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Success doesn't happen overnight. Though that album is the first one we hear, though that single is the first that gets radio play, it's rarely, actually the artist's first. New artists might be green to the world but they've really been at it for years, honing their crafts in basement and bedroom closets so that one day, when their chance arrives, they're ready. Even then, for most artists, their time in the spotlight doesn't last long.
Drake isn’t most artists.
A few weeks ago, I took a stroll through the history of the OVO blog and found some interesting stuff. Sure, photos of Drake looking like a goober are hilarious, but I actually learned something. Around the time he released So Far Gone, Drake was in this weird space where he had buzz but nobody knew what that buzz meant, exactly. He was still the opposite of a proven commodity.
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Nowhere is that more clear than an interview from May 2008:
CORPORATE TAKEOVER: I’ve heard the album is going to be an independent release, which is surprising since you had every major label trying to sign you. Are you still going for an independent release?
DRAKE: Not necessarily. I’m working towards a couple of different situations. I just have to find the right setup. I want it to come out with the right cosign and at the right time. It’s not 100% concrete that it’s going to be independent, but even if it is, it’ll still be available like every other album. It’s nothing to worry about for anybody who plans to get it.
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Sounds like we have a Mindie situation, no? Drake was being asked about major label attention and was doing the whole “I’m gonna answer but totally not answer” the question thing. He sounded like he was already a proven commodity, but take a look at the comment section.
'Very good interview. I would have to differ about Drake running T Dot though. Is not Mr. Kardinal not still the hottest thing north of the border?'
'Good interview with the Hip Hop’s Hannah Montana. It will be interesting 2 see what mark he makes on the game in 2008… I foresee him doing a little rappin’ & a lot more actin’ via the Hollyweird route'
The fact people were even debating Kardinal Offishall versus Drake is probably eye-opening to anyone outside of the Toronto borders. Now, we're comparing Drake to Jay and Kanye, we’re debating if the man is becoming a hip-hop legend, but back then, it was whether or not he could escape Kardinal’s shadow and put T-Dot on the map. To be fair somebody had it right.
'If Drake plays it right, which seems to be doing, he should rake in sales like Vince Carter did all-star votes when he played for TO.'
Before he could rake in votes like Carter during Vinsanity's peak, he had to, you know, release a project. After all, everyone was watching to see if he'd be able to grow. Drake still had a long way to go until he turned from a tadpole into a beautiful butterfly. Nowhere is that more clear than Drizzy’s post on November 20, 2008, where he finally leaks a track from So Far Gone.
'This is a record off of So Far Gone, the new mixtape which I am in Atlanta finishing right now. I chose to leak this song so that people can get a vibe for the tape. I am a true fan of this artist and I am looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks. ZS. Enjoy.'
The song was the “Little Bit (Remix),” which for the record is still one of my favorite Drake songs. Back then, when it was the first real bit of info released about So Far Gone, it threw his fans for a loop.
'ummmmm im a fan kid i dunno i would have to say its cool not touchin anything that was on comback season but it was cool maybe i have to listen to it again hurry up with that mixtape lol'
'Ive been a fan of lykke li for a hot minute. im really feeling this experimental crossover movement. no stan, real talk. good to see rapper becoming more open minded about music than most fans/haters. overall, dope shit. can't wait for the mixtape AND album, lol'
“Little Bit (Remix)” and the way he blends R&B with hip-hop is quintessential Drake, or at least now it is. I guess that's revisionist history because, back then, everything we heard from Drake was brand new. As we got nearer to the release date, the blog posts were less about girls Drake was creeping on and more about So Far Gone. Reading the comments, and looking at the posts, you could begin to feel some real momentum building. Case in point, this one from December 13, 2009.
':And so it begins... This is the first piece of artwork for So Far Gone, my next OFFICIAL mixtape which is coming out in the next few weeks. The tape is a conceptual journey of my life since January 2008 and it' my way of telling the stories that people want to hear in a more entertaining fashion. This particular piece is done by Oliver's boy Darkie and it's an adaptation of a classic cover from the international affairs magazine 'The Economist.'
Here he is, two days before the release, previewing the album while driving through LA.
It's a much less awkward album preview than this one I dug up. I love watching Drake talk about how you have to hear the music way louder (already making excuses) while moving his hands like he's rapping. Super awkward.
Back to the blog. February 12, 2009.
'So Far Gone will be available for download right here on October's Very Own before midnight, Thursday February 12, 2009. Artwork by Darkie.'
The posts didn't stop either. During the final stages, 40 was constantly updating the blog while finishing the album, and in those updates, you can feel the pressure and excitement mounting.
'I'm in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in LA editing and mixing the tape right now. Im gonna post it as soon as i finnish putting it together. Ima be up all night working, but its all good...'
Another update:
'Im in LA, so I got till 12 PM PACIFIC TIME!!! We still recording, CEO Jas took that picture like 10 min ago, as soon as we done this interlude Ill upload the links. But I got till midnight PACIFIC TIME!! thats 3 HRS!!!'
Another one! (DJ Khaled voice):
'Honestly, i am sorry, give me 1.5 hours more. Its done, its just printing and i have to ID the tracks, almost there.'
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In 2016, Drake projects are mysterious. His releases come in the middle of the night with no warning, so it’s fascinating to see every single move documented in what feels like a countdown. There’s no mystery, no aura, no branding, just a group of friends excited to release a project, documenting every single move. It sounds dramatic, but that day really did change Drake’s life.
Naturally, the blog reflected that. It’s amazing how green he really was when So Far Gone dropped. In this interview (posted on OVO Blogspot, but the interview can be found here) Drake talks about touring with Wayne. Though a tour with Wayne gives the illusion Drake is already a star, the way he talked about it, he was anything but...
'This is Drake's first-ever tour and though he's only onstage for a couple of songs, he's still been losing his performance cherry in front of 20,000 people a night. “I've never done my own full-fledged show. Prior to this, I'd probably performed maybe 10 times in my life,” he says, seated in a resto in Toronto's hip Little Italy neighborhood. “It's like skydiving every night. You're nervous [but once] you hit the ground, you wanna do it again.”'
More than any one individual post, though, it’s the lack of posts that tell the whole story. In 2008, he was posting often, posting about girls, posting pictures, anything really, but after So Far Gone the posts were few and far between. Drake went from posting every day to dealing with fake Twitter accounts, shooting music videos with Kanye and even attending Kanye’s birthday party.
But in August of 2009, Drake posted twice, now coping with his new found fame at the same time with a major knee injury:
'...even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone elses formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to gain entry to this game...'
A few weeks later he posted “UNLEARN”:
People often ask me the craziest part about becoming 'famous' and I've never had an answer until yesterday. 'You'll spend half of your time defending yourself and the other half trying to stay sane resulting in you being forced to find time to be creative'
I often wonder in a time where new artists exist in a impersonal cyber world of instantaneous information, if we will ever have another rap legend that can manage to maintain the image that our idols had prior to this method of promotion. I am not suggesting that this person should be me, I am just urging a generation to understand that in order to have anyone of any significance in our lives that we can look up to there will be things that we must look past. There are people that buy sell and trade evil on a daily basis...when u believe in their brand is when they win.
Then in February of 2010, he posted “ONE YEAR AGO” and it really hit me. So Far Gone was responsible for all of this. In one short year, he literally turned into a superstar. The blog went from being a fascinating look at the early career of a superstar to the superstar we know now.
Private planes, jet skis, and pictures with Lebron don't have the same magic as Drake sitting outside a studio or posting about random girls. You could feel Drake the human being grow into Drake the superstar and grow out of posting. The blog was on life support, it was bittersweet. Finally, in February of 2011, almost two years to the day of So Far Gone’s release, Drake pulled the plug with his post “Life As We Know It”:
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'It’s been so long since I have wrote anything on here because I feel like for a while I was trying to digest it all and save it for the music. But its finally set in that I am living my dreams and doing with all my closest friends from Toronto. I wake up and never know what to expect from any given day but good or bad I always learn something from it. I have decided that I am going to push 'It's Never Enough' and focus completely on delivering Take Care to you all...OVO gang is all smiles and 40 is making some of the best music I have heard in my entire career. I am in the airport right now headed to LA to meet up with Boi 1da tonight. It’s all feeling right. Its truly been a pleasure to speak again. Thank you for all your energy.,..I need it to last until I'm part of the past.'
That’s the end of the 'secret' OVO blog. The secret was out. Drake didn’t have time to post anymore, he was too busy hopping on flights to party with the big boys. With that post, Aubrey officially died and Drake took over. After he arrived, he left us. He was no longer a human, he had morphed into the brand he is now. Every move calculated and coordinated. You can't blog your every thought when you're living in the fog of stardom.
Rarely does one project truly make you a star, but for Drake, that’s just not the case. One day he was an outsider, then So Far Gone dropped and he was thrust into the spotlight he had always dreamed of. After February 12, 2009, Drake truly became the living embodiment of the title of his most important release to date.
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10 years later, the OVO rapper’s breakthrough mixtape is one of hip-hop’s great blueprints.
This week, Toronto’s CN Tower gleamed a golden hue in the frigid Canadian winter night. The change in color scheme came from an unconventional, but at this point, entirely understandable source: an offhand joke from the city’s biggest superstar, Aubrey “Drake” Graham. After winning the award for Best Rap Song at the 2019 Grammys, the rapper, in a visibly loose, celebratory state, told ET, “I want to say the mayor of Toronto needs to turn the CN Tower gold tomorrow — in chrome and gold tomorrow. Are you stupid? Are you dumb?” When his wish was granted the following night, he cut his cockiness with a tone of sincere honor. “I love my city and this is my real sign of love and recognition,” he wrote on Instagram.This came just after Drake spoke of what artists should view as acknowledgment in his Grammy speech, discouraging musicians from seeking validation from an awards show that has rarely honored those most deserving, particularly in the world of hip-hop. “If you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you’re a hero in your hometown, if there’s people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain and the snow, spending hard earned money to buy tickets to come to your shows, you don’t need this right here,” he said. “You already won.”Drake has always found ways to measure his success, and these days, it’s easy to do it with hard numbers. The rapper began this year with confirmation that Scorpion was the biggest streaming album of 2018, and its lead single, “God’s Plan,” the biggest streaming song. It would be easy to rest on being arguably the most popular artist in music, but it seems Drake is looking back to the goals he set at the beginning of his career. As a regular self-mythologizer, it’s not lost on him that his breakthrough project, So Far Gone, turns 10 this week. In fact, he’s announced that it will be coming to streaming for the first time this Thursday.
So Far Gone is not Drake’s first mixtape, nor is it his first album, but it is, unquestionably, his true debut. Printed in large type on the cover, the project is presented by October’s Very Own, the partnership founded by Drake and Oliver El-Khatib, both October babies, and is the first time the influence of the collective feels tangible in the music. This is, in part, due to the addition of Noah “40” Shebib, who would later co-found the OVO Sound label, as a guiding hand in the sound of the project. From thereon in, the name Drake meant more than just Aubrey Graham, and marked a decisive move into a lane of his own.
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“Lust For Life,” the project’s opening track, lays out the blueprint for Drake’s career for the next decade. Pivoting away from the backpack rap of Comeback Season, it leans into Drizzy’s R&B influences, as 40 presents an insular, heavily-filtered backdrop that sounds like listening to an Aaliyah session through a studio wall. Within the first few minutes of the project, it’s almost as if Drake is already mapping out his legacy. “I’m tryna do it all tonight, I got plans,” he opens in what reads as necessary posturing to shake off his Degrassi image, adding later, “It’s funny when you comin’ in first, but you hope that you last.” In reality, Drake was as far from the number one spot as he was from owning the Phantom he parked around the corner from his mom’s house, but his dreams not only of success, but longevity, have exceeded any expectations he could have had.
“40’s mom always say, ‘Don’t ask permission, just ask forgiveness,’” Drake says on “The Calm,” the kind of yearbook quote wisdom that he’d pepper throughout his discography. As a teen soap actor turned Lil Wayne protege, Drizzy was a tough pill to swallow for some rap fans, and in some ways, forced him to adopt a “fake it ‘til you make it” mentality before he would fully embrace self-deprecation and own the goofiness of his primetime roots in videos like “Started From The Bottom” and “I’m Upset.” So Far Gone is Drake deciding that the first step to winning people over was to put out great music, whether the world was ready to hear from him or not.
Maybe the most impressive thing about the project is how many bases its able to cover. The opening suite of R&B-informed confessionals tells the story of the demise of a relationship that runs counter to Drake’s ascent to fame, the couple calling things off (by way of a Peter, Bjorn and John remix) before Drizzy gets his call from Wayne. This ushers in Drake’s then-newfound obsession with Houston, the city he first visited when Weezy flew him out to meet. 40 and Boi-1da are able to meld the syrupy crawl of DJ Screw and Bun B with the hazy melodicism of Drake’s bedroom slow jams, a merger that continues to define his music to this day. Then there’s “Best I Ever Had,” an instant pop-rap classic that brought Drake’s songwriting out of murky R&B and into sharp radio ready hook-writing. It’s the kind of crossover hit-making ability that put him in a league of his own with “Hold On, We’re Going Home” and “Hotline Bling.”
Keep in mind, at this point, Lil Wayne is a year removed from Tha Carter III, the platinum-in-a-week blockbuster that solidified his claims of Best Rapper Alive. His presence across So Far Gone also challenges Drake to grow as a rapper, moving out of more winking backpackerisms (“My delivery got me buzzin’ like the pizzaman”) to pure style and confidence when he’s up against his mentor. (“I done became bigger swerving writing in my peer’s lane/Same dudes that used to holler my engineer’s name/One touch I could make the drapes and the sheers change/And show me the city that I without fear claim”). At a time where very few rappers could measure up to Wayne, Drake proved himself a worthy apprentice.
So Far Gone will often be mentioned alongside 808s & Heartbreak as an album that ushered in a more melodic, heart-on-sleeve style of rap. While 808s’ direct influence on the project is well-documented (there’s a freestyle over “Say You Will,” after all), its lasting impact is more tied to R&B. Unlike Kanye, who was looking to T-Pain, Phil Collins and Tears For Fears when making his jump to singing, Drizzy was working with Lloyd, Omarion and Trey Songz on So Far Gone, and the studied R&B leanings of the project helped break ground between rap and its sister genre in a way that’s still being seen today with the likes of The Weeknd, PartyNextDoor, 6lack, and Bryson Tiller.
While Drake’s songwriting has become more refined with time, all of the essential tools he’s used to build one of rap’s longest runs were present in So Far Gone. In that way, it’s one of hip-hop’s great blueprints, and will certainly be something artists continue to reference for years to come. Unfortunately, they don’t have no award for that.