The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 3 is the third annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine. Released November 30, 1999 and distributed by Def Jam Recordings, Hip Hop Hits Volume 3 features seventeen hip hop and rap hits. It went to number 29 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and peaked at number 45 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

This is the second album in Hip Hop Hits series that does not feature an R&B/Hip Hop or a pop hit in the number-one position, but two tracks, "Jamboree" and "Who Dat" reached number one on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.

Track listing Holla Holla - Ja Rule Quiet Storm - Mobb Deep Hate Me Now - Nas (Feat. P. Diddy) Tommy's Theme - Made Men (Feat. The LOX) Watch Out Now - The Beatnuts Ha [Remix] - Juvenile (Feat. Jay-Z) Watch Out for the Hook (Dungeon Family Mix) - Cool Breeze (Feat. Goodie Mob, OutKast & Witchdoctor) Slippin' - DMX Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - Jay-Z Guilty Conscience - Eminem (Feat. Dr. Dre) Tear It Off - Method Man (Feat. Redman) Who Dat - JT Money (Feat. Solé) Nann Nigga - Trick Daddy (Feat. Trina) Simon Says - Pharoahe Monch What Ya Want - Eve (Feat. Nokio the N-Tity & Ruff Ryders) Jamboree - Naughty by Nature (Feat. Zhané) Hoody Hooo - TRU

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