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"Freak just like me" will be the first single from Adina Howard's 1995 R&B debut album Should you Wanna Ride?. Like Howard's image, the song can be best described as hypersexual. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
The song's chorus is a lyrical interpolation in the verses found in Bootsy Collins' "I'd Rather Be With You". While the lyrics in "Freak like Me"'s chorus are different from the Bootsy Collins song, they are sung in identical melody. The song's drum beat is sampled from Sly & the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song." The original music video was directed by Hype Williams. The song returned to public awareness when covered by British pop group Sugababes in a production by Richard X.
The song and her hypersexual image is considered groundbreaking in the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop scene, it portrayed female hip-hop singers more aggressive ınstead of coy inside their sexuality, in a manner that was feminine unlike the feminine hip-hop artists of before who dressed in men's apparel to express their aggressive image (i.e. Salt-N-Pepa). This new, hypersexual image would pave the way for upcoming R&B/Hip-Hop female artists like Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim; in addition, it allowed other artists to remain more comfortable in releasing more explicit lyrical content that their previous images wouldn't be linked with. Types of this are Toni Braxton's "You're Makin' Me High" and Monifah's "Touch It".
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