''Keep Up'' is the debut extended play (EP) by British YouTube personality and rapper

KSI Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born 19 June 1993), better known by his online alias KSI, is an English influencer, professional boxer and musician. He is a co-founding member of YouTube group the Sidemen, the CEO of Misfits Boxing a ...

. It was released on 8 January 2016 through

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. The EP features guest appearances from

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, Tiggs da Author,

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Nick Brewer Nick Brewer (born 1989) is an English rapper. His 2015 song, "Talk To Me", charted at #19 on the UK Singles Chart. Background Brewer was born in East London in 1989 but lived in Essex during his time at the University of Essex, where he studied ...

, Randolph, Youngs Teflon, Sway and

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. The EP charted at number 13 on the

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Singles

The EP's title track, " Keep Up", which features British grime MC

, was released on 13 November 2015, followed by a music video two days later which has 40 million views. The song charted at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart and number 78 on the

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Australia Top 100. A music video for "Kilimanjaro" was released on 25 December 2015, and it has 19 million views. A music video for "Smoke 'N' Mirrors", featuring singer Tiggs Da Author and English rappers

and

, was released on 10 January 2016, and it has 9 million views.

Commercial performance

The EP debuted at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. During this week, it topped the

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UK Downloads Chart. The EP spent a total of five weeks on the

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, debuting at number 1. The EP also charted at number 19 on the

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US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, number 14 on the Billboard US Rap Albums Chart, number 63 on the Billboard

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and number 23 on the

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New Zealand Albums Chart.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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Personnel

Credits adapted from

. *

– vocals, songwriter *

– vocals, songwriter (track 1) * Show N Prove – producer, songwriter (track 1) * Sway – producer (tracks 1–3), songwriter (tracks 1–4), engineer (tracks 1–5) *DJ Turkish – engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), mixer (tracks 1–5), producer and songwriter (tracks 2, 4) *Nicola Scordellis – additional vocals (track 1) *Oscar Lo Brutto – studio personnel (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), guitar (track 2) *Andrew Mutambira – songwriter (tracks 2, 3), keyboard (track 2), producer (track 3) *Tiggs Da Author – vocals, songwriter (track 2) *

– vocals, songwriter (track 2) *

– vocals, songwriter (track 2) *Zagor – producer (tracks 3, 5), songwriter (tracks 3, 5) *Youngs Teflon – vocals, songwriter (track 4) *

– vocals, songwriter (track 4) *Randolph – vocals, songwriter (track 5)

Charts

Release history

References

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