Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7 (2003)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498611906 Release Date: 12/9/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60621564 Item#: M4M93P Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Act A Fool - Ludacris ~ Various Artists 2. Beautiful - Snoop Dogg/Pharrell/Uncle Charlie Wilson ~ Various Artists 3. Thugz Mansion - 2Pac/Anthony Hamilton ~ Various Artists 4. Air Force Ones - Nelly/Murphy Lee/Ali/Kyjuan ~ Various Artists 5. Jump Off, The - Lil' Kim/Mr. Cheeks ~ Various Artists 6. Can't Let You Go - Fabolous/Lil' Mo/Mike Shorey ~ Various Artists 7. Rock The Party - Benzino/Mario Winans ~ Various Artists 8. Where The Hood At - DMX ~ Various Artists 9. Neva Scared - Bone Crusher/Jadakiss/Busta Rhymes ~ Various Artists 10. Like A Pimp - David Banner/Lil' Flip ~ Various Artists 11. Mesmerize - Ja Rule/Ashanti ~ Various Artists 12. Luv You Better - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 13. Beware... - Panjabi MC/Jay-Z (Jay-Z remix) ~ Various Artists 14. Work It - Missy Elliott ~ Various Artists 15. Untouchable - The Untouchables/Benzino (bonus track) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Cassette available on Def Jam (0001614)[602498611913]. Personnel: Marc Dorsey (vocals). Unknown Contributor Role: Dawud West. Coinciding with another holiday shopping season is the seventh volume in the Source Presents: Hip-Hop Hits series, released through Def Jam. Like the earlier installments, it provides a decent -- if incomplete -- snapshot of the past year in hip-hop, reaching back to the tail end of the previous calendar year while including tracks that became popular throughout the summer of the year of release. Even though Ludacris ("Act a Fool"), Nelly ("Air Force Ones"), Bone Crusher (the remix of "Neva Scared"), and David Banner ("Like a Pimp") eat up over a quarter of the album, it seems like there aren't enough Southern hits by half. Nevertheless, the disc does tend to stick to the tracks that were most popular, appealing most to those who haven't picked up many full-lengths -- there's Missy Elliott's "Work It," Snoop Dogg's "Beautiful," DMX's "Where the Hood At," and Lil' Kim's "The Jump Off" as well. ~ Andy Kellman The seventh installment in The Source's HIP HOP HITS series once again delivers the goods with a set of fierce tracks. Ludacris races out of the gates with his revved-up 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS soundtrack contribution, "Act a Fool." Snoop Dogg brings his nonchalant swagger to the soul-tinged "Beautiful," while 2Pac is represented by a posthumous track that features breakout R&B singer Anthony Hamilton. In fact, the "featuring" hip-hop phenomenon continues to snowball here, with 11 out of 15 tracks sporting guest performers. The end result is a collection of mostly male rappers, making it all the more relevant that a solo Missy Elliott turns up in the home stretch to "Work It" and show the boys her uniquely inventive skills. Coinciding with another holiday shopping season is the seventh volume in the Source Presents: Hip-Hop Hits series, released through Def Jam. Like the earlier installments, it provides a decent -- if incomplete -- snapshot of the past year in hip-hop, reaching back to the tail end of the previous calendar year while including tracks that became popular throughout the summer of the year of release. Even though Ludacris ("Act a Fool"), Nelly ("Air Force Ones"), Bone Crusher (the remix of "Neva Scared"), and David Banner ("Like a Pimp") eat up over a quarter of the album, it seems like there aren't enough Southern hits by half. Nevertheless, the disc does tend to stick to the tracks that were most popular, appealing most to those who haven't picked up many full-lengths -- there's Missy Elliott's "Work It," Snoop Dogg's "Beautiful," DMX's "Where the Hood At," and Lil' Kim's "The Jump Off" as well. [A clean version of the disc, with all cursing removed, was also made available.] ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Chink Santana; David Banner; Hangmen 3; E Bass; Irv Gotti; Just Blaze; Mario Winans; Missy Elliott; Panjabi MC; Avery Johnson; Timbaland; Keith McMasters   Technical Info Release Date : 12/09/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 0001633 Label : Def Jam (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498611906    Product Image