Kept Back
"Kept Back" is a song recorded by American rapper Gucci Mane featuring fellow rapper and friend Lil Pump. The production was handled by Canadian record producer Murda Beatz, it is included as a bonus track on Mane's Evil Genius album and was released on August 9, 2018, via Atlantic Records and WEA.[1]
"Kept Back" | ||||
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Single by Gucci Mane featuring Lil Pump | ||||
from the album Evil Genius (as a bonus track) | ||||
Released | August 9, 2018 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Length | 2:57 (featuring Lil Pump) 2:49 (solo version) | |||
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Producer(s) | Murda Beatz | |||
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Background
It was released as the second single from Mane's thirteenth studio album, Evil Genius. Speaking about collaborating with Pump for the song, Mane stated that "I’m a big fan of Pump. I think he be flowing," praising the new generation of mumble rappers by saying "They make good music so I wanted to collab with them. They’re dope."[2] HotNewHipHop noted the song as "forging the synthesis between Gucci Mane's ironclad image and a new rap frontier led by Pump and rappers of the like."[3] Rolling Stone described the song as "a recorder worthy of a renaissance fair drifts lazily through the song, coasting on top of a crushing bass line," while noting Mane's rap style of a "straightforward monotone" with references to musicians such as Bono, Cher and Nelly Furtado, The Simpsons' character Marge Simpson and basketball player Ben Simmons. Lil Pump performs a verse in the song which is described as a “bracing addition”.[4]
Music video
The official music video, filmed in Miami Beach, features Mane and Pump as "rockstars" in a yacht party, where they are seen with bikini-wearing guests with Mane exiting via a Rolls-Royce and Pump riding a jet ski before him.[5] It was released on October 17, 2018, which was the first anniversary of Mane's wedding with Jamaican model Keyshia Ka'oir. The wedding was held on October 17, 2017.
References
- "Gucci Mane Connects With Lil Pump for New Song 'Kept Back': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- "Gucci Mane lets loose new song "Kept Back" featuring Lil Pump: Stream". Consequence of Sound. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- "Gucci Mane Stays Busy On "Kept Back" With Lil Pump". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- Leight, Elias; Leight, Elias (2018-08-09). "Hear Gucci Mane, Lil Pump's Swaggering New Song 'Kept Back'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- "Video: Gucci Mane feat. Lil Pump – 'Kept Back'". Rap-Up. Retrieved 2018-12-07.