508-507-2209 is the fourth mixtape by American rapper Joyner Lucas. It was released on June 16, 2017, by Atlantic Records, making this his commercial debut. It was preceded by four singles: "I'm Sorry", "Ultrasound", "Just Like You" and "Winter Blues". The mixtape features appearances from Mystikal, Snoh Aalegra and Stefflon Don.
Background The title is presumably taken from Lucas' phone number. The mixtape consists of sixteen songs. In an interview with HotNewHipHop about how the project came about, Joyner said:
"This project took two years in the making, there's a lot of records that I scrapped, start over, scrapped, start over. There's records that I've made from the very beginning two years ago that I still kept on the project now. So there's a lot of old mixed with new but it's all cohesive".
Singles "I'm Sorry" was released as the lead single from the mixtape on August 5, 2016. The music video was released on August 12, 2016, and has received over 78 million views since its release. The song was produced by The Cratez.
"Ultrasound" was released as the second single on March 31, 2017, along with an accompanied music video. The music video has received over 11 million views since its release. The song was produced by Decap.
"Just Like You" was released as the third single on May 19, 2017, along with an accompanied music video. The music video has received over 25 million views since its release. The song was produced by Boi-1da and Dawaun Parker.
"Winter Blues" was released as the fourth single on June 2, 2017. The music video was released on October 23, 2017, and has received over 42 million views since its release. The song was produced by The Cratez.
Commercial performance 508-507-2209 debuted at number seven on the US Heatseekers Albums chart for the chart dated July 8, 2017.
Track listing Credits were adapted from Tidal.
Notes signifies a co-producer signifies an additional producer "Ultrasound" features additional vocals from Shara Sood "Lovely" and "I'm Sorry" features additional vocals from Andrea Blanchard "Lullaby" features additional vocals from Boi-1da and Rosette Luve "One Lonely Night" features additional vocals from Ivy Rivera "FYM" was originally called "James Brown" but had to be re-titled to "FYM" for unknown reasons. Sample credits "Just Because" contains samples from "Jazzy Belle", written by André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray and Rico Wade, as performed by OutKast "Way to Go" contains samples from "Falling Tears (Indian Drums)", written by Ernie Johnson and Edgar Campbell, as performed by Eddie & Ernie
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal.
Performers Joyner Lucas – primary artist Mystikal – featured artist Snoh Aalegra – featured artist Stefflon Don – featured artist
Technical Nox Beatz – recording engineer , mixing engineer
Instruments Alan Manos – horn Dawaun Parker – organ Nox Beatz – guitar , additional guitar Andwele Coore – piano
Production Decap – producer Nox Beatz – producer , co-producer , additional producer Boi-1da – producer The Cratez – producer Chill Shump – producer Frank Dukes – producer Dawaun Parker – producer Statik Selektah – producer Lord Quest – producer Allen Ritter – producer Joyner Lucas – producer Nineteen85 – producer
Charts Chart (2017) PeakpositionUS Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)
References
External links Official site