What You Want (Mase song)

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"What You Want"
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Single by Mase featuring Total
from the album Harlem World
B-side "What You Want" (remix)
Released1998
Recorded1997
Genre Hip hop, R&B
Length4:02
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Nashiem Myrick
Mase singles chronology
"Been Around the World"
(1997)
"What You Want"
(1998)
"Horse & Carriage"
(1998)
Total singles chronology
"What About Us?"
(1997)
"What You Want"
(1997)
"Trippin'"
(1998)

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