''Lost Cause'' is the twelfth mixtape by Canadian rapper and singer

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, released independently for digital download on October 1, 2014. The mixtape features no guest appearances, while production was handled by Lanez himself alongside Burd & Keyz, Christian Louie, Daniel Worthy, Grave Goods, Matti Free, Noah Beresin, Play Picasso,

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, Ryan Hemsworth, and Syk Sense. The mixtape serves as a follow-up to Lanez's eleventh, ''Chixtape II'' (2014). ''Lost Cause'' received generally positive reception from fans and is considered a

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. The mixtape was preceded by four singles: "The Mission", "Henny in Hand", "Mama Told Me", and "I-95". For its tenth anniversary, on October 4, 2024, the mixtape was released through Lanez's independent record label, One Umbrella on

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, featuring remastered instrumentals while some tracks became longer than their original versions.

Release and promotion

After releasing his ''Fargo Fridays'' series Tory started to prepare for his mixtape. On August 14, 2014, he released the first single to the mixtape, "The Mission", to celebrate the announcement of his tour that was taking place in

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, New York,

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, Burlington,

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, and

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. Each week following the announcement of his tour, Lanez began to release the final three singles from the mixtape, "Henny in Hand", "Mama Told Me", and "I-95". The mixtape was delayed for two days and was originally supposed to be released on September 29, 2014. To hold fans over has released a music video for, "The Godfather", which was released earlier that year on June 6. On November 10, he released the music video for the mixtape's tenth cut, "The Mission". In February 2015, the music video for "Henny in Hand", was released. While incarcerated, on July 24, 2024, Lanez announced his ''Free Tory'' playlist which would consist of weekly drops which were recorded by Lanez in prison. However, on September 10, it was announced that Lanez's recording equipment was seized by the prison guards and that the weekly series would be discontinued until further notice. On October 1, Lanez's management had taken to his

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to announce the re-release of ''Lost Cause'' for October 4, while sharing a message from Lanez giving props to Trina who he claimed helped him kickstart his career at the time of the mixtape's original release:

Track listing

Sample credits * "The Godfather" contains samples of "Main Title", written and performed by Nino Rota.

Release history

References

{{Tory Lanez 2014 mixtape albums Tory Lanez albums Self-released mixtape albums