The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 9

The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 9 is the ninth annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine.[2] Released December 7, 2004,[3] and distributed by Image Entertainment,[4] Hip Hop Hits Volume 9 features sixteen hip hop and rap hits (one of them being the bonus track). It went to number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number 75 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[5] It is also one of only two Hip Hop Hits albums to be released in the same year; Volume 8 was released six months earlier.

The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 9
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 7, 2004
Recordedvarious times
GenreHip hop, rap, Mainstream urban
Lengthunknown
LabelImage Entertainment
The Source chronology
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 8
(2004)
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 9
(2004)
The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 10
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Two songs peaked number one on the Hot Rap Tracks chart: Overnight Celebrity and Slow Motion (which was a number one pop hit). It is the sixth compilation not to feature a number-one R&B/Hip Hop hit.

Track listing edit

  1. Game Over - Lil' Flip
  2. Locked Up - Akon
  3. Slow Motion - Juvenile and Soulja Slim
  4. Blow It Out - Ludacris
  5. Welcome Back - Mase
  6. Freek-A-Leek - Petey Pablo
  7. I Like That - Chingy, Nate Dogg and Houston
  8. No Better Love - Rell and Young Gunz
  9. Overnight Celebrity - Twista
  10. Selfish - John Legend, Slum Village and Kanye West
  11. Got It Twisted - Mobb Deep
  12. Bottles & Up - Benzino
  13. No Problem - Lil' Scrappy
  14. Bring It Back - Mannie Fresh and Lil' Wayne
  15. Rubberband Man - T.I.
  16. Don't Hate - Benzino and Faheim

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r718205
  3. ^ "Hip - Hop Hits, Vol. 9 CD Album".
  4. ^ http://www.image-entertainment.com/film.asp?ProjectID={F81176C3-0B4E-462D-B92B-9C0200CC1CD4}&ProductID={196AA3E1-01C4-4F5D-81DF-9C0200CE69EE}
  5. ^ Billboard magazine, Jan. 22, 2005, p. 50