So Far Gone Is MTV’s Mixtape Of The Year

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A few months ago, MTV crowned Drake the third hottest MC in the game. Now, the 1515 Boys are naming Drake’s So Far Gone “Mixtape Of The Year”. Not only did it spawn two hits (“Best I Ever Had”, “Successful”) but it was re-released for retail and earned him two Grammy nominations. What a year.

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  1. hooos says:

    Hahaha another bullshit promotion for that Drake dude. Best mixtape of the year my ass haha!

  2. nevel says:

    Yeah I really dont get why they keep trying to push this guy into success.

  3. I started listening to Drake in November ’08. I remember checking http://www.octobersveryown.blogspot.com and he took an extra day to release “So Far Gone” cuz 40 wasn’t finish mixing it and shit. & When it dropped it was came off as more R&B than Hip-Hop, but it was fiya… Now it’s December ’09. With Drizzy leading the freshman, I’m not mad at where Hip-Hop is going. It’s nice to see an artist build from the ground up.

  4. mmkayy says:

    ahaha The Warm Up > So Far Gone but thats just my opinion so w/e

  5. shadeonback says:

    Tha Shive Geek

    agreed

  6. steno says:

    HAHA FUCK MTV, DRAKE IS THE UGGLIEST NIQA I EVER SEEN

  7. mike says:

    ”thank me later”
    MARCH
    2010

  8. HATER4HIRE says:

    THE DRAKE BANDWAGON MAKES ME SICK! HE IS A TALENTED GUY, BUT CMON SON…..NO LP YET AND SOME OF U FUCKS ARE MAKING HIM THE OBAMA OF HIP HOP FROM A MIXTAPE????

    DAMN SO QUICK TO GIVE OUT PROPS, SO SAD!

    LETS BE 100, IF DRAKE DIDNT SIGN TO YOUNG MONEY, YOUNG MONEY WOULD BE ON THE WAY OUT AND DRAKE WOULDNT BE SHIT!

    DRAKE SHOULD HAVE STAYED A GHOST WRITER AND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE HIM AND THE DREAM AND RON BROWZ LEARN TO PLAY THEIR POSITION…..WE WILL ALL BE BETTER OFF! BUT PEOPLE TOO SCARED TO PLAY THEIR POSITION, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A CHIEF AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE A INDIAN….AND YOU CANT SAY WHAT I SAY OR YOU ARE A HATER……THANKS GENERATION “ME” I BLAME U FOR KILLING HIP HOP!

    TECH

  9. Patrick says:

    Curren$y & Wiz (HowFly) >>> Drake (So Far Gone)

  10. mistahzee says:

    been sayign this since day 1. glad i was given an oppertunity to see him progress and get to where he was. he is being pushed exxesively but if he wasn’t any good i would be mad but the guy been keepign it real. yes he was a actor, not poor and always had cash, surburbian, jewish etc. but he knows what he’s doing.

  11. yardie_ute says:

    J. Cole had the best mixtape of the year.
    The Warm Up. I still listen to it

  12. RapMusic says:

    Dont understand the hype around this dude.He is average.50 cent had a far better mixtape and im sure others had too.

  13. mikedreamsmusic says:

    No argument with this. “The Warm Up” was up there too, and maybe Big Sean’s joint. As far as anyone else…IDK.

    You can personally not like the dude or his music or whatever, but you can’t deny the accomplishments. That’s just blatant hating.

    It was the most talked about and relevant tape this year and the only mixtape is history to garner the commercial feats that it did. Plain and simple.

  14. mac DIESEL says:

    ^ ^ U mac DIESEL WANNABES DON’T FUCKIN’ GET IT!!! YA SHIT IS GONNA BE ERASED!!!! I APPRECIATE THE LOVE/HATE BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE mac DIESEL!!! SORRY BITCHES!!! STAY TUNED BITCHES!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  15. 4real...IMO! says:

    I really don’t see Drake being anything that the machine is hyping him up to be…but once he drops “Thank Me Later” and the industry buys the album…he will be not as relevant because the initial hype will have passed and the public will see how overrated he really is…if they have not all ready!!! The industry thinks by nominating him for all these awards will make the public think that he is truly that talented/gifted…but the public has taken notice of all the bullsh*t the industry tries to force feed us and we are no longer sheep! They fooled us with 50 Cent, they fooled us with Lil Wayne (after being in the industry for several years) and now they are trying to fool us with Drake! The public is not falling for the hype…Drake’s hype is So far Gone!!! Drake is a far cry from the medocre coonish shuffle and jive bull that we were force to hear on the radio for the past several years…so I can see why some people are eager to accept what he has to offer! But like some else stated above: ” He is not the Obama of hip hop…he is an R&B singer with descent lyrics…no difference from the Dream or Ne-Yo!!!!

  16. mac DIESEL says:

    ^ ^ mac DIESEL N RAPRADAR GOT SHIT ON SMASH!!!! WATCH N LEARN BITCHES!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  17. mac DIESEL says:

    mac DIESEL WANNA THANK U BITCHES FOR PUTTIN’ MY NAME OUT THERE!!! AIN’T NO SUCH THING AS BAD PRESS!!! THANKS AGAIN BITCHES!!!

    @ RAPRADAR

    HANDLE YA BIZZ!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  18. mac DIESEL says:

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BITCHES. mac DIESEL IS GONNA GET THE LAST LAUGH!!!! mac DIESEL IS FROM A HIGHER POWER!!!! STAY TUNED BITCHES!!!!

    @ stickupkid

    DON’T U GET TIRED OF ME SHITTIN’ ON U NIGGA?? U SIX FEET DEEP IN SHIT NIGGA!!! U IRRELEVANT NIGGA!!!! NOBODY KNOW stickupkid, ONLY mac DIESEL!!!! SOME NIGGAS JUST DON’T GET IT!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  19. Blakout615 says:

    The warm up & Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik >>> So far gone
    Drake’s mixtape was good but J.cole’s and freddie’s shit rode more like an album.

  20. Some Like It Hot says:

    Mixtape Messiah 7 >>> So Far Gone…

  21. mac DIESEL says:

    @ stickupkid

    ONLY IRRELEVANT NIGGAS TALK LIKE THAT!!! U SOUND LONELY N DESPERATE!!!! NOBODY GIVE A FUCK ABOUT A stickupkid!!!! NOBODY NOTICE IF U ON THIS SITE OR NOT!!!! U A HELPLESS FUCKIN’ BUM!!! IF ANYTHING, U MY PUSSY!!! U ONLY ON THIS SITE BECAUSE OF ME!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!

  22. mikedreamsmusic says:

    @Blackout615

    I haven’t peeped Freddie’s tape yet, but one of the reasons I thought the Drake joint was dope because IT was more like an album and not a conventional mixtape, do to it’s original songs and eclectic concepts and stuff. The sound serves to be cohesive.

  23. bgirl says:

    My humble and correct opinion:

    Drake is overrated. He ain’t that great.

  24. lup says:

    Enemy of the State > anything wheelchair jimmy will ever put out. the industry built hype behind this dude from fucking degrassi, who acts as if he’s one some hardcore rapper/thug shit, is disgusting. 4real spoke the truth.

  25. mac DIESEL says:

    @ dopehead

    MIND YA FUCKIN’ BUSINESS SHITHEAD!!!! THIS BETWEEN mac DIESEL N HIS BITCH stickupkid!!!! IF U WANT MY BITCH stickupkid I’LL GIVE ‘EM TO U!!! HOW MUCH U WANT FOR THIS BITCH stickupkid!!!! IT’S OBVIOUS SOMEBODY USIN’ MY NAME!!!! I WOULDN’T EXPECT A NIGGA NAMED DOPEHEAD WHO GOT A SLOPED FOREHEAD TO COMPREHEND!!! U DUMB FUCKIN’ RETARD!!!! GET A LIFE U FUCKIN’ BUM ASS GROUPIE!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  26. mikedreamsmusic says:

    @lup

    I agree. That Lupe joint was dope. Mr. Fiasco is certainly my favorite rapper in the game.

    But I don’t agree with that stuff about dude being fueled by Degrassi. If anything, that whole idea of him being on that show would DISCREDIT his career as a rapper (See “Nick Cannon” in the dictionary).

    But he doesn’t rap about no thug stuff or hardcore things. He even alludes to that in his raps that he’s not a thug and he’s not going to try and front like he is or ever was. It doesn’t help that he signed to Young Money and has to somewhat blend in with those characters (who I don’t know how GANGSTA Wayne and them cats REALLY are either), but he still never tries to be on that stuff, so I don’t understand your reasoning behind that point you made.

  27. t-dub says:

    damn yall really hating drake up in here. give the guy props. he has talent and if he didnt he wouldnt be this far.

  28. mac DIESEL says:

    @ stickupkid

    U ALREADY DEAD!!! THAT’S WHY I’M SELLIN’ U TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!!!! U A BROKE DOWN BITCH!!! U DAMAGED GOODS NIGGA!!!! I’VE BEEN PIMPIN’ U FOR A WHILE!!! U STILL GONNA BE MY BITCH THOU!!!! THIS SHIT TOO EASY!!!! I CAN SHIT ON U ALL DAY!!!! U AIN’T SHIT WITHOUT mac DIESEL!!!! BUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! WUT A FUCKIN’ JOKE!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  29. mac DIESEL says:

    *** ATTENTION ALL PIMPS*** *** ATTENTION ALL PIMPS***

    IF ANYBODY WANNA BUY A BROKE DOWN HIGH MILEAGE USED N ABUSED TRICK NAMED stickupkid JUST LET ME KNOW!!!! I’LL GIVE U A REAL GOOD PRICE!!!! Stickupkid ASS IS UP FOR SALE!!!!!

    I KNOW THIS A DRAKE POST BUT IT’S FUN SHITTIN’ ON MY BITCH stickupkid!!! IT REALLY IS!!!! BUHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  30. mac DIESEL says:

    ^ ^ CAN’T U SEE THAT U CAN NEVER DISS mac DIESEL!!!! I’M TOO BIG N ILL TO FUCK WIT!!!! mac DIESEL’S NAME CAN NEVER BE TARNISHED!!!! IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE mac DIESEL!!!! U CAN’T DISS ME!!! I CAN’T BE FUCKED WIT!!!! WUT U mac DIESEL WANNABE BITCHES DOIN’ IS CUTE!!!! I APPRECIATE IT BITCHES!!! BUT THERE CAM ONLY BE ONE mac DIESEL!!!! SORRY BITCHES!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  31. My Nig Hussle says:

    Bullets Vol.3>>>>>>So Far Gone

    I still think Vol.2 should count towards this year since it came out so late in 08

  32. Brummagen says:

    Fuck outta here with that bullshit

    MTV the same ppl who made a “hottest” MCs list of 09 (whatever “hottest” means to them) & didn’t include Eminem? Yeeeeeaah, their opinion doesn’t mean SHIT to me, especially when it comes to hip hop.

    J Cole’s “The Warm Up” is much better (not hating, just stating my opinion – which most of you agree with anyways)

  33. MP says:

    MTV’s hip hop judging credentials are in the toilet any way… Styles “phantom empire” and cam’s “boss of all bosses” were better…

  34. koa29 says:

    Cam fell off, Styles fell off.

    All u niggas is livin in ’03

    This is the new age, get over it. Drake’s shit is dope, that’s all. Ya’ll keep hatin… like drizzy said “Keep hatin, like my buzz aint enough promotion”

  35. The Editor says:

    FIRST, MTV list means nothing, ever, they gave USHER a best Hip Hop artist award, so, come on, but…..

    “SO FAR GONE” is the best Mixtape Ever, name one mixtape that you have that can do what his has done, he has a Grammy nod, from a mixtape, he is on everything, with everybody, based off the success of his mixtape, he went on tour, Country Wide, with a mix tape, GQ man of the year, Mixtape, Best I Ever Had, Successful, better than any other song that tried to crossover and generate success, EVER, people like him, they generally like him, look at all the other Internet Celebs, Mixtape Phenoms, can you honestly saw, they can sell anything, he sold more than most rappers, from a CD that was and is widely available for free

    This proves two things, people support good music and most of AMERICA could care less about what’s on the NET, remember US is more than just NY/PHILLY, ATLANTA/MIAMI, CHICAGO, HOUSTON, LA there is a lot of places in between and guess what, they buy what they like, they barely on the net or watching tv, but love radio and this guys impact on radio, well undoubtedly change the game, just wait till next year, people will actually try to make a good mixtape instead of just rapping over beats and changing the hook to suit there songs needs, good music may come out of this, but we will have to wait and see

  36. mac diesel, i say don’t even bother responding to people posting fake comments under your name.

    also, i disagree with u which is rare. drake’s mixtape is really good to me. commercial type records but i like all types. i think it’s really good.

  37. JCK88 says:

    who didn’t see that comin…

  38. Cheese says:

    THE WARM UP WAS THE BEST MAN, J COLE MUTHAFUCKA.

  39. hisho says:

    COMON SON,, 50 Cent’s WAR ANGEL?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  41. Coop says:

    @ Patrick

    Co-sign. “How Fly” first, “The Warm Up” second, “So Far Gone” and “Flight School” tied for third in my opinion.

  42. t-dub says:

    the warm up mixtape was the shit though too.

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