A Love Letter to You 3 is the third commercial mixtape by American rapper Trippie Redd. It was released on November 9, 2018, by Caroline Distribution. It is the third release in his A Love Letter to You series, of which began in May 2017. The mixtape features collaborations with Emani22, Kodie Shane, Baby Goth, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Nel-Denarro, Juice Wrld, Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent. It is supported by the lead single "Topanga", for which a music video was released on October 30.
Background and recording
Trippie Redd stated on his social media that he recorded the album in two weeks "right after Life's a Trip", and called it "lowkey better". Speaking about the mixtape to Zane Lowe on Beats 1, Trippie Redd said: "The way I set up my projects, I put the first track to the last track. If you listen to it from start to finish, that's how I put it together. It's art, it's not anything to play with." On the content of A Love Letter to You 3, Trippie Redd told Lowe: "It has some stuff about relationships, but that's life. 'Toxic Waste' is about a toxic relationship. What you hear is mixed — everybody has to mix their vocals for how it's supposed to sound. When I record, I do use autotune, but I don't use it how people use it. I like samples a lot."
Promotion
In September 2018, Trippie Redd stated that the mixtape was "already done" but that he needed 2–3 more songs to complete it, and released an audio clip of "Topanga". On October 30, he released the cover art and track listing, which originally featured "Blastoff" and "Talk That Shit", which did not make the final cut.
Commercial performance
On the chart dated November 24, 2018, A Love Letter to You 3 debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 84,000 album-equivalent units (including 11,000 pure album sales). It is Trippie Redd's second US top-10 album. It was also the week's most-streamed album overall, with its tracks achieving 108.8 million on-demand streams. In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.
Track listing
Personnel
Trippie Redd – primary artist, composition
Baby Goth – featured artist
Elliott Trent - featured artist, production, composition
Emani22 - featured artist
Juice WRLD - featured artist, composition
Kodie Shane - featured artist, composition
Nel-Denarro - featured artist, composition
Tory Lanez - featured artist, composition, engineering
YoungBoy Never Broke Again - featured artist, composition
808-H - producer
ChopsquadDJ - producer
Dez Wright - producer
Diplo - producer
Foreign Tek - producer
Goose the Guru - producer
Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. - producer
Icon South - producer
Jacob Reske - producer
King Henry - producer
Krischordz - producer
Nellz - producer
OZ - producer
Pas Beats - producer
Rex Kudo - producer
Staccato - producer
Tariq Beats - producer
Tony Trouble - producer
WE ARE THE STARS - producer, composition
Nick Barbs - A&R
Rocket Da Goon - additional vocals
Play Picasso - additional mixing
Koen Heldens – mixing
Brandon Brown – mixing assistance
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
2018 mixtape albums
Trippie Redd albums
Albums produced by Diplo
Sequel albums
Albums produced by Chopsquad DJ
Albums produced by Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Albums produced by King Henry (producer)