''A Love Letter to You 3'' is the third commercial mixtape by American rapper

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. It was released on November 9, 2018, by

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. It is the third release in his '' A Love Letter to You'' series, of which began in May 2017. The mixtape features collaborations with

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, and

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, among others. It is supported by the lead single "

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", for which a music video was released on October 30.

Background and recording

Trippie Redd stated on his social media that he recorded the album in two weeks "right after ''

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''", and called it "lowkey better". Speaking about the mixtape to

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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." 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 "

". On October 30, he released the cover art and track listing, which originally featured " Blastoff" and "Talk That Shit", 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

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s (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. In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.

Track listing

Personnel

– primary artist, composition * Baby Goth – featured artist * Elliott Trent - featured artist, production, composition * Emani22 - featured artist *

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- featured artist, composition * Kodie Shane - featured artist, composition * Nel-Denarro - featured artist, composition *

- featured artist, composition, engineering *

- 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 *

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– mixing * Brandon Brown – mixing assistance

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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