How Do U Want It

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"How Do U Want It"
Single by 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo
from the album All Eyez on Me
B-side "California Love
Released June 4, 1996
Format 12-inch single, CD
Recorded November 1995
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:47
Label Death Row
Writer(s) Tupac Shakur
Johnny Jackson
Bruce Fisher
Leon Ware
Stanley Richardson
Quincy Jones
Producer Johnny "J"
Certification 2x Platinum
2Pac chronology
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
(1996)		 "How Do U Want It"
(1996)		 "Hit 'Em Up"
(1996)
K-Ci and Jojo chronology
"If You Think You're Lonely Now"
(1994)		 "How Do You Want It"
(1996)		 "How Could You"
(1996)

"How Do U Want It" is a hip-hop song performed by Tupac Shakur. It features K-Ci and JoJo and was the third single from his album All Eyez on Me. It was a Double A-side single to "California Love", and the song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1996. In the UK, the song peaked at #17.

It samples Quincy Jones's "Body Heat" from his 1974 album Body Heat. The song includes a diss of noted gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker. It also samples Brian McKnight's "Up Around My Way" from his 1995 album "I Remember You."

Contents

[edit] Music videos

There were three videos filmed for this song: two in the same set for the single in April 1996 directed by Ron Hightower and produced by Tracy D. Robinson. These two are distinguished by MPAA rating (one is certified adult material). The video portrays a wild sex party with jacuzzi, mechanical bull riding, cage dancing and pole stripping. All actors and actresses are dressed in renaissance-age costumes, though all clothes are removed for the nude clip.

The limousine segment seen in the clean version is the same except no nudity. The third one is the concert version, mostly them performing on stage (not the House Of Blues live performance). There are cameo appearances by K-Ci & Jojo, and fellow group member of Digital Underground Shock G both in the concert and studio segments. The adult-material video also features numerous porn stars, including Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, and Angel Kelly.

[edit] Track listing

  1. How Do U Want It (LP Version)
  2. California Love (Long Radio Edit)
  3. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted (LP Version)
  4. Hit 'Em Up

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Weekly charts

Charts (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 24
Canada (RPM)[2] 14
Germany (Media Control AG)[3] 74
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 19
France (SNEP)[5] 35
New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 37
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[9] 17
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 1
US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)[2] 1

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 17

[edit] End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 97

[edit] Albums with the song

[edit] See also

Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Australian-charts.com – 2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2Pac > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/artist/2pac-p50051/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved January 25, 2012. 
  3. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – 2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – 2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  6. ^ "Charts.org.nz – 2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  8. ^ "2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo – How Do U Want It – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  9. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  10. ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  11. ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  12. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  13. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 

[edit] References

Tupac Shakur
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"Brenda's Got a Baby" · "If My Homie Calls" · "Trapped" · "Holler If Ya Hear Me" · "I Get Around" · "Keep Ya Head Up" · "Papa'z Song" · "Cradle to the Grave" · "Dear Mama" · "So Many Tears" · "Temptations" · "California Love" · "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" · "How Do U Want It" · "All Bout U" · "I Ain't Mad at Cha" · "Toss It Up" · "To Live & Die in LA" · "Hail Mary" ·  · "Wanted Dead or Alive" · "Made Niggaz"
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  • Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey
  • Joel "JoJo" Hailey
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