Ok so I downloaded the So Far Gone mixtape back in 2013, when I was still on the fence about his music, and tended to let my urge to punch his head off lead my feelings about him as an artist.
And I basically slept on it, because I was back and forth on Nothing was the Same for a while. I finally decided I (mostly) liked it, and when If You're Reading This... dropped I started listening to Drake more, and stumbled onto the EP on Spotify.
I don't know... but I think the EP is better. The mixtape sounds like a neutered version of the EP, even though it came first.
Whatever. I understand now. And yeah, "the Fear" is really fucking great.
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