Prior to 808s & Heartbreak, the only officially credited co-writer is Che Smith (Rhymefest) who co-wrote on Jesus Walks. There is no confirmation on it, but based on how co-writers during this time have talked about Ye's writing, their contribution was specific bars that fill out Ye's verses, as opposed to writing full verses for Ye to recite.

After 808s Kanye began providing detailed credits for tracks on his album, and here's a breakdown of those albums and their co-writers.

808s & Heartbreak:

• Malik Yusef: 4 - Heartless, Amazing, Love Lockdown, RoboCop
• Consequence: 4 - Say You Will, Amazing, Paranoid, RoboCop
• Kid Cudi: 4 - Welcome to Heartbreak (also a feature), Heartless, Paranoid (background vocals), RoboCop
• Esthero: 3 - Love Lockdown, RoboCop, Streetlights
• Jeezy: 3 - Say You Will, Amazing (also a feature), RoboCop
• Tony Williams: 2 - RoboCop, Street Lights (both background vocals)
• T-Pain: 1 - RoboCop
• Starshell - 1: Love Lockdown

Tracks without co-writers: Bad News, See You In My Nightmares, Coldest Winter, Pinocchio Story

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy:

• Malik Yusef: 6 - Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, All of the Lights (Interlude), All of the Lights, Devil in a New Dress, Runaway
• Really Doe: 2 - All of the Lights (Interlude), All of the Lights
• Rhymefest: 1 - Gorgeous

Tracks without co-writers: Power, Monster, So Appalled, Hell of a Life, Blame Game, Lost in the World, Who Will Survive in America

Yeezus:

• CyHi The Prynce: 9 - On Sight, Black Skinhead, I Am a God, New Slaves, Hold My Liquor, I'm In It, Blood on the Leaves, Guilt Trip, Bound 2
• Elon Rutberg: 9 - On Sight, Black Skinhead, I Am a God, New Slaves, Hold My Liquor, I'm In It, Blood on the Leaves, Send It Up, Bound 2
• Malik Yusef: 8 - On Sight, Black Skinhead, I Am a God, New Slaves, Hold My Liquor, I'm In It, Blood on the Leaves, Bound 2
• Sakiya Sandifer: 5 - Black Skinhead, New Slaves, I'm In It, Send It Up, Bound 2
• Rhymefest: 4 - On Sight, I Am a God, New Slaves, Hold My Liquor
• Fonzworth Bentley: 4 - On Sight, Black Skinhead, I Am a God, Hold My Liquor
• Justin Vernon: 3 - I Am a God, Hold My Liquor, I'm In It (all 3 feature vocals)
• King Louie: 2 - New Slaves, Send It Up (featured)
• Tony Williams: 1 - Blood on the Leaves
• Ab Liva: 1 - Send It Up

Tracks without co-writers: 0

The Life of Pablo:

• CyHi The Prynce: 12 - Ultralight Beam, FSMH Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Famous, Feedback, Highlights, Freestyle 4, Waves, FML, Real Friends, Wolves, Facts
• Chance The Rapper: 5 - Ultralight Beam, FSMH Pt. 1, Famous, Feedback, Waves
• Swizz Beatz: 2 - Ultralight Beam, Famous (featured)
• Fonzworth Bentley: 2 - Ultralight Beam (he co-produced), Waves
• Drake: 2 - FSMH Pt. 1 (not officially credited), 30 Hours
• Darius Jenkins: 2 - Feedback, FML
• Tony Williams: 1 - Waves

Tracks without co-writers: Low Lights, I Love Kanye, Frank's Track, Silver Surfer Intermission, No More Parties in LA, Fade, Saint Pablo

ye:

• Malik Yusef: 7 - All tracks
• Kenneth Preshon: 6 - All but Violent Crimes
• Bump J: 6 - All but Violent Crimes
• Pardison Fontaine: 5 - Yikes, All Mine, Wouldn't Leave, Ghost Town, Violent Crimes
• CyHi The Prynce: 5 - ITAKY, Yikes, All Mine, No Mistakes, Ghost Town
• Consequence: 4 - ITAKY, Yikes, All Mine, Ghost Town
• 070 Shake: 4 - Yikes, All Mine, Ghost Town (vocals), Violent Crimes (vocals)
• Ty Dolla $ign: 3 - All Mine, Wouldn't Leave, Violent Crimes (all 3 have vocals)
• Jeremih: 2 - All Mine, Wouldn't Leave
• PartyNextDoor: 2 - Wouldn't Leave, Ghost Town (both features)
• Drake: 1 - Yikes
• Wiley & Skepta: 1 - ITAKY
• Kevin Parker: 1 - Violent Crimes

Tracks without co-writers: 0

JIK:

• CyHi The Prynce: 3 - Selah, On God, Everything We Need
• No Malice, Pusha T & Rennard East: 3 - Selah, Closed on Sunday, Use This Gospel (featured)
• Victory Boyd: Closed on Sunday, Water, God Is
• Sean Leon: 2 - Selah, Use This Gospel
• Aaron Butts (Christian Pastor): 2 - Follow God, Hands On
• John Boyd: 1 - Selah
• Consequence: 1 - Selah
• Labrinth: 1 - God Is
• Fonzworth Bentley: 1 - Use This Gospel

Tracks without co-writers: Follow God (besides his pastor), Everything We Need, Hands On (besides his pastor), Jesus Is Lord

Brackets do not indicate that they did not partake in writing Kanye's part, its just important to note

I better not see no more CONJECTURE ITT on this topic in the future

Cyhi must be getting BIG bags from ye

Is this to shut down people making ghost writer claims from the Drake camp? If so, good work OP

I know Kanye literally gives you credit for just being around but this proves why the songwriting has gone to s*** lately cause he doesn’t even attempt to do much by himself since Yeezus lol it’s like Desiigner had said before, he’s not really as hands on in making his albums like he used to

according to NO ID Ye wrote Gorgeous in response to Jay Electronica Exhibit C.

Great verses, I imagine Rhymefest gave him a couple bars but Ye was writing writing on Twisted Fantasy
I think Malik's contributions were to hooks too, I know for sure one was All of the Lights

i think Kanye's songwriting prime was 2010-2015

i would say 10-12, after that he focused more on fashion

I think is confirmed that The Dream wrote the All of The Lights hook if I remember correctly

yeah him and malik was working on melodies.

well done

Jeezy wrote on Say You Will & Robocop ? Huhhhh

RoboCop had a crazy writing line up
Ye, Malik Yusef, Cons, Cudi, Esthero, Jeezy, Tony Williams and T-Pain

I was gonna make this thread a while back. Kanye not writing his raps/music has become massively overblown by haters.

This man almost entirely wrote AND produced the college dropout and we’re gonna act like he can’t rap?

He had more writing help on College Dropout than Twisted Fantasy

I thought he only had help on Jesus walks

Cons was Ye's right hand men for writing raps on his first three albums, he wasn't writing verses for Ye but he probably contributed on like half the tracks be it a bar or a few

He didn't have a Cons or CyHi working with him closely for Twisted Fantasy to correct his verses or contribute bars on multiple tracks

Malik Yusef is the closest thing on it but he's more a poet than a rapper

Great thread @yesac

Nice to see Tony Williams involved in Yeezus and Pablo, he’s just always there to help Ye

@op add wtt and ksg

TCD and LR are lyrically the best in Ye's discography