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Originally Posted by namix
anyone else by chance have that "The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits" '97 on heavy rotation in the day??
if i had to point to one album, that's the one that eventually brought me to this scene, site, thread and post lol....
s'not like any of the songs individually are really up there for me --- but just one of those albums i would just let play all the way through.
Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
Triumph - Wu-Tang Clan
Look Into My Eyes - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Da Joint - EPMD
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy and Mase
Bout It, Bout It - Master P
Front Lines (Hell on Earth) - Mobb Deep
Mary Jane - Scarface
Big Bad Momma - Foxy Brown and Dru Hill
Firm Biz - The Firm (Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ and Nature)
Bow Down - Westside Connection
Whateva Man - Redman
Elevators (Me & You) - OutKast
Crush on You - Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease
I'll Be - Foxy Brown and Jay-Z
We Trying to Stay Alive - Wyclef Jean and Refugee Camp All-Stars
Phenomenon - LL Cool J
Hay - Crucial Conflict
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Look at how much New York was running hip-hop at that time. Only real cats outside of that city made this cut. Master P's "Bout it, Bout it" is such a classic hood anthem out the south. And Outkast... Oh man. I miss the days of 'Dre 3000 and Daddy Phat Sacks spittin on tracks together =\