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"Kick, Push" is the first single released from Lupe Fiasco's debut album, ''Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor''. The song was written by Lupe Fiasco, and produced by producer Soundtrakk. 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." 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.〔(Pitchfork: The 100 Best Tracks of 2006 )〕 Kick, Push was also voted #72 on About.com's '' Top 100 Rap Songs''.〔()〕'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kick, Push」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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