The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 5 (2001)

About this title: The fifth volume in the Source's Hip Hop Hits series compiles many of the most popular rap songs of 2001, resulting in a convenient year-end summation for the holiday season. As expected, there's a little bit of everything here: East Coast rap (DMX's "We Right Here," P Diddy's "Bad Boy for Life," and Jadakiss' "Put Ya Hands Up"), Dirty South (Trick Daddy's "I'm a Thug," Ludacris' "Area Codes," and Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On"), pop-rap (Ja Rule and J Lo's "I'm Real," Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," and Nelly's "Ride Wit Me"), and West Coast rap (Xzibit's "Front 2 Back"). ... read more

Tracks:

1. We Right Here [Simmons/Davis]
2. I'm a Thug [Trick Daddy/Van Hoy]
3. I'm Real [Murder Remix] [Atkins/Aurelius/Lor]
4. Let Me Blow Ya Mind [Elizondo/Jordan/Sto]
5. Area Codes [Bridges/Alexander]
6. Bad Boy for Life [Wesley/Curry/Ross]
7. Ride Wit Me [Nelly/Epperson/Fros]
8. Purple Pills [Porter/Holton/Bass/]
9. Bang ta Dis [Scott/Neal/Bynoe]
10. Oh Yeah [Marchand/Hill/Marle]
11. Front 2 Back [Joiner/Stinson]
12. Get Ur Freak On [Elliott/Mosley]
13. Project B***h [Williams/Virgil/Gre]
14. Put Ya Hands Up [Brown/Green/Phillip]
15. Get F***ed Up [Castillo/Young/Wall]
16. So Fresh, So Clean [Remix] [Benjamin/Organized]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.