Violator: The Album

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.

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, Swizz Beatz
Violator chronology
Violator: The Album (1999) Violator: The Album, V2.0 (2001)

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The LP features production from The Beatnuts, DJ Scratch, Diamond D, Havoc, Nottz, Q-Tip and Swizz Beatz, and featured 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

See also

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