Lupe Fiasco – Kick Push

Hip hop skateboarders? Now I’ve seen everything. No seriously, I think this guy does a better job than most singing about skateboarding without making it sound silly.

Remember this one from Skate Rock Volume One? The Only Ones: (Oops, Minus One thanks Neil. This post is just a total abortion. From now on I stay well away from anything having to do with rap music.)
Do you remember the legend of Black man? (Rat man?)
He rode his board like a total madman.
In the pool he was spinning 360s
The others sketched but for him it was easy.

Why was he spinning 360s in a pool? Embarassing.

Here’s Lupe:

He said, I would marry you
but I’m engaged to these aerials and varials
and I don’t think this board is strong enough to carry two.

Of course his girlfriend skates and doesn’t need a lift, she takes him to a spot where they get kicked out again by security.

A street skating video really, but the descriptions of skating are ambiguous enough to appeal to anyone. I though the video was interesting visually Not a lot of amazing skating, a couple of good ollies, a treflip maybe? Not really my kind of thing musically but it’s not bad for a mellow tune and I though some of the songwriting was clever. There, I said it, I’ll probably have to learn Smith Grinds as penance if I want to stay in the gang.