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In the park, they are walking around and are flipping on top of the 'it'. On the film set, they are seen playing with the tittle of the 'i' in 'it'. It features A Tribe Called Quest and various others, including members of De La Soul, literally kicking the word 'it' while rapping on a film set, a park (located under the Williamsburg Bridge in New York’s Lower East Side), and a construction site. The accompanying music video for 'Can I Kick It?' was directed by American music video director and video editor Jim Swaffield. Vanilla Ice got halfway there and then blew it all by bein' a whiteboy wanker, but the Tribe heartily credit L Reed for stretching his 'Walk on the Wild Side' across a loping backbeat and then adding snatches of the Blockheads' ' What a Waste' with some snoozy, cerebral rapping.' Gary Crossing from Record Mirror stated, 'You can't go far wrong with this groovy little shanty.' He also declared it a 'masterpiece of contemporary popular music.' Caroline Sullivan from Smash Hits said, 'They've had the sense to nick the bass line from the elderly rock hit 'Walk on the Wild Side', and it gives their effort a bit of slinky class.' Music video

#KEEP IT MOVING TRIBE CALLED QUEST FULL#

Simon Williams from NME commented, 'If half the task of chaps like these is to unearth a few wholesome samples from the historical vaults then A Tribe Called Quest score a Full House on the Bingometer. Lovin' it.' A reviewer from Music & Media found that the New York rap crew 'proves their music can be 'double -streetwise'', describing the song as 'two-dimensional rap'. ' Can I Kick It?' the man asks hesitatingly, while the chorus joyously answers him in the affirmative. ' A Tribe Called Quest', the dudes cut back in. And there's that sumptuous four-note bass line from Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side', which could have been written for this. There's a little Ian Dury in here, some Dvorak, maybe, and a whole bunch of scratching. Larry Flick from Billboard felt that 'inspired use of samples from Lou Reed's ' Walk on the Wild Side' nicely complements Tribe's relaxed and confident rhyming.' Everett True from Melody Maker wrote, 'A natural, laidback and funking. In 2012, NME listed the song at number 90 in their ranking of the '100 Best Songs of the 1990s'. 'Can I Kick It?', considered one of the group's signature songs, appears on the band's 1999 compilation album, The Anthology, with the outro of ' Bonita Applebum' added to the beginning of the song. Phife Dawg has stated that, because of the use of the 'Walk on the Wild Side' sample, the group did not receive any money from the single, with Lou Reed instead claiming the profits. Lonnie Smith, ' Dance of the Knights' by Sergei Prokofiev and 'Sunshower' by Dr. The song contains samples of ' Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed, ' What a Waste' by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, 'Spinning Wheel' by Dr.

The song, which has a call and response chorus, was recorded in 1989, when the band members were aged 18-19. ' Can I Kick It?' is a song by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released in October 1990 as the third single from their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990).

1990 single by A Tribe Called Quest 'Can I Kick It?'įrom the album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

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