Ridin'
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| "Ridin' (feat. Krayzie Bone)" | ||
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| Single by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone | ||
| from the album The Sound of Revenge | ||
| Released | March 2006 | |
| Format | CD single 7" single |
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| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 4:08 | |
| Label | Universal/Chamillitary | |
| Writer(s) | H. Seriki, J. Salinas, O. Salinas, A. Henderson | |
| Producer(s) | Play-N-Skillz | |
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| Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone singles chronology | ||
| "Turn It Up" (2005) |
"Ridin'" (2006) |
"Grown and Sexy" (2006) |
| Krayzie Bone singles chronology | ||
| "Get'chu Twisted" (2005) |
"Ridin'" (2006) |
"Spit Your Gamme" (2006) |
Ridin' is the second single from Chamillionaire's album, The Sound of Revenge. The track features Krayzie Bone of the rap group, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
The lyrics concern racial profiling, police brutality as well as the stereotyping of Black Americans driving a vehicle containing contraband ("riding dirty"). The music video attempts to create a sense of the police abusing their powers despite the singer admiting to various lesser crimes including driving under the influence. It has wrestling scenes to show how the police allegedly treat suspects. The video also has cameo appearances by Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Tom Lister Jr., Play-N-Skillz, Chingo Bling, OG Ron C, and Chamillionaire's younger brother Rasaq.
Ridin' was recently nominated for "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Best Rap Song.
[edit] Track listing
UK - CD: 1
- "Ridin'" (radio edit)
- "Ridin'" (album version)
UK - CD: 2
- "Ridin'" (album version)
- "Think I'm Crazy"
- "Ridin'" (UK remix) (featuring Sway)
- "Ridin'" (instrumental)
- "Ridin'" (video)
[edit] Remixes
There have been multiple remixes of "Ridin'" getting radio airplay. The remixes feature UGK, Papoose, Jae Millz, The Game, and DJ Quik. The purpose of the remixes are to represent locations. For example, the track with UGK talks about Houston's HPD. The remix with Jae Millz and Papoose describe the NYPD and the mix featuring The Game describes the West Coast's infamous police departments.
The remixes feature the following artists:
- Houston Remix (official) - UGK
- New York Remix (official) - Papoose & Jae Millz
- West Coast Remix (official) - The Game & DJ Quik
- Remix (unofficial) - Trae & Krayzie Bone
[edit] Trivia
- On July 17, 2006, Chamillionaire announced via bulletin on his official MySpace page that American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of "Ridin'" for his new album Straight Outta Lynwood (released on September 26, 2006). The parody, called "White & Nerdy" also featured a music video and was released as the lead single from the album. Chamillionaire stated in an interview that he enjoyed the parody of the song written by Yankovic, and was pleasantly surprised by Yankovic's rapping ability. He also thinks it is a great parody for the song.
- Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman, Brandon Inge, Xavier Nady, Juan Encarnación, Joe Mauer, Mike Cameron, Orlando Cabrera, and Ken Griffey, Jr. walk to the plate with this song playing in the stadium.
- In the music video, when the lyric "Next to the PlayStation controller" is sung, the woman is actually holding an Xbox controller.
- On the second episode of Rob & Big the song was playing while Big was being pulled over for tint in the front window, and Rob started jumping around singing the song.
| Preceded by: "SOS" by Rihanna |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 3, 2006 |
Succeeded by: "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean |
