| A Love Letter to You 3 | |
| Type: | mixtape |
| Cover: | ALLTY3.png |
| Artist: | Trippie Redd |
| Recorded: | 2017–2018 |
| Genre: | Emo rap[1] |
| Prev Title: | Life's a Trip |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | ! |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
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.[2] It is the third release in his A Love Letter to You series, of which began in May 2017.[2] The mixtape features collaborations with Emani22, Kodie Shane, Baby Goth, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Nel-Denarro, Juice Wrld, Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent.[2] It is supported by the lead single "Topanga", for which a music video was released on October 30.[3]
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".[2] 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]
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.
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]
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Estonian Albums (IFPI)[9] | 21 |
| Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[10] | 18 |
| US Billboard 200 | 3 |
| Chart (2019) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[11] | 56 | |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] | 48 |