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Kick, Push

{{Infobox song

| name = Kick, Push

| cover = Lupe_Fiasco_-_Kick_Push_(CD_1).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lupe Fiasco

| album = Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

| released = April 18, 2006

| recorded = 2005

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 4:15

| label = {{hlist|1st & 15th|Atlantic}}

| writer = {{hlist|Wasalu Jaco|Rudolph Lopez}}

| producer = Soundtrakk

| prev_title = Touch the Sky

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = I Gotcha

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = single

| cover = Kick_Push_-_Lupe_Fiasco.png

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{{External music video|{{YouTube|Gl83mI69nX4|"Kick, Push"}}}}

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"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."{{cite web|url=http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/gr/LupeKickPush.htm|title=Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push"|accessdate=2006-07-13|last=Adaso|first=Henry|date=|publisher=About.com|archive-date=2014-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712063257/http://rap.about.com/od/reviews/gr/LupeKickPush.htm|url-status=dead}}

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".Lupe Fiasco on Zombies. Zen and the Art Of. Skateboarding, By Quanah Humphries, Intersection Magazine (USA Version), Volume 5, Fall 2006

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[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6508-the-top-100-tracks-of-2006/9/ Pitchfork: The 100 Best Tracks of 2006] and was also voted #72 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.{{Cite web|url=http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_3.htm|title=The 100 Best Rap Songs Spanning over 40 Years of the Genre's History|access-date=2011-06-22|archive-date=2015-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405172426/http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_3.htm|url-status=dead}}

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

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!Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

Australia (ARIA){{cite web|title=The ARIA Report: Issue 863 (Week Commencing 18 September 2006)|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue863.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060919140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060920-0000/issue863.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-09-19|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=27 August 2011|page=2}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|align="center"|66

{{single chart|Australiaurban|16|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222441/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue874.pdf|urltitle=Issue 874|access-date=May 25, 2022}}
{{single chart|Scotland|32|date=20060625|access-date=May 25, 2022}}
{{single chart|UK|27|date=20060625|access-date=May 25, 2022}}
{{single chart|UKrandb|5|date=20060625|access-date=May 25, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|78|artist=Lupe Fiasco|access-date=May 25, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|56|artist=Lupe Fiasco|access-date=May 25, 2022}}

Certifications

{{certification Table Top|caption=Certification for "Kick, Push"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Lupe Fiasco|title=Kick Push|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|access-date=February 6, 2025|source=radioscope}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Lupe Fiasco|title=Kick, Push|relyear=2006|certyear=2025|access-date=February 28, 2025|refname="RIAA"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{YouTube|Gl83mI69nX4|"Kick, Push" Music video}}

{{Lupe Fiasco singles}}

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Category:2006 songs

Category:2006 debut singles

Category:Lupe Fiasco songs

Category:Songs written by Lupe Fiasco

Category:Atlantic Records singles