''508-507-2209'' is the fourth

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by American rapper

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. It was released on June 16, 2017, by

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, 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

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and

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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

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from the mixtape on August 5, 2016. The music video was released on August 12, 2016 and has received over 76 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

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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 38 million views since its release. The song was produced by The Cratez.

Commercial performance

''508-507-2209'' debuted at number seven on the US

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chart for the chart dated July 8, 2017.

Track listing

Credits were adapted from

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. 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

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 "

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, Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray and

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Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. Performers *

– primary artist *

– featured artist *

– 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 *

– producer * The Cratez – producer * Chill Shump – producer *

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– producer * Dawaun Parker – producer *

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– producer * Lord Quest – producer * Allen Ritter – producer * Joyner Lucas – producer *

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– producer

Charts

References

External links

Official site
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