| "Kick, Push" | ||||
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| Single by Lupe Fiasco | ||||
| from the album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor | ||||
| Released | April 18, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Soundtrakk | |||
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| "Kick, Push" on YouTube | ||||
"Kick, Push" is the first single released from Lupe Fiasco's debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. It was written by Lupe Fiasco and Soundtrakk, who also produced the song. It describes a love story between a male and a female misfit skateboarders. It has been referred to as "a needle in hip hop's haystack of complacent songs."[1]
Lupe Fiasco has clarified, "...I'm not a skater and I don't want to keep putting on the faces of people who've been skating for 20 years and actually lived out "Kick, Push".[2]
The song's backing track is built around a sample of the instrumental intro of the 1982 song "Bolero Medley" by Filipina singer Celeste Legaspi.
- ^ Adaso, Henry. "Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push"". About.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
- ^ Lupe Fiasco on Zombies. Zen and the Art Of. Skateboarding, By Quanah Humphries, Intersection Magazine (USA Version), Volume 5, Fall 2006