''Hits'' is the first

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album by the American rapper

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, released November 10, 1998, on

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. The album features production by Ant Banks, Blackjack, Clint "Payback" Sands, E-A-Ski & CMT,

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, Rick Rock and Spice 1. It peaked at number 82 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Hits: Billboard Albums All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2010. The album has guest performances by

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, MC Eiht,

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, and G-Nut of 187 Fac. ''Hits'' was released in between two Spice 1 studio albums, '' The Black Bossalini'' (1997) and '' Immortalized'' (1999). The album features songs from all of his previous albums, plus two previously unreleased songs, "Balls 'N Brains" and "Nobody Want Work". ''Hits'' is the first of three greatest hits compilations by Spice 1. '' Hits II: Ganked & Gaffled'' and '' Hits 3'', were released in 2001 and 2002, respectively.

Critical reception

A '' Rap Pages'' columnist wrote, "...He blessed the mic with a unique lyrical prowess.... It would be an injustice to exclude Spice 1 as one of the pioneers in the evolution of Bay Area Hip-Hop..."

Track listing

# " Welcome to the Ghetto" - 4:09 (from the album ''

'') # "Trigga Gots No Heart" - 3:07 (from the album ''

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'') # " The Murda Show" (featuring

) - 4:27 (from the album '' 187 He Wrote'') # "Balls 'N Brains" - 3:38 (previously unreleased) # "Dirty Bay" - 4:23 (from the album '' 1990-Sick'') # "187 Proof" - 3:50 (from the album ''Spice 1'') # "In My Neighborhood" - 3:42 (from the album ''Spice 1'') # "Jealous Got Me Strapped" (featuring

) - 4:36 (from the album '' AmeriKKKa's Nightmare'') # "Trigga Happy" - 3:11 (from the album '' 187 He Wrote'') # "The Thug in Me" - 3:36 (from the album '' The Black Bossalini'') # " 1990-Sick (Kill 'Em All)" (featuring MC Eiht) - 4:28 (from the album ''1990-Sick'') # "Sucka Ass Niggas" (featuring G-Nut) - 3:20 (from the album ''1990-Sick'') # "Young Nigga" - 5:00 (from the album ''Spice 1'') # " Dumpin' Em in Ditches" - 4:05 (from the album ''187 He Wrote'') # "Nobody Want Work" - 4:18 (previously unreleased) # "Hard to Kill" (featuring

) - 4:07 (from the album ''AmeriKKKa's Nightmare'') # "187 Pure" - 3:38 (from the album ''Spice 1'') # "Wanna Be a G" - 3:23 (from the album ''The Black Bossalini'')

Samples

*"Welcome to the Ghetto" **" Inner City Blues" by

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**"No One's Gonna Love You" by

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*"Dirty Bay" **" Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" by

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*In My Neighbourhood" **"Reach For It" by

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, B. Miller, N. Chancler and C.I. Johnson *"Sucka Ass Niggas" **" Sucker M.C.'s" by Run–D.M.C.

Chart history

References

External links

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