Era archive · 2012–2013 · Verified dates
149 titles · 322 entries
197 playable · 68 external · 57 unavailable
Part of the archive of Kanye's unreleased albums — songs and versions listed as documented in the Ye tracker.
Dates: AllMusic · Apple Music · Ye Tracker
with Chief Keef · prod. Daft Punk, Kanye West, Sebastian Sartor, Young Chop, Evian Christ · Not Available
According to Noah Goldstein, "After Watch The Throne [in 2011], me and Ye lived together in Paris for about six months. That was when I heard it first... I thought…’Holy fuck, man. This is stupid'". Likely just a beat at this point as he recalls this as the first time he had "heard the drumbeat".
with Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder · prod. SAK PASE, Travis Scott · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Awesome 4.5.13 Has vastly different production from other Yeezus-eraversions. Filename claims it's dated April 5th, 2013, but it's actually from May 4th, 2013. Found inside Kanye's wedding playlist, but it's not the version featuring Ty Dolla $ign.
with The Weeknd · prod. Che Pope · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - GGIAGB Abel Ref (1.11.13) Version with finished The Weeknd vocals not seen in any other version. For whatever reason, after January 11th, 2013, engineers continued to bounce The Weeknd's mumble vocals and even send them to other producers to work on the song.
with Chief Keef, Bon Iver · prod. Noah Goldstein, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Hold My Liquor Ref (4.30.13) Version with mumble Ye vocals, additional Bon Iver vocals, a different structure, and an extended guitar solo on the outro. Track 9 on an early copy of Yeezus.
with The Weeknd · prod. Daft Punk, Travis Scott · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filenames: I Am A God Abel Idea 1 & BOUNCE send to noah Has a seperate intro done by The Weeknd. Samples "I'm A Fool To Want You" by Billie Holiday. Original snippet leaked November 30th, 2024. Seller said that the song had Travis Scott adlibs, however this was untrue.
with 2 Chainz, THE-DREAM · prod. Travis Scott, SAK PASE · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - No No No No Ref (4.11.13) Version with two lines of Travis Scott reference vocals. Has a hook and verse from 2 Chainz which interpolates "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" by Big Pun, alongside backing vocals from THE-DREAM. Lacks any Kanye vocals. Original snippet leaked January 1st, 2023.
with Azealia Banks · prod. Hit-Boy · Lossless · 2013
OG Filename: PADDED WALLS FOR HM Yeezus song with a verse from Azealia Banks and distorted Kanye vocals which are partially mumble. Further cutdown from the December 2012 version. This file was sent to Hudson Mohawke for him to add production on top of. The beat was later used on the song "Joyride" by Tinashe.
with Kanye West, Bono · prod. Swizz Beatz, Musicman Ty, Jerry Duplessis, Arden Altino · CD Quality · 2019
Unreleased track from Swizz Beatz's scrapped album Haute Living. Cuts down the Kanye vocals, with only one verse in the final song. Released as a DMX track in 2021, without Kanye.
with Assassin, James Fauntleroy · prod. Evian Christ · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename KW - Where Are We Ref (1.15.13) Has slightly different production from later versions and open verses, as well as vocals from Assassin and James Fauntleroy. Assassin has extra vocals which the "Talk To Me" title comes from, not used in versions from March and onwards. No Kanye vocals. Samples "Two Or Three Fireflies" by Steve Peters. Editor Note: This version specifically is able to be uploaded to Pillowcase, but will not play or download. Keep the link as Pixeldrain unless somehow it works on Pillowcase again.
with Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder · prod. Travis Scott, 88-Keys, Kanye West, SAK PASE, Ken Lewis, Rick Rubin · Lossless · 2013
OG Filename: KW AWESOME 04.09.13 Fully finished love ballad from Kanye to Kim Kardashian, later played at their wedding. Has vocals from Charlie Wilson and Stevie Wonder, with different drums and production compared to other versions from SAK PASE. Samples "Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory)" by M.O.P.. Leaked along with stems.
with The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, Bon Iver, THE-DREAM · prod. Daft Punk · High Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Can't Get Over Me Ref (4.30.13) Version with a feature from THE-DREAM and new Tony Williams vocals on the hook. This version doesn't have a Kanye verse, only reusing his voice memo take on the hook during one section of the song. THE-DREAM's vocals are the same as "Fall Out Of Heaven", but with a slower tempo
with Kid Cudi · prod. S1, MIKE DEAN, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Travis Scott · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Guilt Trip Ref (3.31.13) March version. Has alternate production and more vocals from Kid Cudi and Kanye. Also has a slightly faster arrangement. This production can be heard in release through Kanye's bleed. Samples "Fly Like An Eagle" by Steve Miller Band.
with Charlie Wilson, John Legend, Elon Rutberg · prod. No ID, Tyler, The Creator, MIKE DEAN · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Nobody To Love Ref (3.30.13) Commonly referred to as "Bound 1". Has a completely different beat which samples"Aeroplane (Reprise)" by Wee, a beat breakdown, alternate lines with some mumble, and an alternate outro.
with Assassin, Bon Iver · prod. MIKE DEAN, Travis Scott, SAK PASE, Evian Christ, Anthony Kilhoffer · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Talk To Me Ref (5.1.3) Version with more developed production and an alternate mix on the sample. Has only the first Kanye verse, with alternate lyrics, and ends with a guitar solo. Is lower-energy compared to release.
with Kanye West · prod. J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A · Not Available
OG Filename: New Illuminati feat. Kanye West Version with Kanye from a tracklist of the unreleased album Act II: Patents of Nobility by Jay Electronica. Likely recorded during aJanuary 16th, 2012 sessionwhere Jay, Pusha T, Marsha Ambrosius, Hit-Boy, Frank Ocean, Big Sean, Manny Fresh, and Kanye were all present. Wasn't on the version that released, but is confirmed to exist. Jay Electronica later confirmed in his Discord server that if he got Kanye's permission, he'd drop a version of Act II for free with the verses included. 31 seconds longer than release, which also contains several references to Ye and interpolates "Murder To Excellence".
with Kanye West · prod. TNGHT · Recording · 2013
Remix teased by Travis Scott on Vine. Has a Kanye feature as confirmed by Travis on Twitter, aswell as reworked production speculated to be from TNGHT. Was thought to also feature Drake as Travis was at his house before the snippet was posted, but Travis had said in a 2014 interview that he had not worked with Drake before, so this is likely untrue.
with Frank Ocean, Kanye West · prod. Tyler, The Creator · Not Available
Version with a Kanye feature. Confirmed by Tyler to be on WOLF on Formspring two months before the album dropped, saying that he hopped on the song at the last minute as of February 23rd, 2013. Tyler would later make another Formspring post saying "no" to the question "Is Kanye really on 'Awkward'?", but it's likely he meant that Kanye wasn't going to be on it for release.
with The Weeknd · prod. Che Pope · Not Available
The Weeknd feature intended for Yeezus. First mentioned by Pharaohxx, who claimed it was scrapped on May 23th, 2013, likely right after Rick Rubin came in. Later, Evian Christ said that a song with The Weeknd was considered as a potential single for the album, but was scrapped by Rick Rubin. Both likely refer to the same song. Very likely has Kanye vocals as it was considered to be a single up until May 2013, although the session contains "KW" audio files which belong to The Weeknd for some reason. The sessions avaliable are also dated January 2013, so it's possible Kanye recorded sometime after this.
with Skrillex · prod. Skrillex · Not Available
According to MIKE DEAN, thissong was worked on for Yeezus. - "We met up with Skrillex, but he never made any contributions to the album. Actually, there's one song that's sitting around that's pretty good-- it'll be on something eventually. It had been in the running since last year. It's a work in progress."
with 2 Chainz, THE-DREAM · prod. Travis Scott, SAK PASE · Not Available
According to Evian Christ, this is one of the songs that Rick Rubin cut from Yeezus at the last minute. It's very likely that this version of the song is finished, likely with Kanye's hook from the previous version and 2 Chainz' verse, potentially alongside a Kanye verse, given that it made it this far into the album's development.
with Kanye West, Kid Cudi · prod. Travis Scott, Kanye West, Anthony Kilhoffer · Not Available · 2012
OG Filename: Travis Scott - Fuck Originally intended for the September 2012 release of Travis Scott's mixtape Owl Pharaoh. Cut during delays and reworks of the album, but eventually ended up on the album KiD CuDi presents SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon as a solo Kid Cudi song. Confirmed by Travis to be a "Travis Scott Kanye Killhoffer production". Claimed by Pharaohxx to be an early version of "Shit On You", but this has also been said to be a mistake on his part. Travis and Anthony Kilhoffer produced "Shit On You", so he may have gotten mixed up between the two songs. Seen in a picture of several Owl Pharoah album copies in the folder "Travis Scott- Fuck ft kid cudi Kanye w", with it last being edited the day of the photo at 4:21 AM.
prod. 88-Keys · CD Quality · 2022
OG FIlename: KW - BSH 88 RUFF Has a completely different instrumental produced by 88-Keys, layering released vocals over the sample, "An Englishman In New York" by Godley & Creme, completely off-beat. Likely meant to show how sample's drums would sound on the song, as they line up at some points. Leaked after a "successful" $100 group buy for a "no mumble, solo song".
with Charlie Wilson, John Legend, Elon Rutberg · prod. SAK PASE, No ID, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2013
OG Filename: Nobody To Love (sham)04.07.13 Has added production from Sak Pase, with seemingly random drums, very loud 808s, and weird mixing, especially on Kanye's vocals.
with Kanye West · prod. Kanye West · Not Available
According to Sonny DIgital, Kanye stripped the previous version down, and "took out all [Sonny's] stuff, everything". He also stated "I fly out to L.A. to go put back in the hard shit... They said Kanye took out a whole bunch of shit. I had to go back and put the shit back in there.”
with Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder · prod. Travis Scott, 88-Keys, Kanye West, 88-Keys and Kanye West, ???, Ken Lewis · CD Quality · 2013
OG Filename: Awesone Travis with Music and Vox4 Version with production from Travis Scott. Does not contain features from Charlie Wilson & Stevie Wonder. Cuts off early, but it's the full bounce.
prod. Daft Punk · Lossless · 2012
OG Filename: BATTUCADA_02 Kanye stated in an interview that he wrote and recorded a demo with Daft Punk after an incident at the Paris Fashion Week in 2012. File linked is the left and right channel found in the session bounced. The instrumental was later used by Travis Scott for his 2023 track "MODERN JAM".
with J. Cole, Kanye West, Consequence, André 3000 · prod. Beyoncé, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West · CD Quality · 2011
Version that is identical to release except André 3000's verse is uncensored. Appeared on the leaked version of Beyoncé's album 4 that surfaced three weeks before the album dropped.
with J. Cole, André 3000, Kanye West, Consequence · prod. Beyoncé, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West · Not Available
According to an intervew, J. Cole recorded another two verses, different from his original two, for the remix. Beyoncé picked one from these new two and also shortened that verse a bit.
prod. Kanye West · Lossless · 2013
OG Filename: Through The Roof_Stu Blend 1_3-31-13 & ThroughTheRoof_StuBlnd1_3-31-13 Likely a reference track made for Beyoncé, due to BOOTS writing for her around this time. Unknown when this song was given to Kanye. Was originally leaked in 2020 as a song from 808s & Heartbreak era however this is clearly false as BOOTS didn't start making music until 2011, and the file is encoded with the original filename and date.
with JAŸ-Z, Kanye West · prod. Hit-Boy · Not Available
According to Big Sean in an MTV interview from September 2012, "...["Clique" is] on the G.O.O.D. Music album and it’s on my next album too”. The song never released on his at-the-time upcoming album Hall Of Fame, although it was executive produced by Kanye, so it's unknown what differences this version had, if any.
prod. Amaire Johnson · Not Available
When Sean originally wrote the song, the first verse was written from the perspective of President Barack Obama as a child and the second verse was from the perspective of Osama Bin Laden as a child. Said to be around 6 minutes long, and was recorded two years before the track's release.
prod. Kanye West, TNGHT, Noah Goldstein, MIKE DEAN, Arca, 88-Keys, Carlos "6 July" Broady · High Quality · 2013
OG Filename: KW - Blood On The Leaves Ref (3.11.13) Has only around 1:07 of actual vocals and the rest is just open verses. Heavily samples "R U Ready" by TNGHT and "Strange Fruit" by Nina Simone.
prod. Kanye West · High Quality · 2012
OG Filename: KW - Bound Ref (1.7.12) Sample chop for "Bound 2", made in January of 2012, featuring no pitching and a slightly larger section of the song present in the chop. Would later be combined with the vocals from "Nobody To Love" and renamed to create what we now know as "Bound 2".
prod. Cashmere Cat, Evian Christ · Not Available
In an interview with i-D, Cashmere Cat stated "This was based on a demo Evian Christ sent me. I think this was something he started for Yeezus, but I took it first." It is assumed that only the production was made at the time, as Cashmere Cat was doing other production work for Kanye at the time. Later released on Cashmere Cat's mixtape 9.
prod. Kanye West · Not Available
When Cassie released Kanye's remix to her song "King Of Hearts" for download online, the file included its filename, "KING OF HEARTS MD MIX 2 mix 4 no strings.mp3". This filename suggests that there are three earlier mixes/versions.
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