How Do U Want It

{{Infobox song

| name = How Do U Want It

| cover = How Do U Want It.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo

| album = All Eyez on Me

| A-side = California Love

| B-side = "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
"Hit 'Em Up"

| released = June 4, 1996

| recorded = October 15, 1995

| studio = Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)

| genre =

| length =

4:47 {{small|(album version)}}
3:59 {{small|(radio edit)}}

| label =

| writer = {{hlist|Tupac Shakur|Johnny Jackson}}

| producer = Johnny "J"

| chronology = 2Pac

| prev_title = 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = I Ain't Mad at Cha

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = K-Ci & JoJo

| type = singles

| prev_title = If You Think You're Lonely Now

| prev_year = 1994

| title = How Do U Want It

| year = 1996

| next_title = How Could You

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|yLX2y9v2wPk|"How Do U Want It"}}}}

}}

"How Do U Want It" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his fourth studio album, All Eyez on Me (1996). It was released on June 4, 1996 as a double A-sided single with "California Love" from the same album and was his final single to be released during his lifetime. The song features R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, who at the time were best known as the lead singers of the group Jodeci. The song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Death Row Records' first and only chart topping single, and number seventeen in the UK in 1996. The song received a Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy nomination in 1997. [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm 39th Grammy Awards - 1997]. Rock on the Net. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

Produced by Johnny "J", "How Do U Want It" samples Quincy Jones' 1974 song "Body Heat", and includes a diss towards civil rights activist and fierce rap critic C. Delores Tucker. Tucker later sued 2Pac's estate, claiming that comments in this song, and on the track "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch" from the same album, inflicted emotional distress, were slanderous, and invaded her privacy.{{Cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tupaccritic1aug0197-story.html | title=Rap critic sues Shakur's estate for defamation | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 1997 }} The case was later dismissed.{{Cite web | url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/237/275/564878/ | title=C. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Her Husbandv.richard Fischbein; Belinda Luscombe; Newsweek Magazine; Johnnie L. Roberts; Time Inc.c. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Appellants, 237 F.3d 275 (3d Cir. 2001) }} A music video was created for "How Do U Want It" and its B-sides "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "Hit 'Em Up".

Music videos

There were three videos filmed for this song:

A dirty version{{Citation |title=2Pac - How Do U Want It Official Explicit Video | date=16 November 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCAuOcASb8 |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en}} and a clean version{{Citation |title=2Pac - How Do U Want It (Official Music Video) ft. K-Ci & JoJo | date=20 November 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWpyKvHZAk |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en}} were both directed by Ron Hightower and produced by Tracy D. Robinson. These two versions are distinguished by music ratings (one is certified adult material). The videos portray a wild sex party with Jacuzzi, mechanical bull riding, cage dancing and pole stripping. The dirty version also features numerous porn stars, including Nina Hartley, Heather Hunter, Nadia Cassini and Angel Kelly.

The third version, known as the concert version, is mostly live on stage (not from the House of Blues live performance).{{Citation |title=2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo - How Do You Want It [Uncut Concert Version] (Official Video) [Explicit] | date=22 May 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLX2y9v2wPk |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en}} There are cameo appearances by K-Ci & JoJo, and fellow group member of Digital Underground Shock G both in the concert and studio segments.

Track listing

A1. "How Do U Want It" (LP Version)
A2. "California Love" (Long Radio Edit)
B1. "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (LP Version)
B2. "Hit 'Em Up"

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ\|title=Billboard: Hits of the World\|magazine=Billboard\|date=16 November 1996\|access-date=21 January 2017}} \|align="center"\|11
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" \|+Weekly chart performance for "How Do U Want It" !Chart (1996) !Peak position
{{Singlechart\|Australia\|24\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|Finland\|19\|artist=2 Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|France\|35\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|Germany\|74\|songid=3276\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo \| song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=June 26, 2022\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|New Zealand\|2\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|Sweden\|33\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|Switzerland\|37\|artist=2Pac feat. KC and JoJo\|song=How Do U Want It \| access-date=January 25, 2012\|rowheader=true}}
{{Singlechart\|Scotland\|53\|date=19960727\|rowheader=true\| access-date=July 30, 2023}}
{{Singlechart\|UK\|17\|date=19960727\|rowheader=true\| access-date=June 14, 2022}}
{{Singlechart\|UKdance\|8\|date=19960727\|rowheader=true\| access-date=July 30, 2023}}
{{Singlechart\|UKrandb\|3\|date=19960727\|rowheader=true\| access-date=June 14, 2022}}
{{Singlechart\|Billboardhot100\|1\| artist=2Pac \|rowheader=true \| access-date=June 14, 2022}}
{{Singlechart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|1\| artist=2Pac \|rowheader=true\| access-date=June 14, 2022}}
scope="row"\|US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://allmusic.com/artist/2pac-p50051/charts-awards/billboard-singles \| title=2Pac > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles \| work=Allmusic \| publisher=Rovi Corporation \| access-date=January 25, 2012}} \|align="center"\|1

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+Year-end chart performance for "How Do U Want It" !Chart (1996) !Position
scope="row"\|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web\|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3885\|title=End of Year Charts 1996\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|access-date=December 3, 2017}} \|align="center"\|13
scope="row"\|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web\|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996 \|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1996 \|access-date=August 27, 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301121523/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996 \|archive-date=March 1, 2009 }} \|align="center"\|17
scope="row"\|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ\|title=1996 The Year in Music\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=108\|issue=52\|page=YE-40\|date=December 28, 1996\|access-date=June 29, 2021}} \|align="center"\|6

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+Year-end chart performance for "How Do U Want It"

!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3885|title=End of Year Charts 1996|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 3, 2017}}

|align="center"|13

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301121523/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996 |archive-date=March 1, 2009 }}

|align="center"|17

scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ|title=1996 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-40|date=December 28, 1996|access-date=June 29, 2021}}

|align="center"|6

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "How Do U Want It"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=2Pac feat. K-Ci And Jojo|title=How Do You Want It?|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=January 7, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=2Pac ft K-Ci & JoJo|title=How Do U Want It|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=2013|certyear=2023|id=19185-6440-1|access-date=July 28, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=2 Pac|title=How Do U Want It/California Love|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|salesamount=1,700,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Best-Selling Records of 1996 |magazine=Billboard|volume=109|issue=3|page=61|date=January 18, 1997|access-date=May 7, 2015|issn=0006-2510}}}}

Notes

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081206165842/http://www.metrobeat.net/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A3664 Interview with Heather Hunter]
[http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=139 MVDBase entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515044247/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=139 |date=2011-05-15 }}
[http://www.nina.com/vboard/archive/index.php/t-699.html Official Nina Hartley website]

Category:1996 singles

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Songs written by Quincy Jones

Category:Tupac Shakur songs

Category:Songs written by Leon Ware

Category:Songs written by Tupac Shakur

Category:1996 songs