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11/09/2006
'Let's Ride' has old-school vibe
By Doug Miller / TheGame360.com
The Game on “Let’s Ride”
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The Game is ready to take his fans on another joy ride from the memories of his rough-and-tumble upbringing in South Central Los Angeles to the present and future as one of the kingpins of the hip-hop world.

He’s continuing to build his legacy with his new album, Doctor’s Advocate, which drops Nov. 14, and he’s come up with an old-school-and-new-school classic in the form of his latest single, “Let’s Ride.”

The song, produced by industry heavyweight Scott Storch, conjures memories of the old days in Compton while making sure to let everyone know that The Game is a star of the hip-hop here and now.

“It’s real reminiscent to the West Coast movement back in the day when Snoop first came on the scene with Dre and they had that Chronic album and Doggystyle and “Gin And Juice” and “Let Me Ride,” The Game said.

“It’s kind of those all twisted and tangled up with the whole 2006 mix on it.”

That isn’t hard to tell from the nostalgic lyrics in “Let’s Ride,” particularly this call-out to Dre: “You passed me the torch, I lit the chronic with it/Now the world is my ashtray, ridin' three-wheel motion 'till the ass scrapes, turn Sunset into a motherfucking drag race.”

And especially this line: “It's a new day, and if you ever knew Dre/Motherfucker, you would say I was the new Dre./Same Impala, different spokes, same chronic, just a different smoke.”

When it’s all said and done, however, The Game says the key to “Let’s Ride” is the beat.

“Scott Storch is one of the dopest super-producers in hip-hop, man,” The Game says. “And whenever you get a dope producer and a dope hip-hop artist like myself together and they jell, man, it’s always gonna be classic at the end of the day.”