The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits

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
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 16, 1997
Recorded1994-97
Genre
Length1:15:07
Label
  • Polygram Records
The Source chronology
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits
(1997)		 The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Commercial performance

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]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(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)
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs
  • 6 July
  • Nashiem Myrick
5:10
6."Bout It, Bout It" (performed by Master P and Mia X)
  • Beats By The Pound
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)
  • L.E.S.
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)
  • Shawn Carter
  • Jean-Claude Olivier
  • Samuel Barnes
  • Angela Winbush
  • René Moore
  • Bobby Watson
  • Bruce Swedien
  • Trackmasters
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)
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs
  • Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
4:12
18."Hay" (performed by Crucial Conflict)
  • Wondosas Martin
  • Marrico King
  • Corey Johnson
  • Ralph Leverston
  • Wildstyle
4:20
Total length:1:15:07
Notes
gollark: Maybe the design was bad or maybe people messed up the execution. But a good design factors in some degree of problems in the execution side.
gollark: The existence of working ways to modify them as needed isn't guaranteed.
gollark: Yes. It's still a bad fire extinguisher regardless of how good the designers thought/claimed they were being.
gollark: Systems have no intentions. People in them might, and the designers probably did, and the designers also likely claimed some intention, and people also probably ascribe some to them. But that doesn't mean that the system itself "wants" to do any of those.
gollark: I think you could reasonably argue that it's better to respect institutions than ignore them because it's better for social cohesion/stability, but I don't agree that you should respect them because they're meant to be fair and because you can always get them to fix problems you experience if this isn't actually true.

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Music: Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits (CD) by Various Artists". Tower.com. 1997-12-16. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  3. Music USA: the rough guide, By R. Unterberger, S. Hicks, J. Dempsey (1999) p. 49
  4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r330466
  5. Billboard magazine, Dec. 5, 1998. Retrieved July 2011


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