Trunk Muzik 3

In 2009, Yelawolf collaborated with producer WLPWR on Trunk Muzik, which was released to much acclaim and garnered him a strong following in the hip hop community. The release of the mixtape led to a record contract with Interscope Records, and after hearing the mixtape, rapper Eminem signed Yelawolf to his label Shady Records.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/473670/eminem-signs-yelawolf-slaughterhouse-to-shady-label|title=Eminem Signs Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse to Shady Label|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-03-14}} After the release of 2011's Radioactive, Yelawolf released a mixtape in 2013 titled Trunk Muzik Returns, which served as a sequel the original Trunk Muzik. The mixtape also showcases a stylistic departure for Yelawolf, one that incorporates elements of country folk and southern rock into hip hop, a sound that would be prevalent on his following studio albums, Love Story (2015) and Trial By Fire (2017). Yelawolf described this departure from orthodox hip hop as "artistically empowering" and "unconventional".{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.2740/title.yelawolf-unhinged-its-really-unfair-to-say-that-anything-ive-done-is-conventional|title=Yelawolf Unhinged: "It's Really Unfair To Say That Anything I've Done Is Conventional"|date=2015-06-22|website=HipHopDX|access-date=2019-03-14}} In mid-2017, while taking a short hiatus from the music industry, Yelawolf posted a video of himself on Instagram with the caption "TM3", which led to speculation that he might have begun work on a third installment in the Trunk Muzik series. In January 2018, Yelawolf officially announced production of Trunk Muzik 3 had begun in Nashville, Tennessee with WLPWR once again producing.

Yelawolf assembled a band, promptly called the "Sons of Sheila" (a reference to Yelawolf's mother's name) in mid-2018 and launched a 25-date tour in support of the album titled the "Trunk Muzik III" tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tickethub.co/yelawolf-trunk-muzik-iii-tour-2018-dates-tickets/|title=Yelawolf Announces 'Trunk Muzik III' Tour 2018 Dates - Tickets on Sale|date=2018-06-08|website=Tickets at Ticket Hub|access-date=2019-03-14}} During a show in Denver, Colorado, Yelawolf announced that Trunk Muzik III would be his final album under Shady Records. "Five fuckin' albums on Shady Records. I feel blessed for that. Make some noise for Marshall Mathers!"{{Cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2018/08/16/yelawolf-leaving-shady-records/|title=Yelawolf Announces the End of His Deal with Shady Records|last=Grant|first=Shawn|date=2018-08-16|website=The Source|access-date=2019-03-14}}

During the first week of 2019, Yelawolf released a promotional freestyle titled "Get Buck", which would be indicative to the general sound of the album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southpawer.com/2019/01/10/yelawolf-gangsta-walk-get-buck-freestyle/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114175500/http://www.southpawer.com/2019/01/10/yelawolf-gangsta-walk-get-buck-freestyle/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 14, 2019|title=Yelawolf drops TM3 promotional freestyle "Gangsta Walk (Get Buck)"|last=Gelenidze|first=Remy|date=2019-01-10|website=Southpawer|access-date=2019-03-14}} The following week, he released "Pinto Bean" and announced that he would be releasing a weekly freestyle until the release of Trunk Muzik 3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/yelawolf-snarls-with-hunger-on-pinto-bean-freestyle-new-song.1981745.html|title=Yelawolf Snarls With Hunger On "Pinto Bean" Freestyle|website=HotNewHipHop|date=21 January 2019 |access-date=2019-03-14}} A total of 8 freestyles have currently been released, including "Jesco White",{{Citation|last=Slumerican|title=YelaWolf "Jesco White" Freestyle|date=2019-01-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpOCBCNrVc|access-date=2019-03-14}} "Billy Goat",{{Citation|last=Slumerican|title=YelaWolf "Billy Goat" Freestyle|date=2019-02-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqSdjycj5k|access-date=2019-03-14}} "Skallywag",{{Citation|last=Slumerican|title=YelaWolf "SKALLYWAG" Freestyle|date=2019-02-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDSkjNgOMg8|access-date=2019-03-14}} "Elvis Messy",{{Citation|last=Slumerican|title=YelaWolf "Elvis Messy" Freestyle|date=2019-02-23|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1GOJKo-P8|access-date=2019-03-14}} "Mtn. Dew Mouth"{{Citation|last=Slumerican|title=YelaWolf "Mountain Dew Mouth" Freestyle {{!}} TM3 Coming Soon|date=2019-03-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZXPAaPy65o|access-date=2019-03-14}} and "Bloody Sunday", the latter of which garnered controversy after it featured lines targeting rappers G-Eazy and Post Malone.{{Cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/03/yelawolf-calls-out-g-eazy-post-malone-new-diss-song-bloody-sunday/|title=Yelawolf Disses G-Eazy, Post Malone on New Song Bloody Sunday - XXL|last=Centeno|first=Tony M.|website=XXL|date=11 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-14}}

The cover art, tracklist and release date were revealed on March 14 (coincidentally on the sixth anniversary of the release of Trunk Muzik Returns), which scheduled the album for release on March 29, 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://hiphop-n-more.com/2019/03/yelawolf-trunk-muzik-3-track-list-shares-first-single/|title=Yelawolf Reveals 'Trunk Muzik 3' Track List; Shares First Single|last=Navjosh|date=2019-03-14|website=HipHop-N-More|access-date=2019-03-14}}

Yelawolf stated in regards to WLPWR, "Most don't realize we've been making music for 16 years. This is growth. The evolution of two creatives, a friendship, and the Trunk Muzik brand, it's coming". In an interview, WLPWR stated "I’m super excited … I think this is an amazing time for me in my career. Yela’s been doing some extremely good things in his own career. We took a little break from working with each other after Love Story. I produced a great majority of the Love Story album … I think the next step for him was to explore producing on his own. And so recently, he hit me up and we just … Like brothers, we just decided to go ahead and do it without hesitation. I’m telling you, man, it’s really incredible. People should be really excited to hear this stuff. It’s really creative and really, really … We’re pushing the envelope.” {{Cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46115/title.wlpwr-details-his-work-on-yelawolfs-trunk-muzik-3-big-krits-double-lp|title=WLPWR Details His Work On Yelawolf's "Trunk Muzik 3" & Big K.R.I.T.'s Double LP|date=2018-03-04|website=HipHopDX|access-date=2019-03-14}} He went on to speak on Yelawolf's production skills and their dynamic in the studio by stating “He’s leaning on me to some extent, but a lot of people don’t realize that he’s really involved with the production process. He is a producer himself. But it’s the same as we’ve always done. He just kind of lets me live in the producer world, and he lives in the artist world. But it would be naïve of me to say he has nothing to do with the production side of it because he certainly does. He’s very particular about his cadences. He’s very particular about what type of sounds will inspire him. So, I’ll probably get to wear the production hat in the instance. However, I wouldn’t dare say production credit-wise it’s just all me".

In January 2019, Yelawolf stated "The album is done, the music is done. We just added a song last week, that's the reason why I take my time with releasing albums, and projects, because you never really know what's going to happen or what might inspire you. [If] you put an album out and then you go in the studio and record a banger, then you're like "fuck man, I wish I would have waited and could have put that on the album." Yelawolf also spoke on the production featured on the album.{{Citation|last=YelaVision: Support for Yelawolf & Slumerican|title=Yelawolf's Live 01/31/2019 about release TM3 & New Freestyle's|date=2019-02-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGpUrH-mTzQ&t=459s|access-date=2019-03-14}} "DJ Paul is all over Trunk Muzik 3. Jim Jonsin, WLPWR, all the usual suspects. All my old homies, we just went back and did what we do."

On March 13, 2019, Yelawolf announced that the album's lead single would also be the album's title-track, titled "TM3".{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu9Xw2QHZIn/|title=M.W.A YELAWOLF GHETTOCOWBOY on Instagram: "first record off TRUNK MUZIK 3 titled " TM3 " featuring @kleversworld produced by the legend @wlpwr drops this Friday !!! @shadyrecords…"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}} It was released on March 15, 2019 and made available for digital download.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/TM3/dp/B07PJYGL13|title=TM3|website=Amazon|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15}} The song was produced by WLPWR and features scratches by DJ Klever. On March 20, 2019, Yelawolf announced that the album's second single would be the sequel to "Catfish Billy" from his 2013 mixtape Trunk Muzik Returns, titled "Catfish Billy 2".{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPTwwjHTe_/|title=M.W.A YELAWOLF GHETTOCOWBOY on Instagram: "CATFISHBILLY 2 drops this Friday !!! beat by the one and only @wlpwr Link in the bio .. @shadyrecords"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}} It was released on March 22, 2019 and made available for digital download.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Catfish-Billy-2-YelaWolf/dp/B07PDP9GGB/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=catfish+billy+2&qid=1553262302&s=dmusic&sr=1-2-catcorr|title=Catfish Billy 2|website=Amazon|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}} The song was produced by WLPWR.

Trunk Muzik III debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = TM3

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael Atha|William Washington|Josh Winkler}}

| extra1 = WLPWR

| length1 = 3:09

| title2 = Catfish Billy 2

| writer2 = {{hlist|Atha|Washington}}

| extra2 = WLPWR

| length2 = 3:18

| title3 = Rowdy

| note3 = featuring Machine Gun Kelly & DJ Paul

| writer3 = {{hlist|Atha|Richard Colson Baker|Paul Duane Beauregard}}

| extra3 = DJ Paul

| length3 = 4:28

| title4 = Special Kind of Bad

| writer4 = {{hlist|Atha|Jim Jonsin|James Scheffer|Gannin Arnold}}

| extra4 = Jim Jonsin

| length4 = 3:46

| title5 = Like I Love You

| writer5 = {{hlist|Atha|Scheffer|Michael Burman|Robert Dante}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Jim Jonsin|Michael Burman|Robert Dante}}

| length5 = 3:44

| title6 = Drugs

| writer6 = {{hlist|Atha|Washington}}

| extra6 = WLPWR

| length6 = 4:30

| title7 = Trailer Park Hollywood

| writer7 = {{hlist|Atha|Beauregard}}

| extra7 = DJ Paul

| length7 = 3:57

| title8 = No Such Thing as Free

| note8 = featuring Caskey & Doobie

| writer8 = {{hlist|Atha|Brandon Caskey|Eric Williams}}

| extra8 = Locke

| length8 = 4:08

| title9 = We Slum

| note9 = featuring Shawty Fatt & Big Henry

| writer9 = {{hlist|Atha|Washington|Jerrico Horton|Jonathan Henry}}

| extra9 = WLPWR

| length9 = 4:10

| title10 = Box Chevy 6

| note10 = featuring Rittz & DJ Paul

| writer10 = {{hlist|Atha|Beauregard|Jonathan McCollum|Chad Lamont Butler|Winkler}}

| extra10 = DJ Paul

| length10 = 4:57

| title11 = All the Way Up

| note11 = featuring MopTop & Cub da CookUpBoss

| writer11 = {{hlist|Atha}}

| extra11 = BandPlay

| length11 = 4:18

| title12 = Over Again

| writer12 = {{hlist|Atha|Winkler}}

| extra12 = DJ Klever

| length12 = 2:49

| title13 = Addiction

| writer13 = {{hlist|Atha|Washington|Madli Kents}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|WLPWR|Ms Madli}}

| length13 = 3:58

| title14 = Over Here

| writer14 = {{hlist|Atha|Washington}}

| extra14 = WLPWR

| length14 = 4:50

| total_length = 56:02

}}

Notes

• "TM3" features additional vocals from Misha Fair and featuring DJ Klever.
• "We Slum" features vocals from Nikkiya.
• "Over Again" features DJ Klever.

Sample credits

• "TM3" contains elements and samples of "Trunk Muzik", written by Michael Wayne Atha and William Washington.
• "Box Chevy 6" contains elements from "International Player's Anthem", performed by UGK and Outkast.

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