A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
Tracklist
| This Side | |||
| A1 | Can I Kick It? (Spirit Mix) | 4:11 | |
| A2 | Can I Kick It? (Edit) | 3:23 | |
| A3 | Can I Kick It? (Phase 5 Mix) | 4:33 | |
| A4 | Can I Kick It? (Spirits) | 2:02 | |
| That Side | |||
| B1 | If The Papes Come | 5:46 | |
| B2 | If The Papes Come (Remix) | 4:14 | |
| B3 | Can I Kick It? (LP Version) | 4:11 |
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
- Recorded At – Calliope Studios
- Mixed At – Battery Studios, New York
- Published By – Metal Machine Music, Inc.
- Published By – Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
- Published By – Mother Man Music
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Zomba Recording Corporation
- Copyright © – Zomba Recording Corporation
- Manufactured By – RCA Records
- Distributed By – RCA Records
- Remixed At – Teen Town Studio
- Made By – Zomba Recording Corporation
Credits
- Design, Illustration – ZombArt DMS*
- Engineer – Bob Power
- Engineer [Assisted By] – Tim Latham
- Written-By, Producer, Mixed By – Hoods
Notes
℗ & © 1990 Zomba Recordings Corp.
Printed in U.S.A. [back sleeve]
A1, A2, B3: Sample taken from "Walk On The Wild Side" written by Lou Reed, published by Metal Machine Music
Printed in U.S.A. [back sleeve]
A1, A2, B3: Sample taken from "Walk On The Wild Side" written by Lou Reed, published by Metal Machine Music
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 012414140012
- Barcode (Text): 12414 14001
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 1400-1-JD-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 1400-1-JD-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etchings, variant 1): 1400·1·JD B̶ A EMW #09377
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etchings, variant 1): 1400·1·JD¹¹ B EMW #09377X
- Matrix / Runout (Side A etchings, variant 2): 1400·1·JD B̶ A EMW #09377
- Matrix / Runout (Side B etchings, variant 2): 1400·1·JD B EMW #09377X
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society (A1, A2, B1, B3): BMI
Other Versions (5 of 27)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Can I Kick It? (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single, Stereo) | Jive | ZT 44182, ZT44182 | Europe | 1990 | |||
| Can I Kick It? (The Von Trapp Mix) (12", Single, Promo) | Jive | QUEST 1 | UK | 1990 | |||
| Can I Kick It? (CD, Maxi-Single) | Jive | ZD44182 | UK & Europe | 1990 | |||
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Can I Kick It? (7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | Jive | ZB44181 | Europe | 1990 | ||
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Can I Kick It? (Cassette, Single) | Jive | 1430-4-JS | Canada | 1990 |
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Reviews
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People always mention the Lou Reed sample but not the huge section lifted from "What a Waste" by Ian Dury & The Blockheads.
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Check your matrix/runout etchings. There's a widespread high quality bootleg of this floating around. About half of the listings on Ebay I see are fake. See: https://discogs.sitiodesbloquea.com/A-Tribe-Called-Quest-Can-I-Kick-It/release/2406667 -
The "Phase 5" mix is fantastic: loose and jazzy, with a very funky beat peppered with stutter-steps. It basically throws the original basis of the track out the door, ditching the "Walk On The Wild Side" thing entirely, but replacing it with a nocturnal, effervescent 1970s backbone. It feels more like a really great alternate version than a remix.
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