November 18th
'November 18th' is one of So Far Gone's most beloved deep cuts, an explicit homage to Houston's chopped-and-screwed tradition. The title marks the day Drake first met Lil Wayne in Houston — a week, he has said, after a breakup. It carries posthumous production credit from DJ Screw and is built on Screw's chopped-and-screwed flip of Kris Kross's 'Da Streets Ain't Right' (which itself samples Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Warning'), plus an interpolation of Lil' Keke's 'Pimp Tha Pen.' It is a love letter to the scene that shaped the tape's slowed-down feel.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "November 18th" and So Far Gone. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- So Far Gone (mixtape)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary source for the full TIDAL-adapted personnel/production list, sample credits, release history, chart and critical-reception data used to correct fabricated producer credits and rewrite the album meaning.
- November 18th (song)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — DJ Screw posthumous production credit, the Kris Kross / Notorious B.I.G. / Lil' Keke sample chain, the title's meaning (date Drake met Lil Wayne), and the 2014 Trending 140 chart-topping.
- Drake Talks Young Money, Kanye Comparisons & GhostwritingComplex · 2009-02-19 — Source (via Wikipedia) for the title's origin — Oliver El-Khatib's 'Are we becoming the men that our mothers divorced?' text — and Drake's explanation of the 'so far gone' concept.
