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 to be contributed by The Source magazine. 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.

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hypnotize" (performed by The Notorious B.I.G.)	Christopher Wallace Sean Combs Deric Angelettie Ron Lawrence Andy Armer Randy Alpert	D-Dot Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence Sean "Puffy" Combs[a]	3:49
2.	"Triumph" (performed by Wu-Tang Clan)	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	5:38
3.	"Look Into My Eyes" (performed by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)	Anthony Henderson Ernie Isley Marvin Isley O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley Chris Jasper Steven Howse Bryon McCane Charles Scruggs	DJ U-Neek	4:19
4.	"Da Joint" (performed by EPMD)	Parrish Smith Dana Stinson Erick Sermon James Brown	Erick Sermon Rockwilder	3:27
5.	"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" (performed by Puff Daddy and Mase)	Combs Mason Betha Carlos Broady Nashiem Myrick	Sean "Puffy" Combs 6 July Nashiem Myrick	5:10
6.	"Bout It, Bout It" (performed by Master P and Mia X)	Percy Miller	Beats By The Pound	5:31
7.	"Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" (performed by Mobb Deep)	Albert Johnson Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep	4:34
8.	"Mary Jane" (performed by Scarface)	Brad Jordan	N.O. Joe Scarface Mike Dean Tone Capone	4:41
9.	"Big Bad Mamma" (performed by Foxy Brown and Dru Hill)	Shawn Carter Samuel Barnes Jean-Claude Olivier Leon Haywood	Trackmasters	3:53
10.	"Firm Biz" (performed by The Firm)	Nasir Jones Anthony Cruz Inga Merchand Leshawn Lewis Mary Brockert Allen McGrier	L.E.S.	3:50
11.	"Bow Down" (performed by Westside Connection)	O'Shea Jackson Dedrick Rolison William Calhoun Jr.	Bud'da	3:27
12.	"Whateva Man" (performed by Redman)	Reggie Noble Erick Sermon	Erick Sermon	3:08
13.	"Elevators (Me & You)" (performed by OutKast)	André Benjamin Antwan Patton	OutKast	4:25
14.	"Crush on You" (performed by Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease)	Kimberly Jones Betha Wallace Cameron Giles Jeff Lorber	Andraeo "Fanatic" Heard	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)	Nel Jean Pras Michel Robin Gibb Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb John Forté	Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis Wyclef Jean Pras Michel	3:11
17.	"Phenomenon" (performed by LL Cool J)	James Todd Smith Lawrence Combs William Withers Stanley McKenney	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

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.