Can I Kick It?
~ Recording by A Tribe Called Quest
Appears on releases
# | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 1331-2-J, J2 1331 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | CHIP 96 |
1.7 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Can I Kick It? | A Tribe Called Quest | Single |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 1400-1-JD |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | ZD74548 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Zomba Label Group (NOT A LABEL - add releases to subsidiary labels instead) | 74321 19421 2 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album | Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 82876 53551 2 | |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| BMG Victor Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label!) | BVCQ-606 |
1.5 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Mega Rap | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 9902238 |
1.6 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | 100% Rap Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2694 |
1.2 | Can I Kick It? | 4:17 | A Tribe Called Quest | Magic Hip Hop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 477326 2 |
1.2 | Can I Kick It? | 4:17 | A Tribe Called Quest | Rap Attack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | MOODCD32 |
2.4 | Can I Kick It? | 4:10 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Greatest 90s Dance Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD2807 |
1.6 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Now the Music: R&B Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 74321 425762 |
2.3 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Rap Attack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DOU 878312 |
2.3 | Can I Kick It | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Rap Fieber | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DU 876082 |
3.6 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Greatest Dance Album Ever Made | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD2918 |
1.1 | Can I Kick It | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Slammin’: The Ultimate Rap Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | M18894 |
1.12 | Can I Kick It? | 4:14 | A Tribe Called Quest | Yo! MTV Raps: A Journey Back In Rhyme | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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1.9 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Hip Hop - The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 980 0234 |
1.13 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Hip Hop: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 039 453-2 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | 051 272-2 |
1.13 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Hip Hop: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music New Zealand Limited (Universal’s subsidiary in New Zealand; DO NOT USE as an imprint) | 9809222 |
1.4 | Can I Kick It? (album version) | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Can I Kick It? | A Tribe Called Quest | Single |
| Simply Vinyl | S12DJ-208 |
1.19 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Kiss Presents: Hip Hop Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9829352 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | BVCM-37767 |
1.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Best of A Tribe Called Quest | A Tribe Called Quest | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 25246 7 |
2.16 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Essential R&B: Hit Selection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | |
1.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Best of A Tribe Called Quest | A Tribe Called Quest | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697252462 |
1.2 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | 100 Essential Tracks: 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697607462 |
1.12 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | 100 Hits of the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.11 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | 100 Hits of the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Pure… 90s Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music UK (~2002-2006) | 88697752992 |
3.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Pure… Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 088691946512 | |
5.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:14 | A Tribe Called Quest | 101 R&B Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88725415762 |
1.5 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Pure… 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88725413842 | |
4.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:14 | A Tribe Called Quest | Pure… Fitness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765473372 | |
2.14 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Rapper’s Delight | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | EMI 9580812 |
3.18 | Can I Kick It | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Never Forget the 90s #2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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1.11 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | 90s 100 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.31 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | 90 Sweet 90s Hits! | Various Artists | Album + 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) | |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (24-bit 96 kHz) | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint) | |
2.4 | Can I Kick It? | 4:14 | A Tribe Called Quest | …Baby One More Time: Back to the 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875064212 |
2.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Now That’s What I Call Running 2015 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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3.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Now That’s What I Call Running 2015 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | CDNNNOW27 |
3.16 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Ultimate 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875085592 | |
2.6 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | De Maxx Long Player 34: The Rap Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 536.183-2 |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (25th anniversary edition) | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875157852 |
2.14 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | 40 Years of Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| triple j (Imprint of ABC Music, Australia) | 5365471 |
1.34 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | 40 Years of Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| triple j (Imprint of ABC Music, Australia) | |
3.13 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Ultimate Fitness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases) | 88875147892 | |
3.16 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | Ultimate 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | CDSM624 |
3.18 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Nr.1 Hits der 90s Kidz | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985341552 |
1.23 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | NOW That’s What I Call Running (2017) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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1.5 | Can I Kick It? | 4:14 | A Tribe Called Quest | Going In Style | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| WaterTower Music | |
2.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Now That’s What I Call Running (2017) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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2.5 | Can I Kick It? | 4:13 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Classic 90s Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985440432 |
2.19 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | 90s XL | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985395762 |
1.74 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Happiness Forever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
1.8 | Can I Kick It? | 4:52 | A Tribe Called Quest | People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | A Tribe Called Quest | Album |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875172371 |
Promotion | |||||||||
1.3 | Can I Kick It? (LP Version) | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Can I Kick It? | A Tribe Called Quest | Single |
| Jive (Jive Records imprint), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 1400-2-JDJ |
Bootleg | |||||||||
1.1 | Can I Kick It? | 4:12 | A Tribe Called Quest | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Soundtrack (4chan bootleg) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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15.6 | Can I Kick It? | 4:11 | A Tribe Called Quest | Now the Music (24 CD box set, not to be confused with the individual releases.) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (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) |
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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) |
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recording of: | Can I Kick It? |
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Related works
Can I Kick It?
lyricist: | Jonathan Davis (American rapper) Ali Shaheed Muhammad Lou Reed |
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composer: | Lou Reed |
publisher: | Metal Machine Music (US work publisher) |
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