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. Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride. 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 Ice Cube which had existed since Ice Cube left N.W.A. An official remix of the song features full verses from Snoop Dogg and Daz, and an appearance by George Clinton. Lyrics to 'Swing Down, Chariot' by The Staple Singers. '", Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin'), "Dr. Dre Chart History (Dance Club Songs)", "Dr. Dre Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)", Welcome to Atlanta (Coast to Coast Remix), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let_Me_Ride&oldid=961352353, Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Singlechart usages for Billboarddanceclubplay, Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Let Me Ride" (Extended Club Mix) - 11:01, This page was last edited on 8 June 2020, at 00:05. The music video was shot on location at Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles and was directed by Dr. Dre. Are you hip to Easter Island? Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride. [1] Dr. Dre, RBX and Snoop Dogg share songwriting credits for the song. "Let Me Ride" also samples James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1973 single "Kissing My Love". He then heads out in his lowrider and the song begins. Dr. Dre also produced the beat for the remix. Dr. Dre's lyrics were ghostwritten by RBX; they had originally been written for a different track. Nate Dogg refers to "Let Me Ride" in Warren G's 1994 song "Regulate", in which he sings, "She said 'my car's broke down and you seem real nice, would ya let me ride? Dre."
'", Rapper Fabolous, in his 2001 hit "Can't Deny It", had the lyric "bitches be yellin "let me ride", like I'm Snoop, and Dr. Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride Oh rock me lord, rock me lord Calm and easy I've got a home on the other side The beat was later remade as a G-Funk remix and the instrumental was used for the Up In Smoke Tour in 2000. Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride. Rapper Warren G (Dre's step-brother) makes a cameo appearance, along with rappers The D.O.C. The video begins with Dre, in his home watching the $20 Sack Pyramid (a track skit from the album shown as a game show in the video), taking a phone call and being invited to a Parliament concert. and The Lady of Rage Producer Bonita "Bo" Money, and actress Jada Pinkett-Smith. It was recorded simultaneously with the original version and was released on the 12" vinyl when the solo version was chosen to be a part of the album. 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.
The final shots of the video feature footage from Parliament-Funkadelic's 1976 earth tour, including the Starchild flying on wires with the bop gun, the band singing "Mothership Connection", which "Let Me Ride" samples, and concludes with George Clinton departing into the Mothership with a plume of smoke, upon which Dre's face is superimposed.
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. The chorus is sung by Ruben and Jewell, and Snoop Dogg (then known as Snoop Doggy Dogg) raps the line "Rollin' in my 6-4" and appears in some background vocals. The song introduces George Clinton's messianic alien alter ego Star Child for the first time (see P-Funk mythology). "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". It was the third and last single released from the group's 1975 album Mothership Connection.
The Bermuda Triangle? The song makes a reference to popular hard rock band Aerosmith in the lyric "and no this ain't Aerosmith!". "Let Me Ride" is a 1993 single by rapper and producer Dr. Dre, and the third single from his debut studio album, The Chronic. Rapper The Game similarly refers to "Let Me Ride" in his 2005 song "Put You on the Game", where he claims to be in a car with Dre in the back and "bitches screaming, 'Let me ride! The full version of the remix is 11 minutes long and features a guitar solo by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
"Let Me Ride" also samples James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1973 single "Kissing My Love". "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" is a funk song by Parliament. "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".
'", Rapper Fabolous, in his 2001 hit "Can't Deny It", had the lyric "bitches be yellin "let me ride", like I'm Snoop, and Dr. Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride Oh rock me lord, rock me lord Calm and easy I've got a home on the other side The beat was later remade as a G-Funk remix and the instrumental was used for the Up In Smoke Tour in 2000. Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride Swing down, sweet chariot Stop and let me ride. Rapper Warren G (Dre's step-brother) makes a cameo appearance, along with rappers The D.O.C. The video begins with Dre, in his home watching the $20 Sack Pyramid (a track skit from the album shown as a game show in the video), taking a phone call and being invited to a Parliament concert. and The Lady of Rage Producer Bonita "Bo" Money, and actress Jada Pinkett-Smith. It was recorded simultaneously with the original version and was released on the 12" vinyl when the solo version was chosen to be a part of the album. 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.
The final shots of the video feature footage from Parliament-Funkadelic's 1976 earth tour, including the Starchild flying on wires with the bop gun, the band singing "Mothership Connection", which "Let Me Ride" samples, and concludes with George Clinton departing into the Mothership with a plume of smoke, upon which Dre's face is superimposed.
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. The chorus is sung by Ruben and Jewell, and Snoop Dogg (then known as Snoop Doggy Dogg) raps the line "Rollin' in my 6-4" and appears in some background vocals. The song introduces George Clinton's messianic alien alter ego Star Child for the first time (see P-Funk mythology). "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". It was the third and last single released from the group's 1975 album Mothership Connection.
The Bermuda Triangle? The song makes a reference to popular hard rock band Aerosmith in the lyric "and no this ain't Aerosmith!". "Let Me Ride" is a 1993 single by rapper and producer Dr. Dre, and the third single from his debut studio album, The Chronic. Rapper The Game similarly refers to "Let Me Ride" in his 2005 song "Put You on the Game", where he claims to be in a car with Dre in the back and "bitches screaming, 'Let me ride! The full version of the remix is 11 minutes long and features a guitar solo by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
"Let Me Ride" also samples James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1973 single "Kissing My Love". "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" is a funk song by Parliament. "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".