Which was the Better Version, Kanye West's The College Dropout Early Version or Retail Version

The Recipe

For those that are unaware Kanye West Debut album was heavily bootlegged which caused him to rerecord most of the album or remix versions of the songs he kept for the Retail version.



Early Version Tracklist
01 Intro
02 All Falls Down (feat. Lauryn Hill)
03 Jesus Walks (Intro)
04 Jesus Walks
05 Two Words (feat. Mos Def & Freeway)
06 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
07 The New Workout Plan
08 Keep The Receipt (feat. Dirt McGirt)
09 Heavy Hitters
10 Slow Jamz (feat. Jamie Foxx & Twista)
11 My Way
12 Family Affair
13 Through The Wire
14 Never Let Me Down (feat. Jay-Z & Saul Williams)
15 Home

The Bootleg had some dope ass tracks that did not make the album or were remixed including Home which was redone and released on the Graduation Album as Homecoming along tracks like, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (feat. Consequence), All Falls Down (feat. Lauryn Hill), Keep The Receipt (Feat ODB), Heavy Hitters (feat GLC), My Way and Never Let Me Down which only had 1 Jay verse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafjbM0H6js

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQRr51LmrR4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbFb_fXboY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9qPu76jjhA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtiNaKRsSFw



College Dropout Retail Tracklist

1. Intro
2. We Don't Care
3. Graduation Day
4. All Falls Down
5. I'll Fly Away
6. Spaceship
7. Jesus Walks
8. Never Let Me Down
9. Get Em High
10. Workout Plan
11. The New Workout Plan
12. Slow Jamz
13. Breathe In Breathe Out
14. School Spirit Skit 1
15. School Spirit
16. Lil Jimmy Skit
17. Two Words
18. Through The Wire
19. Family Business
20. Last Call
21. School Spirit Skit

The Retail Version had some heat like also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WezusURMbY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4SbYnNsTQA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGM6N0qXeu4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q602739kBr4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNVbFQHf9L8

But it also had Breath in Breath out which could have been left off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLRvmJl_LI

LcnsdbyROYALTY

I heard most of the bootleg tracks on the Freshman Adjustment series. It's kinda hard to choose tho, they were all dope

ocelot

The College Dropout Retail Version

Only song I wish was on the retail was Good, Bad, Ugly...

Lebong James

The College Dropout Retail Version

with spaceship alone the retail is better

The Recipe

The College Dropout Early Version

The retail version was definitely more polished, I just enjoyed the sound of the bootleg it sounded like a hungry cat trying to get on, the songs were un-mastered and had a gritty and raw energy.

trilladelic

The College Dropout Early Version

the early version reminds of those cold mornings riding the bus to work..

The Nuisance

The College Dropout Retail Version

Keep the receipt was my shiiiit

LcnsdbyROYALTY

Lebong James wrote: »

with spaceship alone the retail is better

Yea "Spaceship" was that one!

JDSTAYWITIT

The College Dropout Retail Version

mannnn... "heavy hitters" and "keep the receipt" were my ? ..... but i got to go with the second version on the strength of "SpaceShip" alone...

The Recipe

The College Dropout Early Version

My Way >>>> Spaceships, Ye went ham on that joint.

DOPEdweebz

First album i bootlegged i anticipated it so much ..

JDSTAYWITIT

The College Dropout Retail Version

The Recipe wrote: »

My Way >>>> Spaceships, Ye went ham on that joint.

nah bro

dalyricalbandit

but are/were dope.

Early feels up and coming
the Retail feels more polished

they are so alike yet feel so different

The Recipe

The College Dropout Early Version

I guess Ye and Company didn't realize how many people liked Spaceships or they would have released the video in a timely fashion. *Shrugs.

soul rattler

The College Dropout Retail Version

Spaceship, two Jay verses, Get Em High, and Last Call are mandatory listens.

With that being said, "Heavy Hitters" was the ? .

choppa_style

The College Dropout Retail Version

Retail by far.

A lot of the other tracks were dope but were better of elsewhere IMO.

King Lee

I didn't even know there was an early version I need to give that a bump

yeah i rap so don't

The College Dropout Retail Version

Easy vote

mdot

The College Dropout Retail Version

Retail even though good bad and ugly was nice. But spaceships is Kanye's goat song in my opinion. Or at least my favorite.

choppa_style

The College Dropout Retail Version

Yeah Spaceships, Last Call, the new Jesus Walks and Workout Song etc all make the retail better IMO.