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Lupe Fiasco - "Kick Push"
Posted on April 25, 2006 12:00 AM
Temporary Preface: I'm hard on Ashlee Simpson and dumb birds like that, but Julissa has to be the worst out. I know it's The Negro Channel, but damn, you can do better than THAT, right? "Oooh! Food, Liquor, Clothes, Cuchifritos and Skeet! I LOVE that!"
No, nigga. You weren't the only motherfucker that thought this song would be about delivering a baby when you saw the title. Lupe Fiasco's re-introduction to the world (after Kanye's "Touch The Sky" Hepatitis Exchange with Pamela Anderson) is his ghetto-skate-rock anthem "Kick Push." [watch it now]
I'm going to be really nice to him and his video. So before I do that, I'm going to make Lupe Fiasco feel nice and welcome here at Talkin' Videos.
This nigga looks like a burnt-up caterpillar... with glasses. A bookworm. Yeah, that's it. A bookworm in a library fire. You put one of them roman coliseum Caesar helmets on him and he looks like Marvin The Martian.
Lupe Fiasco also looks kinda like Cassidy... if prison went really badly for him. Tobias Beecher Cassidy. He could tell you all about Adebisi askin him if he wanted to come to his hotel. Yep, he looks fresh out of prison... or maybe fresh out of Africa. Shit, both are places niggas ain't really tryin to go.
I like the grinding metaphor a lot. So simple, yet so pertinent. I think the video as a whole is excellent. It's well-shot, thoughtful, brave and honest; shit hip-hop is desperately missing in its videos. It doesn't hurt any that Lupe Fiasco is quickly becoming one of my favorite rappers. His Dead Presidents drop is disgusting. If only he had a better voice, I'd say he'd already be deemed one of the next greats. He also may have doomed himself by dressing up like Eddie Kendricks in a Kanye West video. (No, dressing up like Eddie Kendricks is never a good thing.)
There wasn't really a big skater culture in Harlem. Even when skating was hot. Plus, I bust my ass something awful when I tried to skateboard. That was it for me. However, I can relate to being turned away. Bars in New York still use the paper bag test, and Ron Mexico, Danny Glover and Denzel Washington can't catch cabs home after a long night of dancing with white girls to Beyonce songs. (We'll get into that a little later.)
Questions? Comments? Requests? Seen any worms in your library? ronnie_mexxx@yahoo.com
Myspace the African Prince.
P.S.: The remix for this song with Pharrell on it is fucking filthy.
Comments
I guess I'll start it off.
That joint was aight. Nice beat, video was cool, had that laid back/ back-in-da-day feelin. I haven't realy fucked with Lupe like that but might have to check out some more of his shit. He does look a little geeky, but that's the point. That shit shoudn't matter if he got skills.
First..
Big up to Lupe Fiasco for bring 1995 back...I love the video..the song is fresh ..reminds me of the days before jewlery and video hos...even though i love the eye candy...sometimes you just need that chill type hip-hop...a change of pace...I support lupe..and wont cop that leak joint...get the real thing...Kick Push...and coast..lol..Ron you doing ya thing
This kid definitely looks like Cassidy's skater boy twin from the Chi. I like him as a rapper though and the video is definitely vintage hip-hop, each verse plays out his rhymes so dumbs folks can follow with ease. A rapper with real specs seems geeky but I'm glad he has a lane in the game and skills to back it up. Did you peep how he bust out a trick at the end of the video. WOW!! Lupe and Skateboard P are match made in skater Heaven.
end of the day, he should stick to doin songs wit kanye, dat nigga aint need 2 try and do his own shit, he gonna b anotha erm artist that yall neva hear bout again, his shit blew up cuz that nigga kanye was wit him, he no betta then g-unit needin 50 cent to feat on all there songs.
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people check the remix with skateboard p on hiphopgame.com...its tight...
"No, nigga. You weren’t the only motherfucker that thought this song would be about delivering a baby when you saw the title."
I KNOW that was directed at me. That was the first thought in my head.
Speaking of Pharrell...that nigga looks like a dark skinned version of "Skateboard P"...
PS: Poor Julissa...I guess she replaced AJ as being the "overly wholesome and stupid" one.
fiLUPE is WACK with a capital ACK, some CHI-TOWN rappers is very confused and need a reality check
WE ARE IN THE MIDWEST NOT THE EAST COAST
WE ARE IN CHICAGO NOT NEWYORK, PHILLY, OR JERSEY
If you want to be that
MOVE YOUR COUNTRY CLUB HILLS LIVING ASS
TO NY, PHILLY, OR JERSEY
I MET JULISSA ONCE ON A VIDEO SHOOT WAY BACK B4 106 AND NARC. SHE FUCKS PLENTY LIKE MOST DOMINICAN BIRDS DOWN HERE IN MIA.
I KNEW SHAKEEM WAS WHITE. BET YOU WOULDN'T SAY SPIC DOWN IN LITTLE HAVANNA YOU KNUCKLEHEAD. COCKSUCKIN MOCK 4 REAL.
AS FOR WHAT THIS BLOGS ABOUT - THIS DUDE LUPE IS SICK, IM FEELIN THIS SHIT, SON IS DEF. BRING THAT MID 90'S FLAVORFUL HIP HOP - KEEP IT UP DUNNY.
P.E.A.C.E.
Stop talking shit about Africa you punk motherfucker
lupe is what the game realy been missing.
If you skate, like I do, then this video is a ball of emotions that you understand completely. The cops in Philly are dickheads when anyone tries to enjoy a session in a "no skate zone". I just got chased out of Love Park last night around 12:30pm.
He makes theme music. Something I can listen to while skating or tagging a wall.
correction:
12:30am
Nobody who watches BET skateboards so why do people vote for the video skateboarders dont listent to rap either
Hey Dj Rip, I'm from Chi, and we ain't got no sound so what you talkin' about?
You said we from the Mid-West not the East, so then what do you define as the midwest sound or style of rap? Nelly? Eminem? Bone? Twista? All of them is from the Mid-West and they all sound different so what are you saying? Bottom line is the Mid-West is just that, in the middle. Therefore you can hear all different kinds of shit from here and if you a Dj from Chi I'm sure you know that already.
So what should a Chi-Town artist sound like dog?
People at SOHH got no respect for their motherland...WTF??? if y'all ain't knw, that's where u came from and now u tryna act like white ppl by descriminating 'em???...there's ugly niggaz everywhere man... (so stop portrayin african ppl as ugly if u haven't even been there yet)!!!
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You crazy as hell, white boy skateboarders listen to more REAL HIP HOP than we do. We listen to bullshit about hustlers, thugs, cars, bling and hoes, and they still listening that underground backpacker shit, with concepts, lyrics and dark gothic beats.
Niggas voting for it cause it's a breath of fresh air for hip hop. We yearn for something different and he is providing that. Thing is, it's a lot of different artist out there but the labels are to busy looking for the next 50 Cent. They lookin for the next super thug, killa, dope dealer that has been locked up and shot up. Jay-Z endorsed him so labels wanted to take a chance. Between, Kanye, Common, and Lupe, Chicago is bringin that real shit back slowly but surely.
man yall retarded.. if yall aint heard his mixtapes than yall need to get off this dam webbie and just be about it...
and if you heard that shit and still aint feelin him... find another hobby this shit aint for u
News Flash:
Ron Mexxx settles with ATL women in herpes case.
Ron I love yours blogs but from now on put a helmet on it.
News Flash:
Ron Mexxx settles with ATL women in herpes case.
Ron I love yours blogs but from now on put a helmet on it.
lmaol yall are funny
Ronnie mexxx FUCK YOU from the whole of Africa!! wat u mean Niggas arnt tryn to go there, where the fuck r u from... tell me ur white and i'll come kill u myself...ur black...fuck u..fucking uncle Tom.
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Listen to the intro on Lupe's bootleg album. He has the tightest intro I've heard in a long time.
KUJO GOODIE SAID IT BEST ON STANKONIA
"IF THEY KICK US OUT WHERE WILL WE GO, NOT TO AFRICA CUZ THEY DONT WONT TO EVEN AKNOWLEDGE AS THEY KINFLOK SITLL EATIN PORK"
TENNESSEE STAND UP
CHATTOWN REPRESENTA
Lupe is the truth
Thrillz
Nelly repped for the lue
Twista "West side chi-town"
bone "ohio"
you can hear it in there music
just because we in the middle
dont mean its fair to be like them
if that nigga never said he was from chicago, you would have thought he was from BK or harlem
plus that dude wack to me
his mixtapes was terrible
plus J known for pickin wack artist
Bleek, Pedi, YG'Z
and lets remember kanye was dame's pick
NO-ID did a lot of newyork work
whit Common
The chi started banging
when CWAL put "Do or Die" out
then "twista"
Conflict came out of nowhere
Psychodrama was next
snypaz
triple darkness
then things started rolling in
them niggas hated that shhh over there
only dudes showed us love
was the west coast and downsouth
back then RZA did say some under the table shhh toward D.O.D.
Although I like the song and the video... its all too T.H.U.G. for me to truly understand...
LuPe is fucking CRAZY !!! Fresh and new and what hip hop needs right now...Cause these little niggas dont know that there is diffrent types of RAP MUSIC...Lupe,pappoose and MiLLZ all day !!!!! Cats is so closeminded like black kids dont skateboard...I have seen a few niggas in the hood..Plus its not a Race thing you fucking clown who said that before...Free your mind Zombies. Next thing you know your gonna hate LUPE cause he's Muslim...Im waiting for that one.
EZ....bk all day !!
Nice video, and I think we a lot of people are excited for the kid to drop. It seems like the pendulum is swinging back away from the ridiculously gangsta music and I'm happy about that.
I hope he still puts his album out, even though it leaked early. The hype is there, add the guest spots and throw a couple of new songs and it will be good.
I co-sign with all the positive comments bout this dude. This is my first time hearing him, after reading about his ass so much and I must say, it brings me back to 95’ when there was music a nigga can lay back listen and smoke to. I might have to cop his cd and a half ounce. I’m out. I hope these young kids take a lesson from him and just be yourself. I’m tired of seeing the same doorag, cornroll, lil wayne wnna be thugs out here, be your fuckin self like ya boy lupe. I ain’t no skateboarder but I respect him for being man enough to be a skateboarder cuz It’s what he loves.
I'm gonna have to cosign with Thrillz.
White dudes that skate listen to mostly underground music including hip-hop.
Skateboard culture is very much anti-mainstream.
Lupe is decent, he got flow, and as long as he doesn't turn into somebody who sucks his own dick like Kanye, then power to him. I dont think he's as incredible as people make him out to be, but he's definitly good. I like the skateboard idea, at least it's something new and fresh instead of selling crack and fuckin bitches and shootin people.
Dj Rip,
Ok you named DOD, CC, Psycho Drama, Snypaz, but that shit is dead dog. Crucial may still have some life left in them just off they stage presence alone but the rest of them cats is over. My question was what is Chi-Town's sound now meaning today? And it can't be them cats up there cause they are finished.
When Twista first came out if he didn't say he was from Chicago you'da thought he was from the east and you mentioned him. He was rappin like Treach and the Fu-Shnickins. My point is we ain't got our own sound and until we do (which, geographically will be never) we all need to support our Chi-Town groups if they some good and getting major buzz no matter what they sound is. I think Bump J was wack but if the world wanted him I was rollin'. I think S.A.W. is SUPER WACK, but if the world followed they movement, fuck it.
'can’t catch cabs home after a long night of dancing with white girls to Beyonce songs. (We’ll get into that a little later.)'
NEGRO!!!!
You're killin me over here!!!
CLASSIC!!
Dummies, dummies , dummies... You can tell who is either an Old Cat=loves Lupe because it reminds them of the good old days a la Rakim, Nas, Jay, KRS, Puba etc etc (in a cashmere sweater).., or a New Jack aka internet thug aka 'I can't spell!' aka 'I stabbed your moms!' aka 'honest I like um did a three day bid??' aka 'aww shut the f up beeeyatch!' *cops the Lupe bootleg, listens and looks angrily at his 2 dollar speakers and gives them a swift kick and hollers 'Fuck that I want My Jeezy, drugs, guns and thug niggs back!!'* and then? Well then there is just us...dudes that played hard in the streets, listened to the sounds of imminent defeat, payed heed, got creative, got educated, stayed hard enough to still be rated as stand-up (although it used to be stick-up) kids, no more nearly bids, moved out of the streets but still enjoying the the real beats (Lupe!), rhythmic, reality soundbites and sometimes elgiac rhymes of the night that celebrate our lives...while the white/black kids on the boards get it because its mostly the melody,then the lyrics and then the voice.. and you?
Mostly I do not post. Just Laugh. Lupe is no joke. Kid is the truth. Shout out to my mans R Meezy, your insights are still kicking like the real Ronaldo or should that be Ronaldinho?? LOL at the confused dudes reading and getting all mad...
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That dumb nigga dj rip is a lame ass ho who don't know what the fuck he's talking about. Lupe doesn't sound like he's from Ny in no way shape or form Chicago has many different styles from them Cwal niggas to Common to Kanye. We have them gangsta gangbangin niggas to backpack rappers there is no just 1 sound you lame. Chi Town is the shit!!!!!
Hmm....no hate on this bullshit I see. I wonder how this shit would've went if he was signed to G-Unit ??? Just wondering.....
can’t catch cabs home after a long night of dancing with white girls to Beyonce songs. (We’ll get into that a little later.)
I hope we do get into that later...it's an epidemic!
Mexx, you waste 50 lines in talking videos to talk about what a nigga looks like, how he dresses, and what his voice sounds like...Were you watching Kick,Push or gay porno?...Tired of frontin' ass niggas,stunting on another man's looks!!...Stick to the script!!!(unless it's that secret mancrush script!)
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You crazy as hell, white boy skateboarders listen to more REAL HIP HOP than we do. We listen to bullshit about hustlers, thugs, cars, bling and hoes, and they still listening that underground backpacker shit, with concepts, lyrics and dark gothic beats.
Niggas voting for it cause it's a breath of fresh air for hip hop. We yearn for something different and he is providing that. Thing is, it's a lot of different artist out there but the labels are to busy looking for the next 50 Cent. They lookin for the next super thug, killa, dope dealer that has been locked up and shot up. Jay-Z endorsed him so labels wanted to take a chance. Between, Kanye, Common, and Lupe, Chicago is bringin that real shit back slowly but surely.
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Couldn't of said it any better
You think Papoose is nice?
Wait until Clap Cognac strips the set!.
The Bronx own "Clap Cognac" str8 out section 5 co-op city.......
Lupe too hard shit yo boy only 21 and I'm getting tired of these fake ass, shoot em up, hyper aggressive superthugs, forreal!!! to get some music your boy had to go and cop old, nas, jay, black sheep, common, talib, black men with substance.not these i ain't never gone changed you can't take the hood out me niggas!!!!
a yall dumb ass coons need to stop hatin on lupe his new shyte is bumpin. and what the fuck happend to the boondocks on cartoonnetwork
Steady Mobbin is a hot one too. Check it out on his MySpace.
FUCK LUPE FAG-ASCO! AND KANYE WEST! BOTH THEM NIGGAS IS FAGGOTS. PROBABLY ASS BUDDIES.
GOT LOVE FOR THE CHI, JUST NOT THOSE TWO FUCK BOYS.
This is sick!!!!! i just saw the video. YO!! This is like dude said a few blogs up, its fresh air. I didnt care nothing bout this dude from his verse in reach the sky, but now im checking for his projects.
THANK YOU JESUS someone made a song about something other than the usual corporate machine gabbage (garbage)!
This is heat 4 rillz, im gonna be rocking this at the car wash when gettin my V cleaned up.
UNOUT!
I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $67074. Isn't that crazy!
yo alota hate strolling on in here...man I mean alot..and what are you niggaz doing to approve yourself since you hating on lupe so much..huh soldier??? niggaz are making black people look hella stupid nowadays and I swear fake gangstas need to go ahead and sit down and call it a night..man doing something in the game that most of you can't hang with..reality..niggaz love to live in illusion..niggaz love to lie and be lied to..
cease and dissest your future mouth slanging if all you want out of life is a lie..intelligience is like a plague most of yall ain't even trying to catch..it's a new day and I bet if slavery started tomorrow most of yall would never see dat coming...black people we gotta step up or get pounded forever by media viewed bull ya know...
fuck all the haters, that's right fuck ya all. Lupe is the shit an don't be hatin cause my nigga made it to top mad most of ya rappers wanna be did not. fuck all the haters, once again, just one more thing fuck ya haters
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