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(09/14/2012) (Cruel Summer officially releases) (Late 2013) (The project is scrapped)
OG Filename: NO ID - BIG SEAN - KW - ALL THE TIME _rkROUGH 4.18.13 2013 version with verses from Big Sean. Possibly intended for his Good Music Chicago project, but the filename leaves the ownership of the song unclear.
OG Filename: Memo OG voice memo. Likely meant to be an album intro. Leaked after the previously leaked file was discovered to be an edit.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Ref 10.15.12 Earliest known version, features a reference artist on the hook who is assumed to be Andrea Martin, with alternate mixing and vocal structure. Unknown if it was Rick Ross' song or Kanye's song at this time. Samples "Let Me Prove My Love to You" by The Main Ingredient.
Version with some extra Kid Cudi intro vocals, an extended outro and small production differences compared to the previous version. Samples "Son of Flynn" by Daft Punk and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.
According to bingboop, there is a version with Big Sean doing the hook.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Sevyn pre 1 Version with vocals from Sevyn Streeter. Made sometime in 2013.
Later version, with no Kanye reference. Original snippet leaked October 16th, 2022.
Version played at a listening party by Kanye shortly after Owl Pharaoh released. Details on this version are unclear, including whether Travis was on it still and if it had been taken for Cruel Winter yet or if Kanye was just playing it because he liked the song and Travis didn't release it.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Has no Kanye. Made sometime in 2013.
Version confirmed to be made for 2013 version of Cruel Winter, after being temporarily cut from Cudi's album. Travis has been cut, possibly because Owl Pharaoh released and his vocals were likely used on "Bad Mood / Shit On You".
Later version, with no Kanye reference. Original snippet leaked October 16th, 2022.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Ref 10.15.12 Earliest known version, features a reference artist on the hook who is assumed to be Andrea Martin, with alternate mixing and vocal structure. Unknown if it was Rick Ross' song or Kanye's song at this time. Samples "Let Me Prove My Love to You" by The Main Ingredient.
Version with some extra Kid Cudi intro vocals, an extended outro and small production differences compared to the previous version. Samples "Son of Flynn" by Daft Punk and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Ref 10.15.12 Earliest known version, features a reference artist on the hook who is assumed to be Andrea Martin, with alternate mixing and vocal structure. Unknown if it was Rick Ross' song or Kanye's song at this time. Samples "Let Me Prove My Love to You" by The Main Ingredient.
Version with some extra Kid Cudi intro vocals, an extended outro and small production differences compared to the previous version. Samples "Son of Flynn" by Daft Punk and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Sevyn pre 1 Version with vocals from Sevyn Streeter. Made sometime in 2013.
Has Teyana Taylor doing the hook and background vocals. Most likely recorded after the other version as Teyana is on this version, and she would later release the song in 2020.
OG Filename: NO ID - BIG SEAN - KW - ALL THE TIME _rkROUGH 4.18.13 2013 version with verses from Big Sean. Possibly intended for his Good Music Chicago project, but the filename leaves the ownership of the song unclear.
OG Filename: Come Back To Me Has no Kanye. Made sometime in 2013.
Version confirmed to be made for 2013 version of Cruel Winter, after being temporarily cut from Cudi's album. Travis has been cut, possibly because Owl Pharaoh released and his vocals were likely used on "Bad Mood / Shit On You".