Let Me Ride

"Let Me Ride"
"Let Me Ride"
Single by Dr. Dre
from the album The Chronic
Released	September 13, 1993
Recorded	1992
Studio	Death Row (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap; g-funk;
Length	4:21
Label	Death Row; Interscope; Priority;
Songwriter(s)	Eric Collins; Calvin Broadus;
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre
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Music video
	"Let Me Ride" on YouTube

"Let Me Ride" is a song by American rapper and producer Dr. Dre, released in September 1993 by Death Row, Interscope and Priority as the third and final single from his debut studio album, The Chronic (1992). It experienced moderate success on the charts, until it became a massive hit when Dre won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for the song during the Grammy Awards of 1994.^[2] The song features singers Ruben and Jewell, and uncredited vocals by fellow rapper Snoop Dogg^[3]

Dr. Dre's lyrics were written by RBX, originally intended for a different track.^[4] Dr. Dre, RBX and Snoop Dogg share songwriting credits for the song.

"Let Me Ride"'s chorus involves both a sample and an interpolation of the chorus of the 1976 Parliament song "Mothership Connection (Star Child)", which itself quotes the Negro spiritual "Swing Down Sweet Chariot". "Let Me Ride" also samples James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1973 single "Kissing My Love".

Hip Hop Dx placed the song on their list of 13 Great Hip Hop Songs For The Summer.^[5]

^ Fitzgerald, Trent (December 15, 2016). "Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Album Turns 24, Fans React on Twitter". The Boombox. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ Weinstein, Max (June 4, 2014). "25 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Dre". The Boombox. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ "Jewell, Singer For Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" To Release Two Fall Albums". HipHopDX. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 229.
^ "13 Great Hip Hop Songs For The Summer". HipHopDX. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

[1] Fitzgerald, Trent (December 15, 2016). "Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Album Turns 24, Fans React on Twitter". The Boombox. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

[boombox-2] Weinstein, Max (June 4, 2014). "25 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Dr. Dre". The Boombox. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

[3] "Jewell, Singer For Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" To Release Two Fall Albums". HipHopDX. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

[4] Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 229.

[5] "13 Great Hip Hop Songs For The Summer". HipHopDX. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

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