This Is How We Do It (album)

This Is How We Do It is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Montell Jordan. The album peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and was certified platinum. The album also featured the single "This Is How We Do It", which made it to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and No. 1 on the Rhythmic Top 40. Another single, "Somethin' 4 da Honeyz", peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

This is How We Do It
Studio album by Montell Jordan
Released	April 4, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Genre	R&B[1]
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Montell Jordan Oji Pearce Doug Rasheed Rome Clizark DJ Enuf J.A. Black L.C. Mr. Janky
Montell Jordan chronology
This is How We Do It (1995) More... (1996)
Singles from This Is How We Do It
"This Is How We Do It" Released: February 6, 1995 "Somethin' 4 da Honeyz" Released: August 5, 1995 "Daddy's Home" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Baltimore Sun	(favorable)[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Knoxville News Sentinel	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
NME	7/10[7]
People	(mixed)[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Mommy Intro"	Ricky Harris	DJ Enuf Clizark Mr. Janky J.A. Black L.C.	0:40
2.	"Somethin' 4 da Honeyz"	Montell Jordan Oji Pierce Doug Rasheed	Oji Pierce Doug Rasheed Montell Jordan	4:36
3.	"This Is How We Do It"	Jordan Pierce	Pierce Jordan	4:37
4.	"Payback" (featuring Coolio)	Jordan Rasheed Artis Ivey	Rasheed	4:57
5.	"I'll Do Anything"	Jordan Pierce Jessie Lee Montague	Pierce Rome Jordan	6:00
6.	"Don't Keep Me Waiting"	Jordan Clive Wright	Jordan	4:37
7.	"Comin' Home"	Jordan Joe Sample Will Jennings	Jordan	4:14
8.	"Introducing Shaunta" (featuring Shaunta)	Jordan Shaunta Montgomery	Jordan	3:05
9.	"It's Over"	Jordan Pierce Montague	Pierce Rome Jordan	3:35
10.	"Midnight Interlude"	Jordan	Jordan	0:43
11.	"I Wanna"	Jordan	Jordan	5:26
12.	"Down on My Knees"	Jordan Pierce	Pierce Jordan	6:06
13.	"Gotta Get My Roll On"	Jordan Gregory Webster Andrew Noland Marvin Pierce Leroy Bonner Norman Napier Marshall Jones Ralph Middlebrooks Walter Morrison Arthur Adams	Jordan	5:13
14.	"Close the Door"	Kenneth Gamble Leon Huff	Pierce Jordan	4:52
15.	"Daddy's Home"	Jordan Shappell Crawford	Jordan Shappell Crawford	4:28

Sample credits

• "Somethin' 4 da Honeyz" contains a replayed sample from "Summer Madness", written by Alton Taylor, Robert Mickens, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Ricky Westfield, Dennis Thomas, and Claydes Smith.
• "This Is How We Do It" contains elements from "Children's Story", written by Ricky Walters and performed by Slick Rick.
• "Payback" contains replayed elements from:
  • "Unfaithful", written by Paul Anthony George, Brian George, Lucien George, Curt Bedeau, Gerry Charles, Hugh Junior Clark, and Alexander Mosley.
  • "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.
• "Comin' Home" contains elements from "Back in LA", written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings, and performed by B.B. King.
• "It's Over" contains elements from:
  • "La Di Da Di", written and performed by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh.
  • "Sukiyaki", written by Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura.
• "Gotta Get My Roll On" contains elements from:
  • "Funky Worm"; written by Gregory Webster, Andrew Noland, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, Norman Napier, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, and Walter Morrison; and performed by the Ohio Players.
  • "I've Got Something Up My Sleeve", written by Arthur Adams, and performed by B.B. King.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 69 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[10] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 35 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 58 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 33 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 53 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[15] 7 US Billboard 200[16] 12 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200[18] 67 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[20]	Platinum	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[21]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.