Kick, Push

"Kick, Push"
Single by Lupe Fiasco
from the album Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Released	April 18, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:15
Label	1st & 15th Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Wasalu Jaco Rudolph Lopez
Producer(s)	Soundtrakk
Lupe Fiasco singles chronology
"Touch the Sky" (2006) "Kick, Push" (2006) "I Gotcha" (2006)
Alternative cover
Music video
"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.

Awards and accolades

"Kick, Push" was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2007 for Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song. It lost the first to T.I.'s "What You Know", and the second to Ludacris' "Money Maker". It was listed at #15 on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 100 Tracks of 2006" list^[3] and was also voted #72 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.^[4]

Remixes and freestyles

The official remix of the song features Pharrell, it was included the CD single of his 3rd single, "Daydreamin'".

Drake made his own remix of the song and featured it on his 2006 mixtape Room for Improvement.

Chamillionaire also released a freestyle titled The Greatest on his Mixtape Messiah 4.

Young Buck did a short Remix of the Song on the mixtape RBK Artist Spotlight Vol. 1.

Bassnectar has also released a remix of this song.

Track listing

• CD: 1

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Tilted" (non-album track)

• CD: 2

1. "Kick, Push"
2. "Spazz Out" (non-album track)
3. "Kick, Push" (MyTone ringtone)
4. "Kick, Push" (Video)

• 12" Vinyl

1. "Kick, Push" (album version)
2. "Kick, Push" (instrumental)
3. "Kick, Push" (a cappella)
4. "Titled" (non-album track)

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[5]	66
Australian Urban (ARIA)[6]	16
Scotland (OCC)[7]	32
UK Singles (OCC)[8]	27
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[9]	5
US Billboard Hot 100[10]	78
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11]	56

Soundtrack appearances

Lupe Fiasco performed the song on the TV show One Tree Hill (season 4, episode 4).

Kick, Push was featured on the soundtrack of EA Sports NBA Live 07.

It was featured on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.

References

1. Adaso, Henry. "Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push"". About.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
2. Lupe Fiasco on Zombies. Zen and the Art Of. Skateboarding, By Quanah Humphries, Intersection Magazine (USA Version), Volume 5, Fall 2006
3. Pitchfork: The 100 Best Tracks of 2006
4. "The 100 Best Rap Songs Spanning over 40 Years of the Genre's History". Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
5. "The ARIA Report: Issue 863 (Week Commencing 18 September 2006)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-19. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
6. "Issue 874" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
9. "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
10. "Lupe Fiasco Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
11. "Lupe Fiasco Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

External links

• "Kick, Push" Music video on YouTube