Era archive · 2022 · Approximate dates
39 titles · 75 entries
42 playable · 17 external · 16 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 Donda Academy Student Choir · prod. James Blake · CD Quality · 2023
Has James and Don Toliver vocals, with Don's possibly being a reference for Ye. Said to have been made during WAR sessions, very likely during the same session Don sat in on and asked for advice on his album Love Sick. Likely doesn't contain any Ye vocals.
prod. James Blake · CD Quality · 2025
Track 6 on the October 2022 WAR copy. Piano based song that references Bobby Digital, the alter-ego of famed Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, and a phone ringing sound that is heard throughout his 1998 debut album. Later worked on throughout 2023 and 2024. Original snippet leaked February 17th, 2023, with Ye himself playing another on a Parti stream May 1st, 2025. Leaked in full after a $6,000 charity groupbuy that benefitted Sudan.
prod. James Blake · CD Quality · 2025
Track 4 on the October 2022 WAR copy. Solo Ye song with screaming vocals and a mostly mumble verse, as well a beatswitch outro. Samples "Britten: Songs from 'Friday Afternoons', Op. 7: A Tragic Story" by Choir of Downside School, Purley. Was heard briefly as files were being skipped through to be played on a Parti stream May 1st, 2025. HQ snippets later leaked November 30th and December 5th, 2025.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker · CD Quality · 2025
Following it's initial preview at a London Fashion Week afterparty on September 26th, 2022, this track (widely nicknamed "Showtime" by fans) quickly became considered to be one of the holy grails of the Ye community. This particular version features an extended intro with fully finished vocals from both Ye and James Blake, originally not known about until Ye would play it amongst other WAR files on a stream May 1st, 2025. In this intro, Ye mentions the idea of turning into birds after death, alluding to how Ye and Kim shared the belief that their deceased parents would visit them in spirit as crows, as mentioned in the 500 Days in UCLA documentary and in Ye's "Bad People" freestyle. Has two equally long Ye verses and a short Ye bridge that is repeated many times throughout the song, initially thought to be James Blake. Track 9 on the October 2022 copy. Would eventually be released on BULLY with the intro and James Blake cut, finished Ye vocals, and different production. Original snippet leaked on Christmas Eve 2025. On Christmas Day 2025, a $10,000 groupbuy would open and finish in less than 24 hours, with the song leaking shortly thereafter.
with Monica Martin · prod. Dom Maker, James Blake, Monica Martin · CD Quality · 2025
Track 1 on the October 2022 WAR copy. Has completely new, 90% finished Ye vocals and an extended intro featuring the song's main sample. Snippets leaked December 13th and December 16th, 2025. Leaked after an $8,000 charity groupbuy that went towards the Ukraine Red Cross Society.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker, excusemeplease, Jameela Jamil · CD Quality · 2025
Version of the song intended for WAR before later being brought back for James Blake's 2026 album Trying Times. Ye's vocals are partially unfinished, with some voice memo vocals on his first verse. Ye mentions a conversation he had with JAŸ-Z where he said to him that he wanted to "see [his] mama". Track 8 on the October 2022 copy. Was heard briefly as files were being skipped through on a May 1st, 2025 Parti stream. Snippets leaked December 8th and December 9th, 2025.
prod. Kanye West, James Blake · CD Quality · 2022
OG Filename: what I would have said at virgils funeral4 Track 2 on the October 2022 copy. Has mumble Ye vocals. Nicknamed "Always" by fans until the real name was revealed. Ironically, Ye confirmed it's name at the party where it was first officially previewed. Samples "Crazy Bout My Boifriend (Loopy)" by Sissy Nobbyand interpolates "As" by Stevie Wonder. According to James Blake, the sample was Ye's idea, with James producing the rest. He would later go on to say that he considers the song finished and the mumble on the last verse is intentional. Original CDQ snippets leaked December 2022 & October 16th, 2023, with an HQ snippet also leaking February 17th, 2023.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker · Lossless · 2025
Initial Ye and James freestyle. According to Ye in a tweet, "[the October 2022 album copy] is made from freestyles that [he] did with James over his beats". Said by dondasvault to be 20 minutes long and "consists of 10-minute Ye vocals and 10 min James Blake vocals". Snippet leaked January 18th, 2025.
with Lil Uzi Vert · prod. Kanye West, James Blake · CD Quality · 2022
According to @uzirareupdates on Instagram, Ye sent Lil Uzi Vert this beat to record on sometime in 2022. Likely August when they were spotted together. Unknown if this version contains any Ye or James vocals. Snippet leaked August 6th, 2025.
prod. Kanye West, James Blake · Not Available
Initial freestyle, cutdown for later versions. According to Ye in a tweet, "[the October 2022 album copy] is made from freestyles that [he] did with James over his beats". According to Albe Back, "Always" was the original title before it was changed to "What I Would Have Said At Virgil's Funeral" in the Ye camp.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker · Recording · 2025
Seemingly a test bounce to see how the intro transitions into the main song. Has the entire intro and a short portion of the "This One Here" part. This is the full file, as it abruptly cut-off when being played without any interaction from the engineer at the laptop, which confused Ye. Played on a Parti stream May 1st, 2025.
prod. James Blake, JPEGMAFIA · Recording · 2025
According to yougotonemore, a WAR song produced by James Blake and JPEGMAFIA exists which later ended up on SCARING THE HOES. Later revealed to be an early version of "Garbage Pale Kids". Has an alternate James Blake-produced bassline, no drums, and is seemingly only the first beat looped. Snippet of a session recording leaked December 19th, 2025, with yougotonemore confirming that both Ye and James recorded on it. Ye mentions removing hi-hats from the whole album in this memo. Samples a Hokkaido Commercial from 1985 and a Nintendo Famicom Sports Collection Commercial from 1983.
prod. Kanye West, James Blake · Recording · 2023
Made during WAR sessions. Samples "CHURCH GIRL" by Beyoncé. Intrestingly, the sample is produced by No ID and was released on July 29th, 2022, during early WAR sessions. Ye would also call the song his "Favorite song on [the new] Beyoncé album" in an Instagram post from September 4th, 2022. Unknown if this contains any Ye or James vocals, but it's likely. Snippet leaked February 17th, 2023.
prod. James Blake · CD Quality · 2022
OG Filename: fall in/all is love Solo Ye demo with him singing over a piano and string instrumental. Originally thought to be from DONDA 2 sessions before it was discovered to be from WAR from its metadata, further confirmed after the version from the October 2022 copy leaked.
with Monica Martin · prod. Dom Maker, James Blake, Monica Martin · Recording · 2022
Version without the extended intro. Has alternate mumble Ye vocals and a stronger bassline. Played at a party featured on Naomi Campbell's Instagram on September 26th, 2022. Was nicknamed "Never Coming Back" by the community until the real name was revealed. Samples a cover of "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder done by Monica Martin
prod. James Blake · CD Quality · 2022
OG Filename: let it in w/space 2 Solo James Blake song made during the beginning of the WAR sessions. Contains open verses, most likely for Ye to record over. Allegedly on a tracklist according to the seller of the song. Interpolates "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. Original snippet leaked February 22, 2023.
prod. Kanye West, John Cunningham · CD Quality · 2024
Samples "Love, Love, Love" by Donny Hathaway. It was likely not recorded during the same December 2022 session as “Someday We’ll All Be Free,” and "Ticket To Heaven" as Shane Cashman did not mention the song when describing his experience watching the recording of those tracks. Original snippet leaked February 17th, 2023 as part of a recording of numerous snippets mostly from 2022. Another brief snippet was posted by Chey Anderson on her instagram story during the YZY Casting Call, then other snippets leaked in February and March of 2024. Forceleaked after an attempted blind buy. Originally thought to be from YEBU, but was later played on a Parti stream amongst other WAR files sent to Ye by John Cunningham, meaning it likely originates from this era or was at least considered for the project. According to James Blake, he does not remember recording for this song.
prod. James Blake, excusemeplease · CD Quality · 2023
Initial Ye freestyle, cutdown for later versions. According to Ye in a tweet, "[the October 2022 album copy] is made from freestyles that [he] did with James over his beats". Has additional drums which were later cut, possibly from the original Josh loop. The instrumental for this version leaked Christmas Day 2025.
prod. excusemeplease, James Blake, John Cunningham · CD Quality · 2026
Version of the song with James Blake vocals. Later brought back and completely reworked, with a new instrumental and vocals, for James' album Trying Times. Original snippet leaked February 7th, 2026. Leaked after a groupbuy.
prod. Kanye West, James Blake · Recording · 2025
One of the multiple freestyles recorded for the song, seemingly a voice memo. Said to be from WAR sessions. Features Ye interpolating the sample, along with completely different drums and synth production compared to release, likely produced by James. Snippet leaked November 8th, 2025.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker · Recording · 2025
Version which lacks the intro, otherwise very similar to the October 2022 copy structure-wise. Played at a party featured on Naomi Campbell's Instagram on September 26th, 2022. Second snippet leaked January 21st, 2025. Nicknamed "Showtime" by the community, until the name was confirmed by its BULLY filename.
prod. James Blake, Dom Maker, excusemeplease, Jameela Jamil · Not Available
Initial freestyles, cutdown for later versions. According to Ye in a tweet, "[the October 2022 album copy] is made from freestyles that [he] did with James over his beats". There are very likely 2 of these freestyles, as Ye's first verse is noticeably much lower quality and is a voice memo.
prod. James Blake · Recording · 2025
According to yougotonemore, there is a WAR song which interpolates"Kwaku the Traveller" by Black Sherif. Confirmed to exist after Ty played a version from VULTURES 2 on stream. Snippet of a voice memo recording of the song leaked December 17th, 2025.
with Donda Academy Student Choir · prod. Kanye West, James Blake, Donda Academy Student Choir · Recording · 2025
Recording of the Donda Academy Student Choir rehearsing the song, intended to be sung at the YZYSZN9 show. At the end the choir director says they intend to record it. Has finished lyrics written by Albe Back, unknown if Ye recorded these.
prod. James Blake · Not Available
Said by Luit to have originally been created during WAR sessions due to being in a folder with other WAR beats.