# Kept Back > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kept_Back > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kept_Back.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kept_Back > Source revision: 1351278665 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2018 single by Gucci Mane featuring Lil Pump "Kept Back" Single by Gucci Mane featuring Lil Pump from the album Evil Genius (bonus track) Released August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) (solo version) August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) (featuring Lil Pump) Genre Hip hop Length 2:57 (featuring Lil Pump) 2:49 (solo version) Label Atlantic WEA Songwriters Radric Davis Gazzy Garcia Shane Lindstrom Producer 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) "**Kept Back**" is a song by American rapper [Gucci Mane](/source/Gucci_Mane) featuring fellow American rapper [Lil Pump](/source/Lil_Pump). Written alongside producer [Murda Beatz](/source/Murda_Beatz), it was released on August 9, 2018 via [Atlantic Records](/source/Atlantic_Records) and WEA as the second single and sole bonus track on Mane's twelfth studio album, *[Evil Genius](/source/Evil_Genius_(album))*.[1] Mane and Pump previously collaborated on Pump's track, "Youngest Flexer", from his [self-titled debut studio album](/source/Lil_Pump_(album)), which was released on October 6, 2017. ## Background It was released as the second single from Mane's thirteenth [studio album](/source/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](/source/Bono), [Cher](/source/Cher) and [Nelly Furtado](/source/Nelly_Furtado), [The Simpsons](/source/The_Simpsons)' character [Marge Simpson](/source/Marge_Simpson) and basketball player [Ben Simmons](/source/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](/source/Miami_Beach%2C_Florida), features Mane and Pump as "rockstars" in a [yacht](/source/Yacht) [party](/source/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](/source/Keyshia_Ka'oir). The wedding was held on October 17, 2017. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Gucci Mane Connects With Lil Pump for New Song 'Kept Back': Listen"](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/gucci-mane-kept-back-song-lil-pump-8469512/). *Billboard*. Retrieved 2018-12-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gucci Mane lets loose new song "Kept Back" featuring Lil Pump: Stream"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110624/https://consequenceofsound.net/). *Consequence of Sound*. 2018-10-17. Archived from [the original](https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/kept-back-gucci-mane-lil-pump/) on January 3, 2019. Retrieved 2018-12-07.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gucci Mane Stays Busy On "Kept Back" With Lil Pump"](https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/109457-gucci-mane-stays-busy-on-kept-back-with-lil-pump-new-song). *HotNewHipHop*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180809222917/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/gucci-mane-stays-busy-on-kept-back-with-lil-pump-new-song.1979832.html) from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-12-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Leight, Elias (2018-08-09). ["Hear Gucci Mane, Lil Pump's Swaggering New Song 'Kept Back'"](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-gucci-mane-lil-pumps-swaggering-new-song-kept-back-709608/). *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved 2018-12-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Video: Gucci Mane feat. Lil Pump – 'Kept Back'"](https://www.rap-up.com/2018/10/17/video-gucci-mane-lil-pump-kept-back/). *Rap-Up*. Retrieved 2018-12-07. v t e Gucci Mane Discography Studio albums Trap House (2005) Hard to Kill (2006) Trap-A-Thon (2007) Back to the Trap House (2007) Murder Was the Case (2009) The State vs. Radric Davis (2009) The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted (2010) The Return of Mr. Zone 6 (2011) Everybody Looking (2016) The Return of East Atlanta Santa (2016) Mr. Davis (2017) Evil Genius (2018) Delusions of Grandeur (2019) Woptober II (2019) Ice Daddy (2021) Breath of Fresh Air (2023) Mixtapes Chicken Talk (2006) The Burrprint (2009) Burrrprint 2 (2010) Trap Back (2012) I'm Up (2012) Trap God (2012) Trap God 2 (2013) Trap House III (2013) The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings (2013) Trap House 4 (2014) Trap God 3 (2014) East Atlanta Santa (2014) 1017 Mafia: Incarcerated (2015) Brick Factory 3 (2015) Trap House 5 (2015) Woptober (2016) Droptopwop (2017) El Gato: The Human Glacier (2017) East Atlanta Santa 3 (2019) Collaborative mixtapes Ferrari Boyz (2011) BAYTL (2011) Big Gucci Sosa (2014) Extended plays Free Bricks 2K16 (Zone 6 Edition) (2016) 1017 vs. the World (2016) Singles "Icy" "Freaky Gurl" "Wasted" "Spotlight" "Lemonade" "Bingo" "Gucci Time" "1st Day Out tha Feds" "Back on Road" "Champions" "Both" "Tone It Down" "I Get the Bag" "Cocky" "Solitaire" "Kept Back" "Wake Up in the Sky" "Love Thru the Computer" "Big Booty" "Rumors" "Publicity Stunt" "Blood All on It" "Serial Killers" "All Dz Chainz" "King Snipe" "06 Gucci" "Pissy" "Bluffin" "There I Go" Featured singles "Make tha Trap Say Aye" "Break Up" "LOL :-)" "I Get It In" "Pretty Girls" "Steady Mobbin" "I Just Wanna Party" "Prolly" "Black Beatles" "Party" "Good Drank" "Slippery" "Down" "Fetish" "Lit" "Do Re Mi" (Remix) "Pineapple" "Bacc At It Again" "Enzo" "With You" "Like That" "Muwop" "Don't Like Me" "Us vs. Them" Other songs "Pussy Print" "Curve" "Pricey" Related 1017 Records v t e Lil Pump Discography Studio albums Lil Pump (2017) Harverd Dropout (2019) Lil Pump 2 (2023) Singles "Boss" "D Rose" "Gucci Gang" "I Shyne" "Esskeetit" "Welcome to the Party" "Drug Addicts" "I Love It" "Multi Millionaire" "Arms Around You" "Butterfly Doors" "Racks on Racks" "Be Like Me" Featured singles "Nephew" "Kept Back" "Coronao Now" "Poppin" Promotional singles "Nun of Dat" Other songs "Drop Out" "Pump Rock x Heavy Metal" --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kept Back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kept_Back) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kept_Back?action=history)). 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