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.[4][5] 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.[2][6] The mixtape consists of sixteen songs.[7][8] 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".[1]
Singles
"I'm Sorry" was released as the lead single from the mixtape on August 5, 2016.[9] The music video was released on August 12, 2016 and has received over 76 million views since its release.[10] The song was produced by The Cratez.
"Ultrasound" was released as the second single on March 31, 2017, along with an accompanied music video.[11] The music video has received over 11 million views since its release.[12] 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.[13] The music video has received over 25 million views since its release.[14] The song was produced by Boi-1da and Dawaun Parker.
"Winter Blues" was released as the fourth single on June 2, 2017.[15] The music video was released on October 23, 2017 and has received over 38 million views since its release.[16] 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.[17]
