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Released
  
August 10, 1999

Release date
  
10 August 1999

Recorded
  
1999

Artist
  
Violator ADG Final

Label
  
Violator

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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Producer
  
The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Q-Tip, Swizz Beatz

Violator The Album (1999)
  
Violator The Album, V2.0 (2001)

Similar
  
Beatnuts Forever, God's Favorite, The Streetsweeper - Vol 1, Hatred - Passions and Infide, Backstage: A Hard Knock Life

Violator: The Album is a hip-hop/R&B compilation album, released on August 10, 1999 by Def Jam Recordings. It was the first release through the imprint Violator Records, a spin-off of Mona Scott & Chris Lighty's Violator Management company. A number of then-Violator Management clients and associates appear on the album, among them Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and Noreaga.

Contents

The LP features production from the likes of The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Nottz Q-Tip and Swizz Beatz. The album featured many popular artists at the time, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Mobb Deep, Ja Rule and the Hot Boys, among others. Violator proved to be a success, making it to #8 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned one sequel, Violator: The Album, V2.0, in 2001. Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing", the first solo single for the former A Tribe Called Quest member, was the album's first single and a major pop success. "Say What", by LL Cool J, was the album's second single.

The album was certified gold on September 29, 1999.

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 2:54
  2. "Vivrant Thing" (Q-Tip) – 3:10
  3. "Whatcha Come Around Here For" (Flipmode Squad) – 4:13
  4. "I Wanna Fuck You" (Noreaga) – 3:55
  5. "Say What" (LL Cool J) – 3:51
  6. "First Degree" (Da Franchise, Ja Rule) – 4:01
  7. "Heavy Weights" (Fat Joe, Big Pun, Eightball) – 4:29
  8. "Ohh Wee" (Cru) – 3:52
  9. "Do What Playas Do" (Mysonne, Mase, Eightball) – 4:08
  10. "Nobody Likes Me" (Mobb Deep) – 4:05
  11. "Nobody" (Next, Mysonne) – 4:45
  12. "Thugged Out Niggaz" (Capone-n-Noreaga, Final Chapter) – 3:42
  13. "Shit That He Said" (Big Noyd) – 3:48
  14. "Beatnuts Forever" (The Beatnuts)– 3:05
  15. "What My Niggaz Want" (Cam'ron, Busta Rhymes) – 2:41
  16. "The Truth" (Mysonne) – 4:13
  17. "Who Can I Trust" (Cormega, Lil' Wayne) – 4:02
  18. "Bus-A-Bus (Remix)" (Busta Rhymes) – 3:33
  19. "Violators" (L Boogie, Sonya Blade, Noreaga, Mysonne, Prodigy, Busta Rhymes) – 5:37
  20. "Outro" – :11

Songs

Vivrant ThingQ-Tip3:12
Whatcha Come Around Here ForFlipmode Squad4:13
I Wanna Fuck YouNORE - Scarlett3:56

References

Violator: The Album Wikipedia
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