Violator: The Album

Violator: The Album
Compilation album by Violator
Released	August 10, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Hip-hop
Label	Violator/Def Jam
Producer	The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Q-Tip
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Violator: The Album (1999) Violator: The Album, V2.0 (2001)

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 o nthe album, among them Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and Noreaga.

The LP was mostly produced by The Beatnuts, with additional production from the likes of DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc and Q-Tip. 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"- 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, Hot Boys)- 4:02
18. "Bus-A-Bus" (Busta Rhymes)- 3:33
19. "Violators" (L Boogie, Sonya Blade, Noreaga, Mysonne, Prodigy, Busta Rhymes)- 5:37
20. "Outro"- :11

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)