The Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits, Vol. 6 [PA]

Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam; Eminem; Irv Gotti; Jermaine Dupri; Just Blaze; Kanye West; Mannie Fresh; Timbaland; 7 Aurelius; Frank Romano; Leesa D. Brunson (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Latricia Thompson (vocals). Since 1997, the Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits series has plotted the progression of rap music as it has played an increasing role in mainstream culture. The sixth volume of Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits continues the "state of popular hip-hop" slant of the previous discs with tracks from Eminem ("Without Me"), Benzino ("Bootee"), Foxy Brown ("Stylin"), Busta Rhymes ("Pass the Courvoiseir"), Ludacris ("Rollout [My Business]"), Big Tymers ("Still Fly"), Clipse ("Grindin"), and 11 more. As always, these discs are ideal for those who want to stay somewhat on top of popular rap music without buying single-artist albums. ~ Andy Kellman Though THE SOURCE PRESENTS HIP HOP HITS VOL. 6 doesn't feature quite the same high percentage of crossover chart-toppers as the fifth volume in the series, the disc does represent a diverse and hard-hitting cross-section of 2002's best-selling hip-hop artists. Interestingly, the album also confirms a massive shift in rap's power structure. Though nearly half of the 18 tracks are by East Coast rappers, and there's a healthy sampling of Dirty South, there is virtually no West Coast rap represented anywhere on the compilation. That said, the influence of seminal California artists like N.W.A. and 2Pac echoes in the preponderance of gangsta themes, making THE SOURCE PRESENTS HIP HOP HITS VOL. 6 a fascinating glimpse of the mainstream's continuing assimilation of the hip-hop underground. Though THE SOURCE PRESENTS HIP HOP HITS VOL. 6 doesn't feature quite the same high percentage of crossover chart-toppers as the fifth volume in the series, the disc does represent a diverse and hard-hitting cross-section of 2002's best-selling hip-hop artists. Interestingly, the album also confirms a massive shift in rap's power structure. Though nearly half of the 18 tracks are by East Coast rappers, and there's a healthy sampling of Dirty South, there is virtually no West Coast rap represented anywhere on the compilation. That said, the influence of seminal California artists like N.W.A. and 2Pac echoes in the preponderance of gangsta themes, making THE SOURCE PRESENTS HIP HOP HITS VOL. 6 a fascinating glimpse of the mainstream's continuing assimilation of the hip-hop underground.

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