A Love Letter to You 3
{{Infobox album
| name = A Love Letter to You 3
| type = mixtape
| cover = ALLTY3.png
| alt =
| artist = Trippie Redd
| released = {{Start date|2018|11|9}}
| studio =
| genre = Emo rap{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trippie-redd-a-love-letter-to-you-3/|title = Trippie Redd: A Love Letter to You 3|website = Pitchfork}}
| length = {{duration|m=43|s=39}}
| label = {{hlist|10K Projects|Caroline}}
| producer = {{hlist|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}}
| prev_title = Life's a Trip
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = !
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Love Letter to You 3
| type = mixtape
| single1 = Topanga
| single1date = 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/trippie-redd-a-love-letter-to-you-3-album-release/|title=Trippie Redd Shares 'A Love Letter to You 3' Release Date, Artwork, & Tracklist|work=Highsnobiety|last=Sawyer|first=Jonathan|date=October 31, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/10/trippie-redd-a-love-letter-to-you-album-tracklist/|title=Trippie Redd's 'A Love Letter to You 3' Album Tracklist|work=XXL|last=Centeno|first=Tony M|date=October 30, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}}
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."{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/10/trippie-redd-a-love-letter-to-you-3-release-date-cover-art-tracklist|title=Trippie Redd Unveils 'A Love Letter to You 3' Tracklist, Release Date & Cover-Art|work=Hypebeast|last=Montes|first=Patrick|date=October 30, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}} 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/trippie-redd-previews-a-love-letter-to-you-3|title=Trippie Redd Confirms 'A Love Letter to You 3' Is "Already Done," Previews New Track|work=Complex|last=Espinoza|first=Joshua|date=September 16, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}} On October 30, he released the cover art and track listing, which originally featured "Blastoff" and "Talk That Shit",{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.49036/title.trippie-redd-unveils-a-love-letter-to-you-3-cover-art-tracklist#|title=Trippie Redd 'A Love Letter To You 3' Release Date, Cover Art & Tracklist|work=HipHopDX|last=Ivey|first=Justin|date=October 30, 2018|accessdate=November 2, 2018}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8485588/kane-brown-experiment-billboard-200-chart-no-1|title=Kane Brown Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Experiment'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 18, 2018|accessdate=November 19, 2018}} In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8486379/mumford-sons-delta-album-no1-billboard-200-chart|title=Mumford & Sons Score Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Delta'|date=November 25, 2018|author=Keith Caulfield|magazine=Billboard}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Topanga
| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael White IV|Darrell Jackson|Anthony Brown}}
| extra1 = ChopSquad DJ
| length1 = 3:35
| title2 = Fire Starter
| note2 = featuring Emani22
| writer2 = White
| extra2 = {{hlist|Honorable C.N.O.T.E.|Tony Trouble}}
| length2 = 2:37
| title3 = Toxic Waste
| writer3 = White
| extra3 = {{hlist|Diplo|King Henry|Scott Theft}}
| length3 = 2:53
| title4 = Negative Energy
| writer4 = White
| note4 = featuring Kodie Shane
| extra4 = Staccato
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = Can't Love
| writer5 = {{hlist|White|Ozan Yıldırım}}
| extra5 = OZ
| length5 = 2:49
| title6 = Love Scars 3
| writer6 = {{hlist|White|Yıldırım}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|OZ|Jacob Reske}}
| length6 = 2:09
| title7 = A.L.L.T.Y. 3
| note7 = featuring Baby Goth
| writer7 = {{hlist|White|Baby Goth|Yıldırım}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|OZ|Dez Wright}}
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Emani Interlude
| note8 = featuring Emani22
| writer8 = {{hlist|White}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Foreign Teck|Tariq Beats|OZ}}
| length8 = 1:36
| title9 = Elevate & Motivate
| note9 = featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nel-Denarro
| writer9 = {{hlist|White|Kentrell Gaulden|Nel-Denarro|Yıldırım}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|OZ|KrisChordz}}
| length9 = 3:41
| title10 = I Tried Loving
| writer10 = White
| extra10 = Icon South
| length10 = 3:13
| title11 = Wicked
| writer11 = White
| extra11 = OZ
| length11 = 2:18
| title12 = Loyalty Before Royalty
| writer12 = {{hlist|White|Yıldırım|Masamune Kudo}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|OZ|Rex Kudo}}
| length12 = 2:22
| title13 = 1400 / 999 Freestyle
| note13 = featuring Juice Wrld
| writer13 = {{hlist|White|Jarad Higgins|Yıldırım}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|OZ|Pas Beatz|CujoBeatz}}
| length13 = 2:55
| title14 = So Alive
| writer14 = White
| extra14 = {{hlist|Goose the Guru|Nellz}}
| length14 = 1:59
| title15 = Diamond Minds
| note15 = featuring Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent
| writer15 = {{hlist|White|Daystar Peterson|Elliott Trent}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Trent|808-H}}
| length15 = 3:05
| title16 = Camp Fire Tale
| writer16 = White · Austin Leech · Conner Leech
| extra16 = WE ARE THE STARS
| length16 = 2:29
| total_length = 43:46
}}
Personnel
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- 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
{{div col end}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{album chart|Australia|36|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|49|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|90|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|10|M|url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/fyi-charts/billboard-canadian-albums|title=Billboard Canadian Albums|work=FYIMusicNews|artist=Trippie Redd|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 20, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Denmark|28|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 21, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|19|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
scope="row"| Estonian Albums (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/84493035/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-entel-tentel-trika-trei-on-nadala-kovim-uus-eesti-plaat|title=EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS: "Entel-Tentel-Trika-Trei" on nädala kõvim uus Eesti plaat|language=Estonian|publisher=Eesti Ekspress|date=November 20, 2018|accessdate=August 1, 2024}}
| 21 |
{{album chart|Finland|47|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 18, 2018}} |
{{album chart|France|69|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 19, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Ireland2|32|artist=Trippie Redd|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
scope="row"| Latvian Albums (LAIPA){{cite web|url=https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/digitop-46-7497|title=Jaunumu pārpilna mūzikas patēriņa topa 46.nedēļa|language=Latvian|publisher=LAIPA|date=November 17, 2018|accessdate=November 28, 2019}}
| 18 |
{{album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 16, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Norway|14|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|30|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|62|artist=Trippie Redd|album=A Love Letter to You 3|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 21, 2018}} |
{{album chart|UK2|31|date=20181116|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} |
scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 3 |
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Trippie Redd|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 24, 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
| 56 |
scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
| 48 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Trippie Redd|title=A Love Letter To You 3|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|accessdate=November 19, 2023|refname=MC}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Trippie Redd|title=A Love Letter To You 3|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|accessdate=November 9, 2022|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}
References
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