Sally-Anne Hurley of ''TheMusic.com . au '' called Lopes ' performance in the song one of the rapper 's " most underrated " for TLC . However , Sal Cinquemani of '' Slant Magazine '' wrote that " Kick Your Game " should have been replaced on the '' 20 '' greatest-hits album with TLC 's 1993 cover of The Time 's " Get It Up " . A '' FasterLouder '' reviewer called the track " dazzling " , but " when Lopes ' confidence is unsettled , the challenge seems to come from within her own imagination . " Michael A. Gonzales wrote for '' Ebony '' that both of Dupri 's " jeep bounce " tracks on the album ( including " Kick Your Game " ) sounded like " senior prom jams . " Agreeing with Gonzales , '' Consequence of Sound '' Sheldon Pearce agreed , writing that the album would have been more successful if it sounded more like " Waterfalls " and less like " Kick Your Game " . Also for '' Consequence of Sound '' , Michael Madden praised the song 's placement on the album ( next to " Diggin ' on You " ) as " a perfect segue conceptually " despite being on " separate ends of the spectrum sonically . " According to Camille Augustin of '' Vibe '' , " Kick Your Game " might have inspired Blaque 's 1999 single " Bring It All to Me " ; both were " catcalls to fellas with more than just pickup lines . " TLC joined the 16th Annual Budweiser Superfest Tour in July 1995 , with " Kick Your Game " on their tracklist . They performed the song in front of " CrazySexyCool " in cropped t-shirts and oversized jeans held up by thick belts . The trio sang " CrazySexyMedley " ( " Ai n't 2 Proud 2 Beg " , " Kick Your Game " , " Creep " and " Waterfalls " ) at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on September 7 . Edwin Ortiz of '' Complex '' called it one of the awards ' all-time top twenty , and Fuse listed it as one of their ten favorite least-talked-about performances on the show . According to Ortiz , " Back in the '90s , no female R&B act could touch TLC . " The trio performed " Kick Your Game " with Mack and Dupri during the 1996 Soul Train Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29 . TLC performed the track at the VH1 Super Bowl Blitz concert at New York 's Beacon Theatre on January 30 , 2014 in orange jumpsuits , with their backup dancers wearing " paint-splattered " costumes . The performance was for the theatre audience only , during the show 's televised commercial break . TLC performed " Kick Your Game " on their promotional tour for '' 20 '' in 2014 and their 2016 tour
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
Kick Your Game