| "How Do U Want It" | |||||||||||
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| Single by 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo | |||||||||||
| from the album All Eyez on Me | |||||||||||
| B-side | "California Love | ||||||||||
| Released | June 4, 1996 | ||||||||||
| Format | 12-inch single, CD | ||||||||||
| Recorded | November 1995 | ||||||||||
| Genre | 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 | 2x Platinum | ||||||||||
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"How Do U Want It" is a hip-hop song performed by Tupac Shakur. It features K-Ci and JoJo and was the third single from his album All Eyez on Me. It was a Double A-side single to "California Love", and the song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1996. In the UK, the song peaked at #17.
It samples Quincy Jones's "Body Heat" from his 1974 album Body Heat. The song includes a diss of noted gangsta rap critic C. Delores Tucker. It also samples Brian McKnight's "Up Around My Way" from his 1995 album "I Remember You."
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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. These two are distinguished by 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, mostly them performing on stage (not 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. The adult-material video also features numerous porn stars, including Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, and Angel Kelly.
| Charts (1996) - Charts (1997) | Peak position |
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| Australian Charts | 24[1] |
| Deutsch Charts | 74[2] |
| Finnish Charts | 19[3] |
| French Charts | 35[4] |
| New Zealand Charts | 2[5] |
| Swedish Charts | 33[6] |
| Switzerland Chart | 37[7] |
| UK Singles Chart | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 1 |
| End of year chart (1996) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] | 17 |
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 97 |
Hot 100 number-one hits of 1996 (USA)
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