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Music CD - Various Artists: Violator: The Album
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Music CD: Violator: The Album
Artist: Various Artists
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $1.79
Your Save: $ 16.19 ( 90% )
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Manufacturer: Def Jam
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1. Intro - Violator: The Album (Explicit)
2. Vivrant Things" (Violator featuring Q-Tip)
3. Whatcha Come Around Here For" (Violator featuring Flipmode Squad)
4. I Wanna F*** You" (Violator featuring Noreaga & Scarlett)
5. Say What" (Violator featuring LL Cool J)
6. First Degree" (Violator featuring Da Franchise & Ja Rule)
7. Heavy Weights" (Violator featuring Fat Joe, Big Pun & Eightball
8. Ohh Wee" (Violator featuring Cru)
9. Do What Playas Do" (Violator featuring Mysonne, Mase & Eightball)
10. Nobody Likes Me" (Violator featuring Mobb Deep)
11. Nobody" (Violator featuring Next & Mysonne)
12. Thugged Out N*****" (Violator featuring Noreaga, Final Chapter, = Iman Thug, Capone, Scarlett, Maze & Musaliny)
13. S*** That He Said" (Violator featuring Big Noyd)
14. Beatnuts Forever" (Violator featuring Beatnuts)
15. What My N***** Want" (Violator featuring Cam'ron & Busta Rhymes)
16. The Truth" (Violator featuring Mysonne)
17. Who Can I Trust" (Violator featuring Cormega & Hot Boys)
18. Bus-a-bus Remix" (Violator featuring Busta Rhymes)
19. Violators" (Violator featuring L Boogie, Sonya Blade, Noreaga, =
20. Outro
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731455894127
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Def Jam
Manufacturer: Def Jam
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Def Jam
Release Date: 1999-08-10
Studio: Def Jam
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Old school
Comment: I loved this disc when it came out. It was in heavy rotation for quite a while in my car. Unlike previous reviewers my personal favorite on this album was Cru, Ohh wee.
Customer Rating:
Summary: violator - the album
Comment: this is one of those albums that if you heard it back when it came out in 1999, you would have thought it was pretty decent, but the more you listen to it, the more you realize that it's at best an average album, and that's being optimistic.
*vivrant thing...it's a nice song...but get q-tip's amplified to get a better feel of it. it sticks out like a sore thumb on this album.
*whatcha come around here for...a nice flipmode song.
*the rest of the album is horrible until the late middle, the thugged out posse cut is (yawn) ok, big noyd's cut is good, then the beatnuts, cam'ron, mysonne's solo cut, busta rhymes's bus-a-bus remix, and the violators collab cut at the end are the best songs. everything else is trash. i wouldn't waste my money buying this...but i did a long time ago.
Customer Rating:
Summary: 3.5 star compilation
Comment: Not as good as Violator V2.0 but still a decent compilation. Despite half the artists on here are not on the Violator roster. Overall there's 18 songs, 8-10 are good, 3-6 are ok, 4-6 are bad or horrible songs. A lot of artists are on here as well as producers (17 total, Havoc does 2 songs every other one is done by a different producer) so you get a lot of different beats and styles on the album. I'm indifferent if you should buy it, it has good songs but just as many that aren't worth listening to.
#2 - 2(Q-tip -- I hate this song)
#3 - 5 (flipmode squad)
#4 - 7.5 (noreaga & scarlett o' harlem)
#5 - 8 (LL cool J)
#6 - 9 (Franchise f/ ja rule)
#7 - 8.5 (Eightball, Big Pun {R.I.P.}, Fat Joe)
#8- 1 (HORRIBLE Song by Cru)
#9 - 8 (mysonne, mase, eightball)
#10 - 9 (Mobb Deep)
#11 - 6 (R&B type song by: Next f/ mysonne)
#12 - 9.5 (Gangsta $h!+ by: Capone, Iman thug, maze, musolini, scarlett o'harlem, final chapter & noreaga does the hook)
#13 - 8.5 (big noyd)
#14 - 6.5 (beatnuts)
#15 - 6 (cam'ron & busta rhymes)
#16 - 9.5 (mysonne)
#17 - 9 (cormega f/ lil wayne on the hook (incorrectly labeled as hot boys)
#18 - 4 (busta rhymes)
#19 - 8 (L Boogie, snoya blade, noreaga, prodigy, busta rhymes, mysonne)
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Violating good hip-hop
Comment: Various Artists - Violator: The Album (Violator, 1999)First off, half of these people aren't even on the Violator roster, like Eightball, Mysonne (who both appear on here more than once), and the Hot Boys. A&R's must have really wanted to promote Mysonne but where is he now? (Same question for Eightball.) Also, only Lil' Wayne and B.G. appear as the Hot Boys and they only do the chorus on "Who Can I Trust" (with Cormega). A&R's were just using the "it" people of 1999 to promote their album. Also, I remember seeing the poster for this album and Missy was on there. Where is she on the album? The other songs aren't that great either: "Busta's "Bus-a-Bus Remix", Noreaga's "I Wanna F*** You", and surprisingly Mobb Deep's "Nobody Likes Me". Check the chorus by Prodigy: "Nobody likes me/Everybody hates me/So I gotta grab my gun." This was the start of Mobb Deep's downfall. Saving graces are Noyd's "S**t That He Said", Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing", Mase, Mysonne and Eightball's "Do What Playas Do", and Beatnuts' "Beatnuts Forever". -EJR
Customer Rating:
Summary: So So
Comment: One of hip-hop's most prominent management company is celebrating its existence with the release of this eighteen track collection. The album is built around the Violator management company and a variety of talents from their long roster. Record label bragging is what this album is really about. But why not? How many other labels can boast a lineup like this?
Overall, Violator is a pretty good album. Like most compilations, you might find yourself skipping through a lot of [junk], but you'll also find some impressive contributions from A-list rappers like Q-tip, Busta Rhymes, Flipmode Squad, LL Cool J, and Big Pun.
Q-Tip (formerly of Tribe Called Quest) headlines the album with his [booty]-shaking hit "Vivrant Thing." This radio friendly hit is the brightest gem on the entire album, but certainly not the only track worthy of mention. Flipmode squad comes through with the album's third track "Whatcha Come Around Here For." And there is a great synergy in the arrangement of rappers Big Pun, Eighball, and Fat Joe in the fat/phat cut "Heavy Weights."
The Album doesn't have the unified flow of a single artist album, but that is not what it is about. Violator is good because it allows you to sample a variety of different artist without having to actually buy eighteen different CDs.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Compilations assembled to showcase record label rosters have become increasingly the norm. On Violator: The Album, the featured artists--including LL Cool J, Noreaga, the Beatnuts, and Busta Rhymes, are on different labels but have one thing in common--Chris Lighty's Violator Management company. "Vivrant Thing," Q-Tip's bouncy ode to women and the Flipmode Squad's playful "Whatcha Come Around Here For" foreshadow the album's up-tempo romp. Unfortunately, the majority of the remaining tracks are not the established artists' best work, but the compilation aptly exposes several up-and-comers. Nevertheless, names such as Mobb Deep, Fat Joe, and Big Pun--all of whom appear here--make Violator a management company with an extremely street savvy clientele. --Celine Wong
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