| Telephone Calls | |
| Cover: | Telephone Calls ASAP Mob.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | A$AP Mob |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Producer: | Plu2o Nash |
"Telephone Calls" is a song by hip-hop collective A$AP Mob, featuring A$AP Rocky, Tyler, the Creator, Playboi Carti, and Yung Gleesh. It was released on October 27, 2016, under the record label Polo Grounds, as the fourth single from A$AP Mob's debut studio album, .[1] [2] On October 16, 2020, the single was certified gold by the RIAA.[3]
"Telephone Calls" was the first collaboration between A$AP Mob and Tyler, the Creator, as well as A$AP Mob's first collaboration with Playboi Carti, who had joined the group one month prior to its release.[4] [5]
According to A$AP Rocky, Tyler, the Creator was featured on the song after an incident where he walked into A$AP Rocky's house and saw him, Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, Yung Gleesh, and other people passed out on the floor. After he entered the house, he heard a preview of "Telephone Calls" and played it "over and over and over." A$AP Rocky and Tyler, the Creator went to a studio shortly after and recorded his verse on the song.
According to the website WhoSampled, "Telephone Calls" contains two samples: "Suspiria" by Goblin and "Legion of Doom" by Main Attrakoinz.