Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rapper Spice 1, released November 10, 1998, on Jive Records. The album features production by Ant Banks, Blackjack, Clint "Payback" Sands, E-A-Ski & CMT, MC Eiht, Paris, Rick Rock and Spice 1. It peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album has guest performances by 2Pac, MC Eiht, Method Man, 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..."

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Chart history