The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | December 16, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1994−97 | |||
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Length | 1:15:07 | |||
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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 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.