"Lick Back" is a song by American rapper
EST Gee
George Albert Stone III (born May 11, 1994), known professionally as EST Gee, is an American rapper. He is signed to Yo Gotti's Collective Music Group (CMG), Interscope Records and Warlike. His fifth mixtape, ''Bigger Than Life or Death'', rele ...
, released on April 16, 2021 as his debut solo single and the lead single from his fifth mixtape ''Bigger Than Life or Death'' (2021). It was produced by ForeveRolling and Juke Wong. An official remix of the song features American rappers
Future
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and
Young Thug
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.
Composition
Writing for ''
HotNewHipHop
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'', Alex Zidel described the song as a "statement that EST Gee is taking over and he's doing so on his own terms". The song sees EST Gee "keeping things very street and very straightforward".
Music video
A music video was released alongside the single. It sees EST Gee and his crew riding through the streets of Houston,Texas in expensive cars, including a bright green
Lamborghini Uru.
Remix
The official remix of the song was released on July 21, 2021 from ''Bigger Than Life or Death''. It features verses from rappers Future and Young Thug. The remix was positively received; Fred Thomas of ''
AllMusic
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'' wrote that it finds EST Gee "at the height of his versatile powers, molding brazen bragging and smart threats into something unexpectedly hooky."
In an interview on ''
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'', EST Gee said that Canadian rapper
Drake
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was supposed to be on the remix as well, but was not available at the time.
Charts
References
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2021 singles
2021 songs
EST Gee songs
Interscope Records singles
Songs written by EST Gee