“Band Remix” was briefly available on Keem’s SoundCloud from 2016 to 2017. The non remix version of the track first released on the Oct ep on December 7, 2016. Shortly after Keem would remix the song into a more chaotic beat that still contains the sample "All I Need" by Lee Fields. "Band Remix" would be released as a single to Keems soundcloud currently unknown if the song ever saw a spotify release like other work at the time.

⭐ Band [Remix]

The entries that make up this are a mishmash that can't be classified into any timespan because of a lack of information. Keem's first seven projects were all recorded in Vegas and released under his legal name. The first and second date from 2016, named YOUTH and Reign, respectively, are almost completely lost. Black Nights and PTNTL, his third and fourth, have had some material recovered. Oct, Midnight, and No Name are all completely recovered. No Name would be the final EP released under Hykeem Carter, as he would switch to Baby Keem starting with Hearts and Darts.

Track 3 on the Soundcloud version of Oct. The beat is built off the sample "All I Need" by Lee Fields commonly known as the sample for the song Antidote. Keem would also remix this song and release it to his Soundcloud under the title "Band Remix". This version of the track contains the full verse not present in the remixed version.

⭐ Band

⭐ Ball Again

Oct is Hykeem Carter's third EP. This is the earliest project that has been fully recovered. With a tracklist also available due to Oct still having an unplayable but accessible Spotify page.

first track from Black Nights, leaked on April 6, 2023 along with the full Black Nights tracklist.

⭐ Way Back

second track of Black Nights, recovered by Kyruel. At one point, it was the only track recovered from Black Nights. The song features a female artist from Las Vegas who goes by Laura and currently has no other publicly available music.

⭐ Ride Or Die

Black Nights is Hykeem Carter's fourth EP, released some time in 2017. Much of this was lost due to Keem removing everything from his SoundCloud. "Ride Or Die" was the only recovered track from Black Nights. Newer information confirmed the full tracklist included "Take A Flick"

Track 1 off Midnight. Fuck with me, K-Dot come pull the trigger.

⭐Black.

Track 4 off Midnight. Serves as an interlude with just about twenty seconds of actual rapping.

⭐Ben 10.

Midnight is Keem’s sixth EP under the name Hykeem Carter, but is only the 2nd thats been fully recovered. Similarly to Oct, the project has been fully recovered, and a tracklist has been obtained from the unlisted Spotify page.

⭐ drunk.

The last EP that was released under the name Hykeem Carter is "No Name," which is still listenable on Keem's SoundCloud. By this time, Keem would have moved to Los Angeles and fully focused on his music career. No Name is a kind of prequel to his DIE FOR MY BITCH mixtape, but without the mixtape's harsh production and tone, the EP addresses romance and relationships with a more mellow approach.

This snippet was posted on tier 3  thesource.to. This song was made at some point in 2018 and the length is 1:18.

⭐ Bad Guy

Leaked on LEAKTH.IS on Aug. 18, 2020. An early version of "Handsome", a DAMN. leftover. Song samples "Done" by Frank Dukes. Keem only started working with Kendrick post DAMN (most likely during the championship tour or 2018 DAMN tour)

⭐ Kendrick Lamar - Handsome [V2]

After switching his stage name from HiiFii to Hykeem Carter and finally Baby Keem, as well as releasing his eighth EP, Keem shifted focus to creating his first professional mixtape, "The Sound of Bad Habit." Kendrick Lamar would assist with the recording, while CardoGotWings would take over production. On October 29, 2018, The Sound of Bad Habit was released.

Track 11 on the Napster version of DIE FOR MY BITCH. Scrapped and replaced by BUSS HER UP upon the album's release to major streaming services. The track was later revived during work on The Melodic Blue, only to be scrapped again.

⭐ BIG HOMIE [V1]

OG Filename (Partial): Vent - Beko...
Version of "vent" leaked by Baby Keem himself via Soundcloud before being removed shortly after. Was uploaded under the title “FADE (VENT) 2019 DEMO LEAK (with Kendrick Lamar)". Unlike other versions this has additional production along with the inclusion of a Bēkon intro.

⭐ Fade [V3]

Version of honest with extra production from Bekon. Song was apart of the "Out of Pocket (OG N95)" buy as a blind bonus

⭐ HONEST [V2]

Track 5 on the Napster version of DIE FOR MY BITCH. Scrapped and replaced by the song BULLIES upon the album's release to major streaming services. A large portion of the lyrics would go on to be reused in the song "first order of business" and a line in "vent".

⭐ SOUL FOOD

OG Filename: Bri Steves - Somethin Somethin 03NOV18
Randomly leaked on January 27, 2024 on YouTube by mez. Confirmed by zaytop to be from late 2018

⭐ Bri Steves - Show Me Something

After the success of Sound of Bad Habit, Keem started work on his second commercial mixtape, DIE FOR MY BITCH. DIE FOR MY BITCH would first release on Napster, with three tracks from the Napster version being replaced upon its arrival on major streaming services. In 2019, Kendrick Lamar and Keem collaborated so frequently that both artists started working closely on a now-cancelled album. This shelved project is said to be the initial stages of Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, though none of the songs from said collaboration are currently available.

“100 Bands” is an unreleased freestyle previewed by Keem on July 5, 2021 after the full song leaked three days prior. The song was previewed along with “Impatient (naked)” now known as "naked freestyle" on his Instagram story.

⭐ 100 Bands

Previewed by Keem on July 5, 2021, along with “100 Bands” on his Instagram story. Contains an entirely different verse and some alterations in production and the chorus. It was first leaked by Cardo when he posted a lower-quality version to his YouTube channel on July 18, 2021, but went unnoticed for a few months. The video of the older freestyle was later removed before the release of the Deluxe, with this also going unnoticed.

⭐ Impatient (naked)

OG Filename: BK Jump1 v1 4 MDS MASTER
Snippet leaked by Spir. 4:15 total in length with 2 unreleased Baby Keem verses, no beat switch, different Kendrick lines, ad-libs, vocal takes, and uses the "brother" flow more. Contains COVID and 2021 lines.  File was bounced on 17 April 2021.

⭐ Jump 1 [V4]

In 2020, Baby Keem would jointly sign with Columbia Records and pgLang, letting him continue working on his debut studio album. The creation of this album was significantly influenced by Kendrick Lamar, who continued in his role as a reference recorder while also offering throwaways to be repurposed. The record underwent a significant reworking by Keem when the pandemic halted all work in early 2020. On September 10, 2022, The Melodic Blue would release. A year later, in 2022, The Melodic Blue would receive a Deluxe

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