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The Prerequisote / 2001 Demo Tape (Kanye West)

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This is a playlist comprising of all of Kanye West's 15 songs apart of his 2001 demo tape, often reffered to as "The Prerequisote". This tape would be made 3 years before Kanye's infamous "The College Dropout" album, with this tape having many songs with lyrics and songs that would be later used in that future album. We do have the official tracklist for the album, which is the way I ordered the songs. Every song here uses the only version we have from the Yetracker, and is legit. Only differences you could do is the fact that I used v2 of "Never Letting Go (The Stalker Song)" instead of v1 due to quality, and also the fact that "Heartbeat" is only instrumental as we don't have the lyrics version. Link to Yetracker on trackerhub, where you can easily find all of Kanye's unreleased discography, which is thousands of songs: https://trackerhub.cx/sh/1vW-nFbnR02F9BEnNPe5NBejHRGPt0QEGOYXLSePsC1k Link to Yetracker on Heystacks, which is harder to navigate but has more info like tracklists, released, fakes, etc: https://heystacks.com/doc/486/kanye-unreleased-tracker MEGA playlist of album too: https://mega.nz/folder/22hlGCxR#hicYPjPwe7LHKZ0aSuZS6g Have it on my newest YouTube account too. Hope I don't get terminated again: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbc_PMBhqDaAuytrTo1V9MzPKSSpwF2Jp&si=AvYEhi67aP-hCNi5
  1. Home (Windy) [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Home (Windy) [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Home (Windy)" and "Home". This is the 1st version of the song and it has a track length of 2:51. "Version on the 2001 demo tape as track 1. Samples "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells" Features John Legend and is produced by Kanye West.
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  2. Jesus Walks [v2] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Jesus Walks [v2] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased version of a song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Jesus Walks would be released by Ye as a single and would blow up, being included on "The College Dropout" album as well, although this is the earliest version we have. Song name is "Jesus Walks" and "When Jesus Walks". This is the 2nd version of the song and it has a track length of 2:18. "Track 2 on the 2001 Demo Tape".
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  3. Have It Your Way [v1] - The Prerequisote (Kanye West)
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    Have It Your Way [v1] - The Prerequisote (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Have It Your Way" and "Bring Me Down". This is the 1st version of the song and it has a track length of 3:37. "Track 3 on the 2001 demo tape. Uses an early version of the "Bring Me Down" instrumental" Produced by Kanye West. #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  4. Out of Your Mind [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Out of Your Mind [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Out Of Your Mind" and "Arguing". This is the 1st version of the song and it has a track length of 3:24. "Early version of the song "Out Of Your Mind" that does not feature any John Legend vocals. Was included in the 2001 demo tape commonly known as The Prerequisite. Samples "Babyface (She Said Do Do Do Do)" by War and a clip of Martin Lawrence from his comedy special "You So Crazy"." Produced by Kanye West. #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song
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  5. Wow [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
    2:49

    Wow [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Wow". This is the 1st version of the song and it has a track length of 2:49. "Original version featuring an extra third verse. Track 5 off of the 2001 demo tape. Has lyrics that would later get reused on "Last Freestyle" ,"The Bounce" by JAY-Z, "Live From Irving Plaza, NY" by Talib Kweli, "All Falls Down" and the unreleased version of "Wack Niggas". Mentioned on "Last Call"." #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  6. I Need To Know [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
    3:43

    I Need To Know [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "I Need To Know". This is the 1st version of the song and it has a track length of 3:43. "Version on the 2001 demo tape. Has some different lyrics than the later version and sounds rougher, and lacks John Legend. Has lines that would later be reused on "The New Workout Plan"." Produced by Kanye West. #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  7. Gotta Pose - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
    4:24

    Gotta Pose - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "I Gotta Pose" and "Gotta Pose". Track length of 4:24. "Track 7 on the 2001 demo tape. Samples the song "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Solomon Burke." #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  8. Never Lettin' Go (The Stalker Song) [v2] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Never Lettin' Go (The Stalker Song) [v2] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Never Lettin' Go (The Stalker Song)" and "Never Let You Go". This is the 2nd version of the song. Track length of 3:58. "Higher quality version of V1, however it has a producer tag at the beginning which is missing from the version on the demo tape." Samples"Never Letting Go" by Phoebe Snow." #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  9. Hey Mama [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Hey Mama [v1] - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Hey Mama" and "Hey Ma". This is the 1st version of the song. Track length of 4:24. "Version used on the 2001 demo tape. Overall more rough feeling than later versions." Features John Legend and produced by Kanye West. #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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  10. Know The Game - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)
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    Know The Game - The Prerequisote [Unreleased] (Kanye West)

    Unreleased song made Kanye West for his 2001 demo tape, often dubbed "The Prerequisote". This song is apart of that demo tape tracklist played to many record labels he tried to sign with, who all rejected him until he met with Roc-A-Fella label. This would then lead to his infamous original trilogy, but before there was the College Dropout, there were these songs here. Song name is "Know The Game". Track length of 2:57 "Track 10 on the 2001 demo tape. Samples the Love Theme from The Godfather." #music #kanyewest #ye #oldschoolhiphop #song #unreleased #unreleasedsongs
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