The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits

The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	December 16, 1997
Recorded	1994−97
Genre	Hip hop mainstream urban
Length	1:15:07
Label	Polygram Records
The Source chronology
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits (1997) The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2 (1998)

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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.