The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits |
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Compilation album by Various artists |
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Released |
December 16, 1997 |
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Recorded |
1994-97 |
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Genre |
Hip hop, rap, Mainstream urban |
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Length |
1 hour, 13 minutes, 37 seconds |
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Label |
Polygram |
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The Source chronology |
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Allmusic |
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The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits is the first annual music compilation album[2] to be contributed by The Source magazine.[3][4] Released December 16, 1997 and distributed through Polygram Records, Hip Hop Hits Volume 1 features eighteen hip hop and rap hits. It went to number 25 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart (making it the highest charting Hip Hop Hits album on that chart to date) and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[5]
Five tracks on the album had reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart: "Bow Down," "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "Crush on You," "Elevators" and "Hypnotize". Two of the songs, "Hypnotize" and "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" reached number-one on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and pop charts.
Track listing
- Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
- Triumph - Wu-Tang Clan
- Look Into My Eyes - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- Da Joint - EPMD
- Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy and Mase
- Bout It, Bout It - Master P
- Front Lines (Hell on Earth) - Mobb Deep
- Mary Jane - Scarface
- Big Bad Momma - Foxy Brown and Dru Hill
- Firm Biz - The Firm (Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ and Nature)
- Bow Down - Westside Connection
- Whateva Man - Redman
- Elevators (Me & You) - OutKast
- Crush on You - Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease
- I'll Be - Foxy Brown and Jay-Z
- We Trying to Stay Alive - Wyclef Jean and Refugee Camp All-Stars
- Phenomenon - LL Cool J
- Hay - Crucial Conflict
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