How Do U Want It
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| Single by 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo from the album All Eyez on Me |
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| Released | June 4, 1996 | ||||
| Format | 12-inch single | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:47 | ||||
| Label | Death Row | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tupac Shakur Johnny Jackson Bruce Fisher Leon Ware Stanley Richardson Quincy Jones |
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| Producer | Johnny "J" | ||||
| Certification | Gold | ||||
| 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo singles chronology | |||||
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| K-Ci and Jojo chronology | |||||
| "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1994) |
"How Do You Want It" (1996) |
"How Could You" (1996) |
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"How Do U Want It" is a song of 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo and was the third single from his album All Eyez on Me and just as "California Love" it was a big success, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and giving him his only American chart-topper. It was on the B-side of the single "California Love/How Do You Want It"
It samples Quincy Jones's "Body Heat" from his album Body Heat, 1974.
The song includes a diss of noted gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker.
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[edit] The Music Video
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. The main thing they differentiate on is the 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, basically just them performing on stage((not the House Of Blues live performance)). There's cameo appearances by K-Ci & Jojo both in the concert and studio segments. The X-rated video also features numerous porn stars like Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, and Angel Kelly and many more. ((to see videos go to YouTube.com and search)) -Alternate Version(clean)- -Adult Version(x rated)- -Concert Version-
[edit] Trivia
- Heather Hunter refers to the bull ride with 2Pac photo shoot in her cameo rapping in Esham's song with Kool Keith, "All Night Everyday".
- Originally Tupac sang the vocals, which was later changed to K-Ci & Jojo with Tupac while the final version doesn't feature him on the chorus.[1]
- Nina Hartley has stated in her own fan forum about her one night partying with Tupac Shakur, which supposedly occurred during the private party held after completing the music video for "How Do U Want It". Nina replied 'Tupac had what it took to be a porn stud, no problem!'[2]
[edit] Number one positions
| Chart | # weeks |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. US R&B / Hip-Hop | 1 |
[edit] Albums with the song
- All Eyez on Me
- Greatest Hits
- Nu-Mixx Klazzics
- 2Pac Live
- Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
- 2 PAC-The Prophet Returns
| Preceded by "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs N Harmony |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 13, 1996- July 20, 1996 |
Succeeded by "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton |
| Preceded by "Hey Girl" by CDB |
RIANZ (New Zealand) number one single 26 April 1996 |
Succeeded by "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees |
| Preceded by "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single July 6, 1996 |
Succeeded by "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) " by R. Kelly |
[edit] See also
Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "XXL", The making of the album All Eyez On Me / interview with Tommy Daugherty, Harris Publications, October, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-06-11.
- ^ "nina", Nina Hartley's Sex Forums, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd, January, 2004.
[edit] References
- interview with Heather Hunter
- MVDBase entry
- Official Nina Hartley website
- Heather Hunter MySpace with photos with Tupac
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