Reception Professional ratingsīang 3 was met with a generally positive reception, critics argued that it's his most polished work since Finally Rich. Due to a technical error, the 3 bonus tracks were not featured on the physical edition and as compensation an employee of FilmOn provided those with proof of purchase 2 extra tracks ('Off The Tooka/Tooka' and 'Real Money') as well as the original advertised 3 bonus tracks. The album would then be released on September 18 with a physical edition available which included both discs and advertising 3 bonus tracks (T'd, 'Ignorant' and 'Told Ya'). However, come August 18 the album was delayed to September 18th with a pre-order made available. On August 8 an official release date for the second part of Bang 3 was set for August 18 which was the original release date for the album. Later that day Keef via social media, Keef told fans Bang 3 was a double disc album.
The official version was then made available for purchase on iTunes on August 3, 2015. The next day, the mixtape was removed from Hot New Hip Hop at the request of Alki David, and was made available through FilmOnTV for purchase. Soon after the album was released for free as a mixtape on the website Hot New Hip Hop and other mixtape sites. On August 1, 2015, 2 songs from the album featuring A$AP Rocky and Mac Miller were leaked. However, during the concert, Hammond police shut down the concert.
Due to outstanding warrants, Keef performed via hologram. On July 25, 2015, Chief Keef organized a promotional concert for Bang 3, which also served as a charity concert to help out the victims of a drive-by shooting that left Keef's fellow Glo Gang member, Capo, as well as 13-month year old Dillan Harris dead. Keef decided to rework the entirety of Bang 3 's track list, except for 'Superheroes', which appeared on the final album. Fellow Chicago rapper and previous collaborator, Kanye West, was also set to feature on the track 'Nobody', until that project developed into its own album. A$AP Rocky was also confirmed be featured on the album on the track 'Superheroes'. In July 2014, Chief Keef released a tentative track listing, revealing that Lil B will be featuring on the album. Although delayed several times, Chief would release tracks from the album, to allow people to know that the album would still be eventually released.
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