Luca Brasi 3

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
Mixtape by Kevin Gates
Released	September 28, 2018 (2018-09-28)
Genre	Hip hop trap
Length	58:13
Label	Bread Winners Association Atlantic
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
"Money Long" Released: September 3, 2018 "Great Man" Released: September 3, 2018 "Me Too" Released: September 20, 2018 "Adding Up" Released: September 24, 2018

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Discussion"	Kevin Gilyard Milan Modi	Yung Lan	2:42
2.	"Shakin' Back"	Gilyard Toussaint Ricardo	Rippa on the Beat	2:49
3.	"Ridiculous"	Gilyard Modi	Yung Lan Kilo Keyz	3:03
4.	"Money Long"	Gilyard Norman Payne	DJ Chose	2:49
5.	"I Got U"	Gilyard Danny Snodgrass, Jr.	Taz Taylor E-Trou	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 Beats	3:26
9.	"In God I Trust"	Gilyard Rick Witherspoon, Jr. Brittany Hazzard	Mad Max	3:33
10.	"Me Too"	Gilyard Gray	Yung Ladd Rock Boy Beats	3:22
11.	"Servin' H"	Gilyard Modi	Yung Lan	3:44
12.	"Wrong Love"	Gilyard Wesley Glass Bryan Simmons	Wheezy TM88	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 Lan	3:04
16.	"Don't Know"	Gilyard Samuel Irving III Glenda Proby	Knucklehead Rockin wit Slime	2:40
17.	"Tryna Yea"	Gilyard Modi Vincent Miller	Yung Lan Beatmonster Marc	3:22
18.	"M.A.T.A"	Gilyard Jeffery Robinson Gray	Fresh Ayr	3:39
Total length:				58:13

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 32 US Billboard 200[16] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200[18] 182 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 64 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[20] 166 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 93

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Kevin Gates Confirms Luca Brasi 3 Release During First Interview Since Jail Release". www.thesource.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
2. "Kevin Gates Talks Insecurities, Parenthood and Upcoming Album". Complex. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
3. "Listen to Money Long & Great Man by Kevin Gates on TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
4. "Kevin Gates - Money Long [Official Music Video] - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
5. "Kevin Gates - Great Man [Official Music Video] - YouTube". Retrieved July 7, 2019 – via YouTube.
6. "Me Too by Kevin Gates on TIDAL". TIDAL. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
7. "Adding Up by Kevin Gates on TIDAL". TIDAL. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
8. "Kevin Gates - Adding Up [Official Music Video] - YouTube". Retrieved July 7, 2019 – via YouTube.
9. "Kevin Gates - M.A.T.A [Official Music Video] - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
10. "Kevin Gates - Discussion [Official Music Video] - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
11. Keith Caulfield (October 7, 2018). "Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter V' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Second-Largest Streaming Week Ever for an Album". Billboard.
12. "Kevin Gates Luca Brasi 3 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
14. https://tidal.com/album/95609886
15. "Kevin Gates Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
16. "Kevin Gates Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
17. "Kevin Gates Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
18. "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
19. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
20. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
21. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
22. "American album certifications – Kevin Gates – Luca Brasi 3". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.