Songoftheday 1/31/19 - So would you just walk on by, 'cause I'm too hard to lift and no this ain't Aerosmith...
from the album The Chronic (1992)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #34 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 5
Today's song of the day comes from rapper/producer Dr. Dre, whose debut solo album The Chronic had already spun off two top ten pop hits with "Nothin' But A 'G' Thang" and "Dre Day". The third and final release from what would be considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time would be the smooth cruisin' anthem "Let Me Ride". With verses written predominantly (and uncredited at the time) by Eric Collins (aka RBX) with Snoop Dogg and Dre adding material, all atop a sample of Parliament's "Mothership Connection", the single followed the previous pair up the pop charts as well...
"Let Me Ride" became the third top-40 pop hit from The Chronic in October of 1993. The song was a huge hit on urban stations, peaking at #3 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart and #3 on their Rap Singles chart as well. The extended remix version of the song, featuring singer Val Young, climbed to #45 on their Dance Club Play chart as well. Internationally the song peaked at #31 in the UK as the "double A-side" of "Nothin' But A 'G' Thang". "Let Me Ride" went on to win Dr. Dre his first Grammy Award for Best Solo Rap Performance in 1994.
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And here's Dre and Snoop in concert in 2001...
Up tomorrow: Poisonous hip-hop trio detects tears, perhaps?
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