The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits is the first annual music compilation album[2] to be contributed by The Source magazine.[3][4] Released on December 16, 1997, and distributed through Polygram Records, Hip Hop Hits: Volume 1 features eighteen hip hop and rap hits. 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.
| The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | December 16, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1994−97 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 1:15:07 | |||
| Label | ||||
| The Source chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Commercial performance
editIt 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]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hypnotize" (performed by The Notorious B.I.G.) |
| 3:49 | |
| 2. | "Triumph" (performed by Wu-Tang Clan) | 5:38 | ||
| 3. | "Look Into My Eyes" (performed by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) | 4:19 | ||
| 4. | "Da Joint" (performed by EPMD) | 3:27 | ||
| 5. | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (performed by Puff Daddy and Mase) |
|
| 5:10 |
| 6. | "Bout It, Bout It" (performed by Master P and Mia X) |
| 5:31 | |
| 7. | "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" (performed by Mobb Deep) | 4:34 | ||
| 8. | "Mary Jane" (performed by Scarface) | 4:41 | ||
| 9. | "Big Bad Mamma" (performed by Foxy Brown and Dru Hill) | 3:53 | ||
| 10. | "Firm Biz" (performed by The Firm) | 3:50 | ||
| 11. | "Bow Down" (performed by Westside Connection) | 3:27 | ||
| 12. | "Whateva Man" (performed by Redman) | 3:08 | ||
| 13. | "Elevators (Me & You)" (performed by OutKast) | 4:25 | ||
| 14. | "Crush on You" (performed by Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease) |
| 4:32 | |
| 15. | "I'll Be" (performed by Foxy Brown and Jay-Z) |
|
| 3:00 |
| 16. | "We Trying to Stay Alive" (performed by Wyclef Jean and Refugee Camp All-Stars) | 3:11 | ||
| 17. | "Phenomenon" (performed by LL Cool J) |
|
| 4:12 |
| 18. | "Hay" (performed by Crucial Conflict) |
|
| 4:20 |
| Total length: | 1:15:07 | |||
- Notes
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Music: Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits (CD) by Various Artists". Tower.com. 1997-12-16. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ Music USA: the rough guide, By R. Unterberger, S. Hicks, J. Dempsey (1999) p. 49
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r330466
- ^ Billboard magazine, Dec. 5, 1998. Retrieved July 2011
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