The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2001 Explained

The Source Hip Hop Music Awards 2001
Type:Compilation
Artist:Various artists
Cover:Hip Hop Music Awards 2001.jpg
Released:August 14, 2001
Recorded:Various times
Genre:Hip hop, rap, mainstream urban
Length:unknown
Label:Def Jam Recordings
Chronology:The Source
Prev Year:2000
Next Year:2001

Hip Hop Music Awards 2001 is the third (and final to date) annual album produced by the magazine to focus on its nominees of the now-defunct award show. It features nineteen hip hop and rap hits (two of them being bonus tracks). It went to number 34 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200 album chart.The show was live to tape and produced by Terry white, lorri burglund & Shane lord of Bruno White entertainment Orlando, Fl. Edited by Shane Lord

This is the only The Source Hip Hop Music Awards compilation to feature a Billboard Hot 100 and R&B and Hip Hop number one hit: Ms. Jackson. In addition to that song, two more songs (out of three) made number one on the Hot Rap Tracks chart: Bow Wow (That's My Name) and Oh No.

Track listing

  1. Ms. Jackson - Outkast
  2. Southern Hospitality - Ludacris
  3. How Many Licks? - Lil' Kim and Sisqo
  4. Bonnie & Shyne - Shyne and Barrington Levy
  5. Who's That Girl? - Eve
  6. The Blast - Talib Kweli f. Vinia Mojica
  7. Pull Ova - Trina
  8. Lay Low - Snoop Dogg, Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy and Tha Eastsidaz
  9. Bow Wow (That's My Name) - Lil Bow Wow and Snoop Dogg
  10. Gravel Pit - Wu-Tang Clan
  11. Look Me In My Eyes - Scarface
  12. E.I. - Nelly
  13. Shake Ya Ass - Mystikal
  14. X - Xzibit
  15. Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory) - M.O.P. and Funkmaster Flex
  16. Put It On Me - Ja Rule and Vita
  17. Keep It Thoro - Prodigy
  18. Making It - The Poe Boy Family, Rick Ross and Brisco
  19. Oh No - Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch and Nate Dogg