A Love Letter to You 3

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.^[1] It is the third release in his A Love Letter to You series, of which began in May 2017.^[1] The mixtape features collaborations with Emani22, Kodie Shane, Baby Goth, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Nel-Denarro, Juice Wrld, Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent.^[1] It is supported by the lead single "Topanga", for which a music video was released on October 30.^[3]

A Love Letter to You 3
Mixtape by Trippie Redd
Released	November 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)
Recorded	2017–2018[1]
Genre	Emo rap[2]
Length	43:39
Label	10K Projects Caroline
Producer	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
Trippie Redd chronology
Life's a Trip (2018) A Love Letter to You 3 (2018) ! (2019)
Singles from A Love Letter to You 3
"Topanga" Released: October 22, 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".^[1] 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."^[4] 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."^[4]

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".^[5] On October 30, he released the cover art and track listing, which originally featured "Blastoff" and "Talk That Shit",^[6] 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.^[7] In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Topanga"	Michael White IV Darrell Jackson Anthony Brown	ChopSquad DJ	3:35
2.	"Fire Starter" (featuring Emani22)	White	Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Tony Trouble	2:37
3.	"Toxic Waste"	White	Diplo King Henry Scott Theft	2:53
4.	"Negative Energy" (featuring Kodie Shane)	White	Staccato	2:58
5.	"Can't Love"	White Ozan Yıldırım	OZ	2:49
6.	"Love Scars 3"	White Yıldırım	OZ Jacob Reske	2:09
7.	"A.L.L.T.Y. 3" (featuring Baby Goth)	White Baby Goth Yıldırım	OZ Dez Wright	3:00
8.	"Emani Interlude" (featuring Emani22)	White	Foreign Teck Tariq Beats OZ	1:36
9.	"Elevate & Motivate" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Nel-Denarro)	White Kentrell Gaulden Nel-Denarro Yıldırım	OZ KrisChordz	3:41
10.	"I Tried Loving"	White	Icon South	3:13
11.	"Wicked"	White	OZ	2:18
12.	"Loyalty Before Royalty"	White Yıldırım Masamune Kudo	OZ Rex Kudo	2:22
13.	"1400 / 999 Freestyle" (featuring Juice Wrld)	White Jarad Higgins Yıldırım	OZ Pas Beatz CujoBeatz	2:55
14.	"So Alive"	White	Goose the Guru Nellz	1:59
15.	"Diamond Minds" (featuring Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent)	White Daystar Peterson Elliott Trent	Trent 808-H	3:05
16.	"Camp Fire Tale"	White · Austin Leech · Conner Leech	WE ARE THE STARS	2:29
Total length:				43:46

Personnel

• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 49 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 90 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 10 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[13] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 19 Estonian Albums (IFPI)[15] 21 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 47 French Albums (SNEP)[17] 69 Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 32 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[19] 18 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 20 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 14 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 62 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 31 US Billboard 200[7] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[25] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[26] 56 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 48

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[28]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA)[29]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.