"Let's Ride" is the first single from Canadian rapper

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's debut album, ''

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''. Produced by

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, the song features ad-libs by

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. The song is well known for its catchy piano hook and chorus. Commercially, "Let's Ride" reached number 31 in Canada and number 37 on the US ''

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chart.

Music video

Directed by

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, most of the

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was shot in

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. It begins with Choclair driving a

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convertible, with a female passenger. In the next scene, he is a passenger on a motorcycle. In the third scene he drives a

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, with Kardinal Offishall as his passenger. In the final scene, Choclair rides on a bicycle alongside Saukrates.

Track listing

12" single ''A-side'' #"Let's Ride" (Radio Edit) #"Let's Ride" (Main Mix) #"Let's Ride" (Instrumental) ''B-side'' #"Bare Witness" (Radio Edit) (featuring

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) #"Bare Witness" (Main Mix) (featuring Guru) #"Bare Witness" (Instrumental)

Charts

Other appearances

*The instrumental is heard at the beginning and ending of Kardinal Offishall's 1997 music video for "

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". *The song is featured on the soundtracks of '' 3 Strikes'' and '' NBA Live 2001''.

References

{{authority control 1999 singles 1999 songs Choclair songs Music videos directed by Director X Priority Records singles Songs written by Kardinal Offishall Virgin Records singles