Yeezus 2

with The Weeknd · prod. Hit-Boy, No ID, MIKE DEAN, Velous, Young Chop, Paul McCartney · High Quality · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Hit-Boy Idea Ref (11.11.13) Song from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains mumble.

prod. dom$olo · High Quality · 2014

OG Filenames: KW - After You Ref @ 83 BPM (4.21.14) & AY Freestyle that has new vocals compared to the previous versions. Confirmed to be the version on CyHi's Yeezus 2 playlist.

prod. No ID · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Don't Get Up Livvi Ref 2.20.14 Livvi Franc reference track. Leaked as a bonus for the Yung Lean "Stop Looking For This" JoeBuy.

with Miley Cyrus, Travis Scott · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Lido · CD Quality · 2013

OG Filenames: Everybody Wants To Rule The Wold Ref (11.8.13) & BSH (rmx)_Everybody Wants To Rule The Wold (11.8.13) Yeezus 2 song created with elements from "Black Skinhead (Remix)". Miley recorded during the 2013 VMAs afterparty. Contains some production from "Black Skinhead". Has a mumble-ish Kanye verse completely different from the original song.

prod. 88-Keys · Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Fall Into You Ref (11.11.13) Song from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains mumble singing vocals with Kanye mostly just saying "fall into you". Samples "Give It To You" by Upp.

prod. 88-Keys, ???, Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - God Level Bridge Ref 2 (3.25.14) Has a completely different take on the bridge with orchestral production and no vocals.

prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - I Can't Let Go Ref (4.24.14) Yeezus 2 freestyle. Samples "Can't Run This Race Alone" by Flying Eagles Gospel Singers.

with Frank Ocean · prod. MIKE DEAN · Lossless · 2014

OG Filename: KW - I Feel Like That Ref (4.26.14) Version of the song with simpler production and a Frank Ocean feature at the end of the song.

CD Quality · 2025

Has more polished and finished production.

prod. Paul McCartney · High Quality · 2014

OG Filenames: KW - Mrs. Misery Ref (4.3.14) & MM Mumble demo. This is the version on the CyHi Yeezus 2 Spotify playlist. Said to have been recorded the same day as "Only One".

prod. Velous · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Never Tried This Ref (6.1.14) 2014 Yeezus 2 throwaway that has very similar drums to "All Day".

Lossless · 2014

OG Filename: KW - New Angels Ref (1.7.14) Yeezus 2 era throwaway. First 46 seconds have no mumble, apart from that it has singing with some mumble. Lossless unedited file leaked in 2022.

prod. Kanye West, Hudson Mohawke · CD Quality · 2024

OG Filename: NINA CHOP HM RUFF 80 BPM Has alternate production, done by Hudson Mohawke. Made sometime in April 2014.

prod. Kanye West · CD Quality · 2020

A cut-down of the previous version with refined piano and better structure. Could be from January 28th, as that's when some January 7th demos were worked on further. Previously thought to be later than the "Bitch Please" version.

prod. Mano · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Use Your Love Ref (1.8.14) Freestyle seen in a filelist. Only the instrumental has been leaked. Samples "Your Love" by The Outfield.

prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filenames: KW - You Ain't No Model Ref 2 (1.7.14) & KW - You Ain't No Model Ref (1.7.14) Version with a longer beatswitch with more Kanye vocals, cutdown for later versions. Originally bounced as just "Ref", but later renamed to "Ref 2".

with Miley Cyrus, Travis Scott · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Lido · CD Quality · 2013

OG Filename: Black Skinhead Remix 10.13.13 Made during the Yeezus 2 sessions. Tagged version with part of the intro removed leaked in January 2016. Full untagged version leaked in May 2021. Fake lossless file leaked in December 2022.

with Bon Iver, THE-DREAM · prod. Daft Punk · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Fall Out Of Heaven Ref (5.11.14) Cut-down version with some production elements removed, less Bon Iver vocals, and re-recorded verses from Kanye, with some alternate lyrics. Still contains mumble. Kanye says the line "Woke up, my dick crooked as the Nike sign". Originally leaked February 18th, 2016, with the OG file leaking almost 10 years later.

prod. Kanye West, 88-Keys, Hudson Mohawke, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - God Level Ref (5.22.14) Version of the song which features three different beats. Samples "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart" by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. An edited version of the track was officially used in an Adidas commercial in 2014. The chop at the end was separated into a July 2014 file later used in August 2015.

prod. Travis Scott · Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: I Am Not Home - FINAL MIX Final mix. Has a slightly different structure compared to the previous versions of the song. Was played at a few shows from the Yeezus tour as an extended version. Samples "É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo" by Erasmo Carlos. LQ file originally leaked March 7th, 2023.

with The Weeknd, Drake · prod. Kanye West, Che Pope, MIKE DEAN, Hudson Mohawke · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - When I see It Ref (5.10.14) The original version of The Weeknd track "Tell Your Friends" originally meant for Yeezus 2 and eventually So Help Me God. Released version features part of Kanye's first verse muffled. Originally teased by GOODMUSICINSIDER in 2014. Features The Weeknd and Drake and has a MIKE DEAN outro with Hudmo drums. The Kanye verse is a longer mumble ref compared to the "When I See It" demo he publicly released, and Drake's verse has some minor differences from his officially released remix.

with Travis Scott · prod. Southside · Not Available

In an interview from March 2014, Southside confirms that a song exists which features both Kanye and Travis, saying "he just hit us". This confirms a version with Kanye vocals exists, possibly finished.

Not Available

A demo created during the early Yeezus 2 sessions. Mentioned by Seth Rogan when Kanye played him all of his album in January 2014. "Alright, I start rapping, and I'm like "Bip bita BOP and a boom bita BAP, and everyone goes, THANK YOU (you, you, you, you). And then I come back in again rapping like: Boom whapa BAM and PA whapa BAM, and then I say THANK YOU (you, you, you, you). And then Frank Ocean will come in here and be like: Baaaa ba booooooooooo" - Kanye. There's a possibility that Kanye just wanted Frank on this song, and he never recorded. The version played was likely a Kanye freestyle from early January.

with Travis Scott · prod. Kanye West, Mano, Noah Goldstein · Not Available

Version supposedly made for late Yeezus 2. Apparently features "half a verse and a hook" from Travis. Later released on Big Sean's album Dark Sky Paradise with only Travis's adlibs and hook. Confirmed to exist by GOODMUSICINSIDER.

with Travis Scott · prod. Kanye West, Mano · Not Available

According to Travis in an interview with Billboard, this was originally a Kanye song with a feature from him, and was supposed to be a single for Kanye's album, before becoming the version on Rodeo. It had a "completely different sounding beat," but the same hook. Travis said that the "hook came cause Ye put my verse in the ASR and chopped it up." According to Mano, the song was supposed to have Drake on it, though he has been said to never have recorded. He would also say "I was supposed to get a Ye feature for that and I ended up re-doing the beat", meaning it's possible Rodeo versions exist with his vocals.

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

OG Filename: KW - 3 Ref Cut-down of the above version that cuts the final verse/hook and has a much better mix on the vocals, with noticeable reverb.

with Paul McCartney · prod. Paul McCartney · High Quality · 2024

OG Filename: 333 Earliest version of the song included in CyHi's Yeezus 2/'Yeezus Paul McCartney' playlist. Almost entirely mumble with some Paul McCartney vocals in the background. The vocals on this version would be pitched up and used as backing vocals for release. The song also is in an entirely different key to release.

Not Available · 2014

OG Filename: KW - A Pas de Velour Instr @ 91 BPM (1.7.14) Unknown song whose instrumental is seen in a filelist for a January 8th, 2014 copy of Yeezus 2.

Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - About Time Ref (11.11.13) Song from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains mumble. Samples "He Said Goodbye" by Eleanore Mills.

prod. dom$olo · Recording · 2013

OG Filename: 20131108 160106 Original iPhone recording, from a few days prior to the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Features additional chatting from Kanye, including mentions of wanting a choir to mimic the vocals in the instrumental. Leaked alongside the sample loop titled "Afta U".

prod. dom$olo · Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Dom $olo - After You Found in the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Shorter freestyle than later versions. Most likely dated November 11th, alongside the other Dom $olo demo found in this Yeezus 2 copy. Shares a very similar beat as Pusha T's "Coming Home" as well as Sia's "Reaper". Samples "After You" by Roberta Flack.

prod. Alex da Kid · Not Available

Sam Harris has said that Rihanna's "American Oxygen" was "a track that Alex [da Kid] had". Likely just the beat at this stage.

with Paul McCartney · prod. Velous, Paul McCartney · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - All Day Ref (6.1.14) Original freestyle. Good microphone vocals begin at 1:30. Snippets originally leaked July 23rd & October 16th, 2024. Leaked as a blind bonus for the second "THIRSTY" groupbuy.

with Malik Yusef, Hass · prod. Charlie Heat, Diddy, French Montana, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Noah Goldstein, Velous, Allen Ritter, Mario Winans, Plain Pat, Travis Scott, ??? · CD Quality · 2023

OG Filename: all day PROTOTYPE Prototype remix. Unknown exactly when made. Has open verses.

prod. Kanye West, Mano, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - All Your Fault Ref (1.7.14) Earliest known version of the song. Has less vocal effects than later versions. Seen on a January 12th tracklist.

prod. Travis Scott, Ken Lewis, Rick Rubin · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Awesome Ref 6 (5.28.14) On a early 2014 whiteboard. More finalized mix of the Yeezus-era version, also of a higher quality.

Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Back Up Off The Ledge Ref (11.11.13) Song from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains mumble and a beat switch.

with French Montana · prod. Foreign Tech · CD Quality · 2014

Solo version, would later be given to French Montana.

with Big Sean · prod. Mustard · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Big Body Ref (1.8.14) Originally a solo-Kanye Yeezus 2 idea. Kanye can be heard in the bleed for Betty Wright's vocals. Snippets leaked December 5th, 2024.

with E-40 · prod. Mustard, Kanye West · Not Available

DJ Mustard was playing a bunch of beats at his studio and they came across the production that became "IDFWU". As soon as it began to play, the memorable chorus popped into Sean's head. He laid out a skeleton of the song with mumbles in place of the verses, sent it off to E-40, and played it for Kanye.

with Miley Cyrus, Travis Scott · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Lido, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2013

OG Filename: BSH RMX Ref 10.5.13 FOR DVNO Features slight mixing differences from the other versions.

with Miley Cyrus, Travis Scott · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Lido · CD Quality · 2022

OG Filename: 32 BLKKK SKKKN (RMX) FOR CLEARANC Sample clearance version of the above song.

with Kendrick Lamar · prod. Travis Scott · CD Quality · 2025

OG Filename: Klamar_KWKL_Ali Rough 1.0 Version with a Kendrick Lamar verse sharing lyrics with his verse from the remix to "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. The beat was likely shown to Kendrick during his time as an opening act for the Yeezus Tour. Snippet leaked Christmas Day 2025. Another 2 snippets were leaked on December 30th, 2025.

with Bon Iver, THE-DREAM · prod. Daft Punk, Travis Scott · Not Available

Seen on a whiteboard from mid 2014. May be similar to the May 11th version.

prod. Cashmere Cat, Sinjin Hawke · CD Quality · 2023

Instrumental found in a Cashmere Cat vine. Very little is known about it, but it is known that the beat was made for Kanye. CDQ stem edit snippet using the real instrumental with fake vocals leaked October 23rd, 2022. Thought to be from later in the song's development, but it is most likely the original instrumental, as Cashmere Cat can be heard beatboxing the initial idea for the bass in the linked vine, and there is much more production than later versions, likely stripped back by Ye due to his fixation on minimalism around this time.

prod. 88-Keys · Lossless · 2014

Original freestyle, seen in a January 2014 copy of Yeezus 2. Samples "Catherine Of Aragon" by Rick Wakeman.

CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Creep Theme Ref (1.28.14) Kanye largely talking over a very weird beat, with him singing some parts. Samples "Moribund the Burgermeister" by Peter Gabriel. Original snippet leaked December 3rd, 2020.

prod. Paris Bueller · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Crosses Ref (1.7.14) Rough January 2014 Yeezus 2 freestyle. Samples a Beanie Mac stand-up performance, and "Operations Choice" by Mikey Dread.

with Big Sean · Not Available · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Definitely Ref (1.6.14) Seen in a filelist. According to Menace, this song "is a Ye x Big Sean freestyle where they go back and forth and have some fun it’s very wholesome 😁❤️".

prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein · CD Quality · 2014

OG Filename: KW - Depiciton of the Devil JL Ref (4.5.14) Different version of the John Legend reference track, has slightly alternate production and lacks the long open verse.

prod. Kanye West · Lossless · 2014

OG Filenames: ASR Sample Outro Only & KW - Do You Really Ever Love Seen from a list of SWISH-eraPost Malone references, but later confirmed to actually be from Yeezus 2. Also present as the outro to the last version of "God Level". Samples "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. Leaked as a bonus for a Soakbuy.

prod. No ID · Lossless · 2014

OG Filename: KW- Dont Get Up Ref (1.25.14) Earliest known version. Has mumble. Leaked as a bonus for the Yung Lean "Stop Looking For This" reference track JoeBuy.

Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Don't Want To Think Ref (11.11.13) Song from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains mumble.

prod. 40, Kanye West, Vinylz, OZ, Dahi, AxlFolieTHC, Ricci Riera · Not Available

Original version of the 3rd verse of Drake's "U With Me?". Leaked by E. Batt, a rapper with no association to Drake who got the song early and added his own verse via Soundcloud. During OVOMark's April 7th Instagram Live, a full version of the track was played and subsequently an edit was made combining "U With Me?" and the leaked verse from Soundcloud to make the version of the track. Edit can be found in the Fakes section.

with Miley Cyrus, Travis Scott · prod. Mike WiLL Made-It, Lido · Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: Everybody Wants To Rule The World FOR TRACKING 128 BPM Version that was intended for Kanye to record on. Missing most Kanye vocals and has a different mix as well as a slightly different instrumental.

with Drake · prod. Kanye West, Che Pope, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2015

OG Filename: Evolve Noel ref_1 Same as other OVO Radio version except uncensored and higher quality, resurfaced after an uncensored version of the episode was found. Part of Drake's verse is used in later versions, with an extra line not found in this one. Unclear if this was a version edited specifically for OVO Radio, but considering the verse is from Kanye versions of the song and the beat is the less developed version used in other Kanye versions, it's likely this is the same initial recording Drake did for the song in 2014.

with Drake · prod. Kanye West, Che Pope, MIKE DEAN · High Quality · 2015

Solo Drake version, played on Drake's OVOSound Radio. Contains a OVOSound tag and is censored.

prod. Kanye West · Lossless · 2013

OG Filename: KW - Father Stretch My Hands Ref (11.11.13) First version from the earliest known copy of Yeezus 2. Contains around two minutes of open before Kanye sings a few mumble notes, followed by more open.

prod. Kanye West, Noah Goldstein · Not Available

Version played at the Cafe Royal listening party on July 5th. Unknown what differences it has to other versions of the song but it's likely similar to the freestyle, just without Kanye's beatboxing.

with Travis Scott · prod. Southside · Lossless · 2014

OG Filename: finnese Version of Travis Scott's "Quintana, Pt. 2". Appears as track 11 in a Yeezus 2 album zip. Has no Kanye vocals and is unknown if he ever did record for the song. Later released on Travis' mixtape Days Before Rodeo and features T.I. Features a different intro, a slightly rough first verse, and an extra verse in place of the outro. Travis' vocals could be a reference for Kanye. OG File leaked after a groupbuy.