Back in 2003 before College Dropout was released, there were all kinds of bootlegs of Kanye material floating around. We honestly did not know which version of College Dropout was the right version until the album dropped in February 2004. This happened again in 2005 prior to Late Registration being released. A lot of the tracks that were on early releases of College Dropout ended up on “advanced” copies of Late Registration. Of course, none of them were on the official release. Kanye left a lot of songs on the cutting room floor. I have compiled most of what I could and what I know into this Unreleased compilation. A few of the beats have seen some form in one way or another. For instance, “Apologize” ended up being the beat for Monica’s “Knock, Knock” and “Wack Niggas” ended up on Consequence’s album with an added verse by Common. The last track is sort of a bonus. It’s not a Kanye beat, but more of a freestyle over Kelis‘ “Milkshake”. It was worth the inclusion though!
At any rate, this compilation has some very dope tracks and should be in ever Kanye fan’s collection. Enjoy!
- I Need to Know
- My Way
- Unreleased Instrumental
- Out The Game
- Wouldn’t You Like To Ryde
- About An Angel
- Wow (feat GLC)
- Home (feat Jay-Z)
- Self Conscious
- Heavy Hitters
- Doing Fine
- Apologize
- Gossip Files
- Soulful
- Half Price
- Livin In A Movie
- Wack Niggaz (feat Talib Kweli)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (feat Murphey Lee)
- Is That Your Car
- Last Night
- Keep The Receipt (feat Dirt Mcgirt)
- Better Than Yours
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yo, thanks for this, i had most of these songs before but lost them when my last hard drive died… just a note… track 6 and track 20 are the same song, just wanted to let u know.
that cover is CRAZY!!…who made that?
that artwork is incredibly dope
Yeah, 6 and 20 are the same song… I fucked up there.
I can’t take complete credit for the artwork. I found this as a wallpaper online somewhere and just added the lettering. Very dope though.
Just lettin it be know this brothers new album is outstanding .Not only did he push the envelope but he also showed the might of his genius . All i can say is damn brother damn…
Hey Kevin, just letting you know that “Home” doesn’t have Jay-Z on it, but rather, John Legend. I think this version is better than the Chris Martin version (homecoming) that was on Graduation.
And the majority of these tracks were on the “freshman adjustment” mixtapes that he released before he released the college dropout.
Thanks for this. Lots of good material–especially the instumental. Are there any versions of it with lyrics over it. I have a Ghostface song where he’s talking over it as an intro but if there’s any song version of it I would want to hear it.