The Life Of Pablo

with Kendrick Lamar · prod. Madlib · Low Quality · 2019

Kanye and Kendrick freestyle over a Madlib beat. Rumored to be part of the "40 tracks" they recorded together during The Life of Pablo-era. Snippet leaked November 25th, 2019.

with Travis Scott · prod. Keyon Christ, DJDS · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: FML - DJDS FULL SONG @ 123 Reworked version from January 2016. Has more finished re-recorded Kanye vocal take and different instrumental with DJDS production. Samples "Rückzug" by Vermont.

with Caroline Shaw, A$AP Ferg, Big Sean · prod. Kanye West, Darren King, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Caroline Shaw, Trevor Guerikis · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Freestyle 4 DJDS Reference (2.3.16) Newer mix of the DJDS version of the song compared to the previous version. Contains an extended version of an outro from previous versions with additional production, still has mumble. Has Caroline Shaw backing vocals not found on release. The only thing DJDS added that would carry over to release are the 808s.

with Kanye West · prod. Metro Boomin · CD Quality · 2021

Version with a Kanye verse intended for Future's mixtape Purple Reign, however his verse wasn't included on the official mixtape. Kanye verse was re-recorded for "Bipolar", which became "Go2DaMoon".

with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Young Thug · prod. DJDS · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Highlights - DJDS - reference song (1.23.16) Later DJDS version of the song. Features different production from any other version. Samples the choir from "Ultralight Beam".

prod. ThaMyind · High Quality · 2023

OG Filename: ## I Love Kanye ( Mindkilla ) Version with production from ThaMyind.

with Kid Cudi · prod. Kanye West, Allen Ritter · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: KW - Saint Pablo Mix 4 Original version, planned as a GOOD Fridays release sometime after February 14, but before February 23. Contains three minutes of rapping, Kid Cudi hums and an alternate instrumental. Contains the same verse as release except for one alternate line, speaking in first person - changed to third person for release.

with Chance the Rapper · prod. MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Swizz Beatz, Fonzworth Bentley, Plain Pat, Chance The Rapper · Lossless · 2022

OG Filename: Kanye - ultralightbeams - Night 1 Demo Arrangement of the freestyle done by Fonzworth Bentley shortly after it finished, as requested by Ye. Has different production, Chance parts and a completely different Kanye verse. Was meant to be a GOOD Fridays release. Was sent to Kelly Price and Kirk Franklin.

with Chris Brown · prod. Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Anthony Kilhoffer, Hudson Mohawke · High Quality · 2016

First version with Chris Brown vocals. Includes part of the "Return To Innocence" sample, as well as the redone production by Hudson Mohawke's vocals. Still contains a mumble second Kanye verse. Cuts off abruptly, may be a bounce issue. Chris recorded his vocals the day that Kanye changed the album name to Waves.

with Travis Scott · prod. Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Darren King · CD Quality · 2022

OG Filename: FML DK with VOX Has a more energetic Kanye vocal take, Darren King production and an open verse. Commonly referred to as the "Shogani" version, with how often he has played it in VC.

with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Young Thug · prod. MIKE DEAN, Velous, Southside, Plain Pat, DJDS · CD Quality · 2023

OG Filename: Highlights - DJDS FULL SONG @ 100 Similar to previous version, but more structured. Contains less than a dozen mumble bars. Has a rough take of the release version's first verse, a second verse similar to the release's second verse, but has alternate lines and some mumble, and a third verse completely absent from the official release. The instrumental has new marching band-esque additions as well as skit-like samples between the hooks and verses. Has new vocals compared to the previous listing and vice versa. Samples "Beautiful" by Carole King. Originally leaked in full Feb 16, 2016, before the OG file would leak years later.

with Ty Dolla $ign, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. MIKE DEAN, DJDS · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: I.F.L.T - DJDS FULL SONG @ 110 DJDS version from January 2016. Was commonly referred to as "Shogani IFLT," as he played it a lot in VCs.

with Rihanna, J. Cole, Pusha T · prod. Keyon Christ · Not Available

According to Keyon Christ, he was shown a The Life Of Pablo tracklist with this song on it and that it was swapped out for "FML" at the "very last nanosecond". He would also say that there is a version of the song with Kanye, Rihanna, J. Cole, and Pusha T which he has on his laptop, likely referring to this version.

with CyHi, Kid Cudi · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Rick Rubin, Allen Ritter, Metro Boomin, Plain Pat · Recording

Version with a CyHi feature verse and extra DJDS synths that were taken off release.

with Rihanna, Swizz Beatz · prod. Kanye West, Nate Fox, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Andrew Dawson, MIKE DEAN, Plain Pat, Charlie Heat, Kuk Harrell, Havoc · Recording · 2016

Chance the Rapper reference track. Has a completely different instrumental by Chance's producer Nate Fox. Played by Chance, alongside his "Waves" reference, on a Zane Lowe Beats 1 interview.

prod. Garren Sean · Not Available

This song was uploaded to PPL databases as a Kanye song with a release year of 2016. This could mean a finished version with Kanye vocals exists.

with Kid Cudi, ??? · prod. Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Anthony Kilhoffer, Hudson Mohawke · Recording

Chance the Rapper reference track. Has a choir driven beat, and in the second half has a beat resembling "Enya." This version was also performed by Chance live at several shows. Played by Chance alongside his "Famous" reference on a Zane Lowe interview. Possibly owned by Spirdark.

with Kanye West · prod. Frank Ocean, Om'Mas Keith, Jon Brion, SebastiAn · Not Available

Kanye has co-writer credit and a brief adlib on the released version. An unused verse appears in a page from the Boys Don't Cry magazine, rumored to be Kanye's due to its writing style and Frank exclusively omitting this additional verse when performing an alternate version at Coachella which used lyrics from the magazine.

with Sampha · prod. Keyon Christ · CD Quality · 2019

Uses an altered version of "4 4 4 4" in the instrumental. Features some alternate lyrics from Sampha in the final verse. Likely made in January in Keyon's second session with Kanye while he worked on "FML" & "Face Down". Was rumored to be the version for Turbo Grafx 16, but Keyon Christ has deconfirmed this. He has also stated that he "hates this one".

prod. Karriem Riggins, MIKE DEAN, Keyon Christ, ???, DJDS · Recording · 2016

Version with a completely different beat from the final. Possibly one of the five Keyon Christ versions. Snippet surfaced two weeks before final release.

with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West, Nico Segal, The Social Experiment · Recording · 2016

Kanye freestyle. Has no Chance vocals. Was played by Chance during a Zane Lowe Beats 1 interview.

CD Quality · 2016

Rough freestyle with parts of the hook reused by Lil Uzi Vert for the chorus on Rambo Savage's 2018 song "That's on You".

prod. NickFRSH · CD Quality

OG Filename: Caliber for ye King Savage reference track. Unknown if Kanye ever recorded. Later released with only Desiigner's verse on his project New English.

with Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2016

Intended for a scrapped 2016 Diddy mixtape, with a Kendrick reference for Diddy, and very rough iPhone voice memo mumble vocals from Kanye, likely for a feature. Has Diddy vocals on the intro. Samples "Dirty Gang" by Bruno Canfora. Original snippet leaked July 27th, 2025. Kanye likely recorded on Janurary 30th as that is when Diddy wrote his name down on the infamous "SWISH" tracklist.

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In May 2016, Swizz Beatz sparked rumors that DMX's next album featured collaborations with Dr. Dre and Kanye. "Long live the Dog aka my brother, aka the Great… Album sounding nice king. We're just waiting on Dre and Kanye tracks to wrap up," Swizz wrote in a post on Instagram. It was unclear whether the trio appeared on the same song or if they were featured separately on the project, but both the album and collaborations never dropped.

with Kanye West · prod. 40 · Lossless · 2016

Attempt 1 in the session.

with Kanye West · prod. 40, Boi-1da, Ging, Sevn Thomas · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: yoga flame noel ref 2 Original Drake version that Kanye recorded over. Partial snippet originally leaked November 21st, 2023.

prod. Kanye West, DJDS, Charlie Heat, Southside, Metro Boomin · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: Facts DJDS Full Track 2.3.16 DJDS version with a completely different beat.

with Ty Dolla $ign, Post Malone · prod. Kanye West, Benji B, Noah Goldstein, Charlie Handsome, Anthony Kilhoffer, MIKE DEAN, DJDS · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: KW - Fade Mike Dean Master 2 Similar to the Yeezy Season 2 mix but even punchier and much louder.

with Rihanna, Swizz Beatz · prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Andrew Dawson, MIKE DEAN, Plain Pat, Charlie Heat, Kuk Harrell, Havoc · Recording

Version with a shortened Rihanna hook. Similar to the released version.

with Kid Cudi, Kelly Price · prod. Kanye West, Hudson Mohawke, Keyon Christ, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Rick Rubin, Allen Ritter, Metro Boomin, Plain Pat · Lossless · 2016

Version with a rougher and longer verse than later versions. Some vocals from this version were reused for "Pt. 2". Seemingly no Kid Cudi feature. Was played by Keyon Christ in a Discord VC. Instrumental was posted to Keyon's Spore website.

with Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Caroline Shaw · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Rick Rubin, Allen Ritter, Metro Boomin, Plain Pat, Keyon Christ, Menace, Caroline Shaw · Recording · 2016

Has a part similar to the initial Metro version although it's extended a bit longer. Has Kid Cudi vocals over the open beatbox instrumental and also re-incorporates some of the Keyon drums. Snippet posted to 2 Chainz' Snapchat.

with Kid Cudi, Desiigner, Caroline Shaw · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Rick Rubin, Allen Ritter, Metro Boomin, Plain Pat, Menace, Caroline Shaw · CD Quality · 2021

Similar to the previous three versions, but with an extended sample on the intro, as well as added production and an open verse on the "Pt. 2" portion of the song.

with Kid Cudi, Kelly Price · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Noah Goldstein, Rick Rubin, Allen Ritter, Metro Boomin, Plain Pat · Not Available

Version identical to release but without Metro's tag. Metro said in an interview that Kanye called him right before the listening party asking for his tag so he could add it to the song. Likely the first version with finished Ye vocals.

with Kid Cudi · prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN · Lossless · 2022

OG Filename: KW - Father Stretch Mike Reprise 1 Shortened version of release with no drums.

prod. Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Plain Pat, Noah Goldstein, Charlie Heat · Not Available

Chance The Rapper reference track, likely recorded very late into the album's development with his other reference tracks and is most likely where the lines referencing "Pablo" on release came from.

with Travis Scott, The Weeknd, THE-DREAM · prod. Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Keyon Christ, Kanye West, Andrew Dawson, DJDS, Metro Boomin · Lossless · 2016

Has different Kanye vocals from the previous version, along with instrumental differences. No open verse. Leaked after a blind groupbuy.

with Kendrick Lamar · prod. Frank Ocean, Om'Mas Keith, Jon Brion, SebastiAn · Not Available

A version with vocals from Kendrick Lamar exists according to insiders who also have a LQ recording. Unknown if it is a feature or reference track as Kendrick wrote for "Nights'.

with Caroline Shaw · prod. Kanye West, Darren King, Hudson Mohawke, Trevor Gureckis, Noah Goldstein, Caroline Shaw, MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Trevor Guerikis · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Freestyle 4 DJDS Full Track (2.2.16) DJDS version from February 2016. Does not feature Desiigner yet and contains an open verse. Contains an extended version of an outro from previous versions with additional production.

with ??? · prod. DJDS · Lossless · 2023

DJDS beat made for Kanye. Contains vocals that are either a sample or unknown feature.

prod. DJDS · Lossless · 2023

Beat produced by DJDS that samples the choir vocals from "Ultralight Beam". Unknown if any other versions exist.

with Young Thug, El Debarge, THE-DREAM · prod. MIKE DEAN, Velous, Southside, Plain Pat, DJDS · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Highlights DJDS (1.29.16) New Arrangement Another DJDS version. This arrangement would later be used on release, however this version is still different to release with lower pitch vocals, rougher mixing and a semi-finished second verse.

prod. DJDS · CD Quality · 2023

OG Filename: DJDS Highlights Intro Earliest version known. Similar to release.

prod. Hudson Mohawke, Blood Orange · CD Quality · 2025

OG Filename: Keahole ft Blood Orange Way later on version with Blood Orange production added.

with Ty Dolla $ign, The WRLDFMS Tony Williams · prod. MIKE DEAN, DJDS · Lossless · 2024

OG Filename: IFLT_DJDS_Bounce_1 Earlier version with DJDS production. Song leaked September 19th, 2023 with the OG file leaking at the start of 2024. Exported off of a Serato DJ deck.

Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Interlude III Not much is known about this interlude or what project it was meant for, but was bounced a day before Kanye announced he renamed SWISH to Waves.

with Kendrick Lamar · prod. Madlib · High Quality · 2018

Freestyle with Kendrick Lamar. Rumored to be part of the "40 tracks" they recorded together during The Life of Pablo-era.

with Kanye West · prod. Nico Segal, The Social Experiment · Not Available

Chance the Rapper revealed in 2016 that Kanye did narration for Surf, but they decided not to use it.

with Rihanna, Swizz Beatz · prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Andrew Dawson, MIKE DEAN, Plain Pat, Charlie Heat, Kuk Harrell, Havoc, DJDS · CD Quality · 2016

Has a new vocal take, still with some mumble. Has more vocals from Swizz Beatz which are clean and slight alternate production at points. Otherwise similar to release.

with Kendrick Lamar · prod. Kanye West, Madlib · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: KW - No More Parties In LA Mix 1_DIRTY Early mix.

with Paul McCartney, Caroline Shaw, Ty Dolla $ign · prod. Paul McCartney, Noah Goldstein, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2022

Version with Caroline Shaw vocals and alternate production. Snippet released in the scrapped "Only One" game trailer. Used as the outro of the Saint Pablo tour version of the song.

with DMX, Ty Dolla $ign · prod. Kanye West, Darren King, Boi-1da, Sevn Thomas, Frank Dukes, Havoc, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2017

Official remix with a verse from DMX. Was announced by Swizz Beatz in 2016 on Instagram, but never released.

with Kid Cudi, Sampha · prod. Kanye West, Allen Ritter, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein, DJDS · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: KW - Saint Pablo Mix 8 Has a different Sampha verse at the end. Structure is the same as release, but has worse mixing. The piano's at the beginning of the song are in a different key to the rest of the song. Leaked as a bonus for the "Pressure" groupbuy.

with ??? · prod. DJDS · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: Spread My Wings DJDS Full Track (2.2.16) Seen in a The Life Of Pablo album zip. Covers the song "Spread My Wings" by Troop, unrelated to the Yandhi-era song of the same name. Has no Kanye vocals.

with Chance the Rapper, Poo Bear, Justin Bieber, Big Sean, Kirk Franklin, THE-DREAM, Kelly Price, Natalie Green, Samoria Green, Aaron Encinas, Shanika Bereal, Crystal Lewis Ray, Kenyon Dixon, Rachel Whitlow, George Young, Lakesha Shantell, Tiffany Stevenson, Chavonne Stewart, Francis and the Lights · prod. MIKE DEAN, DJDS, Swizz Beatz, Fonzworth Bentley, Plain Pat, Chance The Rapper, Chance the Rapper, Rick Rubin, Noah Goldstein, Kanye West, Francis and the Lights · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: KANYE WEST - GOOD F IDEA - REF MIX - gbr - 1.25.16 Version with only a Big Sean verse. Was originally said to be a remix, and then a reference track but Sean mentions his mother by name in one of the lines. Has the same production as the "Night 1" arrangement of the song. Likely recorded in the same session as "Freestyle 4". Original snippet leaked Christmas Day 2025.

with Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price · prod. Kanye West, DJDS, MIKE DEAN · Lossless · 2016

OG Filename: Ultralight Beam Kirk Speech Alternate Version 3_1 Lossless file.

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Kenyon Dixon stated that his contributions for "Ultralight Beam", came out of a session with A$AP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator and Kanye. This is likely when"WHAT THE FUCK RIGHT NOW" by Tyler, The Creator and A$AP Rocky was recorded, as that song is essentially a remix of "Freestyle 4". According to Tyler, he is "[SOLELY] RESPONSIBLE FOR ... FREESTYLE 4 BEING ON THE ALBUM" and he "ARRANGED FREESTYLE FOUR". According to engineer Tom Kahre, he worked with Tyler, The Creator during sessions for The Life Of Pablo, recording vocals for him alongside other artists such as Andre 3000, Kid Cudi and Travis Scott. This likely means Tyler recorded for the album during these sessions,

with Chris Brown, Theophilus London, Kid Cudi, Akon · prod. Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Anthony Kilhoffer, Hudson Mohawke, Metro Boomin, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: WAVES MIKE ADD KEYS Version with an alternate synth-based beat. Kanye's second verse has been re-recorded, placing this version after the Chance the Rapper reference track. Only includes Metro Boomin's drums.

with Chance the Rapper · prod. DJDS · CD Quality · 2016

OG Filename: we deserve djds 2.8.16 to play kanye Version with alternate DJDS production and solo Chance vocals. Later released on Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book mixtape.

with Frank Ocean, Caroline Shaw · prod. Kanye West, Cashmere Cat, Sinjin Hawke, Caroline Shaw, ThaMyind · High Quality · 2021

OG Filename: ##KW Wolves ( Mindkilla ) Version with added production from ThaMyind.