Let Me Roll

"Let Me Roll"
Single by Scarface featuring J. Prince
from the album The World Is Yours
ReleasedAugust 17, 1993
GenreHip hop
Length4:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Scarface
Scarface singles chronology
"A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die"
(1992) 		"Let Me Roll"
(1993) 		"Now I Feel Ya"
(1993)
Music video
"Let Me Roll" on YouTube

"Let Me Roll" is a song by American rapper Scarface and the lead single from his second studio album The World Is Yours (1993). It features vocals from J. Prince.

Background

In an interview with Complex, Scarface said about the song:

That was my dope smoking song. That's when Swisher Sweets started getting popular in the neighborhood. My buddy, his name was Toast, and he died in 1992 but he was the first guy to smoke Swisher Sweets. He was like 17-years-old and he would cut the Swisher Sweets open and put the weed in it. Now everybody was smoking Philly Blunts and White Owls, but Toast was smoking Sweets. So I wrote that song.[1]

Composition and critical reception

The song is based on and samples heavily from Dukey Stick by George Duke.

The production of the song contains "slaphappy bass, tinkling keyboards and relaxed drums", over which Scarface recounts an afternoon of hanging out in the neighborhood and activities including smoking cannabis cigars, seeing women drive by, drinking 40 oz bottles of St. Ides,[2] and "Jammin' to a tape to my partner had made / 'Growin' up in the Hood' bein mixed with Face". According to Scarface, he was referring to DJ Screw in that line.[1]

Havelock Nelson of Rolling Stone wrote a favorable response to the song, commenting that Scarface "proves more engaging" in his performance.[2]

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 87
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 50
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[5] 2

References

  1. ^ a b Ahmed, Insanul (January 31, 2013). "Scarface Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs". Complex. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Scarface (December 9, 1993). "Scarface: The World Is Yours : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Scarface Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Scarface Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  5. ^ "Scarface Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2023.