How's It Goin' Down

{{short description|1998 single by DMX}}

{{Infobox song

| name = How's It Goin' Down

| cover = howitsgoindown dmx.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = DMX featuring Faith Evans

| album = It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

| B-side = Ruff Ryders' Anthem

| released = {{Start date|1998|6|9}}

| recorded = April 1998

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|East Coast hip hop}}

| length = 4:42

| label = {{hlist|Ruff Ryders|Def Jam}}

| writer = {{hlist|Simmons|Anthony Fields}}

| producer = {{hlist|P.K.}}

| chronology = DMX

| prev_title = "Ruff Ryders' Anthem

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Grand Finale

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Faith Evans

| type = single

| prev_title = I'll Be Missing You

| prev_year = 1997

| title = How's It Goin' Down

| year = 1998

| next_title = Love Like This

| next_year = 1998

}}

}}

"How's It Goin' Down" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the fourth and final single from his first album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. The song features vocals by R&B singer Faith Evans and was released to radio on June 9, 1998. The song was a modest hit, peaking at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100. It contains a sample of "God Make Me Funky" by the Headhunters from the 1975 album, Survival of the Fittest.