Luca Brasi 3

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Luca Brasi 3
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Mixtape by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)
Genre
Length58:13
Label
Producer
  • A.R.
  • Beatmonster Marc
  • DJ Chose
  • E-Trou
  • Fresh Ayr
  • Go Grizzly
  • Invincible Beats
  • Kilo Keys
  • Knucklehead
  • LondnBlue
  • Mad Max
  • Patrick Carmelo
  • Rippa on the Beat
  • Rock Boy Beats
  • Rockin wit Slime
  • Squat Beats
  • Taz Taylor
  • TM88
  • Will Major
  • Wheezy
  • XL Eagle
  • Yung Ladd
  • Yung Lan
Kevin Gates chronology
Chained to the City
(2018)
Luca Brasi 3
(2018)
Only the Generals Gon Understand
(2019)
Singles from Luca Brasi 3
  1. "Money Long"
    Released: September 3, 2018
  2. "Great Man"
    Released: September 3, 2018
  3. "Me Too"
    Released: September 20, 2018
  4. "Adding Up"
    Released: September 24, 2018

Luca Brasi 3 is the sixteenth mixtape by American hip hop recording artist Kevin Gates. It was released on September 28, 2018, via Bread Winners Association and Atlantic Records.

Contents

Background

Luca Brasi 3 is the third installment of the Luca Brasi series by American rapper Kevin Gates. The mixtape serves as his second release of 2018, following Chained to the City , just four months prior, as well as his first full-length release since being released from prison. [1] To promote the project, Gates was interviewed by Beats 1's Zane Lowe, stating that "This is my first time truly being free, I always had something over my head, I was always fighting the court case, I always had a warrant or something pending. This is my first time truly enjoying life." He also stated that on Luca Brasi 3 that he mentions topics that he couldn't talk about on the first two installments. [2]

Singles

The first two singles "Great Man" and "Money Long" were released on September 3, 2018. [3] The music video of "Money Long" was released on September 13, 2018. [4] The music video of "Great Man" was released on October 31, 2018. [5]

The third single "Me Too" was released on September 20, 2018. [6] The fourth single is "Adding Up" was released September 24, 2018. [7] The music video was released on September 28, 2018. [8]

Other songs

The music video for "M.A.T.A" was released December 3, 2018. [9]

The music video for "Discussion" was released December 19, 2018. [10]

Commercial performance

Luca Brasi 3 debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 78,000 album-equivalent units, which included 18,000 copies sold in its first week. [11] This became Gates' third top-ten album on the chart. The album also debuted at number three on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [12] On July 9, 2019, the mixtape was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States. [13]

Track listing

Writing credits adapted from Tidal [14]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Discussion"
Yung Lan2:42
2."Shakin' Back"
  • Gilyard
  • Toussaint Ricardo
Rippa on the Beat2:49
3."Ridiculous"
  • Gilyard
  • Modi
  • Yung Lan
  • Kilo Keyz
3:03
4."Money Long"
  • Gilyard
  • Norman Payne
DJ Chose2:49
5."I Got U"
3:09
6."Great Man"
  • Gilyard
  • Modi
  • Trevon Campbell
  • Yung Lan
  • XL Eagle
2:56
7."Find U Again"
  • Gilyard
  • Matthew Mallia
  • A.R.
  • Patrick Carmelo
4:12
8."Adding Up"
  • Gilyard
  • Vincent Watson
  • Derrick Gray
Invincible Beats3:26
9."In God I Trust"
Mad Max3:33
10."Me Too"
  • Gilyard
  • Gray
  • Yung Ladd
  • Rock Boy Beats
3:22
11."Servin' H"
  • Gilyard
  • Modi
Yung Lan3:44
12."Wrong Love"2:55
13."Luca Brasi Freestyle"
  • Gilyard
  • William Gaskins
  • Will Major
  • LondnBlue
4:04
14."Shoulda"
  • Gilyard
  • Kevin Price
  • Julius Rivera III
  • Go Grizzly
  • Squat Beats
2:43
15."Kung Fu"
  • Gilyard
  • Modi
Yung Lan3:04
16."Don't Know"
  • Knucklehead
  • Rockin wit Slime
2:40
17."Tryna Yea"
  • Gilyard
  • Modi
  • Vincent Miller
  • Yung Lan
  • Beatmonster Marc
3:22
18."M.A.T.A"
Fresh Ayr 3:39
Total length:58:13

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [22] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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