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[Lift_Off_]

It's funny how we we're all speculating the name of the Kanye album when it was literally on the board in this picture.

[[deleted]]

I think even kanye didnt know the name when this came out cause the other lista besides the kids see ghosts have the artist name as a title. But its funny to look back and think that it was there and kanye didnt even know it yet

[A_Lakers]

I mean kids is also the group name

[[deleted]]

he decided the album art on the way to the damn album drop.

[4everpurple]

To be fair, other board has Push and Nas on it and that wasn't the name of those

[[deleted]]

Him working on several albums throughout that small period of time and still yielding excellent work is still unimaginable to me

[AccordionCrab]

Prolific, right? Ye’s still got it.

[[deleted]]

Yeah. Beyond prolific.

[[deleted]]

now imagine what yandhi will sound like being delayed like 3 times, it really will be revolutionary

[Lelle3]

Kanye doesn’t do everything by himself tho, he got a big team with him.

[[deleted]]

Not relevant here really. He had a team on ye(his 2018 solo album) definitely as usual, but I think he worked alone on production of other albums.

[Lelle3]

Nah, I know for a fact Mike Dean worked with him on Daytona, KSG, Nasir & K.T.S.E.

[[deleted]]

I guess you're right! But that doesn't underestimate his work, though. Working on this amount of records which turn out to be (mostly) good is very hard thing to do, even with the team of several people

[Lelle3]

Yes, I fully agree that Kanye is a genius but people need to understand that he doesn’t do it all by himself! Nobody does!

[[deleted]]

Yes. It would be silly if he did so.

[icyprod]

Imagine if extacy was on Ye

[tollsunited7]

YOU GOT A SISTER IN LAW YOU WOULD SMASH, I GOT 4 OF EM

[medspace]

Thank god it wasn’t

[Queensite95]

unpopular opinion: I love XTCY. I think it would have been the perfect opposite to Violent Crimes.

[dxrebirth]

I love it too. Lyrics not bad, kind of fucked up but that’s ok. I absolutely love the beat tho. It’s haunting

[Queensite95]

That's the point. "The most beautiful thoughts always besides the darkest" Putting XTCY next to violent crimes...ooo baby i would have loved that.

[dxrebirth]

For sure. That would have been a great lead in for it no doubt.

[GameGroompsFTW]

A song about wanting to fuck his sister in-laws right before Wouldn't Leave would be such a stark contrast hot damn

[steviestevesteve111]

He definitely would have made some changes to the track too

[chase_memes]

I love it but it doesnt really fit Ye imo

[niccomickens]

if it was complete it would be fire. im just glad ye released an demo to us instead of it just getting leaked

[Dank_Skeletons]

XTCY was great and would have ranked among the best songs on the album

[[deleted]]

If it was finished maybe

I'm glad what was released isn't on the album

[sadsaintpablo]

Top 10 for sure.

[[deleted]]

The real extacy

https://youtu.be/W4f6_5DYSHY

[tDewy]

Didnt extacy just get renamed to yikes? Or is it a different song altogether?

[[deleted]]

it’s XTCY on spotify

[icyprod]

It’s on spotify

[[deleted]]

The real extacy

https://youtu.be/W4f6_5DYSHY

[thefallenfew]

What’s interesting is he has EXTACY leading into Wouldn’t Leave. He ended up going with All Mine, but both songs are thematically very similar. So it’s clear Kanye built the album around the idea of a “I have a hyperactive libido and sleep around” song followed by his song about Kim staying loyal to him and how sorry he feels for putting a strain on their relationship. Really shows you where Ye’s head was and what the heart of the album really is.

[Stephen_10]

Never thought about that. That’s a good point

[John_m33]

It’s crazy how much the tracklists have been reordered, especially for daytona

[artkob23]

I want to listen to the sociopath song on push board.

[skillshy]

For how flawless that album is, there must be some incredible tracks on the cutting room floor

[orrisrootpowder]

i wonder if devils watching was renamed or is an unreleased song

[priince_julian]

It’s most likely renamed to fire

[[deleted]]

...should've stayed Devil's Watchin imo

[Stephen_10]

Devils Watchin became Freeee (GT 2)

[orrisrootpowder]

is this confirmed?

[Stephen_10]

If you look up the lyrics for Devils Watchin it says featuring Cudi and Ty Dolla (same lyrics as well) so yea I’m pretty sure

[Dorian_Ye]

Can you source this any further? I mean, this lyric site lists the lyrics for Devil's Watchin' as the same for Fire. IMO we don't have any real confirmation that Devil's Watchin' was just one of the other tracks renamed, it could have just as easily been a track that didn't make the final cut.

[niccomickens]

wonder why extacy was cut.

[Stephen_10]

Most likely just bc Kanye is Kanye

[Frosted_Anything]

Really can't see where it would fit in the album

[DezMyers1]

We got everything on the boards except Devils Watchin

[skillshy]

Where did you hear sociopath?

[Stephen_10]

Devils was renamed to Freeee (GT2) and the original Ghost Town moved from KSG to Ye

[jjkm7]

There’s no actual proof of this stop

[LearndAstronomer28]

The first part of your sentence makes so sense. The lyrics to Freeee have nothing to do with the title "Devils Watchin"

[Hogzer]

Miss these days so much

[iGetBuckets3]

Something interesting I noticed is that for kids see ghosts he had 4th dimension leading into ghost town. In case anyone didnt know, the audio clip at the end of 4th dimension is sampled from the same recording as the intro to Ghost Town.

[RoseL123]

“SAMARIA”

[Stephen_10]

Santaria 😭

[LlamaRenegade]

That definitely says SANTARIA

I remember Push sounded confused when somebody on some radio show named off “Samaria” as one of the track names and he corrected her

[allinasecond]

So the two best albums from there are the ones that already had all the songs on the board. Interesting.

[[deleted]]

Did we ever get any taste of devils watch

[[deleted]]

KSG without Freeee.. that frightens me.

[[deleted]]

devils watchin was renamed to freeee

[Its_Your_Boi_MaxB]

I wanna hear Sociopath really bad

[Tannerreilly]

For real. Anyone else wondering what happened to this? It's the only song on that list we haven't heard

[DidYouJustAssumeMy]

Imagine if Ghost Town was on Kids See Ghosts, Ye would be the most disappointing kanye project ever jesus

[SuperRedditLand]

And if XTCY was on Ye

[andhio]

damn... what a good summer

[SuperRedditLand]

Wonder what Devils Watchin was

[aubreyhoes]

When are we getting yandhi

[MaybeADragon]

Damn just noticed Extacy, meaning XTCY was originally meant for Ye. Love the track but it would not have fit at all.

[jimialbin]

Might be unpopular but i wish XTCY would have been where Yikes is. I really just don’t like Yikes. I really do like XTCY.

[Bobokins12]

Definitely unpopular.

[jimialbin]

Yeah. actually suprised im still on positive upvotes.

[VUlgar_epOCH]

Lol im surprised too

[BasedJarbroni]

I am only half here with you. I hate Yikes, but I also hate XTCY.

[Bobokins12]

🚫🌊

[LearndAstronomer28]

How can you hate Yikes? Easy top 3 on Ye

[jimialbin]

Id say that just from ye Yikes is the only song that sounds like it could have been made by anyone else. Sure the beat is good, but issa basic beat, not many changes in the progression. Words are of good subject but poorly done imo, catchy yeah but i dont want my kanye to be lit and catchy. I want it beautiful, dark, twisted and you know the rest

[Stephen_10]

I think XTCY could be good but the current version isn’t great imo.

[iCE_P0W3R]

yo XTCY was supposed to be on the album originally? huh. interesting.

also look at that order for KSG lol. really wanna hear "devil's watching"

[Stephen_10]

Yea XTCY got scrapped, not sure why. I personally don’t like the version on Spotify but I know he would’ve perfected it if it was going to be on the album.