During my intake process, I couldn’t use the internet so I could only hear what my line brothers and I stumbled on. Manny: I first heard So Far Gone when I was pledging Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc, one of the nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities (Divine Nine).

“Houstatlantavegas” and “November 18th” are still R&B Drake at his best “Ignant Shit” is Rapper Drake in his most effective form and one of the strongest collaborations he has with Lil Wayne “Uptown” has Bun B, one of the biggest GOATs hip-hop has to offer “Best I Ever Had,” “Let’s Call It Off” and “Successful” are Pop Drake at his most commercially-viable and polished “The Calm” is still Soulful Drake at his highest point “Say What’s Real” is tied with “Fear” for being Sad/Melancholic Drake’s best offering. This project came out when I was fresh out of high school, and I still remember how it became the soundtrack for pretty much everything and everyone’s day. Patrick Montes: This is still the only full-length Drake project that I actually enjoy from front to back and still find myself going back to listen to - and by that, I mean I can’t really stomach anything Drake has done since then. So for the special day, the music team - Patrick Montes, Emmanuel “Manny” Maduakolam and Patrick Johnson - wrote our stories on when we first heard So Far Gone and what it means to us today. Drake is set to release the mixtape on streaming services for the first time ever in celebration of its 10th anniversary.

You couldn’t escape So Far Gone back in 2009. No one couldn’t even fathom how this emo, half-Jewish Canadian who was an actor on Degrassi could make such a colossal hit yet right by his side was Lil Wayne, who, fresh off Da Carter 3, was not only one of the most respected rappers in hip-hop but at that time the biggest artist on the planet. Artists such as Kanye West and Kid Cudi had already set the foundation for that type of experimentation, but So Far Gone was unlike anything out at that time.

With Drake’s music fluidly floating between rapping and singing, no one even knew how to describe his work. So Far Gone was unprecedented at its release.

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