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. It is the third release in his A Love Letter to You series, of which began in May 2017. The mixtape features collaborations with Emani22, Kodie Shane, Baby Goth, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Nel-Denarro, Juice Wrld, Tory Lanez and Elliott Trent. It is supported by the lead single "Topanga", 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 Life's a Trip", and called it "lowkey better". 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." 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 "Topanga". 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 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. In its second week, the mixtape dropped to number nine on the chart, earning 41,000 units.

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