this song for sure kicked off the skater era

[Sauce Dab]

I'm from L.A breh
its like i had no choice

Were you rocking skinny jeans too?

 

[Ol’Otis]

Were you rocking skinny jeans too?

aww hell no

but i was rocking neon colors

 

[JQ Legend]

Kick Push was a dope song but if we are being real, skating didn't catch on like that among urban youth as a result of that song. I'd say skating really started being trendy around 2010.

I agree and disagree

Kick push didn't make hood nikkas want to be skaters but it was the song that introduced the idea to hood nikkas who previously didn't even think about it

 

[Pineal Gland]

theres no escaping it I wanna be hip and aware goddamn it

I'm gonna be forever young

 

[Sauce Dab]

aww hell no

but i was rocking neon colors

L.A lawst

 

[Collateral]

And Jersey blessed us with a one eyed nikka whining on songs.
Yea thanks for that

Yaaaaah baby! Sqwwwwwa!

 

[MF budz]

aww hell no

but i was rocking neon colors

My brother use to rock all that shyt then i had to sit him down and show him what real skaters wear. its funny to watch how skateboarding has come to what it is. Has someone whl has been doing it for 10- 11 years and how much hate i used to get, to bytches wanting to fukk me and dudes trying to steal the"look". Now in the damn olympics . Half of me is and the other half is pharells ice cream team put out a video back im the day too. Idek if the dudes in the pack or lupe skated like that. Everyday type shyt trying to learn tricks for hours.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

And fukk any of you nikkas clowning jerking/krumping cuz as corny as that shyt was in retrospect it kept a lot of Cali kids out the streets

 

[Ol’Otis]

And fukk any of you nikkas clowning jerking/krumping cuz as corny as that shyt was in retrospect it kept a lot of Cali kids out the streets

it damn sure did

i salute Tommy the Clown for that

 

[root_eruditorium_org]

I agree and disagree

Kick push didn't make hood nikkas want to be skaters but it was the song that introduced the idea to hood nikkas who previously didn't even think about it

that's a fair analysis

but you forgetting that Pharrell and his crew were repping skateboards waay before Lupe. He was just more low key with it and even still, NERD wasn't a cool band to listen to, not if you were black.

yea skating was definitely still corny as fukk when Lupe released that song. it's not like you'd see nikkas walking around with skateboards and wearing skater gear, just wasn't happening.

cali nikkas are definitely the ones who brought the skating wave to urban america and beyond though. the pack, new boyz, odd future, etc.

 

[root_eruditorium_org]

Its funny to watch how skateboarding has come to what it is. Has someone whl has been doing it for 10- 11 years and how much hate i used to get, to bytches wanting to fukk me and dudes trying to steal the"look".

These nikkas don't know

 

[MF budz]

Stevie williams showed hood dudes how to skateboard. Hes from Philly. Owns dgk and asphalt yacht club. Moved to san fran at 15 and was couch surfing/homeless trying to make it. Kareem cambell as well. Ray barbee too. Pioneers for black skaters. Now they have antwaun dixon, ishod wair, terry Kennedy leading the way.

 

[newworldafro]

Before all the songs shown or mentioned....the first rap video I can ever remember that actually featured skateboarders prominently...

GZA ft ODB - "Crash Your Crew" .... released in 2002....but album it was on, Beneath the Surface, was released in 1999...so I feel like the video came out before 2002, but

 

[KingBeez]

I knew it was either vans by the pack or kick push

Wasn't disappointed in the decision

 

[Ironman]

Soooo......no Lupe Fiasco?


It's crazy how much we lose touch of current fads n shyt after Hs

We old