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Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate

Let Me Ride samples Mothership Connection

Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Jewell & RC’s “Let Me Ride” (1992) is built on Parliament’s “Mothership Connection” (1975) — a sample that travelled 17 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.

The original record

Mothership Connection

Parliament · 1975

plays 05:34–05:50 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

Let Me Ride

Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Jewell & RC · 1992

plays 01:05–01:35 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Mothership Connection” and listen at 05:34–05:50 — that’s the passage Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg, Jewell & RC lifted. Old-school source, 1990s flip.

Liner notes

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