![]() A "flying record player" is featured, to play the Lou Reed sample. The video also features the participants throwing drumsticks around and landing them on drums. 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 music video for "Can I Kick It?" was directed by American music video director and video editor Jim Swaffield. ![]() Take a dash of Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side', a splash of Ian Dury's ' What A Waste', a sprinkling of rap and a pinch of Seventies funk to create this masterpiece of contemporary popular music." Caroline Sullivan from Smash Hits said that "they've had the sense to nick the bassline from the elderly rock hit "Walk on the Wild Side", and it gives their effort a bit of slinky class." Music video Gary Crossing from Record Mirror wrote, "You can't go far wrong with this groovy little shanty. ![]() Larry Flick from Billboard stated that "inspired use of samples from Lou Reed's " Walk on the Wild Side" nicely complements Tribe's relaxed and confident rhyming." A reviewer from Music & Media noted that "the New York rap crew proves their music can be 'double -streetwise'" and described the song as "two-dimensional rap". 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 1990 song by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released as the third single from their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990). Lewis Reed, Kamaal Fareed, Malik Taylor, Ali Muhammad The film itself doesn't really stand out in any production values (like editing, expensive shots, music, post production, etc) - but what for? The content of the pictures is way beyond anything that high budget productions usually capture.1990 single by A Tribe Called Quest "Can I Kick It?"įrom the album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm This is sports at its core, this is what the game was invented for: to bring people together, to forge a team and succeed in becoming a contributing member in something bigger! While watching it I felt very touched - but not because of sadness but rather because of the true joy that these people express when they master their obstacles. But most of all you can see how their horizons expand while they play and meet new people. The players that this film accompanies are very diverse, they all have different goals or develop their goals during their journey to South Africa. And you as a viewer can witness it! It is very hard to describe the emotion that goes through one's heart when you see people who have nothing growing together and become a team. Frankly I rediscovered the game when I saw this film! What did I see? Certainly no money, no stars, no fame and no overpriced fan merchandising.but 100% sportsmanship!!!! These people come from the streets, they know nothing about the world, nothing about the joys of life and nothing about a stable life! All of this changes during one tournament. People are so obsessed with stardom, statistics, money and the fame that comes with it that they totally forget why they started playing it in the first place. ![]() sometimes it seems we have forgotten what "the game" is all about and what it should mean to those playing it. The present of sports: money, sponsoring, fame, corruption, scandals, doping. ![]()
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