Graduation

In a video from Tony Williams' YouTube channel, Kanye is heard live mumble-freestyling in the studio over the "Barry Bonds" instrumental.

A supposed version of Champion with a very strange alternate mix. Bounced from the sessions. Leaked September 8th, 2025.

Track 6 from Syleena Johnson's 2005 album Chapter 3: The Flesh

OG Filename: GOODLIFE Alternate instrumental with different drums, and extended intro. Played in the movie Entourage. Leaked as part of the Graduation bundle GB.

Completely finished Kanye song made during the Graduation era which features complete verses from Kanye and JAY-Z, and an open verse. Interpolates "Baby Come Home" by Willie Hutch.

Lead single and track 5 from Alicia Keys' 2005 album Unplugged. Performed live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in July of 2005. While Alex Coletti is credited with production on streaming, this is only because he was the executive producer of the album, and Kanye was actually the only producer on the track. Written by Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly & Garry Glenn. Samples "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks.

In a November 2007 interview, Lil Wayne said that he had recorded his verse before hearing Kanye's, but after hearing Kanye's he decided to redo his own. "Ye killed me on that song. I was tight because I was like it could be way hotter than this. So when I heard his verse I was like "oh, we doing this again." I done it twice, they got two different versions. I done one and I ain't hear his verse and I done the other one after I heard his verse"

Alternate mix, with added kicks.

OG Filename: Homecoming ADMIX.1 (compressed)_01-01 Early version that features extra Tony Williams vocals and production that wasn't used in the final version. Leaked as part of the Graduation bundle GB.

One of two shows in the works about Kanye West, however this one was less further along in production. It was supposedly going to be a drama series starring Kanye, teaching valuable life lessons. We have an improv video snippet that was supposed to be for this show. Shot by Larry Charles. The pilot (first episode) of this show was leaked by Larry Charles himself on Vimeo on June 15th, 2023.

Early version of with a slightly different instrumental, alternate lyrics, worse mixing and an open verse at the end. Leaked as part of the Graduation groupbuy bundle.

Track 4 from The Game's 2005 project Ghost Unit. Reuses the verse cut from Late Registration.

OG Filename: Pianovox24-11Ruff Piano freestyle made in early Graduation era. Contains 4 finished bars, but the rest of the verse is mumble. Commonly nicknamed "Passenger" before leaking. Samples "Here's Where I Came In" by Weldon Irvine and a concert performance of "Long Red" by Mountain.

OG Filename: Thank God RUFF Early Graduation-era instrumental. Assumed to have been recorded on due to the title being seen in the "Good Morning" music video. Has slightly alternate production.

Music video for "Champion", featuring a puppet of Kanye participating in the Olympics. Features a different beat during the bridge.

Track 4 from Miri Ben-Ari's 2005 album The Hip-Hop Violinst.

OG Filename: STORY BEGINS.. RUFF 1 Demo of "Big Brother" with an interpolation of Prince's "It's Gonna Be Lonely" and mumble lyrics. Leaked as part of the Graduation groupbuy bundle, as an AIF file.

Less developed version. File linked is left and right channels merged together, which can be found individually in Stems tab.

Early mix with an unreleased verse. Tagged for Cassie, meaning that she likely was intended to be on the song.

Later version featuring different lyrics that are slightly further along than the other version. Snippets were included in a video posted to Tony Williams YouTube channel.