"Let Me Ride" is the third single released by Dr. Dre from his debut studio album, The Chronic. It experienced moderate success on the charts, until it became a massive hit when Dre won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance during the Grammy Awards of 1994. Snoop Doggy Dogg is involved for a "Rollin' in my 6-4" pre-chorus and in some background vocals. The vocals are sung by Ruben and Jewell, and the lyrics were ghostwritten by RBX, who explains how Dr. Dre came to use the lyrics, which RBX had originally written for a different track, in the book How to Rap. The single helped The Chronic go multi-platinum. The song sold more than three million copies itself. It has several samples mixed into the song from Parliament's "Mothership Connection (Star Child)", James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and Bill Withers's 1972 hit "Kissin' My Love".
The song won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.
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