Scary Hours 3 (2023) is catalogued as a ep project in Drake Universe. The entry emphasizes release context, Toronto/OVO continuity, collaborators, and verified chart or cultural significance. Same-day 2026 projects include inline verification notes and avoid unverified credits.
Deep Dive
Background
Released November 17, 2023 as the For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition, a six-track reissue addendum to For All the Dogs (October 6, 2023). After the deluxe release, For All the Dogs returned to number one on the Billboard 200 with 145,000 album-equivalent units (Billboard, Nov 26, 2023). The six cuts are 'Red Button,' 'Stories About My Brother,' 'The Shoe Fits,' 'Wick Man,' 'Evil Ways' (featuring J. Cole), and 'You Broke My Heart,' the last of which became the parent album's fifth single (peaking at No. 11 on the Hot 100).
Themes
Scary Hours brand: rap-forward, no-features bars showcaseFor All the Dogs era continuation and correctiveintrospection and 'old Drake' anxiety ('The Shoe Fits')the Drake / J. Cole partnership after 'First Person Shooter'OVO / Toronto continuity
Production
Production on the six tracks is handled outside the OVO 40/Boi-1da core for most cuts: 'Red Button' and 'The Shoe Fits' by Ovrkast. with Lil Yachty co-producing; 'Stories About My Brother' by Conductor Williams (with Jimmy Q as a writer); 'Wick Man' solely by The Alchemist; 'Evil Ways' by Vinylz, Boi-1da, FnZ and Fierce; and 'You Broke My Heart' by Vinylz and FnZ. Credits adapted from Wikipedia's published For All the Dogs credits table.
Legacy
Covered as part of Drake's pre-feud chart and cultural record. The deluxe sent For All the Dogs back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200; 'Evil Ways' (No. 26 Hot 100) and 'You Broke My Heart' (No. 11 Hot 100) were the set's most visible cuts. In hindsight the edition's 'Evil Ways' is most discussed as a second Drake/J. Cole pairing weeks after the album's 'First Person Shooter,' whose 'big three' framing helped trigger the 2024 Drake-Kendrick Lamar confrontation (Wikipedia; press).
Best For
Listeners tracking Drake's Scary Hours rap-craft tradition, the For All the Dogs era, and the Drake / J. Cole arc immediately preceding the 2024 feud, rather than his melodic or long-form work.
Fun Fact
Tracklist — 6 songs
Producers — 9
Featured Artists — 1
Era — For All the Dogs (2023)
A sprawling late-catalog survey, sharpened by the Scary Hours 3 rap appendix.
Also in this era
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to Scary Hours 3. Drake Universe catalogs albums by verified release structure, collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and holds back time-delayed chart, certification, and publishing claims until public ledgers settle.
- Wikipedia — For All the Dogs (incl. Scary Hours Edition)Wikipedia · 2023-11-17 — Scary Hours Edition release date (Nov 17, 2023), six-track listing, per-track producer/sample credits, and reception (Clash 6/10, HipHopDX 2.7/5, The Independent) used for Scary Hours 3 ground truth.
