“Talking” is an unreleased Kanye West song from the WAR era. It was recorded Feb 10, 2024 and leaked Feb 17, 2023. Produced by Dom Maker and James Blake. It features North West, James Blake, DJ Camper, Dom Maker, Edsclusive, No I.D, Swizz Beatz and Ty Dolla $ign. Fans also know it as “Wake Up” and “TALKING / ONCE AGAIN”.
unreleased.world has 6 versions of it, across “WAR” and “VULTURES 1”; the lead version runs 2:10. It has been played 11 times on the site. It streams free in the player.
About Talking
- Artist
- Kanye West
- Era
- WAR
- Leaked
- Feb 17, 2023
- Recorded
- Feb 10, 2024
- Produced by
- Dom Maker, James Blake
- Features
- North West, James Blake, DJ Camper, Dom Maker, Edsclusive, No I.D, Swizz Beatz, Ty Dolla $ign
- Also known as
- Wake Up, TALKING / ONCE AGAIN
- File
- Full · CD Quality
- Type
- Other
- Length
- 2:10
- Versions
- 6 versions on unreleased.world
Cut-down of Ye's freestyle freestyle with heavy reverb. Likely the version given to Fat Money to make his references. On a Parti stream on May 21st, 2025, Ye started singing the "I gotta wake up" lyric and then asked Nkenge 1x, "Is there a song named 'Wake Up' in there?", referring to the WAR files they were sent by John Cunningham. Leaked in full after the Feeding America fundraiser.
Every version of Talking
- Talking [V5]WAR · Full · CD Quality · Leaked Nov 13, 20252:10Play Talking [V5]
- Talking [V4]WAR · Snippet · Recording · Leaked Feb 17, 20230:07Play Talking [V4]
- Talking [V3]WAR · Snippet · Lossless · Leaked Jan 18, 20250:21Play Talking [V3]
- Talking [V14]WAR · Full · CD Quality · Leaked Aug 3, 20242:10Play Talking [V14]
- TALKING [V33]VULTURES 1 · OG File · Lossless · Leaked Oct 17, 20243:05Play TALKING [V33]
- TALKING [V19]VULTURES 1 · Full · High Quality · Leaked Dec 12, 20231:23Play TALKING [V19]
Leak dates, credits and notes from the community Kanye West tracker, as the Kanye West tracker page shows them.
More from WAR
Other songs on the WAR era with a page of their own. The full WAR tracklist has every one.