The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 2 | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | November 10, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997-98 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, rap, Mainstream urban | |||
Length | 1 hour, 10 minutes, 15 seconds | |||
Label | Polygram | |||
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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. 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.
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."