Kept Back

"Kept Back" is a song by American rapper Gucci Mane, featuring vocals from fellow American rapper and friend Lil Pump. The production was handled by Canadian record producer Murda Beatz. was released on August 9, 2018, via Atlantic Records and WEA, as the second single and sole bonus track on Mane's twelfth studio album, Evil Genius.[1] Mane and Pump have collaborated before on Pump's track, "Youngest Flexer", from his self-titled debut studio album, which was released on October 6, 2017.

"Kept Back"
Single by Gucci Mane featuring Lil Pump
from the album Evil Genius (bonus track)
ReleasedAugust 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) (featuring Lil Pump)
August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) (solo version)
Length2:57 (featuring Lil Pump)
2:49 (solo version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Murda Beatz
Gucci Mane singles chronology
"Pineapple"
(2018)		 "Kept Back"
(2018)		 "Wake Up in the Sky"
(2018)
Lil Pump singles chronology
"Drug Addicts"
(2018)		 "Kept Back"
(2018)		 "I Love It"
(2018)

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
  1. "Gucci Mane Connects With Lil Pump for New Song 'Kept Back': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. "Gucci Mane lets loose new song "Kept Back" featuring Lil Pump: Stream". Consequence of Sound. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  3. "Gucci Mane Stays Busy On "Kept Back" With Lil Pump". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  4. Leight, Elias (2018-08-09). "Hear Gucci Mane, Lil Pump's Swaggering New Song 'Kept Back'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  5. "Video: Gucci Mane feat. Lil Pump – 'Kept Back'". Rap-Up. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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