Peak
1
Weeks
24
Score
5,271
Chart Year
1996
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateJul 13, 1996
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted24
Weeks in Top 4021
Weeks in Top 1011
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #12
Scoring
Summary Calc2,649
Weekly Calc2,622
Total Score5,271
Rankings
Year Ranking#20
Decade Ranking#168
Billboard Year#20
Top 5000#975
Details
- Label
- Death Row Records
- Genre
- G-funk
- Media Type
- 45s
- Duration
- 3:59
- Composer(s)
- Tupac Shakur;Johnny Jackson
- Entered Chart
- Jun 15, 1996
- Peak Date
- Jul 13, 1996
- Released
- May 28, 1996
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Death Row 854652
- B-Side
- California Love
Music Video
There were three videos filmed for this song: A dirty version and a clean version were both directed by Ron Hightower and produced by Tracy D. Robinson. These two versions are distinguished by music ratings (one is certified adult material). The videos portray a wild sex party with Jacuzzi, mechanical bull riding, cage dancing and pole stripping. The dirty version also features numerous porn stars, including Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, Nadia Cassini and Angel Kelly. The third version, known as the concert version, is mostly live on stage (not from 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.
Notes
"How Do U Want It" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his fourth studio album, All Eyez on Me (1996). It was released on May 28, 1996, by Death Row and Interscope Records, and was his final single to be released during his lifetime. "How Do U Want It" features R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, who at the time were best known as the lead singers of the R&B quartet Jodeci. The song received a Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy nomination in 1997. It would also top the Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles of 1996, becoming 2Pac's only single to accomplish that feat. Produced by Johnny "J", "How Do U Want It" samples Quincy Jones' 1974 song "Body Heat", and includes a diss towards civil rights activist and fierce rap critic C. Delores Tucker. Tucker later sued 2Pac's estate, claiming that comments in this song, and on the track "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch" from the same album, inflicted emotional distress, were slanderous, and invaded her privacy. The case was later dismissed. A music video was created for "How Do U Want It" and its B-sides "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "Hit 'Em Up".
How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it yeah? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real I love the way you activate your hips and push your ass out Got a nigga wantin' it so bad, I'm about to pass out Wanna dig you, and I can't even lie about it Baby, just alleviate your clothes, time to fly up out it Catch you at a club, oh shit, you got me fiendin' Body talkin' shit to me, but I can't comprehend the meanin' Now, if you wanna roll with me, then here's your chance Doin' eighty on the freeway, police, catch me if you can Forgive me, I'm a rider, still I'm just a simple man All I want is money, fuck the fame, I'm a simple man Mr. International, player with the passport Just like Aladdin, bitch, get you anything you ask for It's either him or me; Champagne, Hennessy A favorite of my homies when we floss on our enemies Witness as we creep to a low speed, peep what a ho need Puff some mo' weed, funk, ya don't need Approachin' hoochies with a passion, been a long day But I've been driven by attraction in a strong way Your body is bangin', baby, I love it when you flaunt it Time to give it to daddy, nigga, now tell me how you want it How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it yeah? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real Tell me is it cool to fuck? Did you think I come to talk? Am I a fool or what? Positions on the floor, it's like erotic Ironic, 'cause I'm somewhat psychotic I'm hittin' switches on bitches Like I been fixed with hydraulics Up and down like a roller coaster I'm up inside ya, I ain't quittin' 'til the show is over 'Cause I'm a rider, in and out just like a robbery I'll probably be a freak and let you get on top of me Get her rockin' these, nights full of Alize A livin' legend you ain't heard about These niggas play these Cali days C. Delores Tucker, you's a motherfucker Instead of tryin' to help a nigga, you destroy a brother Worse than the others; Bill Clinton, Mister Bob Dole You're too old to understand the way the game's told You're lame so I gotta hit you with the hot facts Once I'm released, I'm makin' millions, nigga, top that They wanna censor me; they'd rather see me in a cell Livin' in hell, only a few of us'll live to tell Now everybody talkin' about us, I could give a fuck I'd be the first one to bomb and cuss Nigga, tell me how you want it How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real Raised as a youth, tell the truth I got the scoop on how to get a bulletproof Because I jumped from the roof before I was a teenager Mobile phone, Skypager, game rules, I'm livin' major My adversaries is lookin' worried They paranoid of gettin' buried One of us gon' see the cemetery My only hope to survive if I wish to stay alive Gettin' high, see the demons in my eyes, before I die I wanna live my life and ball, make a couple million And then I'm chillin', fade 'em all These taxes got me crossed up and people tryin' to sue me Media is in my business and they actin' like they know me But I'ma mash out and peel out I'm with a clique that's quick to whip that fuckin' steel out Yeah nigga, it's some new shit so better get up on it When you see me, tell a nigga how you want it How do you want it? How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game (Me and my Nigga Johnny J... yeah we out) Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real How do you want it? How do you feel? Comin' up as a nigga in the cash game Livin' in the fast lane, I'm for real
Chart History (24 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 15, 1996 | 64 | 62 |
| 2 | Jun 22, 1996 | 6 | 120 |
| 3 | Jun 29, 1996 | 4 | 122 |
| 4 | Jul 6, 1996 | 3 | 123 |
| 5 | Jul 13, 1996 | 1 | 125 |
| 6 | Jul 20, 1996 | 1 | 125 |
| 7 | Jul 27, 1996 | 2 | 124 |
| 8 | Aug 3, 1996 | 3 | 123 |
| 9 | Aug 10, 1996 | 3 | 123 |
| 10 | Aug 17, 1996 | 8 | 118 |
| 11 | Aug 24, 1996 | 9 | 117 |
| 12 | Aug 31, 1996 | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Sep 7, 1996 | 14 | 112 |
| 14 | Sep 14, 1996 | 17 | 109 |
| 15 | Sep 21, 1996 | 17 | 109 |
| 16 | Sep 28, 1996 | 11 | 115 |
| 17 | Oct 5, 1996 | 9 | 117 |
| 18 | Oct 12, 1996 | 13 | 113 |
| 19 | Oct 19, 1996 | 19 | 107 |
| 20 | Oct 26, 1996 | 30 | 96 |
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