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''Beach House 3'' is the second studio album by American singer
Ty Dolla Sign Tyrone William Griffin Jr. (born April 13, 1982), known professionally as Ty Dolla Sign (stylized as Ty Dolla $ign or Ty$), is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He first gained major recognition in 2010 for his feature on Ameri ...
. It was released on October 27, 2017, by Atlantic Records. The album serves as the third installment in his ''Beach House'' series. It features
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s from Pharrell Williams,
Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining ...
,
Tory Lanez Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and convicted felon. He received initial recognition from the mixtape ''Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story'', rel ...
,
The-Dream Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His co-writing credits include songs with "Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, " Rid ...
, YG, Future, Swae Lee,
Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He released his debut album, ''Show and Prove'', in 2006 and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 20 ...
,
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and
Lauren Jauregui Lauren Michelle Jauregui Morgado (; born June 27, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Jauregui began exp ...
, among others. The album's production was handled by Mike Will Made It,
DJ Mustard Dijon Isaiah McFarlane (born June 5, 1990), known professionally as Mustard (also known as DJ Mustard), is an American record producer and beatmaker. He is a frequent collaborator of fellow California-bred artists YG and Ty Dolla Sign; among var ...
,
Skrillex Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead si ...
, Mike Dean, Apex Martin, MariiBeatz,
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and James Royo, among others. ''Beach House 3'' was supported by four official
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: " Love U Better", " So Am I", " Ex" and "
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". The album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, earning 29,000
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s in its first week. The album was certified
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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2020.


Background

On June 19, 2016, Ty Dolla Sign confirmed that he was working on ''Beach House 3'' via Instagram. The album's pre-order was announced on September 20, 2017, along with the cover art. The tracklist was revealed on October 23, 2017. On May 8, 2018, Ty Dolla Sign announced on Twitter that the deluxe edition of ''Beach House 3'' will be released shortly, along with six new tracks.


Promotion

The album's
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, " Love U Better" featuring
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and
The-Dream Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His co-writing credits include songs with "Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, " Rid ...
, was released July 10, 2017. The album's second single, " So Am I" featuring
Damian Marley Damian Robert Nesta "Jr. Gong" Marley (born 21 July 1978) is a Jamaican DJ, singer, lyricist and rapper. He is the recipient of four Grammy Awards. Early life, education and family Damian Marley is the youngest son of reggae musician Bob Marle ...
and
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, was released on September 1, 2017. "Message in a Bottle" and "Dawsin's Breek" featuring
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, were released as the album's first two promotional singles on September 20, simultaneously. " Ex" featuring YG, was released on October 6, 2017, as the album's third promotional single. It was later sent to rhythmic radio as the album's third single (second and final single sent to radio). The album's fourth promotional single, "Don't Judge Me", was premiered by Ebro on Beats 1 and released on October 18, 2017. "
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" featuring
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and
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, was released on March 30, 2018, as the album's fourth and final single (first from the deluxe edition). "Clout" featuring
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, was released on May 9, 2018, as the album's fifth promotional single.


Critical reception

''Beach House 3'' was met with generally positive reviews. At
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an
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score of 77, based on eight reviews. Andy Kellman of
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gave a positive review, stating "Peeling away the factors that obscure Griffin's talent—the vulgar hedonism, the cavalcade of predominantly superfluous guest artists—can take some effort. ''Beach House III'' is nonetheless conclusive evidence that the singer, rapper, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist is among the most skilled and creative figures in the business". Corrigan B of ''
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'' said, "''Beach House 3'' is a strong, strong effort: universally pleasant in the same way as its antecedents, but given a thorough sonic update so as to keep pace with modernity". Riley Wallace of ''
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'' considered the album an improvement to Ty Dolla Sign's preceding project ''
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'', stating ''Beach House 3'' is "a great listen. Where ''Campaign'' (though dope) may have lacked some serious earworm moments, this album picks up the remaining tab — with change to spare. Even with nothing to truly prove, Ty Dolla $ign managed to once again assert dominance in an overcrowded lane of crooners who get likened to rappers". Scott Glaysher of '' XXL'' wrote positively, "''Beach House 3'' truly is Ty Dolla $ign's best work to date. He manages to please with his collaborative hits and hooks all while maintaining artistic integrity with his more introspective tracks". Clayton Purdom of ''
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'' said, "While 2015's ''
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'' felt designed to impress, a little too encyclopedic and earnest for its own good, ''Beach House 3'' takes its concept literally, soundtracking a hypothetical bender in a paradise where the comedown never arrives". Paul A. Thompson of ''
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'' noted, "A superbly refined collection of songs, carefully crafted and smartly cast. It doesn't have the longer thematic crescendos of ''TC'', but is even more ruthlessly listenable, stacking hooks on top of hooks and flitting between an array different, pop-viable aesthetic frameworks". In a mixed review, ''
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''s Jordan Bassett stated: "Lyrically, ''Beach House 3'' is a step away from the musician's satin-sheeted comfort zone, but we may have to wait for ''Beach House 4'' to see him truly come of age." In a more mixed review, Ben Beaumont-Thomas of ''
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'' described the album as "a narrow, unimaginative collection".


Rankings


Commercial performance

''Beach House 3'' debuted at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 29,000
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s, (including 6,000 were pure album sales) in its first week. The album also debuted at number eight on the US
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chart, becoming his second top-ten debut on this chart. On October 19, 2020, the album was certified
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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.


Track listing

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Sample credits * "Famous Lies" contains a sample of "Feel the Fire", performed by
Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...
. * "Love U Better" contains samples of " I Can Love You", performed by
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; and "Feel the Fire", performed by Peabo Bryson. * "Ex" contains a sample of " Only You", performed by
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featuring
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* "All the Time" contains a sample of " The Champ", performed by
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.


Personnel

Credits were adapted from
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. Technical * Andy Barnes – recording engineer (tracks 1–3, 5, 10–12, 14, 16–18, 19), additional mixing engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18–20), additional recording (track 13) * James Royo – mixing engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 16–20), recording engineer (tracks 3, 10, 17) * Dave Kutch – mastering engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9–11, 13–20) * Todd Norman – engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20), assistant mixing engineer (tracks 5, 17, 19) * Jo McLean – engineer (tracks 1, 12, 17) * Matthew Sim – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 18–20) * Manny Park – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 16, 18–20) * Alex Layne – engineer (tracks 2, 5, 11, 12, 16, 18) *
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– mixing engineer (tracks 3, 13, 15) * David Nakaji – engineer (tracks 3, 13, 15) * Ivan Jimenez – engineer (track 3) * Andrew Grossman – engineer (tracks 3, 10, 19) * Nathaniel Alford – additional recording (track 3) * Sauce Miyagi – recording engineer (tracks 4, 13, 15) * Jean-Marie Horvat – mastering engineer (track 4), additional mixing engineer (tracks 13, 15) * Mike Larson – recording engineer (track 10) * Thomas Cullison – engineer (track 10) * Iain Findlay – engineer (track 10) *
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– recording engineer (track 12) * Skrillex – mastering engineer (track 12), mixing engineer (track 12) * Ben Milchev – assistant engineer (tracks 13, 15) * Morning Estrada – engineer (track 19)


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Certifications


Release history


References

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