a different intro and Kanye beatboxing drums for the entire file. Has no other vocals outside of the beatboxing. Original snippet leaked February 14th, 2023. Leaked after a successful Soakbuy. Plain Pat would later use Ye's beatboxing as a reference for the release drums and layer them over the beatboxing.

prod. MIKE DEAN, Hudson Mohawke · CD Quality · 2022

OG Filename: KW - Feel Like that REf 1... Similar to the MV version, but lacking multiple production elements (synths, drums, etc).

with Paul McCartney · prod. Paul McCartney, David Longstreth, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2022

Ty Dolla $ign reference track that was used by Ye and Rihanna for the released version. Kanye is mumbling in the background. Used as the backing track for a performance of the song at FYF Fest 2015. CDQ snippet leaked December 19th, 2022.

prod. Dahi, Kanye West · Not Available

Initial solo Kanye freestyle, later briefly given to Big Sean, likely alongside "All Your Fault", before eventually ending up with Post Malone.

prod. MIKE DEAN, Jeff Bhasker · Low Quality

Solo Madonna reference Kanye recorded over. Can be heard in the vocal bleed of Kanye's acapella.

with Rihanna · prod. Kanye West, 88-Keys, Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2024

Version with Rihanna doing the bridge, and a fourth CyHi reference take. Likely recorded during ANTI sessions when Kanye was executive producing the project. Snippet leaked March 16th, 2024.

Not Available

According to Viper, a solo Kanye version exists.

with Ty Dolla $ign, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. MIKE DEAN · Lossless · 2014

OG Filename: KW - I Feel Like That Ref (8.22.14) Similar to the previous version, but lacking the rough mumbly freestyle.

with Beyoncé · prod. London On Da Track · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: 321 Scan - KL ref - -B day 1 Paris- JAŸ-Z track that reuses his vocals from the Watch the Throne version of "Can't Look In My Eyes". Was also wrongfully thought to been worked on by Kendrick for his solo project due to the filename, but it's an engineer's initials.

prod. Hit-Boy · CD Quality · 2024

Instrumental for a 2015 version of the song. Is pitched down compared to earlier versions, with an extended sample chop and a beatswitch not heard in any other version of the song. Is likely JAŸ-Z's song at this point, due to the fact that Hit-Boy and Ye were on bad terms in 2015.

prod. Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West · High Quality · 2014

OG Filename: Never Enough Beat Sketch Found in a folder featuring collaborations from John Legend, Jeff Bhasker and Kanye, likely being produced by them.

prod. Kanye West, Rick Rubin · Not Available

In March 2015, Justin Bieber said he was "finishing up the album now, working with Kanye and Rick [Rubin]". He said it would have a "different sound", asserting that "people will be shocked" with what they hear. He later described his work with Kanye as having a "New York vibe". However, Kanye was not credited on Purpose, which released November 2015.

with Bon Iver · prod. Bon Iver · High Quality · 2014

OG Filename: JV CHOIR KIRBY REF 10 18 14 Version with reference vocals from Kirby Lauryn.

prod. Hudson Mohawke · Not Available · 2014

OG Filename: Hudmo KW Kirby Ref 8.1.14 KIRBY reference for the Hudson Mohawke-produced throwaway.

Lossless · 2024

KIRBY song later sampled at the start of "Pick Up Your Speed". Has a synth-based beat which was later replaced with drums, though the namesake sample remained. The links contain a snippet of the beat heard in the bleed as well as the full acapella for the song.

with Natalia Kills · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2014

Early demo version with rough, alternate production. Has one less chorus than release and no outro. Notably missing the "Yeezus love my pussy best" lyric that is repeated throughout the released version.

prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2014

Early version centered around acoustic production.

prod. Madonna, Kanye West, Diplo · CD Quality

OG Filename: Veni Vidi Vici [ACID TRAP v4 no rap original yeezy drums 2] Early demo with alternate production, done by Kanye as seen in the filename. Lacks Nas's verse from release, instead having an open.

prod. Avicii · High Quality · 2015

Later version with production more closer to release. Disputed by Madonna fans to be made either before or after the previous version, though it is more likely to be after since it is closer in structure and length to release.

prod. DJ Premier · High Quality · 2021

OG Filename: Gang Starr - Mass Appeal KW Ref Rough freestyle over the beat to "Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr. Interpolates "CoCo" by O.T. Genasis.

with THE-DREAM · prod. Kanye West, Diddy, 88-Keys, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2024

OG Filename: Mind Power - Push Ref 1 Pusha T reference track. Is open otherwise. Leaked after a groupbuy.

prod. Kanye West, Boi-1da, Sevn Thomas · Not Available

Solo Kanye version. Sevyn Thomas tweeted that the song has verses from Kanye that "no1 will ever hear, intended to be on So Help Me God, then SWISH, but Kanye played it for Game, then..."