The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Volume 8 is the eighth annual music compilation album to be contributed by The Source magazine. Released June 29, 2004, and distributed by Image Entertainment, Hip Hop Hits Volume 8 features sixteen hip hop and rap hits (one of them being the bonus track). It went to number 43 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It is also one of only two Hip Hop Hits albums to be released in the same year; Volume 9 was released six months later.
Three songs peaked number one on the Hot Rap Tracks chart: Damn!, Right Thurr and Tipsy. Volume 8 is the fifth album in the Hip Hop Hits series that does not feature a number one on the R&B chart; it is the sixth not to feature a number-one hit on the pop charts.
Track listing Damn! - YoungBloodZ Industry - Wyclef Jean Right Thurr - Chingy Can't Stop, Won't Stop - Young Gunz Gangsta Nation - Nate Dogg and Westside Connection Clap Back - Ja Rule Through the Wire - Kanye West Skills - Gang Starr Tipsy - J-Kwon Quarterbackin' - Clipse and E-40 Into You - Fabolous and Tamia Be Easy - T.I. Hotel - R. Kelly and Cassidy Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins featuring Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Recognize - Scarface Relationships (With Me and My Gun) - Benzino and Untouchables
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