Drake's So Far Gone Named Mixtape Of The Year

by The Chosen Few on December 14th, 2009

http://media.defsounds.com/uploads/assets/661/733/30337/asset.jpegThe dream year for T.Dot native Drake continues to get better. After being named MTV's 3rd hottest MC in the game, MTV has named his latest mixtape So Far Gone the mixtape of the year.

Some will dispute it being named mixtape of the year but the things accomplished with this mixtape is incredible. So Far Gone featured multiple songs featured on the radio at one time or another including the hits "Brand New" & "Successful". So Far Gone was later released as an EP and has garnered the latest Young Money signee two Grammy nominations.

His debut album, Thank Me Later, is tentatively set to be released in March 2010.

 
 
 
 

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juswill098 months ago
And look of this shit….. im already tired of him coming out the way he did i dont think sells is whats is gonna be cuz we HEAR HIS ASS ALL THE TIME. But trust im not sleepin on him or even hatein’ im jus sayin im happy a mad young nigga is make his dream but damn my nigga pipe down!
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blackmamba248 months ago
has to be this was a great tape , start to finish , some awsome tracks , flow ,swag , shit for the ladies , shit for the homies feeling sorry fo themselves , good punchlines , trigga trey in there you know ..
i am a fan of this more so than his recent tracks with birdman and wayne…

thank me later is bound to garner huge amoung of interest ? i guess we watch this space ..

@guerilla below – easy young fella wayyyyyyy to early for that type of talk cuzi..
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fiftycentgoat8 months ago
drake looks sexy as hell witrh all those lights flashin, no homo

~be mayo
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youngmulababy8 months ago
no ceilings was a close second

~be money
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laxalbumof088 months ago
Smfh, this didn’t even come out in 09!
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gvikesbball4198 months ago
The Warm Up was better…. sorry drake….
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callmehdre8 months ago
No Ceilings Not? maybe cause that mixtape made his career
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johntucker1808 months ago
so a mixtape with bun b omarion lloyd trey songz lil wayen and santo gold put him on the map, yeah he did alot of hard work on this one he deserves it _
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blackmamba248 months ago
cum on dawg , this was a good tape … dont let his sudden fame and expsre cloud your vision on what was a dope product … young money drake aint for me but this shit was ill !!
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randalla8 months ago
“So Far Gone” was dope as hell, but in my opinion the best mixtape of the year was “B.o.B vs Bobby Ray.” But “So Far Gone” was a close second though.
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assholebynature8 months ago
LAXalbumof08, shit came out in February of 09 pretty sure that means this year. If you’re hate on the shit, at least don’t be ignorant.

My favorites of 09
1. So Far Gone
2. No Ceilings
3. Mixtape Messiah 7
4. B.o.B. V.S. Bobby Ray
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phillyboss2158 months ago
i have to say it was a tossup between this & a kid named cudi. evry single track on both tapes were dope & better than most albums released this year..
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freshswagger9948 months ago
Props my man drake these r tha best mixtapes of the year:
1.so far gone
2.enemy of the state
3.no ceilings
4.Kid Named Cudi
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publicenemy8 months ago
the reason why this mixtape got mixtape of the year is because it came out in february and people still think its hot.i mean can still replay the whole tape without any skips. no ceilings just came out and im already bored of it. and do you really think mtv is gonna choose something as underground as xv or even b.o.b. is too underground for mtv
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publicenemy8 months ago
and also he released that shit as an ep and it still sold over 100,000 copies
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fivestarstunna8 months ago
definetly a great mixtape now drake’s jus gotta start droppin heat for his album cant wait for that it should be good
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raiseup8 months ago
I really liked a kid named cudi, but thats just my kinda style i guess. it was so nice to chill to to.
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guerilla8 months ago
whos the best? pac drake and big
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dooflinkie8 months ago
nicki minaji is better than all 3!
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il098 months ago
i can’t lie.. i thought this tape was cool. my opinion about drake has changed since february, however.
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qdeezygms8 months ago
drake is hott but da musics been so wak and watered down da next hot rapper to get attention was gon look like a legend in his class.but his buzz is so high thank me later would have to be his best work hands down across da board to live up 2 it
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gnmgnt8 months ago
Everybody’s Nobody was WAY better imo…
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ogeazyfullclip8 months ago
yea that was a sick tape but who knows about XV? just mixtape fiends
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koolkid8 months ago
I agree Everybody’s nobody IS the best mixtape this year!
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johntucker1808 months ago
i def agree
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gnmgnt8 months ago
Yea, but then again, it’s MTV’s opinion and their selection is just about as narrow as it can get…
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alg238 months ago
well deserved
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murderinc8 months ago
congrat to drake

his mixtape is better than people’s albums
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iamhiphop5628 months ago
yup! but i liked comeback season better!
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lifeisreal898 months ago
I know this off topic but that track off rebirth that wayne did with eminem.

THAT TRACK IS SICK!
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randalla8 months ago
You’re talking out of your ass. That track hasnt even leaked yet.
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lifeisreal898 months ago
No randalla….IT JUST HASN’T LEAKED ON DEFSOUNDS YET. I heard it on thisis50.com.

“Imma pick the world up and drop it on your FUCKIN HEAD! And I could die now REBIRTH MUTHAFUCKER, hop in my spaceship and leave EARTH MUTHAFUCKER IMM GOONNEEE!”

Go to thisis50 and see for yourself since im TALKING OUT MY ASS DUMASS.
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randalla8 months ago
I stand corrected.
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fuckouthere8 months ago
PROPS TO DRIZZY ON THISS MIXTAPE
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lifeisreal898 months ago
Wut about Banks 4-30-09 Happy B-day mixtape??
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duhnigha8138 months ago
knew this was comin

top 3 of this year

Drake- so for gone
Wayne- no ceiling
Wiz khalifa -burn after rolling
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ogeazyfullclip8 months ago
i propped you but i think b.o.b. vs. bobby ray was a better tape than no ceilings—no ceilings got boring quick
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johntucker1808 months ago
what about war angel _
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insaiyanone8 months ago
Why did you mention those 3 as the best of this year? There were a few other tapes that were much better than No Ceilings and I do like Burn After Rolling but that got old to me after a week.
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lifeisreal898 months ago
Drake-so far gone
Lloyd Banks-Happy Birthday Mixtape
Wiz Khalifa-B.A.R.

No ceilings got old quick.
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waseemc8 months ago
Mixtape was dope, has great selection of songs, good music for real.

I didnt get the chance to download Weezys mixtape, so i dunno about it.

But i feel like War Angel LP was great as well.
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insaiyanone8 months ago
I like War Angel LP better than B.I.S.D….
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lifeisreal898 months ago
Yeah war angel was good but its not top 5 this year.

And nah…BISD is better than War Angel in my opinion
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djsupastar4048 months ago
well deserve, but dont yall sleep on that “guddaville” GUDDA GUDDA mixtape it was niceeee as well all the way thru.. cant wait for Fab no competition 2 wit Dj drama as well
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ogeazyfullclip8 months ago
just listened to the so far gone mixtape over (or at least i’m up to track 6 and i gotta say this is much better than i remember it because my perception of drake has changed…comeback season was good, friends with money was good, room for improvement was eh to me but since those tapes only stuff i like by him is fear, killers, bedrock, beautiful, say something, and king leon
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insaiyanone8 months ago
Have you heard Scriptures?
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ogeazyfullclip8 months ago
just listened to it I forgot about that song its def one of his better new songs
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ic3b8 months ago
Fiftys mixtapes was better than his albums
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sparkfirehot8 months ago
jcole’s or lupe’s mixtape should of got it.
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dedication38 months ago
North Carolina J. Cole! His mixtape was hot.

I think Drake deserved it cause that shit had album quality… not even talking about the lyrics are anything like that, just the production was album quality.

I’m still holding my opinion on Drake until he releases an album. Wale and Cudi killed their albums and we will see how Drake matches up.

I still want to see more of the “Ignorant Shit” or “Ransom” Drake though.
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ogeazyfullclip8 months ago
theres been plenty of tapes that have been fire and imo as good, if not better than drakes mixtape but this is by far mixtape of the year. why? cause who doesn’t no about this tape? its popular, its different, and its had a big impact on hip-hop this year…
Theres at least a dozen tapes i’d prefer to listen to, but I wouldn’t be able to make any argument saying theyre mixtape of the year
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hennessey8 months ago
Fuck MTV they get it wrong again cause everybody knows that THE WAR ANGEL LP was the mixtape of the year followed by NO CEILINGS
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insaiyanone8 months ago
It was good but not that good…
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murderinc8 months ago
A reminder

ja rule = goat

i can’t remember the last time i said so but here it’s

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dooflinkie8 months ago
co-sizzle my nigga!
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murderinc8 months ago
fat joe be the second
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dooflinkie8 months ago
dont forget about lil chuckie!
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bws088 months ago
mtv should have no say in anything involving hip hop
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iamhiphop5628 months ago
werd!
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iamhiphop5628 months ago
i liked comeback season better than so far gone1 that just me though!
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my2cents8 months ago
mtv opinion doesnt count. so yall need to stop taking mtv word as law because its not..

the mixtape was pretty good tho i cant front.
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noah8 months ago
Cena’s album is a blueprint to Drake and other’s material
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ocjoint8 months ago
john cena has an album?
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kingbee8 months ago
I Liked Da Mixtape Shit Was Hot Shit 4 Ladies and Da Niggas Nov 18 was my shit on there

Lmao at Noah You Stay Jocking John Cena
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211onda9118 months ago
No Ceilings was actually better than So Far Gone…but So Far Gone sold 250 k as a mixtape (thats hardbody) so I’ll give props were its do.
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bc19848 months ago
i agree never has a mixtape launched someone into the position drake’s in shit i never heard a mixtape song on the radio until i heard his.
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aboveall8 months ago
THE WARM UP” HANDS DOWN!
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rhymes1058 months ago
hell yeaaaa..!
drizzy deserves that shit.
“Dropped a mixtape that shit sounded like an album // who da thought a country wide tour would be the outcome”

any mixtape who was, is, or will be. as good as this deserves the best.
crazy mixtape.
November 18th.. best song!!
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211onda9118 months ago
“its the ones that smoke blunts with ya , pose wit ya inda picture, now they wanna grab the guns an come in get ya” < B.I.G. was takin shots at Pac in Nov 18th lol.

DRAKE IS THAT NIGGA FOR SURE

R.I.P BIGGIE SMALLS.
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realtalk098 months ago
I agree this mixtape was amazing and you can’t hate on the dude for his grind but fiftys War angles was easily the second best mixtape.
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justblaze088 months ago
this years graduation all the tracks was fire i hope his debut album dont flop
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bajan0078 months ago
warm up is basically the same type of mixtape but wit less album quality songs and better lyrics and zero big artist names…tie in my opinon but i still like warm up better
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dhildreth8 months ago
the type was great hands down but i dont think his album will top it…drake is starting to settle n lack that hunger..i think all the early success has hurt him but i do wish him the best and i hope he continues to do great things. …. oh no ceilings def the shit to thou
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qdeezygms8 months ago
drake automatically get mixtapeof the year cause he got nominated 4 a grammy or 2 off dat shit. dat gotta b a 1st
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atlballa19918 months ago
Fuck that…J. Cole’s The Warm Up Mixtape of the Year hands down!
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atlballa19918 months ago
better yet, album of the motherfuckin year!
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cosmicslop558 months ago
Definetly a sweet mixtape dude. He goes hard on that warm up
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getemgenius8 months ago
enemy of the state mang. MTV’s full of shit, sway fell offfffffffffff
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deangelobailey8 months ago
Who the fuck cares what MTV thinks?
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mrvacoby8 months ago
No Celings is better thane Escape Route? Y’all going crazy.
I’m not sure which is, but So Far Gone and The Warm Up are both deserving (J. Coles’s mixtape was out for a while, before many first heard it though).
Joe Budden – Escape Route
Lupe Fiasco – Enemy Of The State
Any Nickel-us F.
^^ Honorable Mentions
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superman28 months ago
No ceilings is my mixtaoe of the year

but you cant deny the impact SFG had..it launched dude’s career. So I cant disagree with mtv
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superman28 months ago
Oh and just be clear, No Ceilings shits ALLLL over so far gone. It aint even funny. But I understand them giving it to Drake tho
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cosmicslop558 months ago
I Dont know what the big deal is about drake. I dont find the mother fucker at all interesting, i dont like any of the beats on that so far gone mixtape it’s nothing fucking special. Lupe’s enemy of the state, J.coles The Warm up and wale’s Back To The Feature shit all over this. Im Not to sure why there is so much hype about dude because i dont see why he is so popular at the moment probs because he is hanging off weezys nipples.
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ayyyweezyfbaby8 months ago
i agree i agree!!!!!!!!!! yall gt life fucked up drake betta den wayne hell nawll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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cosmicslop558 months ago
i hate em both. Weezy is fucking scum.
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jaffar8 months ago
I know i’ll get trashed for this but i thought The War Angel LP was really dope. It brought 50 Cent back in to the picture, and once again rekindled that fire he was missing after 05. War Angel should’ve definately been up there. IMO.
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illcrossover108 months ago
dat shit was hot nd yes niggas do be hate’n it seems u cant give 50 no props with out make’n a gang e thugs mad lol
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leftyduvall8 months ago
y’all buggin! MTV don’t know shit about mixtapes!

y’all know Drake’s only gettin this mixtape buzz cuz he’s eventually gonna get the plug pulled on ‘em right? he’ll go out on top but with zero accomplishments. soak it in.

Bar Exam 3’s gonna shit all over this load o trash!
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robruff558 months ago
Look man im new to this bloggin stuff but ima let ya know straight up im one of the biggest weezy heads but i was dissapointed in the no ceilings mixtape
Ima Fayettnam carolina boy and i fucks wit j cole but that got old but still when i lay my girl down i bump that so far gone still when i roll a fatty i bump uptown nov 18th straight up drake is the truth but on everything i love that guddaville was the hardest mix out…
1gudda
2sfg
3.wale killed
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dhildreth8 months ago
guddaville was def underrated the whole young money went in on that tape.. but uhmm i fucks wit nocielings ( wish he wud have choosen a few different beats thou )
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211onda9118 months ago
robruff55


You’re a “Weezy Head” but you didn’t like No Ceilings ???
You prolly the same nigga listening to “Lollipop” , “Got Money” “I Can’t Believe It” and all the other bullshit moaning and giggling tunes he puts out…you make me sick lol.
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dreallday888 months ago
Haha MTV with yet another bogus list. Drake is more deserving to be on this one than the hottest MC list. I tried listening to this tape, and it sounded like the worst parts of kanye, wayne, and t pain rolled into one. To call this a mixtape when it was packaged and sold (with less songs) in the second half of the year is kind of a misnomer too. My top 5

1. Mike Posner – Matter of Time (Yes it’s a hip hop tape it was hosted by Don Cannon)
2. Wale – Back to the Feature
3. Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa – How Fly
4. Lupe Fiasco – Enemy of the State (better lyricst but the production was not original)
5. Jadakiss – The Champ is Here Vol. 3
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dreallday888 months ago
^ Leftyduvall, that’s exactly what is happening. These noobs are thinking MTV actually likes Drake or his fans or have respect for Hip Hop, they just want your money.
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buzzlightyrtla8 months ago
ummm….No Celings is by far the hardest mixtape I heard all year, I mean SFG is tuff, but it’s not fucking with No Ceilings
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illcrossover108 months ago
naw i gotta disagree homie but i respect yo opinion
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illcrossover108 months ago
mixtapes of da year i gotta say
Lloyd Banks -5 and better series 1-4 5 aint came out yet but they were classics
Wiz Khalifa -Flight Shcool
Young Jezzy -Trap’n Aint Dead
50cent -War Angel & Forever King if heard the Forever King Mixtape u would know it was da most creative by far he mixed 90’s hits with new shit and spit hot verses da shit was classic
Drake -So Far Gone hate or love it da tape was hot i played it out dats probably why im so sick of dude know but i can’t front this mixtape was anything but wack
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illcrossover108 months ago
damn why niggas gotta hate my opinion lol
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turftalka8 months ago
Congrats to drake, I thought it was pretty good for a mainstream artist. But I liked others

1. Wale-Back To The Feature
2. Lupe Fiasco-Enemy Of The State
3. Wiz Khalifa-Flight School/B.A.R.
4. J. Cole-The Warm Up
5. Skyzoo-Power of Words
6. Havoc-From Now On
7. Joell Ortiz-Road Kill
8. Sean Price-Kimbo Price
9. Lloyd Banks-Happy Birthday
10. Joe Budden-Escape Route EP
11. The Cool Kids-Gone Fishing
12. Idle Warship-Party Robot
13. Lil Wayne-No Ceilings
14. Drake-So Far Gone
15. 50 Cent-War Angel/Forever King
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turftalka8 months ago
honorable mentions: Kid Cudi-A Kid Named Cudi, Smoke DZA-Substance Abuse, Cory Gunz-Heir To The Throne, Chip Tha Ripper-The Cleveland Show
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kingson8 months ago
Some things just shouldnt be argued about…..fo real
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agkontis8 months ago
SO FAR GONE CAN GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST MIXTAPES EVER MADE! Definitely the best of the year…Flight School was dope, No Ceilings was dope, Kid Named Cudi was dope, Enemy of the State was good, but nothing compares to So Far Gone
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freshlypipes908 months ago
i think the gudda gudda mixtape was one of the best and b.o.b. vs bobby ray
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prophecy258 months ago
So Far Gone was garbage that nigga corny in the first place how you gonna be on hot 97 freestyling of your blackberry and Emilio Rojas The Natural was way better then Drakes mixtape that nigga garbage i hope he falls again and breaks his legs so he can use a wheelchair for real fuck drake and fuck wayne garbage as nigga he stole so many verses he just like jay
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