How Do U Want It

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"How Do U Want It featuring K-Ci and Jojo"

Single by 2Pac
from the album All Eyez on Me
Released	June 4, 1996
Format	12-inch single
Recorded	1996
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
Producer(s)	Johnny "J"
Certification	Gold
Chart positions
For further chart performance and certifications see California Love
2Pac singles 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 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. 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.

1 The Music Video
2 Trivia
3 Number one positions
4 Albums with the song
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References

[edit] The Music Video

There were two videos filmed 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 replaced with some Live at the House Of Blues 2Pac concert footage insert in the x-rated one. There's cameo appearances by K-Ci and Jojo both in the concert and studio segments. The video also features numerous porn stars like Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, and Angel Kelly and many more.

[edit] Trivia

Heather Hunter refers to the bullride with 2Pac photoshoot 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, as well as various interviews, about her one night stand with Tupac Shakur, which supposedly occurred during the private party held after completing the music video for "How Do U Want It". Upon question regarding Tupac's endowment, Nina replied 'Tupac had what it took to be a porn stud, no problem!'^[2]
The song contains a sample of the Geto Boys's "My Mind's Playin' Tricks on Me" ^[3]

[edit] Number one positions

Chart	#2 weeks
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. US R&B / Hip-Hop	1

[edit] Albums with the song

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 June 11, 2006.
^ "nina", Nina Hartley's Sex Forums, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd, January, 2004. Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
^ "mind", youtube search "My Mind's Playin' Tricks on Me", Google corporation, March 20, 2007.

[edit] References

Tupac Shakur

v • d • e

Discography

Studio albums: 2Pacalypse Now · Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. · Thug Life: Volume 1 · Me Against the World · All Eyez on Me · The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Posthumously created studio albums: R U Still Down? (Remember Me) · Still I Rise · Until the End of Time · Better Dayz · Loyal to the Game · Pac's Life

Other albums: Greatest Hits · The Rose that Grew from Concrete · Nu-Mixx Klazzics · Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack) · 2Pac Live · The Rose, Vol. 2 · Tupac: Live at the House of Blues

Singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby" · "If My Homie Calls" · "Trapped" · "I Get Around" · "Keep Ya Head Up" · "Papa'z Song" · "Holla If Ya Hear Me" · "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" · "Pour Out A Little Liquor" · "Cradle to the Grave" · "Dear Mama" · "Old School" · "So Many Tears" · "Temptations" · "California Love" · "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" · "How Do U Want It" · "Hit 'Em Up" · "All Bout U" · "I Ain't Mad at Cha" · "Life Goes On" · "Toss It Up" · "To Live & Die in LA" · "Hail Mary" · "Wanted Dead or Alive" · "Made Niggaz" · "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" · "Do For Love" · "Changes" · "Runnin'" · "Happy Home" · "Unconditional Love" · "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" · "Until the End of Time" · "Letter 2 My Unborn" · "Thugz Mansion" · "Still Ballin" · "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" · "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" · "Thugs Get Lonely Too" · "Ghetto Gospel" · "Untouchable" · "Pac's Life"

Other

Filmography: Nothing But Trouble · Juice · Poetic Justice · Above the Rim · Bullet · Gridlock'd · Gang Related · Tupac: Resurrection · Live 2 Tell

Documentaries: Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal · Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV) · Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw · Biggie & Tupac · 2Pac 4 Ever · Tupac: Resurrection · Tupac vs. · Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV) · So Many Years, So Many Tears · Notorious (TV)