Search icon

Music

15th Feb 2019

One of Drake’s first ever projects is available to stream for the first time

Rudi Kinsella

Drake Raptors

It is the first time that So Far Gone has been uploaded to a major music streaming service.

10 years after its release, one of Drake’s first ever projects has been made available to listen to on all major streaming platforms.

So Far Gone is the project that is widely considered to have put the Canadian superstar on the radar of some of music’s biggest names, and it paved the way for him to become one of the biggest artists in the world today.

Although finding the album to listen to it has proved difficult for quite some time, there are some songs that fans may recognise on it. ‘Best I Ever Had’ and ‘The Calm’ have both got some regular radio play, even in Ireland.

You can listen to the album in full here.

To celebrate the uploading of the project, Drake posted a long and detailed Instagram message, where he paid tribute to all of the people who have helped him get to where he is in his career, including LeBron James, Lil Wayne and even Kanye West, who he has been beefing with lately:

@futuretheprince a decade ago you were Dj’ing all ages parties…@ovo40 a decade ago you were scared to share your beats…@oliverelkhatib a decade ago you worked at a clothing store selling someone else’s product…@boi1da a decade ago you were in a basement with pink insulation walls figuring out fruity loops…@ovoniko a decade ago we were handing out flyers promoting club nights…@realbriamyles a decade ago you were working the makeup counter at Beverly Centre…@nebzilla a decade ago your moms house was my safe place and we really ran through the 6 everyday together…@bunb a decade ago you were a legend and you will remain that forever…@benballer a decade ago you promoted me as if you were getting a cut of my career…@treysongz a decade ago you were the first person to recognize potential and give me a co-sign…@omarion a decade ago you came to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and laid a verse for an unknown artist from Canada…@darkiemade a decade ago you emailed me the cover art for something that would change my life forever….@kingjames a decade ago you came to my release party at 6 Degrees and made me the biggest artist in the city off your presence alone…@kanyewest a decade ago I rapped over your beat cause you just made the best shit and even though you stay wildin on twitter these days I will never forget what you contributed to the game and my career…Portia I don’t know your IG but a decade ago you told me to rap over June 27th and bonded me and Houston Texas forever…@jas.prince a decade ago you took a chance on MySpace and introduced me to Wayne…@liltunechi a decade ago you took me out of Toronto and gave me the biggest blessing anybody has ever given me…I will never forget anybody involved in this journey even if you don’t fit in this caption…So Far Gone streaming everywhere for the first time ever Thursday. ??

A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on

Drake will play three nights in Dublin’s 3Arena at the end of next month.

LISTEN: You Must Be Jokin’ with Aideen McQueen – Faith healers, Coolock craic and Gigging as Gaeilge