Violator: The Album
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| 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 | |||
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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.
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.
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