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 .[ 1] It is the third release in his A Love Letter to You series, of which began in May 2017.[ 1] The mixtape features collaborations with Emani22 , Kodie Shane , Baby Goth, YoungBoy Never Broke Again , Nel-Denarro, Juice Wrld , Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent.[ 1] It is supported by the lead single "Topanga ", for which a music video was released on October 30.[ 3]
Background and recording
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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".[ 1] 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."[ 4] 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."[ 4]
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 ".[ 5] On October 30, he released the cover art and track listing, which originally featured "Blastoff " and "Talk That Shit",[ 6] which did not make the final cut.
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 .[ 7] In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.[ 8]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Topanga " ChopSquad DJ 3:35 2. "Fire Starter" (featuring Emani22) White 2:37 3. "Toxic Waste" White 2:53 4. "Negative Energy" (featuring Kodie Shane ) White Staccato 2:58 5. "Can't Love" OZ 2:49 6. "Love Scars 3" 2:09 7. "A.L.L.T.Y. 3" (featuring Baby Goth) 3:00 8. "Emani Interlude" (featuring Emani22 ) Foreign Teck Tariq Beats OZ 1:36 9. "Elevate & Motivate" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nel-Denarro) 3:41 10. "I Tried Loving" White Icon South 3:13 11. "Wicked" White OZ 2:18 12. "Loyalty Before Royalty" White Yıldırım Masamune Kudo 2:22 13. "1400 / 999 Freestyle " (featuring Juice Wrld ) 2:55 14. "So Alive" White 1:59 15. "Diamond Minds" (featuring Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent) 3:05 16. "Camp Fire Tale" White · Austin Leech · Conner Leech WE ARE THE STARS 2:29 Total length: 43:46
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
Igor Mamet - recording, mixing, mastering
Koen Heldens – mixing
Brandon Brown – mixing assistance
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