Let Me Ride

Let Me Ride

Infobox Single
Name = Let Me Ride



Artist = Dr. Dre featuring Jewell, Snoop Doggy Dogg & Ruben
from Album = The Chronic
Released = October, 1993
Format = 12" single
Genre = G-funk
West Coast hip hop
Length = 4:21
Label = Death Row/Interscope
Writer = Eric Collins
Calvin Broadus
Producer = Dr. Dre
Director = Dr. Dre
Last single = "Dre Day"
(1993)
This single = "Let Me Ride"
(1993)
Next single = "Who Am I (What's My Name)?"
(1994)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Snoop Dogg
Background = khaki
Last single ="Dre Day"
(1994)
This single = "Let Me Ride"
(1993)
Next single = "Who Am I (What's My Name)?"
(1993)
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Name = Let Me Ride
Audio file= Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride.ogg

"Let Me Ride" is the third single released by Dr. Dre from his 1992 album "The Chronic". It experienced moderate success on the charts until it became a hit after Dr. Dre won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance during the Grammy Awards of 1994. Snoop Dogg is involved for a "Rollin' in my 6-4" phrase that transmits the verses into the chorus and in some background vocals. The vocals are sung by Ruben and Jewell. This single helped "The Chronic" achieve more than 3 million copies sold (referred to as triple platinum in the music business). It has several samples mixed into the song from Parliament's "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" and "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot", James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1971 hit "Kissin' My Love".

Music video

The music video was shot on location in Los Angeles on Slauson Avenue and was directed by Dr. Dre. It is the second lowrider cult video of Dre's cinematographer "walk of life" that was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in the same year. The video begins with Dre, in his home, taking a phone call and being invited to a Parliament concert. He then heads out in his lowrider and the song begins. Many helicopter-view camshots of the super-highways of Compton follow, some cuts of Snoop, a car-jacking, scene and various footage of Dre picking up girls, all of which leads to a street party outside the concert venue. Ice Cube makes a cameo appearance, walking out from a Women's bathroom saying "Damn right it was a good day" referring to his 1992 solo single (and also officially squashing the beef between Dre and Cube which had existed since Cube left NWA). Dr. Dre also refers to the CPT on this single and this album, an abbreviation of Compton, the city in which he is from in California. Fellow Death Row rapper The Lady of Rage also appears breifly in a cameo scene.

Official remixes

The song has a remix version with full verses from Snoop Dogg and Daz, and an appearance by George Clinton that was recorded simultaneously with the original version and was released on 12" when the solo version was chosen to be a part of the album. The beat was later remade and the instrumental was used for the Up In Smoke Tour in 2000.

References in other media

Rapper The Game refers to "Let Me Ride" in a song of his, entitled "Put You on the Game", where he claims to be in a car with Dre in the back and bitches screaming "let me ride!". This is also done by Fabolous in his hit "Can't Deny It", with "bitches be yellin "let me ride", like I'm Snoop, and Dr. Dre.". Nate Dogg also refers to "Let Me Ride" in Warren G's song "Regulate" from Warren's album "Regulate... G Funk Era" in which he says, "She said "my car's broke down and you seem real nice, would ya let me ride?"". The Game's single "Let's Ride (Strip Club)" also appears to be a reference to "Let Me Ride", as The Game is an avid fan of Dr. Dre and his early group N.W.A .

Charts

External links

*youtube|rBu2uxdvNmI|Music video for "Let Me Ride"
* [http://www.dr-dre-web.de/disco.html Dr. Dre website Germany]
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/537388 Discogs]
* [http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Dr.%20Dre&first= Music Video Database]
* [http://www.grammy.com Grammy Awards official page]
* [http://www.straightlyrics.com/Lyrics/Dr_Dre/Let_Me_Ride_(Remix)-14613.html Lyrics for the remix]
* [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-d/drdre.htm Rock on the Net]

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