The mixtape features guest appearances from Lil Reese, Soulja Boy, King Louie, SD, Johnny May Cash and Yale Lucciani.

The official remix to "I Don't Like" features Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss and is included on the GOOD Music collaboration album Cruel Summer.

In February 2014, Keef confirmed via Twitter that the sequel mixtape titled Back from the Dead 2 was in the works with a release date set for sometime in 2014.

Jordan Sargent at Pitchfork Media said in a review, "Back From the Dead, his breakthrough mixtape is loud, rough, unrelenting, lurching, and undeniably the child of Waka Flocka Flame and producer Lex Luger's indelible Flockaveli.

In October and December 2013 Lady Gaga upload a few videos on her Instagram account, in which she is listening to Keef's song "3Hunna" from the mixtape.