Violator: The Album

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Violator: The Album
Violator: The Album cover
Studio album by Various artists
Released August 10, 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Hip-Hop
Label Def Jam Recordings
Producer The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Q-Tip
Professional reviews
Various artists chronology
Violator: The Album
(1999)
Violator: The Album, V2.0
(2001)

Violator: The Album is an album by various rappers from the 1990's. It was released on August 10, 1999 for Def Jam Recordings and 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. Vivrant Thing by Q-Tip and Say What, by LL Cool J, were the two singles released from the album.

[edit] 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, Prodigy)- 5:37
  20. "Outro"- :11