The New Toronto 3

The New Toronto 3 is a mixtape by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. It was released on April 10, 2020, by Mad Love Records and Interscope Records. It serves as his last release with Mad Love and Interscope, and the third installment in the New Toronto series. The project features two collaborations, one with Mansa and the other with Lil Tjay.[1] The New Toronto 3 follows four months after Lanez's prior release Chixtape 5, released as an album in a series of prior mixtapes.[2]

The New Toronto 3
Mixtape by Tory Lanez
Released	April 10, 2020
Genre	Hip hop
Length	44:14
Label	Mad Love Interscope
Producer	DZL 9three Ambiene B&N C-Sick C.P Dubb Cassius Jay Cherry Beats Coop the Truth Don Cannon Elyas Foreign Teck HAYES Kyle Coleman Mansa Papi Yerr Play Picasso Ron Sizzle Sergio R. Supah Mario T. Borja Tory Lanez
Tory Lanez chronology
Chixtape 5 (2019) The New Toronto 3 (2020) Daystar (2020)
Singles from The New Toronto 3
"Broke in a Minute" Released: February 7, 2020 "Do the Most" Released: March 27, 2020 "Who Needs Love" Released: April 3, 2020

The album was supported by three singles: "Broke in a Minute", "Do the Most" and "Who Needs Love". The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 64,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[3]

Background

The New Toronto 3 is the final release of Lanez's five-album contract with Interscope Records. The project was intended to be released in March 2020, but was delayed due to Lanez's label issues, which he has aired through social media, writing on Instagram that he has had to "dumb down [his] creativity" and that his prior release, Chixtape 5, was the "closest thing [he's] been able to give [...] that had somewhat of the quality" he intends his future music to have.[4]

Singles

Three singles were released prior to the album, including the songs "Broke in a Minute", "Who Needs Love" and "Do the Most".[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10[6]
Exclaim!	8/10[7]
NME	[8]

The New Toronto 3 was met with generally positive reviews. At Album of the Year, the album received an average score of 75 out of 100, based on three reviews.[9] Jordan Bassett of NME gave the album four stars.[8] Bassett praised Lanez' growth as an artist stating "In a lot of ways, Tory Lanez feels like something of an old-school hip-hop star. In recent years, a generation of young rappers transcended SoundCloud to become true icons, sharing bracing admissions about mental health and drug use (many also doomed, from Lil Peep to Juice WRLD)."[8] He also stated that "Lanez is a more complex artist that many give him credit for."[8]

Commercial performance

The New Toronto 3 debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 64,000 album-equivalent units (including 5,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week. It is Lanez' fifth US top-five album on that chart.[3] The album also accumulated a total of 76.1 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs.[3] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, earning an additional 28,000 units.[10]

In his home country of Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, earning a total number of 10 million on-demand streams in its first week, becoming his second number-one debut in the country.[11]

Track listing

The New Toronto 3 track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pricey & Spicy"	Daystar Peterson Daniel Gonzalez	Play Picasso Tory Lanez	2:31
2.	"The Coldest Playboy"	Peterson Isom Green III Gonzalez	9three Play Picasso Lanez	2:00
3.	"Stupid Again"	Peterson Jonathan Priester	Supah Mario Nik Dean	2:54
4.	"10 Fucks" (with Mansa)	Peterson Mansa Evans Ben Unfug Sterling Purdy Gonzalez	B&N HAYES Mansa Play Picasso Lanez	2:49
5.	"Dope Boy's Diary"	Peterson Donald Cannon	Don Cannon Sean Momberger	3:04
6.	"Accidents Happen" (with Lil Tjay)	Peterson Tione Merritt Charles Dumazer Gonzalez	C-Sick Play Picasso Lanez	3:24
7.	"Broke in a Minute"	Peterson Anthony Woart Jr.	Papi Yerr	2:12
8.	"P.A.I.N"	Peterson Barrington Wright Sarah J. Joshua Cross Gonzalez Thorstein Borja	Cassius Jay Play Picasso T. Borja Lanez	4:14
9.	"Adidas"	Peterson Cooper McGill Purdy Gonzalez	Coop the Truth HAYES Play Picasso Lanez	3:25
10.	"Who Needs Love"	Peterson Wright J. Alvin Santamaria Keonbin Lee Gonzalez	Ambience Cherry Beats Play Picasso	2:53
11.	"Do the Most"	Peterson Christopher Washington Ronald Smith	C.P Dubb Ron Sizzle	2:24
12.	"Penthouse Red"	Peterson Kyle Coleman Gonzalez Sergio Romero	Kyle Coleman Play Picasso Sergio R.	2:55
13.	"Letter to the City 2"	Peterson Charles Dumazer	C-Sick	3:16
14.	"Back in Business"	Peterson Gonzalez	Play Picasso Lanez	2:13
15.	"D.N.D."	Peterson Michael Hernandez	DZL Foreign Teck The Rascals	1:51
16.	"Msg 4 God's Children"	Peterson Elias Sticken Hernandez	Elyas Foreign Teck	2:00
Total length:				44:14

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for The New Toronto 3 Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 10 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 29 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 52 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[17] 40 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[19] 40 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 57 Irish Albums (OCC)[21] 31 Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 74 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] 23 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 15 UK Albums (OCC)[26] 4 US Billboard 200[27] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 2

Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for The New Toronto 3 Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200[29] 182 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] 78

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