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| Released | September 28, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 58:13 | |||
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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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Writing credits adapted from Tidal [14]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Discussion" |
| Yung Lan | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Shakin' Back" |
| Rippa on the Beat | 2:49 |
| 3. | "Ridiculous" |
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| 3:03 |
| 4. | "Money Long" |
| DJ Chose | 2:49 |
| 5. | "I Got U" |
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| 3:09 |
| 6. | "Great Man" |
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| 2:56 |
| 7. | "Find U Again" |
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| 4:12 |
| 8. | "Adding Up" |
| Invincible Beats | 3:26 |
| 9. | "In God I Trust" |
| Mad Max | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Me Too" |
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| 3:22 |
| 11. | "Servin' H" |
| Yung Lan | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Wrong Love" |
| 2:55 | |
| 13. | "Luca Brasi Freestyle" |
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| 4:04 |
| 14. | "Shoulda" |
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| 2:43 |
| 15. | "Kung Fu" |
| Yung Lan | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Don't Know" |
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| 2:40 |
| 17. | "Tryna Yea" |
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| 3:22 |
| 18. | "M.A.T.A" |
| Fresh Ayr | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 58:13 | |||
Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [22] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||