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}}

| recorded = 2017–2018

| 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

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{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=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

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