Can I Kick It?

~ Recording by A Tribe Called Quest

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
  • US1990-03-12
Jive (Jive Records imprint)1331-2-J, J2 1331
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
  • GB1990-04-17
Jive (Jive Records imprint)CHIP 96
1.7Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestCan I Kick It?A Tribe Called QuestSingle
Jive (Jive Records imprint)1400-1-JD
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Jive (Jive Records imprint)ZD74548
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Zomba Label Group (NOT A LABEL - add releases to subsidiary labels instead)74321 19421 2
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Jive (Jive Records imprint)82876 53551 2
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
BMG Victor Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label!)BVCQ-606
1.5Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestMega RapVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NO1994-10-23
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)9902238
1.6Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called Quest100% Rap HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2694
1.2Can I Kick It?4:17A Tribe Called QuestMagic Hip HopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)477326 2
1.2Can I Kick It?4:17A Tribe Called QuestRap AttackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)MOODCD32
2.4Can I Kick It?4:10A Tribe Called QuestThe Greatest 90s Dance HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD2807
1.6Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestNow the Music: R&B ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation)74321 425762
2.3Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestRap AttackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDOU 878312
2.3Can I Kick It4:11A Tribe Called QuestRap FieberVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyDU 876082
3.6Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestThe Greatest Dance Album Ever MadeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar TVTTVCD2918
1.1Can I Kick It4:13A Tribe Called QuestSlammin’: The Ultimate Rap HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-27
Time–Life MusicM18894
1.12Can I Kick It?4:14A Tribe Called QuestYo! MTV Raps: A Journey Back In RhymeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-09-13
1.9Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestHip Hop - The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)980 0234
1.13Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestHip Hop: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)039 453-2
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Jive (Jive Records imprint)051 272-2
1.13Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestHip Hop: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NZ2004-04-08
Universal Music New Zealand Limited (Universal’s subsidiary in New Zealand; DO NOT USE as an imprint)9809222
1.4Can I Kick It? (album version)4:12A Tribe Called QuestCan I Kick It?A Tribe Called QuestSingle
Simply VinylS12DJ-208
1.19Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestKiss Presents: Hip Hop ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9829352
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Jive (Jive Records imprint)BVCM-37767
1.1Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestThe Best of A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called QuestAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-03-24
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697 25246 7
2.16Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestEssential R&B: Hit SelectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-08-18
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.1Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestThe Best of A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called QuestAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697252462
1.2Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called Quest100 Essential Tracks: 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-12-07
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697607462
1.12Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called Quest100 Hits of the 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010-03-05
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.11Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called Quest100 Hits of the 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPure… 90s Dance PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-05
Sony Music UK (~2002-2006)88697752992
3.8Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestPure… PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2012-03-23
  • FR2012-07-16
  • XE2012
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)088691946512
5.8Can I Kick It?4:14A Tribe Called Quest101 R&B HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2012-05-29
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88725415762
1.5Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPure… 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-07-11
  • FR2012-07-16
  • DE2012-09-28
  • XE2012
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88725413842
4.1Can I Kick It?4:14A Tribe Called QuestPure… FitnessVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-03-18
  • DE2013-03-22
  • FR2013-04-15
  • XE2013
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88765473372
2.14Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestRapper’s DelightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2013-04-22
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)EMI 9580812
3.18Can I Kick It4:12A Tribe Called QuestNever Forget the 90s #2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MR03738628
1.11Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called Quest90s 100 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-28
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.31Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called Quest90 Sweet 90s Hits!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (24-bit 96 kHz)A Tribe Called QuestAlbum
Jive (Jive Records imprint)
2.4Can I Kick It?4:14A Tribe Called Quest…Baby One More Time: Back to the 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-02-23
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875064212
2.1Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestNow That’s What I Call Running 2015Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-04-17
3.1Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestNow That’s What I Call Running 2015Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-04-20
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)CDNNNOW27
3.16Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestUltimate 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-05-04
  • DE2015-09-25
  • XE2015
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875085592
2.6Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestDe Maxx Long Player 34: The Rap EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2015-06-12
Universal Music Belgium536.183-2
1.8Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (25th anniversary edition)A Tribe Called QuestAlbum
  • US2015-11-13
Jive (Jive Records imprint), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875157852
2.14Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called Quest40 Years of MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-11-20
triple j (Imprint of ABC Music, Australia)5365471
1.34Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called Quest40 Years of MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-11-20
triple j (Imprint of ABC Music, Australia)
3.13Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestUltimate FitnessVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-12-11
  • DE2016-03-18
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)88875147892
3.16Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestUltimate 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)CDSM624
3.18Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestNr.1 Hits der 90s KidzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985341552
1.23Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestNOW That’s What I Call Running (2017)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-03-24
1.5Can I Kick It?4:14A Tribe Called QuestGoing In StyleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2017-03-31
WaterTower Music
2.1Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestNow That’s What I Call Running (2017)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-03-31
2.5Can I Kick It?4:13A Tribe Called QuestThe Classic 90s CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-07-02
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985440432
2.19Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called Quest90s XLVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-09-29
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985395762
1.74Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestHappiness ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-04-10
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.8Can I Kick It?4:52A Tribe Called QuestPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called QuestAlbum
  • XE2019-11-13
Jive (Jive Records imprint), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875172371
Promotion
1.3Can I Kick It? (LP Version)4:11A Tribe Called QuestCan I Kick It?A Tribe Called QuestSingle
Jive (Jive Records imprint), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)1400-2-JDJ
Bootleg
1.1Can I Kick It?4:12A Tribe Called QuestTony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Soundtrack (4chan bootleg)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2020-11-08
(unknown)
15.6Can I Kick It?4:11A Tribe Called QuestNow the Music (24 CD box set, not to be confused with the individual releases.)Various ArtistsAlbum + CompilationEVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation)

Relationships

samples:Fried Okra by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Hard Times by Baby Huey (US rock/soul singer James Ramey)
Soul Concerto by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Spinning Wheel by Dr. Lonnie Smith
Sunshower by Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
The Way You Do the Things You Do by David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
What a Waste! by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
You Sexy Thing (re‐released single version, a‐side/album version) by Hot Chocolate (70s and 80s British soul band)
mash-ups:Can I Kick It Like That? (Pharrell vs A Tribe Called Quest) by Dopplebanger
edits:Can I Kick It?
music videos:Can I Kick It?
part of:The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 292) (order: 293)
recording of:Can I Kick It?

Can I Kick It?

lyricist:Jonathan Davis (American rapper)
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Lou Reed
composer:Lou Reed
publisher:Metal Machine Music (US work publisher)