Lick Back
{{short description|2021 single by EST Gee}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Lick Back
| cover = EST Gee - Lick Back.jpeg
| type = single
| artist = EST Gee
| album = Bigger Than Life or Death
| released = April 16, 2021
| recorded =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|Trap}}
| length = 1:33
| label = {{hlist|CMG|Warlike|Interscope}}
| writer = {{hlist|George Stone III|Jeffrey Jones|Lucas DePante}}
| producer = {{hlist|ForeveRolling|Juke Wong}}
| prev_title = Real as It Gets
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Catch a Body
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|iwOvd45Xt30|"Lick Back"}}}}
}}
"Lick Back" is a song by American rapper EST Gee, 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 and Young Thug.
Composition
Writing for HotNewHipHop, Alex Zidel described the song as a "statement that EST Gee is taking over and he's doing so on his own terms".{{cite web |last1=Zidel |first1=Alex |title=EST Gee Forever Gets His "Lick Back" On New Single |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/est-gee-forever-gets-his-lick-back-on-new-single-new-song.1990985.html |website=HotNewHipHop |date=April 16, 2021}} The song sees EST Gee "keeping things very street and very straightforward".{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Jon |title=EST Gee hits the streets in "Lick Back" visual |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2021-04-19/55354/est-gee-hits-the-streets-in-lick-back-visual/ |website=Revolt |date=April 19, 2021}}
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 wrote that it finds EST Gee "at the height of his versatile powers, molding brazen bragging and smart threats into something unexpectedly hooky."{{cite web |last1=Zidel |first1=Alex |title=EST Gee Forever Gets His "Lick Back" On New Single |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/est-gee-remixes-lick-back-with-future-and-young-thug-new-song.1992071.html |website=HotNewHipHop |date=July 22, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Fred |title=Bigger Than Life or Death Review by Fred Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bigger-than-life-or-death-mw0003559776 |website=AllMusic}}
In an interview on The Breakfast Club, EST Gee said that Canadian rapper Drake was supposed to be on the remix as well, but was not available at the time.{{cite web |title=EST Gee On Linking With Yo Gotti, Repping Kentucky, Getting Shot, New Project + More |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfVZeQARstU |date=July 21, 2021}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Lick Back" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2021-08-07|title=Billboard Hot 100: August 7, 2021|work=Billboard}}
| 89 |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2021-08-07/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart: Week of August 7, 2021|work=Billboard}}
| 32 |