How We Do (song)
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| Single by The Game featuring 50 Cent from the album The Documentary |
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| Released | November 23, 2004 | ||||
| Format | 12" single, CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop, gangsta rap | ||||
| Length | 3:55 | ||||
| Label | Aftermath, G-Unit, Interscope | ||||
| Writer(s) | The Game, 50 Cent | ||||
| Producer | Dr. Dre (Co-Production by Scott Storch) | ||||
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- For other uses, see How We Do.
"How We Do", also known as "This Is How We Do", was the commercial debut single by The Game from his debut album, The Documentary, but second single in the U.S.. It featured 50 Cent and was released in late 2004.
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The song was a hit at urban and rhythmic radio stations in America, and was a success on American mainstream pop music radio stations. The song reached #4 on the Hot 100 in early 2005 and reached platinum sales status as a digital single because it was legally downloaded at least 200,000 times. There's also a remix which features Faith Evans, and one featuring Eazy-E and 2Pac.
The song fell down the charts relatively quickly for a top ten hit, likely due to an overabundance of 50 Cent/Eminem-related singles all competing for airtime during late 2004 and early 2005 period. However, despite its fast fall out of the top twenty, the song managed to hang on in the lower rungs of the top 40 for months, in spite of, or possibly because of, The Game's follow up, "Hate It or Love It" becoming even bigger on pop radio only a few weeks after "How We Do" had peaked.
The success of "How We Do" and the anticipation in the underground hip hop community of The Game's debut helped make The Game a staple at urban radio and made him a household name among mainstream fans of hip hop radio nationwide, as opposed to just the mixtape/underground-rap scene. It also helped make some of his album cuts, such as "Higher", popular hits on urban radio—something that had not been seen since earlier albums from 50 Cent and Eminem. The song also helped him to establish a fanbase among the American mainstream, though not as much as some of his subsequent singles, which offered a softer image of Game than his gritty first single and video, did.
"Playa's Only", a 2005 single by R Kelly, featuring The Game, had The Game borrowing some of his lyrics from "How We Do".
In the song, The Game mentions Master P, by saying "I was selling rocks when Master P was sayin', unnnh".[1] He also mentions Young Buck and Lloyd Banks.
This song is also on the playlist of the video game Midnight Club 3.
[edit] Other Versions
There is a 'Diss track' which is directly aimed at Murder Inc.. The track features The Game, 50 Cent, Fabolous, Young Gunz, Lil Wayne, Slim, JD, Daz, Da Brat, Mase, Faith Evans & Xavier Aeon. The track lasts for 10:20.[2]
[edit] Single track listing
[edit] A-side
- "How We Do (edited)" (4:03)
[edit] B-side
- "How We Do (edited)" (4:03)
- "How We Do (explicit)" (4:20)
- "How We Do (instrumental)" (4:04)
- "How We Do (a cappella)" (3:01)
[edit] References
- ^ "I was selling rocks when Master P was sayin', unnnh". LyricsStop. Accessed August 2, 2007.
- ^ "Video". YouTube. Accessed June 13, 2008.
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