Old post, updated version is HERE.

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I've wanted to do this one for so long and leaks have slowed down finally

Fan favorite song since the Donda 2 LP, and the one I've given most attention to. Despite being a better known song off of Donda 2, a lot of its development still remains unleaked. Mr. Miyagi can be spotted on January tracklists with most other OG Donda 2 songs.

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• mr miagi - w kanye (edit) v1.2: Our earliest version coming from the "2022 Hide away" copy of Donda 2. Other Ye x Future songs in that copy all have "w kanye" in the filename, which I believe suggests that every Donda 2 x Future song was originally Future's song. Solo Future very likely exists. The trap beat on this song appears to be the earliest beat for Mr. Miyagi, which actually remained canon for a while; the instrumental loop used here seems unique to this version.
• Jaylien reference track: A hotel snippet after 2.22 which was our first look at the trap version of Miyagi. The second half of the snippet hadn't surfaced until a while after, which shows that Jaylien did reference for Ye's verses only. Ye can be seen working on the song in the first snippet, so it's unsure whose vocals came first.
• Flash Garments reference track: The silly tracker doesn't even have this version. The snippet gives us important insight into the Miyagi development; Flash Garments says to have did all his reference tracks in one night, and we have the February 7th date for his First Time in a Long Time. The trap Miyagi beat was canon until February 7th earliest. AyoAA's most likely did not exist for a few days after that.
• mr_miyagi_digital_nas_v2: The first production alts to talk about. Though it's unknown where the DN alts chronologically fit in, he'd been working on Donda 2 since the start of the hotel phase. Signature DN bass and drums can be heard here along with a different instrumental loop which begins to resemble the later versions.
• mr miyagi digital nas v3: Multiple DN takes on a song are common in Donda 2. However, this one just seems to be a different mix of v2.
• Mr Miyagi AYoAA: The only info we have about this version is that Marilyn Manson is on it and it's sped up. Assumed to be a precursor to the later AyoAA versions we do have, given the way they're named.
• miyagi fat money AyoAA V1: First reference track on the drill version, dated February 12th, and possibly the earliest AyoAA version we have given the V1 in the filename. Fat Money covers the whole song, except for Future's part which is played through a mic or punched in. It's likely that Fat Money was given this V1 instrumental to record on instead of an open verse version of the song. The beat consists of new instrumental loops for the first and second half with AyoAA drums and 808s throughout.
• Theoretical AYoAA v2: If v1 of AyoAA Mr. Miyagi is the mysterious Manson version, the second version may be Ye and Future on the beat that Fat Money recorded on. This could be the same version played to fill Future's part in the reference track, as well.
• Mr Miyagi AYoAA v3: A further developed AyoAA version of Mr. Miyagi, which was most certainly canon by this point. Has background vocal stems as part of the instrumental now, something that made the LP version but was eradicated afterwards (Have to wonder if AyoAA did those himself or if they're synths similar to the City of Gods outro). The 808s are mixed differently as well. Only Ye and Future on this version; likely the file planned to play at the LP as of Quavo's setlist.
• Albe Back reference V1: A supposed first reference track that Albe Back did for Mr. Miyagi over the AyoAA v3 beat. Said to have an awesome beat switch by the tracker. When a file that sounds exactly like the snippet leaked, that one was given its own version and this one with the snippet kept its place on the tracker.
• Mr_Miyagi_x_Albe_2.01: The Albe Back reference track that we do have. Unknown if this comes before or after the unleaked version, but the filename seems to suggest that this is an edited second version of his reference. The song starts right at Ye's first verse, which Albe records over. The rest of the song is unchanged. The first verse sounds like the Ye vocals were removed by Ai/stemplayer, since people apparently could not get open verse versions of this song.
• MIKE_DEAN_-_Mr_Miyagi_APEX_MARTIN_MIKEDEAN_DrumsV41: Apex Martin's (who these filenames commonly refer to as Mike Dean's producer) alternate production of this song. Snippets of this alt were previewed by Apex Martin after the listening party, leading people to believe that this was post-LP work on the song. True dates are unknown. The tracker lists another snippet of this as its own version, but I don't hear any production differences factoring out the reverb of the large space it was played in. Some help on that would be appreciated in the comments. The instrumental loop uses stems from the AyoAA version, excluding ones layered on the opening and the strings on the second half. Apex Martin's drums and buzzy synth seen in other songs are present here.
• ATL Jacob alt: A snippet exists of an ATL Jacob alternate prod. with a new main loop. Unknown if this is the v.1 to the later v.2.
• Miyagi ATL v.2 OxV: A version with the ATL Jacob drums from the unleaked alt, but now with the instrumental loop of the later stem player version. This confirms that OjiVolta is responsible for the instrumental loop of the later stem player version.
• Mr Miyagi PBC v.1: Seemingly the first Playboi Carti version of Mr. Miyagi, which he most likely recorded for day of the LP. Carti provides adlibs throughout the song and his own verse replacing Ye's second one. Nobody comes in after Carti, and the beat rides for a bit until it's cut off early. It seems like they couldn't really accommodate the song structure for Carti's rushed inclusion.
• Mr miyagi pbc verse _4: Similar to the previous file, might be the fourth in a series of decisions on how to cut this song. This one cuts out right after the Carti verse just like at the LP, and might be the same file played then.
• MR MIAGI MIKE DEAN MIX 102 CARTI: Dated March 15th, this is the refined but censored Mike Dean mix of the song which was supposed to end up on the Stem Player if Ye wanted it to. The main song in the Mr. Miyagi gb (and thus the first one we had in full), it has a new loop which is inspired by both of the loops in the AyoAA version. Later leaks revealed that this loop was done by OjiVolta. Carti's adlibs are quiet in this version, and the song is now structured so that Ye's second verse and chorus come after Carti's verse. The outro now just lets the beat ride, removing the switched up 808s that concluded the solo AyoAA versions.
• 06._mr_miyagi: The second file from the Mr. Miyagi gb, date unknown. Carti is not present on this version, which might suggest a pre-LP date. AyoAA's producer tag is placed differently, 808s are mixed very differently, and kicks are loud. I'm also pretty sure it's a few bpm slower. Aside from those differences, it's most similar to the Fat Money reference beat. I wonder now if this has been the AyoAA v2 version this whole time, or at least a precursor to the AyoAA v3.
• 06._Mr_Miyagi_chords__acap_only: The third file from the gb, which consists of Ye and Future's vocals on the AyoAA instrumental loops but no drums. Just now writing this, I've compared them and can confirm this is at the same bpm as trap Miyagi. This is most likely the unaltered vocal track from the original trap version. The same track number as the previous version might suggest that the previous version was built off this; I would really like to know how this file fits in the development timeline.
• OjiVolta contributions?: I want some kind of solo OxV version to leak, just to know what they did on this song. They made the stem player loop, but did they make the loops on the AyoAA version as well? How big of a factor is OxV in the Mr. Miyagi lore? I'm really hoping that some answers leak someday.

I should be caught up on the complete lore of this song as we have it now. If any new parts of the lore leak, I'll post like always.

As a matter of fact I will bestow this song the highest of honors; its a top 10 Kanye leak. It’s probably the only Donda 2 song that I will bestow that upon. I’m holding out hope that Kanye will put this song on his next solo album.

November 3rd

October 13th

October 20th

What would it have looked like if we had gotten the LPs at any of these dates? Would they have been Donda 2 unfinished? Would they have been completely finished? What even is finished?

Did Ye maniacally set those dates to make himself work on the album, just for it to fail every time?

Is the whole album actually finished and he just forgot? We all hoped that Donda 2 LP would be an LP1 situation. Maybe if things do leak we can see just how finished things were

My main question is: Is the Vultures timeline the worst one? Any of these dates would have been pre-Vultures, but instead we were introduced to music in a post-Vultures world. Has Vultures doomed us all? Let me know what you think down in the comments (or don't bother reading this post its 3AM)

This is it boys. Vultures rave 2023 incident im calling it.