Do You Wanna Ride?

Do You Wanna Ride?
Studio album by Adina Howard
Released	February 28, 1995
Genre	R&B
Length	40:47
Label	EastWest
Producer	Jorge Corante Mark Loma Moe Doe & Lea Rei Dinky Bingham Ron Harris Doc Little Somethin' for the People Mass Order
Adina Howard chronology
Do You Wanna Ride? (1995) Welcome to Fantasy Island (1997)
Singles from Do You Wanna Ride?
"Freak Like Me" Released: January 24, 1995 "My Up & Down" Released: June 27, 1995 "It's All About You" Released: November 21, 1995

Do You Wanna Ride? is the debut album by American R&B singer Adina Howard. ^[1] It was released by Mecca Don and EastWest Records on February 28, 1995. ^[2] It features the gold-selling hit single "Freak like Me," which was later covered by Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy in 2000 and by the Sugababes in 2002. Do You Wanna Ride? was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 21, 1995.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Knoxville News Sentinel	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
NME	7/10 [7]

AllMusic editor William Cooper called Do You Wanna Ride? a "lackluster debut release." He found that "there's not much to recommend [on] the album. The main problem with Do You Wanna Ride? is more work was put into the production than into the songwriting. The employment of several producers for various songs doesn't mask Adina Howard's inability to move beyond basic R&B bump-and-grind clichés [...] and her limited vocal range doesn't allow her to soar above the mediocre material." ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You Got Me Humpin'"	Adina Howard Jeffrey Fortson Jorge Corante Livio Harris Lord Spencer Nobles Michael Anderson	Corante Harris	3:51
2.	"Freak like Me"	George Clinton Bootsy Collins Gary "Mudbone" Cooper Loren Hill Marc Valentine	Mass Order Harris [A]	4:13
3.	"If We Make Love Tonight"	Curtis Wilson Jeff Young Rochad Holiday	Somethin' for the People	4:24
4.	"I Wants ta Eat"	Al Pretender Harris	Pretender Harris	0:28
5.	"You Can Be My Nigga" (featuring Yo-Yo)	Bryant Johnson Carlos Ford Lea Reis Harris Michael Henderson Yolanda Whittaker	Reis Moe Doe Harris [A]	3:54
6.	"It's All About You"	Andrea Martin Gary James Corante Harris Henderson	Corante Harris	3:54
7.	"Let's Go to da Sugar Shack"	Howard Pretender Harris	Pretender Harris	0:50
8.	"Do You Wanna Ride?"	Doc Little Harris	Doc Little Harris	4:50
9.	"You Don't Have to Cry"	René Moore Angela Winbush	Corante Harris	4:26
10.	"My Up and Down"	Budd Ford Joey Elias Kevin Pierce Harris Mark Lomax	Pierce Harris Lomax	3:41
11.	"Horny for Your Love"	Dinky Bingham	Bingham	3:56
12.	"Coolin' in the Studio"	Pretender Harris	Pretender Harris	0:54
13.	"Baby Come Over"	Carl Roland Jr. Charles Jordan II	Pretender	4:28

Notes

• ^{^[A]} denotes co-producer

Sample credits

• "You Got Me Humpin'" contains a sample from "Humpin'" as performed by the Gap Band.
• "If We Make Love Tonight" contains a sample from "Bumpy's Lament" as performed by Isaac Hayes.
• "You Can Be My Nigga" contains a sample from "You Are My Starship" (1976) as performed by Norman Connors.
• "It's All About You" contains a sample from "Nobody Beats the Biz" by Biz Markie and embodies portions of "Back Seat (of My Jeep)" by LL Cool J.
• "Do You Wanna Ride?" embodies a portion of "Part Time Lover" as performed by H-Town.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position UK R&B Albums (OCC) [8] 12 US Billboard 200 [9] 39 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200 [11] 148 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [12] 43

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Everybody's Talking About ... Adina Howard: Hit Single Sends a Sexual Message". Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1995.
2. "Howard Takes Fans on Steamy 'Ride'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 21, 1995.
3. "Do You Wanna Ride? Adina Howard". AllMusic .
4. "Adina Howard". Robert Christgau.
5. Campbell, Chuck (March 31, 1995). "Traci Lords' Passion Turns to Techno Music". Knoxville News Sentinel .
6. Johnson, Connie (April 9, 1995). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 21, 2023.
7. McCann, Ian (April 22, 1995). "Long Play". NME . p. 38. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
8. "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
9. "Adina Howard Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
10. "Adina Howard Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
11. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
12. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
13. "American album certifications – Adina Howard – Do You Wana Ride". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 11, 2020.