Ridin'
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| Single by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone from the album The Sound of Revenge |
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| Released | March 26, 2006 USA September 2006 U.K |
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| Format | CD single 7" single |
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| Genre | Rap | ||||
| Length | 4:08 | ||||
| Label | Universal/Chamillitary | ||||
| Writer(s) | Hakeem Seriki Juan Salinas Oscar Salinas Anthony Henderson |
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| Producer | Play-n-Skillz | ||||
| Certification | 4x Platinum | ||||
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"Ridin'" is the second single from Chamillionaire's album, The Sound of Revenge, and features a guest rap by Krayzie Bone. Its title is often incorrectly assumed to be "Ridin' Dirty" due to the chorus. The lyrics concern racial profiling and police brutality, as well as the stereotyping of African Americans driving a vehicle with drugs or other contraband on the inside ("riding dirty"). The music video attempts to create a sense of the police abusing their powers despite the singer admitting to various lesser crimes including driving under the influence, juxtaposing police actions with wrestling scenes to show how the police allegedly treat suspects. The video also has cameo appearances by Tom Lister Jr., Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Play-n-Skillz, Chingo Bling, OG Ron C, Big Tuck, and Chamillionaire's younger brother Rasaq.
"Ridin'" was awarded "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. It was nominated for Best Rap Song. It became number one in December on the Piczo Chart 3 months after its physical release. The song also topped the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released there.
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[edit] Track listing
UK - CD: 1
- "Ridin'" (radio edit)
- "Ridin'" (album version)
UK - CD: 2
- "Ridin'" (album version)
- "Ridin'" (UK remix) (featuring Sway)
- "Ridin'" (instrumental)
- "Ridin'" (video)
[edit] Remixes
The remixes feature the following artists:
- Houston Remix (official) - UGK
- New York Remix (official) - Papoose and Jae Millz
- West Coast Remix (official) - The Game and DJ Quik
- "Ridin' Overseas" (official) - Akon
- "Ridin'" Remix (unofficial) - Trae and Krayzie Bone
- "Ridin'" UK Remix (official) - Sway
- "White & Nerdy" (official) Parody ― "Weird Al" Yankovic (from Straight Outta Lynwood)
[edit] Sequel
Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah 2 features a "sequel" to "Ridin'", titled "Ridin' Overseas". The track was produced by Akon, who also sings the hook of the song.
[edit] Trivia
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- This song was being played on Houston's urban radio stations as early as September 2005, a year before its national release.
- The song is played after Houston Astros victories.
- On January 9, 2007, ABC News chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz's phone rang during a White House press briefing, with Ridin' as its ringtone, leading White House Press Secretary Tony Snow to ask the assembled press "Does Martha have a hip-hop ring tone?" and to exclaim "Play that funky music, white girl."[1]
- 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, stating that "He's actually rapping pretty good on it, it's crazy ... I didn't know he could rap like that."[2]
- Spunk rock band Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer has covered this song live.
- This song has been banned in Japan due to inappropriate lyrics.
- Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman, Brandon Inge, Xavier Nady, Juan Encarnación, Joe Mauer, Mike Cameron, Orlando Cabrera, Andruw Jones, 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.
- In 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.
- "Ridin" appeared in one episode of "CSI: Miami" as a suspect was driving around.
- "Ridin'" appeared at #6 on BET's "Top 100 Music Videos Of 2006"
- "Ridin' Dirty" is the title of the 1996 album by UGK. Chamillionaire often cites this as one of his all time favorite records.
- In the movie Little Man, "Ridin'" can be heard in Percy's car when he's coming to pick up Calvin.
- Ridin' was also played during an episode of The Sopranos when Tony's son AJ was waking up.
- The music video for Ridin' was filmed in Dallas, Texas.
| Preceded by "SOS" by Rihanna |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 3, 2006 - June 17, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune - The Swamp blog, January 9, 2007. The incident is viewable on YouTube at [1]
- ^ MTVNews.com story
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