The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2

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The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2
Hip Hop Hits 2.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998
Recorded1997–98
Genre Hip hop, rap, mainstream urban
Length1 hour, 10 minutes, 15 seconds
Label Polygram
The Source chronology
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits
(1997)
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2
(1998)
The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 1999
(1999)
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The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 2 is the second annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine. [2] Released November 10, 1998 and distributed by Polygram Records, Hip Hop Hits Volume 2 features eighteen hip hop and rap hits. It went to number 29 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and peaked at number 46 on the Billboard 200 album chart. [3]

Contents

While the album is the first Hip Hop Hits volume not to feature an R&B/Hip Hop or a pop hit in the number-one position, four tracks on the album had reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart: "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)," "I Got the Hook Up," ""Money, Power, Respect" and "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up."

Track listing

  1. Still Not a Player - Big Punisher Featuring Joe
  2. Money Ain't a Thang - Jermaine Dupri Featuring Jay-Z
  3. Money, Power & Respect - The LOX Featuring DMX, Lil' Kim
  4. Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) - Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
  5. Do for Love - 2Pac
  6. Hope I Don't Go Back - E-40
  7. Party Ain't a Party - Queen Pen
  8. Turn It Up - Busta Rhymes
  9. Get at Me Dog - DMX Featuring Sheek Louch
  10. Still a G Thang - Snoop Dogg
  11. It's Alright - Jay-Z Featuring Memphis Bleek
  12. What'cha Gonna Do? - Jayo Felony Featuring Method Man, DMX
  13. Horse & Carriage - Cam'ron Featuring Ma$e
  14. N.O.R.E. - Noreaga
  15. I Got the Hook-Up! - Master P and Sons of Funk
  16. Luv 2 Luv U [Remix] - Timbaland & Magoo
  17. 4, 3, 2, 1 - LL Cool J Featuring Canibus, DMX, Method Man, Redman
  18. Gone Till November - Wyclef Jean

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