| "Let Me Ride" | ||||
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| Single by Dr. Dre | ||||
| from the album The Chronic | ||||
| Released | September 13, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Studio | Death Row (Los Angeles, California) | |||
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| Length | 4:21 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Dr. Dre | |||
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"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 Best Rap Solo Performance for at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards.[2] The song features singers Ruben and Jewell, as well as uncredited vocals by fellow rapper Snoop Dogg, who wrote the song.[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".
- ^ 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.