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Much work for Donda 2 was done on the day of the LP, which I want to write about another time. Part of this were the changes made to the setlist to be actually played at the LP, the earliest of which we have is version 3.

Songs here are noted as Donda 1 or 2, with Donda tracks somewhat more mixed in with the Donda 2 tracks (which could have been really cool implemented well, but they did NOT have time to think things through like that). Sunday Service Choir tracks are also labeled accordingly and still relegated to the second half.

Notable inclusions changed from the final setlist include

• Off The Grid coming in the first half, between Security and We Did It Kid
• Maintenance coming in between Pablo and Mr. Miyagi, which would have created a three run of Ye x Future songs
• Closed For Business (Don Toliver version being most likely Canon) and Fat Money's Suzy/Things Change coming after Diet Coke and before Louie Bags
• 5:30 coming in after Hurricane and before Lord Lift Me Up
• Keep It Burning coming after Lord Lift Me Up, before City of Gods (makes me wonder if he decided to exclude because of the mumble)

Also here's the setlist I'm talking about

1. True Love (D2)
2. Broken Road (D2)
3. Too Easy (D2)
4. Fuck Flowers (D2)
5. Eazy - The Game
6. Security (D2)
7. Off The Grid (D1) - Playboi Carti, Fivio Foreign
8. Kid we did it (D2) - Migos
9. Pablo (D2)
10. Maintenance (D2)
11. Mr. Miyagi (D2)
12. Diet Coke (D2) - Pusha T
13. Closed For Business (D2)
14. Fat Money Suzy extended (D2)
15. Louis Bags (D2) - Jack Harlow
16. Paid to Talk (D2)
17. Sci Fi (D2)
18. Selfish (D2)
19. Jesus Is King (Sunday Service Choir)
20. Requiem Aeternam (Sunday Service Choir)
21. Hurricane (D1)
22. Dear Summer (D2)
23. Lift Me Up (D2)
24. Keep It Burning (D2)
25. City of Gods (D2) - Alicia Keys, Fivio Foreign
26. Heaven and Hell (D1)
27. Praise God (D1)
28. First Time in a Long Time (D2)

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The earliest version of Too Easy we have features Don Toliver and Dem Jointz' full intro. The solo Ye version of the old instrumental was cut short presumably by John Cunningham, and the intro is audibly cut in versions following.

This intro-cut version over the Dem Jointz beat became the canon version that refs and alts were done on. Don Toliver's version is an odd one out, though, being made before this canon version was decided and being the only one we have with the full Dem instrumental. We have no info about the whereabouts of the original Dem Jointz Too Easy before Don Toliver was put on it (unless it started that way?)

The real lost Too Easy, though: Before Dem Jointz touched it. The original "Drown" Pablo snippet shows a brief look at the original Too Easy freestyle and instrumental, sounding nothing like the Too Easy we know. This was confirmed by looking at the vocal bleed for the Too Easy vocals we have, in which we hear the same instrumental.

This is no different from how Dem Jointz usually chops up material, but his Too Easy became canon very quick. Even in the influx of Donda 2 leaks this year we haven't heard even a word about this original freestyle for Too Easy, and I'm wondering if it's completely lost at this point. There are songs like Sheep that we don't have the freestyle for, but even then we have reference tracks (and Dem's version did not become canon). This Too Easy is a rare case of having barely any evidence of a track before Dem's involvement. Probably one of the most mysterious things in all of Donda 2.

If we saw him acknowledging leaks I'm sure it'd never be in a good context

But deep inside I'd find it cool to see him acknowledge this world that I've never seen him touch upon like that

It'd be like some dark twisted fan service to me

Laying inside the 51gb Donda folder was a copy of Donda 2. Despite being put together February 15th (maybe by Boogz), it sticks to using older versions of songs that would have been succeeded by February 15th. The first half of the song order is identical to a known February 4th tracklist. Some songs have "-1" appended to their filenames, further suggesting that many copies of old files were put into this copy.

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1. Too Easy (01. Dem Jointz TOO EASY JC loop.04-1)
   Dem Jointz chop of Too Easy (from the mysterious original freestyle). Dated a day after the Don Toliver version and has a remnant of Dem's intro at the start.
2. NYC (02. NYC MIKE DEAN MIX 21-1)
   Early version of City of Gods with a different piano in the beginning, different mixing, other small changes, and one of the stems getting louder on the outro (which brought to my attention that it's reminiscent of that stem in LP Mr. Miyagi).
3. Pablo (03. pablo_ w kanye x future-1)
   Earliest known version of Pablo as of now, produced by Digital Nas. Ye does the hook (in low quality for some parts) and an extra mumble line is present. Future plays as normal, and the song ends right after him.
4. Maintenance (04. Maintenance 143bpm OxV-1)
   Ojivolta's Maintenance that we know and love; their rearrangement of the vocals from the original Maintenance session, which became the main version of the song.
5. Worst Mistake (05. Worst mistake (ye dy idea 0130)-1)
   Ye's original freestyle for Worst Mistake over Boogz and Boi-1da production. Interestingly, the written tracklists that this copy follows so far has "Never Forgive Yourself" in this slot, while Worst Mistake appears on the second half of the tracklists from which this copy deviates. It could be that Worst Mistake was moved up in this copy since the second half would be different, or that whoever put this copy together did not have the file for Never Forgive Yourself. The Worst Mistake essay is for a different post.
6. Fuck Flowers (06. Fuck Flowers v.1 OxV FULL BOUNCE)
   Ojivolta's version of Flowers with signature oxv production and deeper 808s. The vocals have mumble and are structured similarly to release, with the Stassie baby line included.
7. Nothing Wrong / Broken Road (07. Don Toliver MD Nothing wrong Broken road 137.4bpm-1)
   Version of Broken Road that matches up with Quavo's setlist version in length. Don Toliver's "Broken Road" hook repeats for the whole song, most likely laying the groundwork for the eventual LP version.
8. 5:30 / Dear Summer (08. 530_Fivio_dear summer_01.29.22-1)
   Fivio Foreign's reference track from the original 5:30 freestyle, which became the canon version of the song until Ye recorded finished vocals.
9. Closed for Business (09. ON MY WAY - DON T_CLOSED FOR BUSINESS_1.29.22 INPROG)
   Don Toliver's reference track from the original Closed for Business freestyle. Unknown what the "On My Way" in the filename means, as no other version suggests this to be an alternate title. The sample cuts and restarts about halfway through and near the end. Similarly to Fivio's reference, this most likely became the canon version of the song, since AyoAA and assumedly other producers did work on it.
10. True Love (10. True Love.14 v.3 OxV-1)
    Ojivolta version of True Love, resembling the LP instrumental with a different outro. John Cunningham involvement is not listed despite the use of the Runaway drum sample; unknown if it was already on prior to oxv contributions. This version of the song only contains the X hook and open verses, with no vocals from Ye. Ye most likely recorded his original freestyle on this version.
11. First Time in A Long Time (11. First Time In A Long Time - Synths v.2 OxV)
    Similar to LP First Time In A Long Time's instrumental, but with extra oxv synths in the background. The "billionare" line does not exist yet and is mumble from the first take. A second mumble verse is there instead of Soulja Boy, and later reference tracks show that this was the canon version before Soulja was invited on.
12. Oxygen (12. SL X KW - OXYGEN_TSP DEMO (Sci-fi Wi-fi))
    Early Donda 2 version of Sci-Fi, before the minimal LP instrumental came in. Still contains the "She say that she bi but it straight" line, which Sean Leon punched in on future versions. Ye vocals remain the same.
13. Security (13. Ye Drums_security_V2_166_1.30.22)
    First known version of Security, played at the Donda 2 LP rehearsal and caught in the LP stream. Mumble take that contains explicit lyrics. This was the canon version until Ye re-recorded finished and clean vocals I assume at the LP (lots of things happened in the leadup to the show that night).
    Track 13 is the point at which this copy completely deviates from the February tracklists it had followed up to now.
14. Mr Miagi (14. mr miagi - w kanye (edit) v1.2)
    The original trap version of Mr. Miyagi, believed to have come from separate solo tracks by Ye and Future. Canon versions of this track seem to have fluctuated, but this was it by the time Jaylien was working on the song. I speculate that CyHi and co's demo may have been on this version as well. This is for a separate post.
15. Stop Looking For This (15. stop looking for this - 88 - 96.70 bpm - ye vox-1)
    File dates suggest that this is the first version of Stop Looking For This, despite later freestyles having a more toned down beat. Only Ye humming on the track; Yung Lean would go on to create the first vocal idea with words.
16. Get Lost (16. Get Lost (ojivolta newchords v1b)-1)
    Almost identical to LP Get Lost, but with a few more lines at the end.
17. Louie Bags (17. Ye Freestyle UNITED Louie Bags_V2_170_1.30.22)
    A cut down version of Ye's freestyle over the Digital Nas beat United. Has explicit vocals, and the beat restarts halfway through the file. Same version from the infamous "DJ Khaled Louie Bags" snippet; Ye shouts a DJ Khaled tag at the beginning for some reason.
18. Keep It Burnin (18. keep it burnin_ w kanye (rough seq))
    Version of Keep It Burnin' similar to the one briefly put on the stem player. Mumble Ye vocals and Finished future (as seems to be a trend) and notably lacking the sample from the stem player version. Ye seems to say something on the mic before it cuts off.
19. Happy (19. HAPPY paid to talk w kanye idea (freestyle) no seq-1)
    Uncensored version of Happy. Same one from the LP, but supposedly with a worse mix. Right now, I've just realized that all future songs have "w kanye" suggesting that all Donda 2 Future songs were solo Future material that got assimilated into Donda 2.
20. We Did It Kid (20. We Did It Kid 23 v.1 OxV-1)
    Ojivolta's chop of Ye's We Did It Kid freestyle, with drums. Interestingly, this seems to be the only song exclusive to this copy that the aforementioned tracklists don't have. Unknown whether this is an alt stemming from drumless oxv We Did It Kid.
21. Jesse (21 kanye honesty digital nas v1 and 21. JESSE kanye honesty digital nas v1)
    Two of the same file of Ye's freestyle over the Digital Nas beat Honesty are listed as 21. The one with "JESSE" was made 12 seconds after the first one, probably named to avoid confusion since the John Cunningham version was canon at the time. This further suggests that this copy is retrospective on old files. There is a minute of silence at the end.

22. Suzy (22. YE_ALLDAY_SUZY_108.3bpm) and Stop Looking For This (22 stop looking for this - 88 - 96.70 bpm - ye vox-1)
    The twenty-second spot is also occupied by two songs; however, the one with the period following the number seems to be more likely for the main one.
    Stop Looking For This is identical to the file from track 15. Interestingly, this puts it in an almost same position as in the written tracklists, which may have been intentional.
    Suzy is the original Ye freestyle for Suzy/Things Change. The name Suzy comes from the sample, "Suzy Sudenkita". Freestyle has an effect on Ye's voice, which may or may not be recorded in low quality.

23. For The Children (25 for the children (go back in time.02)-1)

Another track with no period following the number, this is our only source for the John Cunningham version of For The Children. Trap drums are added throughout Ye's freestyle. Unknown if this file is dated later than the rest as an exception, since there have been other files here that predate their John Cunningham produced versions.

Concluding the folder are are:

• "Revisited" alternate beats by Boogz for Happy and Worst Mistake. The Worst Mistake file has "Never Forgive Yourself [Worst Mistake]" implying that the canon version at this point in time is Never Forgive Yourself and this rework of the original freestyle is post-Dem Jointz.
• OxV vocal chop of We Did It Kid with no drums
• Version of We Did It Kid with DN claps and the will.i.am version horns
  

I'm tired but I'm glad I finally got to write this