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	Can I Kick It? noicon From the debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.
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"Can I Kick It?" was the third single from A Tribe Called Quest's debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. It contains samples of "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed, "What a Waste" by Ian Dury, "Spinning Wheel" by Dr. Lonnie Smith and "Dance of the Knights" by Sergei Prokofiev. The line "A Tribe Called Quest" is spoken by the British radio DJ Pete Tong.

Music video [link]

The music video features A Tribe Called Quest and various others literally kicking the word "it" while rapping in a film set, an alley, and a construction site. On the film set, they are seen playing with the dot for the "i" in "it". In the alley, they are walking around and are flipping on top of the "it". Other things, such as throwing drumsticks around and landing them on drums, are also seen in the video. Also, there is a slightly different beat in the video, but the same lyrics from the album are used.

Other samples [link]

The recurring line "Err,you can..." is sampled from the UK childrens TV series SuperTed, from the character Spotty voiced by Jon Pertwee. The intro of the album version also contains a sample of "Jagger the Dagger" by Gene McDaniels. The video uses a non-album version of the song, titled "Can I Kick It? (Spirit Mix)" which uses additional samples, such as Baby Huey's "Hard Times," and the boilerhouse mix contains samples of Don't Let Love Get You Down by Archie Bell & The Drells.

Covers [link]

• Rapper Sage Francis covered this song on his album Sick of Waging War. Francis' version contained changes in some of the lyrics. The song is sampled in the 2006 Black Eyed Peas single, Like That.
• Rapper Jay-Z uses the chorus in the track, "22 Twos" on his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.
• Daniel Dumile (otherwise known as MF Doom) mentions the song during the Gorillaz song "November Has Come" from the album Demon Days.
• Pop star Robbie Williams mentions the song in the track, Rock DJ on his album Sing When You're Winning.
• Icelandic rap duo Bent and 7Berg made a version of the song in the Icelandic language called "Má Ég Sparka?".
• Josh Martinez references this in the chorus of his song "Underground Pop" featuring Moka Only.
• Rapper Jay Electronica incorporates the “Can I Kick It?” line into all of his live shows; it has become a tradition at shows for Jay to call out “Can I Kick It?” at which point his audience replies “Yes You Can!”, emulating the famous chorus.
• Rapper Drake mentions the song in his song "Show Me a Good Time" when he raps, "tell me can we kick it like Ali Shaheed and Phife Dawg/people really hate when a backpack rapper get rich/and start livin' that life dawg".
• In Da Ali G Show a similar beat is played and fictional character Ali G raps 'Can I nick it?' to Muhammed Al Fayed
• The Popguns covered this song. It appears on their albums Love Junky (1995) and A Plus De Cent (1996).^[1]
• Chuck D. is quoted as quoting, "'Can I kick it?' Who the hell is on the radio?" on the Public Enemy track 'How To Kill A Radio Consultant' from the album 'Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Back'.
• Rapper Nero quotes "Before this did you really know what live was?" in song "Alive & Vibrant"
• Da Lench Mob refer to "Can I Kick It?" on their song "Buck tha Devil".
• Swedish pop singer Lykke Li has been known to end her shows with it.

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