List of unreleased projects by Kanye West
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- The following is a list of unreleased Kanye West projects in rough chronological order.
- Some were officially canceled or scrapped, while others fell into development hell.
- Music projects World Record Holders In 1996, West—alongside GLC, Timmy G, and Arrowstar—formed a Chicago rap group called the Go Getters.
- The album leaked online in 2010.
- XXL found it to be plausible that the tape was authentic, and identified one of the beats as an early version of Infamous Syndicate's "What You Do to Me".
The following is a list of unreleased Kanye West projects in rough chronological order. During his career, American rapper Kanye West has developed several projects which were never formally published. Some were officially canceled or scrapped, while others fell into development hell. The level of completion of these projects vary widely, with some never leaving pre-production and others being nearly finished.
Music projects
World Record Holders
In 1996, West—alongside GLC, Timmy G, and Arrowstar—formed a Chicago rap group called the Go Getters. The group recorded a number of songs and made local radio appearances, but their debut album, World Record Holders, was never officially released. The album leaked online in 2010.
1997 beat tape
A set of eight tracks, allegedly from an unreleased beat tape West produced in 1997, was uploaded to SoundCloud in May 2016. XXL found it to be plausible that the tape was authentic, and identified one of the beats as an early version of Infamous Syndicate's "What You Do to Me".
The College Dropout alternate version
West's original version of The College Dropout (2004) was leaked online months before release, and in response he made several changes to the album's instrumentation and mixing. The removed tracks include a song called "My Way", as well as early versions of the eventual Late Registration (2005) tracks "Hey Mama" and "Gold Digger", the former of which West described in a 2003 MTV News interview before The College Dropout's release, was made in 2000. Featured appearances from rappers Ol' Dirty Bastard and Consequence were also removed.
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