It was produced by Glasper along with co-producers Terrace Martin, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jahi Sundance, and mixed by Qmillion.

The album features a host of guest appearances from Amir Sulaiman, Ant Clemons, Big K.R.I.T., BJ the Chicago Kid, Common, D Smoke, Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, H.E.R., India.Arie, Jennifer Hudson, Killer Mike, Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Meshell Ndegeocello, Musiq Soulchild, PJ Morton, Posdnuos, Q-Tip, Tiffany Gouché, Ty Dolla $ign and Yebba.

The album marked a commercial decline in the Black Radio Series, after it failed to chart on the Billboard 200.

However, it received favorable reviews from music critics.

[1] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Black Radio III received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.