How Ya Like Me Now

How Ya Like Me Now
Studio album by Kool Moe Dee
Released	December 8, 1987
Genre	Hip hop
Length	49:51
Label	Jive/RCA Records 1079-J
Producer	Moe Dewese
Kool Moe Dee chronology
Kool Moe Dee (1986) How Ya Like Me Now (1987) Knowledge Is King (1989)

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How Ya Like Me Now is the second album by emcee Kool Moe Dee.

Kool Moe Dee was an original member of The Treacherous Three. He had a long running feud with LL Cool J releasing various "diss tracks" at his adversary. On the cover, there is LL Cool J's red Kangol hat under a front wheel of the car in the backdrop.

In 2004, Ludacris references the album in Usher's number one hit Yeah!.

In 2008, the title track "How Ya Like Me Now" was ranked number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs.

In 2009, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, seemed to reference Kool Moe Dee in comments addressed to President Barack Obama: "I would say to the new president, congratulations. It is going to be an honor to spar with him. And I would follow that up with: How do you like me now?"

Also in 2009, "How Ya Like Me Now" appeared in DJ Hero.

Track listing

1. "How Ya Like Me Now" (samples "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" by James Brown)
2. "Wild Wild West"
3. "Way Way Back" (samples "Troglodite" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch)
4. "50 Ways" (samples "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon)
5. "No Respect" (samples "Respect" by Aretha Franklin)
6. "Don't Dance"
7. "I'm A Player" (samples "Shifting Gears" by Johnny Hammond)
8. "Suckers"
9. "Stupid"
10. "Rock You"
11. "Get Paid"

Later Samples

• "Wild Wild West"
  • "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith featuring Kool Moe Dee and Dru Hill from the album Willennium, which is a sample of "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder
• "No Respect"
  • "Don't Know What To Tell Ya" by Aaliyah from the album I Care 4 U (uncredited)