"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).

"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
GenreHip 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)

Composition

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"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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Harrington, Richard (October 6, 1999). "The Two Faces of Eve". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ a b Kameir, Rawiya (March 17, 2019). "Eve: Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "Eve Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Eve Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Eve Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Eve Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard.