This is basically a rough draft so he can run through it and record it, then play it back to figure out what he wants to change and tweak how he wants certain parts of the song to sound. He's always wanting to improve what he's working on.
Tony Rodriguez Gates said he gave the label 2 versions and they went with the more “corporate version.” He said he liked his version better but it didn’t make it, this remix was on the Islah New York Vlog on his channel. I remember I would just play that video to hear this version