The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 8
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 8 is the eighth annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine.[2] Released June 29, 2004, and distributed by Image Entertainment, Hip Hop Hits Volume 8 features sixteen hip hop and rap hits (one of them being the bonus track). It went to number 43 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It is also one of only two Hip Hop Hits albums to released in the same year; Volume 9 was released six months later.
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | June 29, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | various times | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, rap, Mainstream urban | |||
| Length | unknown | |||
| Label | Def Jam Recordings | |||
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Three songs peaked number one on the Hot Rap Tracks chart: Damn!, Right Thurr and Tipsy. Volume 8 is the fifth album in the Hip Hop Hits series that does not feature a number one on the R&B chart; it is the sixth not to feature a number-one hit on the pop charts.
Track listing
- Damn! - YoungBloodZ
- The Industry - Wyclef Jean
- Right Thurr - Chingy
- Can't Stop, Won't Stop - Young Gunz
- Gangsta Nation - Nate Dogg and Westside Connection
- Clap Back - Ja Rule
- Through the Wire - Kanye West
- Skills - Gang Starr
- Tipsy - J-Kwon
- Quarterbackin' - Clipse and E-40
- Into You - Fabolous and Tamia
- Be Easy - T.I.
- Hotel - R. Kelly and Cassidy
- Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins Feat. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
- Recognize - Scarface
- Relationships (With Me and My Gun) - Benzino and Untouchables