What Ya Want

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"What Ya Want"
Single by Eve featuring Nokio
from the album Ryde or Die Vol. 1 and Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (remix version)
ReleasedJune 1999
Genre Hip hop
Length4:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Swizz Beatz
Eve singles chronology
"Girlfriend/Boyfriend"
(1999)
"What Ya Want"
(1999)
"Ryde or Die, Bitch"
(1999)
Nokio singles chronology
"What Ya Want"
(1999)

"What Ya Want" (also titled "What Y'all Want") is a song by American rapper Eve. It features American singer Nokio of Dru Hill and appears on the compilation album Ryde or Die Vol. 1 (1999) by American record label Ruff Ryders Entertainment. A remix of the song appears as a bonus track on Eve's debut studio album Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999).

Contents

Composition

"What Ya Want" is a hip hop song containing Latin-inspired elements. [1] [2] In a Pitchfork review, Rawiya Kameir described the song as "built around a rudimentary Latin preset on an E-MU synth". [2]

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 29
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 9
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 1
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [6] 13

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References

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