![]() 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 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). The breakdown was his idea.1990 single by A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"įrom the album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm You should have the 808s follow my voice.” If you hear the song, on certain parts, the 808s go crazy and follow his voice. Every second of the way he was right there like, “Oh, I like that hi-hat. He was giving his opinion and was very hands-on. Then was like, “Can we redo the drums?” Fwdslxsh was in London at the time, so I scrapped everything, kept the sample, built the drums and Lil Nas X was right there helping me along the way. ![]() I was like, “I’m most definitely down to work with him.” We got in the studio that Saturday after the “Old Town Road” remix with Billy Ray Cyrus dropped.īizness Boi: Fwdslxsh and I already had the beat, but it was more for an R&B artist or a pop artist. We pulled up to Columbia, and Wes -Lil Nas X’s A&R-asked if I wanted to work with this artist named Lil Nas X. How did you initially connect with Lil Nas X?īizness Boi: My manager, James Supreme, would set up a meeting and sessions for me while I was out in New York City. ![]()
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