https://modestwalrus.com/tags/phife-dawg/Recent content in Phife Dawg on Modest WalrusHugoen-usFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/can-i-kick-it-by-a-tribe-called-quest/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/can-i-kick-it-by-a-tribe-called-quest/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>Beauty. Soul. Flow. Poetry. Craft. Intellect. This song has all of it and it makes it sound effortless.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O3pyCGnZzYA?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Can I Kick It?&rdquo; comes from A Tribe Called Quest&rsquo;s 1990 debut album <em>People&rsquo;s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm</em>. Built around a sample of Lou Reed&rsquo;s &ldquo;Walk on the Wild Side,&rdquo; it became one of the defining tracks of jazz rap and a cornerstone of the Native Tongues movement, with Q-Tip and Phife Dawg trading verses over a laid-back groove.</p>