Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3 debuted at number one on the German, Swiss and Austrian album charts.

As of April 2018, the record has sold 207,500 album-equivalent units in German-speaking Europe, with incomes amounting to €4.3 million from physical album sales alone.

[4][5] Upon its release, the album received negative reviews from critics, with particular attention drawn to the production, misogyny and alleged antisemitism.

Their second collaborative album Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 (2013) became an immediate success and debuted on number one of the German, Austrian and Swiss Albumcharts.

[10][2] JBG 3 was released by Alpha Music Empire, Banger Musik and distributed by BMG, Kollegah's and Farid Bang's respective record labels.

[16][17] The second track "Ave Maria" an "aggressive" song, in which Kollegah and Farid Bang diss rappers from ersguterjunge.

[30] Music critics gave moderate to negative reviews of Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3 upon its release.

[33] Tristan Heming described the lyrics of the album as disgusting: "Rape, racism, Hitler and Stalin name-dropping and Holocaust references.

German tabloid paper Bild accused Farid Bang and Kollegah of antisemitic lyrics on their song "0815", which was included on the bonus EP §185.

[38] Campino, singer of the German rock band Die Toten Hosen, was the first to criticize the committee's decision during the ceremony.

Other artists returning their awards were German conductors Christian Thielemann and Enoch zu Guttenberg, Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, record producer Klaus Voormann and the Notos Quartett.

Several businesses joined in, with Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus, being one of the most recent high-profile commentators, saying that this would hurt "Germany's international reputation".

"[44] The record was put on the index by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons in Germany.

The songs "Gamechanger", "Wenn der Gegner am Boden liegt" on JBG 3 and "0815" and "Ghettosuperstars 2" on the §185 EP became part of the decisive dicission.

[47][48] All lyrics are written by Kollegah and Farid Bang[49]Credits for Jung Brutal Gutaussehend 3 adapted from the booklet.