A Love Letter to You 3

A Love Letter to You 3
A Love Letter to You 3
Mixtape by Trippie Redd
Released	November 9, 2018
Recorded	2017–2018
Genre	Emo rap
Length	43:39
Label	10K Projects; Caroline;
Producer	808-H; ChopSquad DJ; Dez Wright; Diplo; Elliott Trent; Foreign Teck; Goose the Guru; Honorable C.N.O.T.E.; Icon South; Jacob Reske; King Henry; krischordz; Nellz; OZ; Pas Beatz; Rex Kudo; Staccato; Tariq Beats; Tony Trouble; WE ARE THE STARS; Nick Barbs;
Trippie Redd chronology
Singles from A Love Letter to You 3
	"Topanga"; Released: October 22, 2018;

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

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]

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".^[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.

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.^[7] In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Topanga"	Michael White IV Darrell Jackson Anthony Brown	ChopSquad DJ	3:35
2.	"Fire Starter" (featuring Emani22)	White	Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Tony Trouble	2:37
3.	"Toxic Waste"	White	Diplo King Henry Scott Theft	2:53
4.	"Negative Energy" (featuring Kodie Shane)	White	Staccato	2:58
5.	"Can't Love"	White Ozan Yıldırım	OZ	2:49
6.	"Love Scars 3"	White Yıldırım	OZ Jacob Reske	2:09
7.	"A.L.L.T.Y. 3" (featuring Baby Goth)	White Baby Goth Yıldırım	OZ Dez Wright	3:00
8.	"Emani Interlude" (featuring Emani22)	White	Foreign Teck Tariq Beats OZ	1:36
9.	"Elevate & Motivate" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nel-Denarro)	White Kentrell Gaulden Nel-Denarro Yıldırım	OZ KrisChordz	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	OZ Rex Kudo	2:22
13.	"1400 / 999 Freestyle" (featuring Juice Wrld)	White Jarad Higgins Yıldırım	OZ Pas Beatz CujoBeatz	2:55
14.	"So Alive"	White	Goose the Guru Nellz	1:59
15.	"Diamond Minds" (featuring Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent)	White Daystar Peterson Elliott Trent	Trent 808-H	3:05
16.	"Camp Fire Tale"	White · Austin Leech · Conner Leech	WE ARE THE STARS	2:29
Total length:				43:46

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
Igor Mamet - recording, mixing, mastering
Koen Heldens – mixing
Brandon Brown – mixing assistance

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10]	49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11]	90
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[12]	10
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[13]	28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[14]	19
Estonian Albums (IFPI)^[15]	21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[16]	47
French Albums (SNEP)^[17]	69
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[18]	32
Latvian Albums (LAIPA)^[19]	18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[20]	20
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[21]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[22]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23]	62
UK Albums (OCC)^[24]	31
US Billboard 200^[7]	3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[25]	1