Mac & Cheese 3

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Mac & Cheese 3
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Mixtape by
ReleasedNovember 19, 2012
Recorded2012
Genre
Length70:03
Label
  • Coke Boys
  • Bad Boy
  • MMG
  • Evil Empire
  • Big Mike
Producer
French Montana chronology
Coke Boys 3
(2012)
Mac & Cheese 3
(2012)
Excuse My French
(2013)

Mac & Cheese 3 is the sixteenth mixtape by American rapper French Montana, and the third installation in his "Mac & Cheese" series of mixtapes. It was released on November 19, 2012. [1] The mixtape features guest appearances from Diddy, Red Cafe, MGK, Los, Future, Chinx Drugz, Ma$e, Rico Love, Fat Joe, Wale, Mac Miller, Curren$y, J. Cole, Rick Ross, Trina, Prodigy, Fabolous, Tyga and Ace Hood.

Contents

Background

In 2012, French Montana signed a deal with Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment, and another deal with Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group. Montana announced his project, under the title Mac & Cheese 3, will be his first release on the label. [2] The mixtape has a selection of songs, which were meant for his debut album, titled Excuse My French . However, he decided to release this project, consisting twenty tracks for free download. [3] After a small delay, French Montana has released the third installment of the Mac & Cheese' mixtape series on November 18, 2012. He also released the mixtape in a clean version, in order to get radio airplay. [3]

Montana listed the guest appearances of Bad Boy affiliates Diddy, Red Cafe, MGK, Los, and MMG affiliates Rick Ross, Wale, alongside the likes of Chinx Drugz, Ma$e, Rico Love, Fat Joe, Future, Mac Miller, Curren$y, J. Cole, Trina, Prodigy, Fabolous, Tyga and Ace Hood. Production was handled by Young Chop, Harry Fraud, Boi-1da, DJ Mustard and Black Metaphor, among others. [2] The mixtape was downloaded over 437,000 times in under 2 weeks on the DatPiff server. [3] The mixtape was downloaded over a million times on DatPiff, that made the mixtape go "diamond". [4] [5]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Only If for a Night (Intro)" Harry Fraud 4:04
2."Ocho Cinco" (featuring Diddy, Red Cafe, Machine Gun Kelly and King Los)
4:06
3."Baby Momma (Skit)" 0:32
4."Yayo" (featuring Future and Chinx)
  • Young Chop
3:12
5."Water"Bandplay4:06
6."Grown Ups" (featuring Mase and Rico Love)
4:17
7."Hatin' on a Youngin'"Young Chop3:06
8."Devil Want My Soul"Young Chop4:55
9."State of Mind"Harry Fraud3:09
10."Don't Go Over There" (featuring Fat Joe and Wale)3:45
11."Last of the Real" (featuring Mavado and Ace Hood)3:52
12."Weed (Skit)" 0:51
13."Triple Double" (featuring Mac Miller and Currensy)Harry Fraud3:47
14."Diamonds" (featuring J. Cole and Rick Ross)
4:10
15."Tic Toc" (featuring Trina)The Renegades4:25
16."Hip Hop" (featuring Fat Joe)Shawdi P3:04
17."Sanctuary (inspired from Kingdom Hearts)" (featuring U. Hikaru)Black Metaphor5:17
18."No Sunshine" (featuring Prodigy and Chinx)Dollarz3:59
19."Dance Move" (featuring Fabolous and Wale)The Renegades2:51
20."Mean" (featuring Action Bronson)Harry Fraud3:57
21."Thrilla in Manilla" (featuring Tyga) DJ Mustard 2:38
Total length:70:03

Release history

RegionsDatesLabel(s)
WorldwideNovember 19, 2012Coke Boys, Bad Boy, MMG

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References

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