Ye Tracker | Unreleased

Before The College Dropout

Before Kanye released his first album to critical acclaim in 2004, he pursued many other projects, including a rap trio group named the "Go Getters" and production for other rappers, including but not limited to JAY-Z, Common, Talib Kweli, and Scarface. Two years before the release of The College Dropout, Kanye began releasing a series of mixtapes to generate hype and publicity for the eventual release of his first album. Kanye eventually signed with Roc-A-Fella records in August 2002.

Motherfucker (2)

Never Lettin' Go (The Stalker Song) (2)

Nothin's Gonna Stop Me (2)

Payback (2)

??? (5)

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (2)

The College Dropout

Following his signing to Roc-A-Fella Records, Kanye released his debut studio album, The College Dropout. It features string arrangements, choirs, and his signature soul sampling, frequently branded as "chipmunk soul" for its sped-up and high-pitched nature. Contrary to the popular gangster-persona lyrics at the time, his songs mostly revolved around themes of family, materialism, religion, and racism. The inspiration for finally making his music came when he was in a near-fatal car crash.

Self Conscious, All Falls Down (3)

Family Business, Family Affair (3)

Get Em High (2)

Hey Mama (2)

I Need To Know (2)

Intro (3)

Jesus Walks (4)

Keep The Receipt (2)

Slow Jamz (2)

The New Workout Plan (2)

Two Words (2)

Whole Life (2)

Crazy (2)

Late Registration

Late Registration continues the social themes introduced in The College Dropout, but now with orchestral production influenced by co-producer Jon Brion. Kanye's newfound success allowed him to expand his ambitions from a single violinist to an entire string orchestra. Lyrically, the album features a mix of more socially charged songs to more personal cuts. Production-wise, inspiration came from artists such as British trip-hop band Portishead and Fiona Apple's second album, "When The Pawn…".

Bittersweet (2)

Nobody Eats But Me (2)

On The Run (2)

Pusha Man (2)

They Say (2)

Graduation

Graduation is the third studio album from Kanye West. Inspiration came from stadium tours, indie rock, and house music. It was a considerable departure from the sound Ye had used on his first two studio albums, which featured samples and inspirations from the soul and orchestral music Kanye grew up alongside. This album included a much more electronic sound, featuring layering synthesizers. Lyrically, Kanye analyzes himself and talks about his life after becoming famous and how the media criticize him.

Story Begins, Big Brother (2)

Champion (2)

Flashing Lights (Remix) (2)

Good Life (2)

Stronger (3)

This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (Remix) (2)

Did It My Way (2)

808s & Heartbreak

Following the death of his mother due to complications after cosmetic surgery, his relationship with fiancé Alexis Phifer finally ending for good, and a struggle to adapt to his celebrity status, Kanye felt emotionally drained and lost. Kanye dealt with his pain by channeling it into a sonically stripped-down album, one dominated by his use of the titular Roland TR-808 drum machine and Auto-Tune. This album significantly influenced future hip-hop music, having influenced Drake, Future, Travis Scott, and more.

Amazing (2)

Heartless (3)

Hot Sauce (3)

Love Lockdown (2)

Anyway (4)

RoboCop (5)

Say You Will (2)

Streetlights, Street Lights (2)

Takin' Off (2)

Tell Everybody That You Know (2)

Welcome To Heartbreak (2)

Bring It Back, Forever (3)

Good Ass Job

As far back as 2003, Kanye had planned a four-album series revolving around going to college, with Good Ass Job concluding the series. The death of his mother derailed this plan, with his fourth album becoming the somber 808s and Heartbreak. People still expected Good Ass Job to release, though, as Kanye's next album as late as early 2010. When the wake of the 2009 VMAs incident happened, it would cause Good Ass Job not to release. The title seems to have changed to MBDTF around May 2010 or atleast not called GAJ anymore. The cover included for this era is the original cover for the single "POWER."

Pre-VMAs

Hornz Shuffle Groove, Hornz (2)

Lonely (2)

SingSing (2)

Throw Money Everywhere (4)

??? (2)

Diamonds (5)

Erase Me (2)

Good Ass Job

Ohh Yeah Tellem, Ain't No Tellin (3)

Crazy Life (2)

Higher, Dark Fantasy (4)

Under My Skin, Down Town (3)

Eyes Closed (2)

Flashing Lights 2 (3)

Tellin U Before, TellinUBefore, Ghetto University (4)

Hard Horn Nightmare (4)

Heartbreaker (4)

Hell Of A Life (3)

HypeMeUp (3)

Mama's Boy (2)

POWER (2)

Power (2)

Runaway (2)

See Me Again (3)

See Me Again, See Me (2)

See Me Now (2)

Shoot Up The Station (2)

Fuckin Ridiculous, I'm So Appauled (2)

??? (2)

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Conceived during West's self-imposed exile following the 2009 VMA incident and further influenced by his deteriorating relationship with model Amber Rose, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is a genre-bending masterpiece that explores the darker sides of celebrity, fame, and love. With grand production that sounds like the natural evolution of all the albums that came before it, this is seen by many as Kanye's best album, even earning an extremely rare 10/10 rating from Pitchfork.

Ghetto University, All Of The Lights (5)

Dark Fantasy (2)

Go Down, Gorgeous (4)

Hell Of A Life (2)

Lost In The World (3)

Mama's Boy (8)

Monster (2)

Runaway (2)

That's My Bitch (2)

Joy, The Joy (3)

Erase Me (2)

Real Love, Welcome To The World (2)

Watch The Throne

Considered one of the most legendary collab albums of all time, Watch the Throne puts together two of the most legendary figures in music history for a full studio album. Kanye teams up with his big brother, JAY-Z, for an album, focused primarily on luxury, black excellence, and the American dream. The album's production also reflects that, and having been recorded by two future billionaires primarily in New York City's Tribeca Grand Hotel, how could it not?

All The Time (3)

Living So Italian (3)

Not Enough Time, Whole Lifetime (2)

Not The Same (4)

Why I Love You (2)

??? (2)

Flashlights (3)

Cruel Summer

A compilation of new songs from Kanye's label, G.O.O.D. Music, 2012's Cruel Summer is one of the most collaborative Kanye projects he accomplished. Featuring various collaborations with Pusha T, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, John Legend, and many more, this album spawned many big hits, including "Mercy" and the remix of the Chief Keef song "Don't Like." This album also marks the first time Kanye would work with Travis Scott, an at-the-time complete unknown with no mixtape to his name.

Don't Like.1 (2)

Hear Me Now, Oh My God (5)

New God Flow (2)

Sin City (3)

Cold (TNGHT Remix), Theraflu (3)

??? (4)

Get Comfortable (2)

On Fire (3)

Whoa Oh Oh, White Dress (2)

Skyscrapers (2)

Thank God For Drugs

Before Kanye chose the name Yeezus for his sixth solo album, the name was Thank God For Drugs. Recording started in 2012 and accelerated in early 2013, with Kanye and his producers producing material very quickly. The tracklist for the album boasted 20 songs, with around 3.5 hours of rough material created for the album. After changing the album's name to Yeezus, Kanye recruited Rick Rubin to cut down this material and take the music in a minimal direction.

Awesome (5)

Black Skinhead (6)

Blood On The Leaves (3)

Tangerine Dream, Can't Get Over Me (8)

Guilt Trip (3)

Phone Home, Hold My Liquor (5)

HollyWood Be Thy Name (2)

I Am A God, I'm A God (10)

Interlude, I Am Not Home, I Am Not Here (3)

New Slaves (5)

No No No No (2)

Nobody To Love (4)

On Sight, On Site (3)

Send It Up (4)

Talk To Me (4)

Gay Girl In A Gay Bar, Why Feel Bad (10)

Yeezus

Yeezus marked a complete reverse from the bombastic production he accomplished on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He swapped lush soul and anthemic hooks for splintering electro, acid house, and industrial force while packaging some of his most lewd and heart-crushing tales. Initially envisioned as Thank God for Drugs, a much larger project, producer Rick Rubin helped Kanye refine the project and complete the album. Yeezus was finally finished just two days before release.

Black Skinhead (3)

Black Skinhead (Remix) (3)

Blood On The Leaves (2)

Guilt Trip (5)

Can't Hold My Liquor (2)

New Slaves (2)

On Site, On Sight (2)

Send It Up (3)

Cruel Winter [V1]

The 2013 version of Cruel Winter, the first version of the sequel to 2012's Cruel Summer, is a mystery. No single for this album was released, and most of the info comes from leakers and insiders. It had many songs with A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip, who was notably absent from Cruel Summer despite having already been signed to the label. There is no official cover for this album, so we're using a fanmade cover to represent this era.

Can't Look In My Eyes (2)

Come Back To Me (4)

Higher (2)

Yeezus 2

After Rick Rubin and Kanye West cut down Yeezus to the final ten tracks, Kanye still saw potential in much of the cut material. Thus, shortly after Yeezus was released, an EP of leftovers titled Lost Yeezus was already being teased. The project then evolved into a full-fledged album of mostly new material, with Yeezus 2 acting as a codename before they could choose the last name. This project would develop into So Help Me God as the songs evolved.

Early Sessions

Afta U, After You (6)

All Your Fault, Tom Cruise (2)

Black Skinhead (Remix), Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Rule The World (8)

Finnese, Quintana, Pt. 2 (3)

Don't Get Up, God Level (9)

Hold Me Close (3)

I Am Not Home (2)

It's Only Right (2)

Live Together, Why Can't We Live Together (2)

Man Up (3)

Never Lose (2)

Nobody (7)

Special (3)

Thank You (4)

Soul Dog, When I See It (2)

Wolves (6)

Wondering (3)

You Ain't No Model (4)

??? (2)

Been Trill, I Been Trill (2)

Big Body, Sanctified (3)

Paul McCartney Sessions

After You (3)

All Day (Remix) (2)

Awesome (2)

Bang (2)

Four Letter Word, Souls, Depiction of the Devil (15)

333, 3 (3)

God Level (13)

All Day, How Ever You Want It (3)

All Day, Idea 2, However You Want It (5)

I Feel Like That (2)

Mrs. Misery (3)

Never Let Me Go (4)

New Angels (2)

Idea 3, Only One (3)

Piss On Your Grave (2)

Special (2)

When I See It (9)

4 4 4 4 (2)

??? (3)

So Help Me God

Announced in February 2015, So Help Me God is now one of Kanye's most infamous unreleased projects. Essentially being a more advanced version of the songs developed during the Yeezus 2 era, So Help Me God gained significant hype as the teaser tracks of "Wolves," "All Day," and "Only One" was revealed to the public. Despite intending to release the album in March 2015, Kanye never finished So Help Me God, and only a few songs from the era ended up on The Life of Pablo.

All Day (7)

Feedback (2)

4 5 Seconds, Four Five Seconds (2)

Go Pro, Highlights (2)

I Feel Like That (5)

Prayer (2)

Pressure (2)

Southside Serenade (2)

The Mind Is Powerful, Mind Is Powerful, Start Time (3)

Ultimate Lie (3)

Wolves (8)

??? (2)

Bitch Better Have My Money (2)

Four Five Seconds / Don't Wanna Fight, FourFiveSeconds (2)

New Rihanna, Mitus Touch (4)

SMUCKERS (4)

SWISH

After changing the name of his 7th solo album from So Help Me God to SWISH, Kanye began to develop all new songs throughout mid-late 2015 meant for the album, with most of them eventually making it onto the final release of The Life of Pablo. Kanye also continued to work on many So Help Me God and Yeezus 2 tracks, but by the end of 2015 and the start of 2016, Kanye had dropped most of these tracks from the tracklist for SWISH, which began to resemble the final TLOP tracklist strongly.

2 Rihannas, Mitus Touch (Rihanna) (3)

30 Hours (10)

Bad Night, Code Red (7)

Don't Jump (3)

Enya (3)

Euro 2 (2)

Fade (14)

Father Stretch (2)

Father (2)

FML, FMLU (7)

Forever, Changing (5)

Fuck The Internet (2)

Highlights (4)

I Feel Like That (6)

Nina Chop (3)

No More Parties in LA (2)

Only (3)

Pressure (7)

Real Friends (3)

Rich Nigga Drunk (3)

Sell Your Soul (2)

Ultralight Beams, Ultralight Beam (2)

WE FUCK, Fuck RT Now, Freestyle 4 (4)

Wolves (6)

Piss On Your Grave (7)

808s & Heartbreak at the Hollywood Bowl

Amazing (2)

Bad News (2)

Coldest Winter (2)

Heartless (2)

Love Lockdown (2)

Paranoid (2)

Pinocchio Story (2)

RoboCop (2)

Say You Will (3)

See You In My Nightmares (2)

Street Lights (2)

Welcome to Heartbreak (2)

The Life Of Pablo

The Life of Pablo is Kanye's 7th studio album, with constant name changes before release. Sporadic and scatter-shot, the album is one of a kind. The title refers to three people: artist Pablo Picasso, drug dealer Pablo Escobar, and Paul the Apostle, whose name is Pablo in Spanish. The album was initially released only on TIDAL but later made its way to other streaming services with some updates. Kanye finally finished it by adding the track "Saint Pablo."

10k HRS & A DREAM (2)

Fade (2)

Nina Chop, Famous (3)

Father Stretch (4)

Father, Father Stretch, Father Stretch My Hands (3)

FML (3)

Highlights (3)

I Miss The Old Kanye, I Love Kanye (2)

Saint Pablo (7)

Ultralight Beam (3)

Waves (3)

We Deserve, Smoke Break (2)

??? (13)

All We Got (3)

Cruel Winter [V2]

After the 2013 rendition of Cruel Winter ended production, Kanye revived it in 2016. With only one official single released, this album took many ideas from popular music at the time, including many trap elements, remixes, and the biggest music stars. The label supposedly worked on it as late as November 2017, but the album has yet to come. There isn't an official cover for this album we know of, so we are using the single art for "Champions."

4 A Bag, All I Know (4)

Champions (5)

Face Down (6)

Panda (Remix) (2)

TurboGrafx16

Immediately after Kanye released The Life of Pablo, he announced a whole new album titled TurboGrafx16, intended to be released in the summer of 2016. Kanye intended to pursue a futuristic sound, wanting to incorporate video game samples into the record. However, work on the album was short-lived, as Kanye began touring in August 2016 and scrapped the concept entirely after being diagnosed as bipolar. The cover included for this era is unofficial, despite being popular among Kanye fans.

Bad Night, Capri Sun (2)

Damn Come On (2)

Hold Tight (2)

No Reason (2)

ohmygod (2)

Feel Me (8)

DAYTONA

DAYTONA is the third studio album by American rapper Pusha T. It was released on May 25, 2018, by G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings. It was one of the Wyoming projects worked on during 2018 by Kanye.

Cold Blooded (2)

Come Back Baby (3)

Gold (4)

Hard Piano (4)

If You Know You Know, If You Know, You Know, You Know You Know (8)

Infrared (3)

Lord Forgive 'Em (4)

The Way It Seems, Objects In The Mirror (2)

Real Gon' Come Out, Real Gon' Come (3)

Santeria (7)

Sociopath (2)

Spaceship (3)

Games We Play, The Games We Play (2)

Treat You Good (6)

Queen Bitch, How Do You Respond?, What Would Meek Do? (8)

Hitler

After Kanye was released from UCLA Medical Hospital and diagnosed as bipolar, he bought a ranch in Wyoming where he would produce his next album and multiple albums for his collaborators. The concept of the album came together in 2018. The album's subject matter varied wildly, with some songs being about introspection and change and others discussing his political views. The public name given for this album is "LOVE EVERYONE", but it is known that Kanye likely considered the "Hitler" title longer.

Original Project

Brothers (4)

Bastard Child, Simple Things (2)

Sam + Zach, Wouldn't Leave (3)

???, Yikes (2)

Yeezy My (3)

Pets (2)

You Ain't No Model, Model (5)

Go (3)

Never Woulda Made It (2)

Look At My Rollie (2)

??? (13)

Transition Period

Brothers (2)

I Feel Free (4)

I Know I Know (2)

Lift Yourself (5)

Moonlight (2)

Mrs. Robinson (6)

Violent Nights (2)

Extacy, Xtasy (3)

Ye vs. the People (2)

??? (2)

ye

ye discusses topics in Kanye's life, including mental health, family, and addiction. He also explicitly announced his diagnosis of bipolar disorder through the album's artwork and a proclamation within the album. The seven-song project, created in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was released alongside five other projects. Kanye revealed in an interview that after his infamous TMZ interview (in which he stated that slavery was a choice), he completely re-did his album with an entirely new theme.

All Mine (9)

Bad People (6)

I Feel Free, Freeee (5)

No Mistakes (2)

Metta World Peace, Take Me to the Light (2)

Take Me To The Light, Metta World Peace (4)

Violent Nights (5)

Wouldn't Leave (3)

Exctacty (4)

Yikes (6)

Hurry (7)

We Got Love (2)

KIDS SEE GHOSTS

Out of the five Wyoming projects from 2018, people consider KIDS SEE GHOSTS one of the best. This album focuses heavily on overcoming struggles caused by mental health, which Kanye and Cudi have been fighting. It's characterized by many psychedelic and rock-influenced elements, making for an album that sounds like nothing else. This album was officially released on June 8th, 2018, making it Kanye's second collab album.

4th Dimension (2)

Feel The Love (4)

Ghost Town (2)

Good Ass Job (2018)

Good Ass Job is the name of the Kanye and Chance collab project that people talked about for years before being officially announced in 2018. The project was supposed to be just seven tracks long, similar to all the Wyoming albums. The central theme of this project is a celebration, as many of the tracks we've heard from this project seem to be very joyful and uplifting. Kanye and Chance presumably canceled it sometime in 2019. This project has no covers we know of, so we have used unofficial artwork.

All We Got Is Love (3)

Anxiety (2)

Black Men Don't Cheat (3)

Clouted Up (2)

How To Go Crazy (2)

???, MJ (5)

Pets (2)

??? (25)

Yandhi [V1]

Upon hearing the beat to "Hurricane" during sessions for Good Ass Job, Kanye became inspired to create a whole new album titled Yandhi. With the album's concept in his mind, Kanye and his producers began frenzied work as they developed multiple new songs throughout September 2018, aiming for a September 29 release date. As they did not meet this deadline, Kanye went to Uganda to conduct further work on the album but delayed it indefinitely on November 13.

Pre-Yandhi

Bad People (2)

Brothers (3)

Faith, When Heaven Calls (3)

Sluts Are Awesome, I Love It (4)

Seven Chords, Never Would Have Made It (2)

Tekken, Teken (2)

Model, Model Type (2)

I'm Mad Ok (2)

SNL

124th (3)

AC4 (3)

Alien (2)

Space X / Alien (13)

All Blue Don C's (2)

Brothers (2)

Bye Bye Baby (6)

Godzilla (3)

Don't Let Me Down, Hurricane (12)

Wally Wilder, Last Name (10)

Lovey, She's Lovely (2)

New Body (16)

City In The Sky, Sky City (6)

Take Me To The Light (2)

Good Morning, I Love It (Remix), The Chakra, Chakras (10)

The Garden (4)

Jeet, We Begin, XXX (The Storm) (4)

Jeet, Leave It In (Jeet), We Begin, The Storm, XXX (7)

We Got Love (5)

Black Friday

Space X / Alien (3)

Alien (6)

Bye Bye Baby (3)

Houston We Got A Problem, Houston, House Party (7)

Hurricane (5)

New Body (6)

Sky City (3)

Tekken (4)

The Chakra, Selah (7)

The Storm, XXX (3)

We Free, ??? (3)

MAMA (2)

One Minute (4)

Yandhi [V2]

After Kanye delayed Yandhi indefinitely, he began working with record producer Timbaland to create "more healing music" for the album. Shortly after the announcement of the delay, Kanye underwent a sudden and dramatic conversion towards born-again evangelical Christianity, debuting the Sunday Service Choir at the start of 2019. The creation of the choir coincided with the songs on Yandhi taking a new Christian lyrical focus. Eventually, the album would morph into the thoroughly Christian JESUS IS KING by mid-2019.

Initial Timbaland Sessions

+3 (3)

Aliens, Alien (5)

All Dreams Real, All Dream Real (9)

Biscayne (2)

Cash To Burn, Cash For You To Burn (4)

Christ (3)

Piano Sample, Cuban Link (2)

Downtown Love, Downtown Soul (3)

Echelon (4)

Freak (3)

Garden (2)

Holla, Go Now (2)

Home (4)

Jam 7 (3)

Jam 10, Different Life (4)

Jam 11 (2)

Jam 13 (2)

Lara Croff 6 (2)

Bad Taste, Law Of Attraction (5)

Lil Floyd 1 (2)

Oh Yeah (2)

Ozark 10 (2)

Photo (2)

Jam 2, Pillow Talk (2)

Jam 12, Got A Problem (3)

Souleros (2)

Spread Your Wings, Spread Your Wings (Get Back) (4)

Tom Raider 4 (2)

Jam 14, Too Excited, Me Too (8)

Pulp Fiction, Sunshine, Survive (3)

Timbaland Freestyle 2 (2)

Timbaland Freestyle 3 (5)

Wakey Wakey (2)

Jam 6, Welcome To UCLA (2)

??? (17)

Ego Death (3)

Mixed Personalities (4)

2019 Yandhi

Brothers (3)

Cash To Burn, Cash (3)

Selah (2)

The Garden (7)

To The Light, The Light (2)

Water (3)

??? (2)

Star Time (2)

Ass Shots (2)

Pray For Me (2)

The Glade (2)

Big Boody Bitch (3)

JESUS IS KING

Following a revelation on Easter 2019 at Coachella, Kanye scrapped Yandhi and reworked it to focus on God and Christianity. This album ended up being JESUS IS KING. After a private listening party in Detroit, Kim Kardashian announced that the album would release on Sunday, September 29, following listening parties in Chicago and New York. It didn't, and there were no updates for almost a month. On October 20, 2019, Kanye suddenly reappeared on Twitter to announce the final release date.

Alien (2)

Bound 3, Bound (6)

Sunday, Closed On Sunday (12)

Don't Give Up (2)

Every Hour (5)

We Begin After the Storm Inside, Everything We Need (9)

Freestyle 3, Follow God (11)

Freestyle 2 (5)

Freestyle 4 (2)

Freestyle 5 (3)

Freestyle 6 (2)

Freestyle 7 (3)

Freestyle 9 (3)

Freestyle 11 (8)

Freestyle 12 (3)

Sierra Canyon, Glory (9)

Chop 2, God Is (10)

Freestyle 1, Hands On (12)

Freestyle 8, God Breath, I Know God Breathed On This (5)

In The Morning (3)

Baptized, Every Knee Shall Bow, Jesus Is Lord (13)

LA Monster (6)

On God (6)

Selah (17)

Sunday (8)

Sweet Jesus, Belt of Truth (10)

Through The Valley (3)

The Glade, Up From The Ashes, Beauty To Ashes (10)

Law Of Attraction, Breastplate Of Right, Breastplate Of Righteousness, Use This Gospel (13)

Wake The Dead (11)

Water (9)

Ego Death (3)

JESUS IS LORD

Shortly after the release of JESUS IS KING, Kanye (almost immediately) started working on new material. Songs from this era revolve around his faith while also consisting of dark themes (such as prison) and lyrics about current social issues. Initially announced as God's Country on May 20th, 2020 by Arthur Jafa, tracks from this album would go on to be developed further in the DONDA [V1] era, following Kanye getting new inspiration to make an album dedicated to his mother.

Palm Springs

12,000 Acres (8)

All Praises Due Him (2)

Awakening (3)

We Got Eternal Life, Eternal Life (3)

Faithful, Fighting Fires, Fightin Fire (6)

Future Bounce (5)

He Gave It All (3)

Hear Our Prayers (2)

Lord I Need You, Lord I Need You To Wrap Your Arms Around Me (7)

Our King, The Legend of Magis (2)

Palm Springs (5)

Prayed Up (3)

Sinner (3)

Skuuurrruurrr, Skuuurrr (2)

Jesus (Speed Up), Jesus (4)

Tulsa (4)

Aesop, Wash Us In The Blood (6)

Winter 2020

12,000 Acres (2)

24 Hours (2)

All Of Me (2)

Eternal Life (4)

Everybody Goes (2)

Everything (4)

Fighting Fires (2)

FreeDem (2)

Future Bounce (2)

I Feel Terrific (3)

Lord I Need You To Wrap Your Arms Around Me (2)

Oh Lord (4)

Vibrations (2)

Welcome To My Life (2)

Work It Out (2)

??? (2)

Better Move (2)

Spring 2020

12,000 Acres (2)

24 (3)

Blood Of The Lamb, Donda (2)

Despite (2)

Everything (2)

Future Bounce, Future Sounds (2)

Grace N Mercy, Colors (2)

I Feel Terrific (5)

God's Country, In God's Country (5)

Let The Spirit Go Wild (3)

Off The Grid (2)

Praise God (2)

Pull Up Like Skuuurrr, Navy, Skuuurrruurrr (3)

Serving God (2)

This Is The Glory (2)

Wash Us In The Blood (5)

Welcome To My Life (2)

Friends Don't Hurt Friends (2)

Tell The Vision, We Made It (3)

DONDA [V1]

With new inspiration to work on an album dedicated to his mother, Kanye continued working on previous demos and new ideas. The music of this era reflects Donda's impact on Kanye in a colorful sound while reflecting his mania and the stress he was going through focusing on his businesses while also running for President. With multiple failed release dates for the album, Kanye went into silence in early 2021, finishing up tracks until the album morphed into something very different.

July 2020

24 Hours, 24 (2)

Alien (3)

By Your Side, By Ur Side (2)

Donda (2)

Future Sounds, Ultrasounds (6)

God's Country, In God's Country (7)

Sweet Jesus (2)

Keep My Spirit Alive (4)

Life Of The Party (4)

Praise God (2)

Pray For Me, Pray 4 Me (2)

Precious, With Child (2)

??? (3)

Friends Don't Hurt Friends (4)

This Is God's Test, God's Test (2)

I Know God Breathed On This (3)

Welcome To My Life (2)

Election Day

24 (14)

Alien (3)

Believe What I Say (7)

Daniel Is Troubled (2)

Feel A Way, Wavy (10)

Future Sounds (4)

I Know God Breathed On This (6)

God's Country, In God's Country (3)

Keep My Spirit Alive (4)

Lord I Need You (3)

Nah Nah Nah (3)

Nah Nah Nah (Remix) (18)

Off The Grid (5)

Praise God (4)

Stand United (2)

Tell The Vision (10)

This Is God's Test (5)

Welcome To My Life (3)

Hurricane (2)

Smack DVD (7)

Track 5, Track 6 (2)

New Years

24 Hours, 24 (5)

Believe What I Say (3)

Christ (2)

???, City of Lost Angels (4)

Fighting Fires (3)

???, Freestyle (2)

Future Sounds, Future Bounce (5)

He Gave It All (4)

Hurricane (2)

I Feel Terrific (7)

I Know God Breathed On This, Breathe (6)

Work It Out, In God's Country (5)

???, Karate Kid (2)

Let The Spirit Go Wild (2)

Life Of The Party (3)

Lord I Need You (5)

???, Made It (4)

Off The Grid (4)

Praise God (6)

Serving God (2)

This Is The Glory, The Glory (2)

City Of Lost Angels, What Have America Done For You, What Has America Done 4 Me (5)

Still Won't Be Satisfied (2)

??? (16)

Tel Aviv, Industry Baby (8)

Go2DaMoon (7)

Glory, Gloria (2)

When Christ Was Born (2)

Donda [V2]

After taking a break from music in early 2021, Ye went to work at the Pio Pico studio in LA with an entirely new vision for the album. While the name remained the same, the sound shifted to be more experimental and less soulful. Working with producers such as E.VAX, Dem Jointz, and Digital Nas, Ye went through hundreds of beats, laying down vocals and trying to come up with ideas for songs. This era would continue until Kanye decided to finalize the album, shifting to the more minimalistic release sound.

March-May 2021

Believe What I Say (3)

???, High Up (2)

Hawk, All These Friends of Mine (3)

Fairytale (3)

Really Fun Mistakes, Fun Mistakes (2)

God Got Me (2)

On His Head (2)

Goin To Jail Tonight, Goin 2 Jail (2)

Keep Em In Check (2)

Let Me Know (2)

Let's Go (2)

Life Of The Party, NASDAQ (4)

Futures, Run It Up (3)

Back Then, Different Codes, Don't Miss Me, Friends List, Thunder (5)

To The Roof (2)

Different Codes, Top (2)

Scolona Mispute, Travigable Subrepel (3)

??? (6)

Superstar In The Hood, Bloodstains (3)

Industry Baby (2)

I Pray For You (2)

Livin It Up, Rock N Roll (5)

June-July 2021

Believe What I Say (3)

Christ Is My Friend (2)

Come to Life (7)

Eternal Life (2)

Friends, All These Friends Of Mine (5)

Go Left, Clout (2)

How Could You (3)

I Let Go, Let Go, If I Let Go (5)

Jail (2)

Jr Watanabe, Junya Watanabe, Junya (9)

City Of Lost Angels, Livin It Up (3)

Miracles (2)

New (2)

Praise God (4)

Hovercraft, Remote Control (7)

Run It Up (5)

Soul De La, Sheep (3)

South Carolina (4)

Wait (2)

FREEDOM, Depression Relief (3)

??? (7)

Industry Baby, Industry Baby (Extended) (6)

Donda [V3]

Almost a year after the initial announcement of Donda, a Beats by Dre ad revealed that a listening party would take place at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It happened, but the album didn't drop. Kanye moved into the stadium and lived there until the second listening event two weeks later. Once again, the album did not release. Ye later announced a third listening party at Soldier Field in Chicago, with the album coming the next day. It didn't. The album ended up releasing on August 29th, 2021 at 8AM EST, almost two days after the final listening party.

Las Vegas / LP1

24 (10)

Come to Life (6)

Daylight (3)

South Carolina, Donda (9)

Donda Outro (2)

I Know God Breathed On This, God Breathed On This, Breathed On This (5)

Heaven and Hell (5)

Hurricane (6)

Jail (9)

Jesus Lord (5)

Jonah (4)

Junya (3)

Moon (5)

Never Abandon Your Family, First Rule (4)

New Again (2)

No Child Left Behind / Run It Up, No Child Left Behind (7)

Praise God (8)

Puer (2)

Remote Control (4)

See Me Again (3)

Welcome To UCLA (3)

Tell The Vision, We Made It (4)

Mercedes-Benz Sessions / Release

24 (7)

Believe What I Say (5)

Come to Life (7)

Donda (12)

Donda Donda Donda, Donda Chant (2)

Breathed On This, I Know God Breathed On This, God Breathed On This (9)

Heaven and Hell, Lay Me Down (10)

Hurricane (16)

Jail (6)

Jail pt 2 (2)

Jesus Lord (9)

Jonah (10)

Junya (17)

Keep My Spirit Alive (9)

Life Of The Party (11)

Lord I Need You (12)

Moon (9)

Never Abandon Your Family (6)

New Again (9)

No Child Left Behind (6)

Off The Grid (10)

Ok Ok, Ok (12)

Praise God (18)

Pure Souls (11)

Remote, Remote Control (14)

Tell The Vision (4)

Made It This Far (2)

Malibu (3)

777 (2)

Dawn, Oxygen (5)

Donda 2

Donda 2 was announced by Ye via Instagram, being executive produced by Future. Ye then proceeded to get into many significant controversies. He hosted a listening party for it in Miami, in which many of the tracks were unfinished. It was released on the Stem Player a few days later, but it was still incomplete. Months later, Ye got into even more controversies, making him get dropped by Adidas, buy the social media Parler, and lose his billionaire status following his proclaiming "White Lives Matter" at Yeezy Season 9.

2021

Free Hoover (2)

WOW (2)

??? (3)

2.22.22 Sessions

Dear Summer, 530AM, The Car Missing, 530 AM, 530, 530 (Dear Summer) (16)

It's A Beautiful Life, A Beautiful Life, Beautiful Life (7)

Broken Road (11)

Go Easy, City Of Gods, NYC (7)

On My Way, Closed For Business (11)

Depression (2)

Donda Prayer (3)

First Time In A Long Time, Long Time, First Time (23)

For The Children (5)

Your Life Finna Change RT Now, Fuck Flowers, Your Life Finna Change, Flowers (29)

Broken Road, Get Lost, I Get Lost (20)

Paid To Talk, Happy (Paid To Talk) (4)

Honesty, Jesse, Damn Jesse (11)

Keep It Burnin, Keep It Burning (11)

Lifesize (2)

Lord Lift Me Up, Lift Me Up (10)

Louie Bags, Virgil Passed, Louis Bags, Louie Bag (14)

Sky High, Maintenance (22)

Mr. Miyagi (20)

Nebraska (5)

Never Forgive Yourself, Never Forgive Yourself / Yeah I Know, Worst Mistake, Forgive Yourself, Candyland (15)

Pablo (21)

Sci Fi WiFi (3)

Oxygen or WiFi, Sci Fi WiFi, Sci Fi (6)

Security, Security At Risk (16)

Selfish (11)

Stop Looking For This, Stop Looking, Stop Looking At This (14)

Suzy (12)

Too Eazy, Love Me, Too Easy, Too Easy (Finna Love Me), Group Chat (Too Easy) (16)

True Love (18)

We Did It Kid, We Did It, We Did Kid (32)

THEY SO MAD (3)

WAIT FOR U (3)

??? (3)

Plain Jane (4)

Chrome Slugs and Harmony (2)

EAZY (4)

Post-2.22.22

530 (Dear Summer), 530 (4)

First Time In A Long Time (3)

Pablo (5)

Sci Fi (2)

Too Easy, Love Me (3)

True Love (4)

We Did It Kid, We Did It (6)

Blood Stain 2 (3)

Model (3)

Petty, Petty Too (3)

777, Burn Everything, Legend Pt. 1 (3)

GOD'S COUNTRY (2)

WAR

A collaborative project between Kanye West, James Blake and No I.D. Sessions for the project began around April/May 2022. On his third Drink Champs interview, Ye referred to these sessions as work for "their album". Three songs from the project were played at a party featured on Naomi Campbell's Instagram, with the song "Always" being previewed in full at YZY Season 9 shortly thereafter. The project was presumably scrapped in the wake of Ye's numerous antisemitic comments, considering that James Blake has previously cancelled projects with Kanye due to Kanye's radical political views. However, insiders have stated the project is still being worked on, and was worked on in 2023.

Talking (3)

What I Would Have Said At Virgil's Funeral, Virgil's Funeral (5)

??? (7)

YEBU

Days before Ye was set to hold YZY Season 9, he suddenly changed plans for the event and wore a "White Lives Matter" shirt. After that, Ye tweeted about going "death con 3" on Jewish people. Following an interview with Alex Jones in which he proclaimed himself a Nazi and claimed he "liked Hitler," many fans and artists gave up supporting Ye and his antics. Following this and an "apology" posted on Instagram, Ye went silent for months and began working on new material in Italy with his frequent collaborators. Reportedly being made at the same time as VULTURES. The cover for this era is from the "Someday We'll All Be Free" single.

Pre-Japan Sessions

Hood Rat (3)

Love Love Love (2)

Someday We'll All Be Free (4)

??? (2)

FUTURE BOUNCE (2)

Japan Sessions

Beg Forgiveness (5)

Paperwork (4)

Ceremony Freestyle, Problematic (3)

Stand United (2)

Unlock (2)

Where They At (2)

??? (8)

Blood Stain 2 (3)

What Has America Done (2)

Promotion (3)

Sliding (4)

Bad Bitch Play Book

Ye and Ty Dolla $ign frequently collaborated while working on Ye's upcoming album, hinting at a joint project. A snippet featuring Ty was released on October 2, 2023, leading to the song "BACK TO ME," and confirming a joint album via Instagram. TMZ later reported that Ye was producing both a solo album and a collaborative one with Ty. Then, during the Saudi Arabia recording sessions for Bad Bitch Play Book Vol. 1 in November 2023, the name for the collaborative project between Ty Dolla $ign & Ye would be changed to Vultures, with that coming a sonic change in the project.

Italy Sessions

WE BACK OUTSIDE, APEROL SPRITZ (BACKOUTSIDE) (2)

BACK TO ME (5)

BURN (2)

FVK SMN, FUK SUMN (4)

LOVE AGAIN (3)

NEW BODY (2)

PAID (2)

PAPERWORK (4)

PRAY (2)

TIME MOVING SLOW, TIME (4)

WORSHIP (2)

??? (6)

VULTURES 1

After the album's name change from Bad Bitch Playbook Vol. 1, to VULTURES 1, four listening parties were scheduled between December 12, 2023, and February 9, 2024. In 2024, Kanye announced that "VULTURES" would be a trilogy, with the first installment dropping on February 9, followed by the second and third albums in March and April. VULTURES 1 would end up being released on February 10, the day after the final listening party.

Saudi Sessions

BACK TO ME (3)

BEG FORGIVENESS (4)

DEAD (8)

DO IT (4)

DON'T KILL THE PARTY (3)

DRUNK (2)

EVERYBODY (7)

DISCONNECTED, FIELD TRIP (9)

FOREVER ROLLIN' (3)

FUK SUMN (3)

GUN TO MY HEAD (4)

HONOR ROLL (3)

HOOD RAT (2)

LIFESTYLE (3)

MATTHEW (3)

NEW BODY (2)

PAID (7)

PROMOTION, GORGEOUS (6)

RIVER (4)

SO GOOD (6)

SLIDE, SLIDIN (4)

KING, STILL THE KING (5)

PAPA WANNA SEE, TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS (4)

TALKING, TALKING / ONCE AGAIN (7)

TIMBO FREESTYLE (3)

TIME MOVING SLOW (2)

VULTURES (4)

Post-12.15

BACK TO ME (2)

BEG FORGIVENESS (8)

BURN (2)

HONOR ROLL, CARNIVAL (6)

DO IT (6)

EVERYBODY (10)

FIELD TRIP (2)

FUK SUMN (8)

FUK SUMN (Remix) (3)

GOOD (DON'T DIE) (2)

HOODRAT (4)

KEYS TO LIFE, KEYS TO MY LIFE (4)

KING (5)

LIFESTYLE (2)

PAID (4)

PAPERWORK (2)

PROBLEMATIC (2)

RIVER (2)

STARS (3)

TALKING / ONCE AGAIN, TALKING (2)

VULTURES (2)

Havoc Version (2)

VULTURES 2

VULTURES 2 was announced alongside 2 other volumes of VULTURES, and was meant to release on March 8th, 2024, and then May 3rd, 2024. This album would've became the first release exclusive to the YZYAPP. The cover shows Ty Dolla $ign holding a portrait of his brother Big TC, who is currently in prison. After the album failed to drop on May 3rd, 2024, the direction of the project completely shifted, and was to be censored. The album failed to drop August 2nd and then dropped August 3rd with questionable mixing/songs.

Original Schedule

BELIEVER (8)

DEAD (2)

FIELD TRIP (8)

BLEED IT, BLEED, FRIED (12)

VAGABOND, INTRO (6)

LIFESTYLE (2)

MELROSE (3)

FIGHTING FIRES, MY SOUL (6)

PAY PER VIEW (3)

PROMOTION (7)

RIVER (4)

SLIDIN, SLIDE (5)

TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS (3)

TIME MOVING SLOW (2)

YE ABOUT MINE (5)

??? (5)

Like That (Remix) (3)

Post-5.3

FEAR (2)

FIELD TRIP (2)

FRIED (4)

LET GO (3)

MY SOUL, FIGHTING FIRES (5)

NIGHTS ON THE MOON (2)

PAY PER VIEW (2)

RIVER (2)

TIME MOVING SLOW (3)

THIRSTY (2)

YE ABOUT MINE (3)

BULLY

On September 3rd, 2024, the CEO of Channel Candy, Ye's new touring company, confirmed that work on a new solo Ye album had began after the South Korea Vultures listening experience. On September 28th, 2024, on the second Haikou listening event, Ye confirmed that the album name is Bully, which references the movie with the same name that he posted on his Instagram story a few days prior to the event.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (3)

PREACHER MAN (3)

OH NO MY HOODIE, MY HOODIE (2)

act iii: on god? (she like) - Remix (2)

No Face (3)

Gimme A Second 2 (2)

Alpha Omega (5)

Unreleased

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