Before The College Dropout

Track 10 from Go Getters' 1999 compilation tape World Record Holders. Released on GLC's Soundcloud.

OG Filename: JOHNNY DOUGLAS CARMEN REECE KANYE WEST ALL THAT I NEEDED demo 1 Early vocal take for an unreleased Carmen Reece song featuring Kanye. Said to be from the Pre-College Dropout era. Has lyrics that would be reused on "Heavy Hitters".

First professional Kanye appearence. From Raw Stylus' album Pushing Against The Flow in 1995. Only on physical copies of the album. Features alternate production to below.

Track 6 from Go Getters' 1999 compilation tape World Record Holders. Released on GLC's Soundcloud.

Track 12 off of the 2001 demo tape. Would later have lyrics be reused for "All Falls Down". Other than lyrics, it shares nothing in common with "All Falls Down".

Song recorded in 1996 for Kanye's rap group The Chicago Outfit (later known as Go Getters). Posted by GLC to his blog in 2009.

Previewed by Consequence, who also said that it's "one of Kanye's first beats".

First professional Kanye appearence. From Raw Stylus' album Pushing Against The Flow in 1995. Only on physical copies of the album.

Track 14 off of the 2001 demo tape. Included on the unofficial mixtape Freshmen Adjustment 2 under the name "I Met Oprah". Reuses lyrics from "Wow" with the same lyrics later being used on "Live From Irving NY, Plaza" and the unreleased version of "Wack Niggas". The beat would later be given to Consequence for his track "Getting Out The Game".

Track 7 on the 2001 demo tape. Samples the song "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Solomon Burke.

Demo made by the first group Kanye was in called State Of Mind, formed by him and his friend Eugene "Frexx" McNair Jr. Recorded in the early 1990s, and was on a 1993 State of Mind demo tape. Snippet was played in the Channel 4 documentary Public Enemies: JAY-Z vs Kanye.

Unreleased song by an unidentifiable rapper named Hots. Found in a leaked zip of other pre-TCD Kanye stuff after the release of jeen-yuhs, which was allegedly meant to release alongside the documentary. Samples "That's Enough For Me" by Paul Williams.

Thought to be Kanye's first credited song as a producer. Released as a single on September 16th, 1996. Currently lost.

Track 2 from Go Getters' 1999 compilation tape World Record Holders. Samples "Nothing Can Stop Me" by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. Has lines that would later be reused on the unreleased version of "Wack Niggas". Released on GLC's Soundcloud.

Track 10 on the 2001 demo tape. Samples the Love Theme from The Godfather.

Likely made in 1997 at HINGE studios, alongside many other tracks. Craig Bauer, former owner of the studio, posted a picture of several reels of songs Kanye worked on at the time.

Track 3 on the 1996 album Down to Earth.

Song from a 1993 State Of Mind demo tape. Earliest audio of Kanye rapping publicly available.

Higher quality version of V2, however it has a producer tag at the beginning which is missing from the version on the demo tape.

Track 5 on the 1996 album Down to Earth.